Frank Manning is a researcher at Big Brother Watch, a group specialising in civil liberties and invasions on privacy
Friends reunited: North Korea and the Guardian
The Guardian should apologise for publishing propaganda from a journalist who is either misinformed or promoting a despotic Communist regime that imprisons hundreds of thousands
- 21 July 2012
There's something about Boris
Boris Johnson may wish to retire gracefully by 2016. Or he may just fancy a crack at the hardest job in the country
- 18 June 2012
A response to Tanya Gold on squatting
Turning squatting from a civil offence into a criminal one is not 'criminalising poverty'. It is about maintaining the rule of law and it should have been done a long time ago
- 23 February 2012
Nick Clegg is defending his career - not human rights
Staring into the abyss of a sudden general election which would surely banish the Lib Dems to the parliamentary wilderness for a generation, Nick Clegg has resorted to picking battles with the Conservatives whenever possible.
- 26 August 2011
UK Riots: Are sentences fair?
For British society to return to normal and remove the fear of gang violence from the public, these sentences had to happen.
- 19 August 2011
Instant View: Rupert and James face UK Parliamentary Select Committee
Frank Manning gives us his impressions of the Select Committee hearings from which Rupert and James Murdoch have just emerged.
- 19 July 2011
Who's left? The new liberal establishment have one rule for themselves, and others for everyone else.
Polly Toynbee, Mehdi Hasan, Laurie Penny and their comrades all Murdoch bash but can't take it in return.
- 14 July 2011
Carry On Hypocrisy: A bad week for the new left establishment
Johann Hari, U2, UK Uncut and the failing strikes. This week the UK left has shot itself in the foot. Frank Manning kicks them while they're down.
- 30 June 2011
Uninformed, righteous indignation: Polly Toynbee's attempt at a discourse over austerity measures
We all have a right to discuss austerity measure, but not in the eyes of the left. This is their issue, and heaven forbid that we engage.
- 3 June 2011
Why are our civil liberties still being eroded?
Some schools are now putting CCTV in children's toilets. When will we stand up and fight for our liberties?
- 18 April 2011
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