Tell Priti Patel: Stop your attack on journalistic freedom
Journalists who share leaks of official information should not face life imprisonment for doing their job
Sam Fowles is a barrister, and lecturer in law at St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford. His book, 'Overruled: Confronting Our Vanishing Democracy in 8 Cases', is available to pre-order. He tweets @SamFowles.
-
Published in: Home: AnalysisMinisters’ attacks on judges threaten UK democracy, warns new reportGovernment attacks risk giving the impression that the courts are being pressured to rule in Boris Johnson's favour
-
Published in: Home: OpinionFar-right conspiracy theories are now embedded in the UK mainstreamAnd no wonder, when British journalists promote conspiracy theories and government politicians embrace extremist rhetoric
-
Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionThe government’s obsession with ‘culture wars’ is a threat to democracyBy threatening museums, ministers are forcing a preferred view of history. This is a trait of authoritarian states
-
Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionBoris Johnson is no liberalThose saying that what’s happening in the US couldn’t happen here should take a look at our prime minister’s record.
-
Published in: openDemocracyUKThe freedom fallacyIt's time we threw out our notion of freedom as the mere absence of duress. A cursory look at the life of a cafe...