Here is a swift call to action on Labour’s National Policy Forum, on relations with the European Union. I made an extract of the document to collect what they say. Earlier this month, Labour issued its NPF report in draft form. Members have the ability, through their local parties, to…

Back at Labour conference 2021, there were already clues about Labour’s rightward shift on immigration. Starmer and Cooper’s speeches, as well as Reeves’ commentary, indicated an approaching lukewarm response to the Tory assault on immigrants. This article documents the lukewarm response by Labour’s front bench but also contains a call…

Sean Jones, one of the UK’s top employment lawyers, tweeted about the quality of legislation and the growing sectarian stridency since the Brexit referendum; I made a reply. I do not exactly answer his question, but I think it’s worth thinking about parliaments in the context of the quality of…

I have learned to wait before commenting on election results particularly since many local authorities now count on the Friday during the day to avoid the overtime bill and so unless one runs an exit poll, one can’t know until the weekend. Also, I’ve been away and avoiding the news…

I attended the EU’s citizens panel on virtual worlds over the weekend. One of the most inspirational aspects of this event was the ability to meet so many people from across the European Union. I took the opportunity, to talk to some about how they felt about British re-entry. One…

Dominic Raab has had to resign from the government, due to an investigation into allegations of bullying having found that there was sufficient evidence to justify an adverse finding. Sorry about the complexity of that sentence, but he has not been found guilty, only that he has a case to…

I am about to return to Brussels for the final session of the EU’s citizen’s assembly on virtual worlds. I decided to make a document from my notes on the EU citizens panel on Virtual Worlds. As I have said, my notes were contemporaneous and do not tell a story…

I got a lot of posts about Fox vs Dominion in my feeds last night; I am not sure how well this is being covered in the UK. Dominion make voting machines and are suing Fox for $1.6bn because Fox made and repeated damaging allegations about Dominion’s machines performance during…

Due to news events yesterday, I’ve had another look at the law on data protection officers (DPOs). Data protection officers are required by organisations that by virtue of their nature, their scope and their purpose require regular and systematic monitoring of data subjects on a large scale or the processing…