Why everyday life is tied up in red tape
The proliferation of rules and regulations on everything from leafleting to looking after kids exposes how much the state distrusts us.
There ain’t no harm in hate speech
The demand to criminalise hate speech is essentially a demand to criminalise people who haven't actually done anything wrong.
The unfree streets of London
A shocking new Google Map shows the bits of London where you can become a criminal without even realising it.
‘Freedom is not
delivered, but won’
Josie Appleton answers your questions on the challenges facing the liberty movement in modern Britain.
These petty laws are an insult to the public
Yes, let’s get rid of Britain’s mad ban on using ‘insulting’ words. But don’t ignore the rest of the state’s criminalisation of everyday behaviour.
Must-reads from the past week
Are tree surgeons really a threat to children?
For all the Lib-Cons’ attempts to rein in Britain’s crazy vetting regime, still millions of adults are being treated as potential paedophiles.
Policing the innocent, ignoring the riotous
ASBOs, CCTV, dispersal zones and a whole host of other petty powers did nothing to prevent the looting.
How the burqa became a symbol of freedom
France’s attempts to defend the idea of the Republic through an illiberal ban on Islamic headscarves has backfired.
We don’t need to be saved from the ‘demon drink’
The old temperance movement was made up of working men who promoted self-control. Today booze-bashing is the preserve of a killjoy elite.
Freedom Bill: good news and bad news
The Lib-Cons’ overhaul of the vetting of adults who work with children doesn’t go nearly far enough.
