For media enquiries, please contact Josie Appleton (josie.appleton@manifestoclub.com or 0779 1032740).
New laws 'open to abuse of power', Belfast Telegraph, 20 May
New laws 'open to abuse of power', Daily Express, 20 May
Homelessness Could Be A Crime Under Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Bill Warns Think Tank, Huffington Post, 20 May
Is homelessness about to become a crime?, Left Foot Forward, 20 May
New Asbo laws could infringe freedom, think tank warns, Telegraph, 19 May
New laws 'open to abuse of power', Press Association, 19 May
Pavement Justice: On-the-spot fines and the Rule of Law, The Justice Gap, 8 May
Cowboy practices are not the way to achieve cleaner streets, LocalGov.co.uk, 7 May
Freedom for history? The case against memory laws, Liberte Pour L'Histoire, 1 May
Don’t make fresh laws — just enforce the ones we have, Dominic Raab, Evening Standard, 15 April
Freedom for history? The case against memory laws, Free Speech Debate, 3 April
Interview with Manick Govinda, Resonance FM, 30 March
A twenty-first century folk devil, spiked, 28 March
Paul Craig Roberts on the loss of liberty, Global Research, 27 March
Like cattle in a kettle, Free Society, 25 March
Councils accused of misusing on-the-spot fines, LocalGov, 14 March
Josie Appleton discussed on-the-spot fines on Daily Politics, 14 March
Public being ‘milked’ by councils that use on-the-spot fines, The Times, 14 March
'Justice on the street' raises £132 million for councils, Daily Express, 14 March
Rise in petty fines ‘treats public like cash cows’, Metro, 14 March
Innocent people 'should not be used as cash cows' by councils, minister warns, Telegraph, 14 March
Massive rise in on-the-spot fines for petty offences, Channel 4 News, 14 March
Council on-the-spot fines exploit residents, Eric Pickles warns, Guardian, 14 March
Councils using their spot fines to milk the public, says Pickles, as the number handed out increases five-fold, Daily Mail, 14 March
An unspoken war on the Common Law, spiked, 11 March
Parents 'treated like felons on remand' by school CRB checks, Daily Telegraph, 24 February
Cough up, sir, you’ve left something nasty in the street, Sunday Times, 17 February
Josie Appleton was on BBC radio London, 13 February, discussing Waltham Forest's ban on spitting
Croydon Council calls in ex-soldiers to fight dog poo and littering, Croydon Guardian, 9 February
Litter squads make millions: Fines soar as councils enlist ex-soldiers to patrol streets, Daily Mail, 29 January
Number of litter fines rises 90-fold in 15 years, Daily Telegraph, 29 January
Josie Appleton discussed on-spot fines on Inside Out (BBC 1), 28 January
Josie Appleton was on BBC Radio London on 28 January, discussing litter fines
Litter fines 'cash cow' for London councils, BBC News, 28 January
The lives blighted by CRB checks, Telegraph, 25 January
Josie Appleton was on BBC Radio Kent on 21 January, discussing litter fines
Lord Clement Jones discussed the leafleting ban campaign, in the House Magazine
Proposed system to detect child abuse could deter parents from seeking treatment, pressure group says, BMJ, 28 December
Database safeguards needed ‘to make sure parents are not unfairly accused’, The Times, 27 December
Why everyday life is tied up in red tape, spiked, 18 December
Flyering, the importance of hand-to-hand inviting, spiked, 6 December
Festival boss calls for change to leaflet laws, This is Leicestershire, 28 November
Eric Pickles warns councils over fag-butt police, This is Kent, 23 November
Shropshire’s litter louts pay £7,500 in fines, Shropshire Star, 21 November
Come to Britain (but only if you're already famous), Art Newspaper (cover story), December 2012
Campaign Against Leafleting Bans – Lord Clement-Jones, Live Music Exchange, 15 November
Flyering is a vital part of grassroots live music promotion, Live Music Exchange, 15 November
Leaflet laws are killing comedy, say campaigners, Daily Telegraph, 14 November
Letter: Change leafleting laws, Daily Telegraph, 14 November
Josie Appleton discussed on-spot fines on BBC London News, 12 November
Josie Appleton discussed on-spot fines on You and Yours, 12 November
