Social media is changing the face of politics – and it’s not good news (video)


Most people across the developed world still get most of their news via television – and traditional news brands, produced by journalists, still top the rankings for the most read news on the internet. But a growing number of people … Continue reading

If you have done nothing wrong you have EVERYTHING to fear: secrecy, surveillance, the IPT and RIPA (video)


The coalition government has announced that it will be ‘rushing’ in emergency data laws in response to a three month old decision in the European Court of Justice which struck down the UK’s existing powers which hitherto had not been … Continue reading

The NSA’s posture on collecting your private data: “We collect it all, sniff it all, process it all and exploit it all” (video)


US Secretary of State John Kerry has labelled intelligence leaker Edward Snowden a fugitive from justice who should “man up” and return home.  Mr Kerry added that if Mr Snowden, 30, “believes in America, he should trust the American system … Continue reading

If you have done nothing wrong you have EVERYTHING to fear: Part 2 There are no friends in the spying game (video)


 UK USA Agreement on Spying 10may55 Text and additional AV to follow …….. if you have done nothing wrong you have nothing to fear. Related articles If you have done nothing wrong you have EVERYTHING to fear: Part 1 Glenn Greenwald interview If … Continue reading

If you have done nothing wrong you have EVERYTHING to fear: Part 1 Glenn Greenwald interview (video)


Watching Britain’s top spies today reminded me of how politicians and the security services like to tell us that our intelligence services operate within the law and “if we have done nothing wrong we have nothing to fear”.  Recent revelations by Edward Snowden … Continue reading

Why Should MPs Earn the Same as GPs or Headmasters? (Video)

'Low' pay is not an impediment to recruiting MPs

I’m fed up with the myth-making around MP’s salaries and expenses. 1. As you can see from the above graphic from Guido Fawkes, for nearly 30 years MPs salaries have grown in real terms far faster than the UKs average salary (which … Continue reading