Freedom of Speech: Policy Blog
It shouldn’t need saying but let’s say it anyway - freedom of speech is the cornerstone of democracy. Without free speech, there is no democracy. I’ll explain why this is. [...]
It shouldn’t need saying but let’s say it anyway - freedom of speech is the cornerstone of democracy. Without free speech, there is no democracy. I’ll explain why this is. [...]
We are very lucky to have the NHS. I know some people roll their eyes at the mention of our health service, and it’s easy to understand why, but perhaps [...]
Whilst this is a well explored topic these days, I have been prompted to write this by comments passed by a serving police colleague. Apparently one fifth of all calls [...]
Anne Marie Waters Sunday November 8th 2020 Today is Remembrance Sunday. Today is the day we remember those who died in the military service of Great Britain. It's always [...]
By Mike Speakman, Law & Order Spokesman 30th April 2020 There is much speculation about the government's timing of the lockdown; were they too early or were they too late? [...]
Anne Marie Waters April 3rd 2020 When a person comes to the end of their working life, they have paid their dues. It's time to relax and enjoy life, [...]
Anne Marie Waters March 25th 2020 When I was a law graduate, I spent a lot of time working around the courts of central London. Much of it was [...]
Dr Elle Cockbain is an Associate Professor in Security and Crime Science at University College London. Dr Waqas Tufail is a Senior Lecturer in Criminology at Leeds Beckett University. Dr [...]
Anne Marie Waters March 2nd 2020 Priti Patel’s immigration policies are largely to be welcomed. A points-based system is an obvious method of weighing up a person’s merits and [...]
Anne Marie Waters February 17th 2020 If you had enormous influence over the minds of the young, how would you use it? Would you teach them to be positive [...]
Anne Marie Waters January 25th 2020 Decent transport in a primary prerequisite for a functioning society. We must be able to get around, cheaply and with ease. Our goods [...]
Anne Marie Waters, Party Leader January 20th 2020 The controversial HS2, a high speed rail linking London to Birmingham and Manchester is set to see costs go up to £106 [...]
Anne Marie Waters January 14th 2020 The response of our leaders to the Brexit referendum result taught us a stark lesson, but a valuable one. It revealed that the [...]
By Mike Speakman, Policing Spokesman 13th January 2020 There is a new initiative from the Police Chiefs Council to merge police forces. The last decades have seen an increasing centralisation [...]
Anne Marie Waters January 10th 2020 I have family in the Irish Republic, which doesn’t have an NHS. I know of countless cases, including in my own wider family, [...]
Anne Marie Waters January 6th 2020 Mahatma Gandhi once said that the greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated. Britain has a long [...]
Anne Marie Waters December 22nd 2019 Every adult man and woman has the right to live their lives as they prefer. It’s our most fundamental liberty that we are [...]
Barbara Wood December 22nd 2019 In my speech on Freedom, Justice & Democracy at The For Britain Conference 2019, I spoke about the fear that many of us now feel [...]
Anne Marie Waters December 21st 2019 When you have been on the receiving end of the mainstream media, it changes your life. It changes you because you learn firsthand just [...]