Josie Appleton discussed on-spot fines on BBC Radio London, 12 November
The private litter firm dishing out 700 fines a week, Daily Mail, 12 November
More than 73,000 penalties for dropping litter issued last year, Sunday Times, 11 November
Josie Appleton discussed on-spot fines on LBC radio, 11 November
Litter fines earn town halls over £665,000 as 200 people pay a charge every day, Mail on Sunday, 11 November
Police cautions lead to a 100-year criminal record that can wreck prospects of getting a job or going to university, Mail on Sunday, 3 November
Josie Appleton discussed on-spot fines on BBC Radio Teeside, 22 October
The Campaign Against Vetting was on the World Tonight, Radio 4, 22 October
Josie Appleton was on LBC radio, discussing Section 5 and free speech, on 18 October
Licensed leafleting means lost liberties in Britain, Free Speech Debate 17 October
Leafleting bans, Watford Flea, 10 October
'Free speech in sentences', Big Issue (North), 15 October
Josie Appleton was on Russia Today, on 5 October, discussing the 'Banned in London' map
Red tape: blunt scissors, The Economist, 22 September
Thousands hit by bin fines despite Coalition pledges, Daily Telegraph, 14 September
Olympic police state lingers in UK, Press TV, 13 September
Banned in London: The 'hidden' rules which forbid you from walking dogs or standing with a friend, Evening Standard, 12 September
The Legal Activities Banned in London, The Atlantic Cities, 12 September
Croydon has the most police dispersal zones, East London Lines, 12 September
Mapped: London’s Banned Zones, Londonist, 11 September
Banned in London: the capital's 435 prohibition zones mapped, Guardian online, 11 September
How drinking a glass of wine in the park during a family picnic is now a crime, Daily Mail, 11 September
Dog-walking banned in 219 places across London, Daily Telegraph, 11 September
The unfree streets of London, Josie Appleton, spiked, 11 September
‘Freedom is not delivered, but won’, interview with Josie Appleton, spiked, 11 July
'Fines by civilian' appear on CRB checks, Public Service, 10 July
Ministers rule out rethink on ancient leafleting rights, BBC, 9 July
Civilian officials 'given further crime powers', Daily Telegraph, 9 July
Jacqui's 'civilian snoopers given yet MORE power': Warning as 'busybody' numbers surge, Daily Mail, 9 July
Give us back ancient leafleting rights, says Lib Dem peer, BBC News, 4 July
Why do schools really stop parents taking photographs of their children?, Guardian, 23 June
London's 'Capital clean-up', Open Democracy, 13 June
Josie Appleton discussed litter fines on BBC Radio Kent, 8 June
What makes a successful campaign?, AIR News, June
Don’t turn London into a ghost town, Sarah Boyes, spiked, 7 June
Josie Appleton discussed police powers for private security guards on BBC Radio Kent, 25 May
88,000 children branded racists: Pupils as young as three reported over name-calling, Daily Mail, 23 May
88,000 'racist incidents' reported in schools, study finds, Daily Telegraph, 24 May
Ice cream sellers may face crime records check, Yorkshire Post, 24 May
Josie Appleton discussed hate-speech reporting on LBC Radio, 23 May
Civil liberties group slams Blaenau Gwent litter police, South Wales Argus, 22 May
Josie Appleton discussed fines for messy gardens on BBC Radio Wales, 22 May
These petty laws are an insult to the public, Josie Appleton, spiked, 17 May
‘Heavy-handed’ litter fines handed out by private firm in Blaenau Gwent criticised, Gwent Gazette, 17 May
Litter law enforcers cleaning up in Blaenau Gwent, Guardian 14 May
Warning over ‘busybodies’ given legal right to fine and demand information as numbers surge, Daily Mail, 8 May
Thousands reported to vetting agency but only 4% barred, Daily Telegraph, 8 May
Brent Council rubber stamps plans to licence leafleting in the borough, Brent and Kilburn Times, 24 April
Britse pedo-paranoia gevaar voor kinderen, De Volkskrant, 25 April
Josie Appleton discussed CRBs on Radio Five Live lunchtime show, 23 April
CRB checks top 30million but create 'atmosphere of mistrust', Daily Telegraph, 23 April
Josie Appleton discussed binge drinking on BBC Radio Wales, 17 April
Josie Appleton discussed hate speech reporting, on BBC Radio Surrey, 16 April
