Mark Johnson
Mark Johnson is Legal and Policy Officer for Big Brother Watch
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The Online Safety Bill threatens basic liberties
Can the power of information be controlled?
The internet democratised speech but with the new Online Safety Bill, politicians and the media are trying to put the genie back in the bottle
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Rendering the word of God in English
500 years ago, William Tyndale published his groundbreaking New Testament translation
Taxing the lights on
Miliband’s new levy undermines the very investment needed to bring energy prices down
We must end the tyranny of the Treasury
Short-term and parochial thinking has made us weaker and less safe
Russia’s useful internet addicts
No, Russia is not a beleaguered outpost of European values
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
Good news for the rule of law
Activists who break the law should not be able to appeal to their high-minded motives
The fog of facts
As elections approach, voters are forced to navigate a swamp of spin, distortion, and inaccessible data.
The SNP is in a Peter Murrell muddle
The Peter Murrell case has exposed the rot at the heart of the SNP’s political culture
Towards an allied civil society network in Europe
The Trump Administration is turning its attention to Europe’s civic institutions
Why Brexit was right
Bad decisions have been made since we voted to leave but we were still right to leave
