Modern Liberty in Britain February 19
An interesting article entitled 'Liberty in Britain is facing death by a thousand cuts. We can fight back' which links to The Convention on Modern Liberty - an event happening at many venues across the UK on the 28th of February.
Henry Porter, who is the co-director, sums it up best in his blog entry on the subject:
"If there is one overarching theme of the Convention of Modern Liberty it is that we demand that the public be trusted and respected by those in power. That means we will not tolerate the National Identity Register, or be forced to give 53 pieces of information to the government when we travel abroad, or submit to random searches at every possible opportunity, or have our communications data seized by the government and the sinister corporations with which it deals."
It's a pity the Guardian is pretty much the only UK newspaper carrying these stories and columns.
Henry Porter's blog is also excellent reading.