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
Sebastian Balfour is emeritus professor of contemporary Spanish studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). Among his books are Deadly Embrace: Morocco and the Road to the Spanish Civil War (Oxford University Press, 2002), The Politics of Contemporary Spain (Routledge, 2004), and (with Alejandro Quiroga) The Reinvention of Spain: Nation and Identity since Democracy (Oxford University Press, 2007)