Pavement injustice, Pavement Magazine, 10 April
It is time we burst this ‘bubbling’, spiked, 10 April
42 Cardiff City fixtures designated 'bubble' games in past decade, Wales Online, 7 April
Group criticises Hampshire police’s ‘bubble’ plan for south coast derby, Portsmouth News, 6 April
Victory for Visiting Artists Campaign, AIR news, March
Josie Appleton was on BBC Radio wales on 28 March, discussing convictions for racist tweets
'A minimum price clobbers sensible drinkers like us', The Sun, 26 March
UK loosens visa restrictions for non-European Union artists, Art Newspaper, 22 March
Pledge to scale back checks on school volunteers has been fudged, says rights campaigner, The Times, 10 March
“Kettling” on the road, Free Society, 8 March
Opening a new route for visiting artists, Manick Govinda, Migrants' Rights Network, 5 March
Josie Appleton discussed the citizenship test on BBC Radio Sheffield, 5 March
Free Movement, Free Expression, Free Association and Freedom from Bureaucracy and Big Government, Manick Govinda, Nowhere Island, 3 March
YouTube videos of speeches by Valerie Hartwich and Josie Appleton at the ISIL conference in Italy
What Big Society? Volunteering is a bureaucratic nightmare, Telegraph (blog), 1 March
Protect our infants from scary lift engineers, Camilla Canvendish, The Times, 1 March
Josie Appleton discussed CRB checks on BBC Radio Kent, 1 March
Josie Appleton discussed man detained at Gatwick for burqa joke, on LBC radio, 27 February
Brighton and Hove's tough stance on mess, Brighton Argus, 25 February
Should there be fewer CRB checks?, Josie Appleton, The Times, 24 February
Street Photography – ethics, etiquette or free expression?, Pauline Hadaway, 22 February
Josie Appleton discussing CCTVs on BBC Radio London, 21 February
Josie Appleton discussed 'racist kids' on LBC radio, 20 February
'Political campaigning in a new age', Josie Appleton at OpenAIR, YouTube video
Are tree surgeons really a threat to children?, spiked, 20 February
CRB Checks Reach Record High, i-volunteer, 17 February
Britain under the microscope – vetting still out of control, The Free Society, 17 February
CRB checks on burger van owners defended, The York Press, 17 February
Devon County Council defends criminal background checks, BBC News, 16 February
Why do tree surgeons need to be CRB checked?, Conservative Home, 16 February
The Manifesto Club report, 'Vetting Tree Surgeons', was on Radio Five Live, IRN, 3 Counties Radio, BBC Radio Coventry and Warwickshire, BBC Radio Birmingham, BBC Radio Devon, BBC Radio Newcastle
'Councils waste £45m a year on CRB checks', Public Service, 16 February
Criminal records checks on volunteers double in six years, campaign group says, Third Sector, 16 February
Councils targeting burger vendors and tree surgeons with 'unnecessary' CRB checks, Daily Telegraph, 16 February
Crime checks for a million community volunteers as vetting spirals out of control, say critics, Daily Mail, 16 February
CRB vetting is completely out of control - and if you don't believe me, ask Kate Middleton, Daily Mail, Steve Doughty, 16 February
The Manifesto Club report 'Vetting Tree Surgeons' was on the Today Programme, BBC Radio 4, 16 February
Josie Appleton was on BBC Radio 2's Jeremy Vine Show, on 13 February, discussing Enfield Council's ban on spitting
Artists are their own agents of change, Guardian, 9 February 2012
Pavement injustice: the tyranny of on-the-spot fines, Open Democracy, 9 February
Sussex Police introduces more power for PCSOs, Brighton Argus, 9 February
Big Brother is watching: the CCTV that talks back, Independent, 6 February
Josie Appleton was on BBC London, 2 February, on Brighton council's ban on bus drivers saying 'love' and 'darling'
Are you one of the 20,000 people wrongly branded a criminal?, Daily Mail, 2 February
Thousands wrongly labelled as criminals, Daily Telegraph 2 February 2012
Nanny state makes a meal of child food advice with 80-page guide, The Times, 17 January
Islington set for massive CCTV upgrade, Islington Gazette, 16 January
Licensed to censor performance art, Manick Govinda, spiked, 16 January
