Libel Reform: Defamation Bill – Third reading: House of Lords… today!
The Defamation Bill receives its Third reading in the House Of Lords today. Those who might have assumed that its passage has been progressing all tickety-boo would do well to […]
Tag Archives: government
Toeing the toadying line
It is ironic that, in the constitutional republic that is the USA, with its constitutionally enshrined separation of church and state, any pretenders to high public office tend to not […]
Policial III: when not voting speaks
Without wondering as to why, with turnout so low, it took so long to return results, I’m bemused by some of the reaction to the PCC elections. My local organ […]
Policial II: to vote or not to vote?
Further to my musings on the worthwhileness of the Police and Crime Commissioner elections taking place today, I sent what I consider a not entirely impertinent e-mail inquiry to all six […]
Policial
The first elections for the newly created post of Police and Crime Commissioner are to take place in England and Wales this coming week. Voting is an important right, so, […]
Libel reform and the public interest
Further to my passing on of the Libel Reform Campaign’s e-mail flagging up the Second Reading of the Defamation Bill in the House of Lords last Tuesday, a further LRC […]
Libel reform and the public interest
Further to my passing on of the Libel Reform Campaign’s e-mail flagging up the Second Reading of the Defamation Bill in the House of Lords last Tuesday, a further LRC […]
‘Libel reform Bill goes to the Lords’
I reproduce here, for anyone not on the e-mailing list, the text of an updating message from The Libel Reform Campaign: ‘Dear Friends We’re still waiting for a public […]
Lee Turnpenny 