Julian Huppert

Electronic 'Snooping': 42% Back Police and Security Agencies Breaking the Law

Peter Kellner | Posted 11.06.2013 | UK Politics
Peter Kellner

These are early days in an argument that may well rumble on for months, even years. Indeed, the trade-off between security-driven rules and individual liberty will, and should, be something that we never stop debating. What this poll suggests is that neither side has a clear lead.

Ned Simons

Did The US Spy On British Companies And Minsters?

HuffingtonPost.com | Ned Simons | Posted 10.06.2013 | UK Politics

Ministers should examine whether the United States has used its Prism system to spy on British companies as well as the UK government, a Lib Dem membe...

Iceland, iTunes and UK Parliament: Breaking the Taboo with Sam Branson

Jason Reed | Posted 03.05.2013 | UK Politics
Jason Reed

Drugs can often prove to be an arduous, convoluted conversation. To try and unpick the tangled knot that is global drug policy is fairly impossible. T...

David Ward 'Apologises Sincerely' For Offensive Holocaust Comments

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 28.03.2013 | UK Politics

A Liberal Democrat MP facing disciplinary action after accusing "the Jews" of atrocities against Palestinians has issued a public apology for causing ...

Lib Dem MP To Be Dragged In Front Of Chief Whip Over Holocaust Comments

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 27.03.2013 | UK Politics

David Ward is to be dragged before the Liberal Democrat chief whip next week following a backlash over his comments likening the holocaust to the curr...

Border Agency Questioned After Legal Immigrants Told By Text To Leave UK

The Huffington Post UK | Dina Rickman | Posted 08.01.2013 | UK

The UKBA's "competence" has been questioned after "alarming" text messages were mistakenly sent to immigrants with the right to live in Britain, telli...

Bogeymen and Blanket Surveillance

Natasha Kuilak Mellersh | Posted 18.08.2012 | UK Tech
Natasha Kuilak Mellersh

Despite warnings from digital rights groups, privacy advocates and experts in the tech world, the government has gone ahead with their plans for blanket surveillance measures on the internet, including controversial practices such as deep packet inspection.

Lib Dems Honour Top Bloggers (Including Two MPs) At Party Conference

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 17.11.2011 | UK Politics

For the Liberal Democrats as much as any other other party, blogging is generally a grassroots activity. It was something of a surprise, then, that...