Blog Posts
The Government is paying lip service to democracy
October 08, 2020
By Andrew Allison Last week, Health Secretary Matt Hancock told MPs that "for significant national [Covid-19] measures with effect in the whole of England or UK-wide, we will consult Parliament; wherever possible, we will hold...
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September 25, 2020
By Andrew Allison When Boris Johnson announced that there would be a new army of Covid Marshals patrolling our streets, I immediately thought of Warden Hodges from Dad’s Army. Hodges was a figure of fun...
Read More ShareThe latest attack on J K Rowling is certainly unhinged, but it has more sinister overtones
September 18, 2020
By Andrew Allison, Head of Campaigns You may remember that back in June, J K Rowling hit the headlines for allegedly being “transphobic” - which is one of the greatest sins you can commit...
Read More ShareHas Sweden been successful in its Covid approach and what are the parameters for success?
September 15, 2020
The following is a guest post by Tony Brown. Tony was a Political Advisor to the former Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy and its predecessor, Europe of Freedom and Democracy. Following a post of...
Read More ShareThe assaults on our basic freedoms have to stop. We didn’t take back control from Brussels to hand it over ministers who can arbitrarily dictate how we lead our lives
September 10, 2020
By Andrew Allison, Head of Campaigns To a certain extent the Government has had no option but to make it up as it goes along. None of us have experience of a virus like...
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