Even Kate has to be vetted so she can go camping with the Scouts, Daily Mail, 6 January 2012
Lights, camera, points, 5 January 2010
Question on leafleting bans, Lords Hansard, 7 December
Great British pubs, but is UK Plc no place for the public house?, Reuters, 2 December
Nearly 200 innocent people branded criminals by Government, Daily Telegraph, 17 November
Volunteers aged just ten checked for criminal past, despite Coalition pledges to scale back vetting, Daily Mail, 16 November
Josie Appleton discussed on-spot fines for littering on BBC Radio Wales, 16 November
Scout leaders 'routinely' run criminal record checks on parent volunteers, Daily Telegraph, 12 November
Don't police anti-gay 'hate' speech, Diva, 11 November
Josie Appleton discussed calls to ban Halloween on BBC Radio London, 31 October
Beware your public square, No CCTV, 22 October
Leafleting: A Liberty Lost? - Review, Culture Vulture, 5 October
Media misses the point, again: Student Visa Checks, Migration Pulse, 3 October
UK: Universities 'over-report' on foreign students, University World News, 2 October
UK row over teachers as spies - Varsities chafe at visa police role, The Telegraph (India), 1 October
Thousands of Pakistani students at risk in UK, The News (Pakistan), 30 September
Visa alert on thousands of students, Guardian, 29 September
Are UK lecturers spying on Indian students?, Press Trust of India, 29 September
Foreign students reported for UK visa breaches by the thousands, Visa Bureau, 29 September
Valerie Hartwich discussed her visa report on Sunrise Radiom and Josie Appleton discussed the issue on Russia Today, on 29 September
Universities report 1,500 concerns over foreign students every month, Daily Telegraph, 29 September
Visa alert on thousands of students, Evening Standard, 29 September
Thousands of foreign students reported over visas, BBC News, 29 September
Visa alert on thousands of students, Daily Mirror, 29 September
Beware your public square: Britain is under attack from ‘talking’ CCTV cameras, Open Democracy 24 September
UK Govt. Labels School Kids Racists, Homophobes, New American, 19 September
Hertfordshire children reported for racist and homophobic incidents, Hertfordshire Mercury, 19 September
Minette Marrin's column, Sunday Times, 18 September
Birmingham schoolkids labelled most racist in country, Birmingham Mercury, 18 September
Op-Ed: Nursery school children reported for racist language in UK, Digital Journal, 15 September
3-Year-Olds Branded “Racist,” “Homophobic” Put In Government Database, Infowars, 15 September
Should schools report kids for bad or racist language?, BBC News, 14 September
Nursery school 'bigots', Evening Standard, 14 September
Adrian Hart discussed his report on racist incident reporting on Radio 5 Live and Radio Hull; Josie Appleton discussed it on LBC radio.
4-year-olds branded racist over innocent playground names, Daily Express, 14 September
'Racists' aged three: Toddlers among thousands of children accused of bigotry after name-calling, Daily Mail, 14 September
Children as young as four reprimanded for racist behaviour, Daily Telegraph, 14 September
Thousands of primary school pupils reported for homophobia, Pink News, 4 September
Thousands of under-11s branded homophobic, Sunday Times, 4 September
Policing the innocent, ignoring the riotous, spiked, 16 August
Public letter calls for a new visa system for leading performers, FreeMuse, 1 August
Council should scrap leafleting costs, Arts in Leicestershire, 29 July
The Manifesto Club leafleting report is on You and Yours, Radio 4, 29 July
UK Border Agency tells foreign writers to naff off, MobyLives, 14 July
Josie Appleton discussed leafleting bans on JackFM Hertfordshire, 5 July
Anti-bullying rule that brands children racist, Daily Express, 4 July
Campaigners call for relaxation of council rules on flyers, Brighton Argus, 4 July
Almost 2,000 children are reported for 'hate crimes', Scotsman, 4 July
Eleanor Mills: Putting a match to our civil liberties, Sunday Times, 3 July
Anger over leafleting crackdown, Buxton Advertiser, 30 June
Josie Appleton discussed leafleting bans on Three Counties Radio, 30 June
Leafleting: Public menace or good for business, BBC News, 30 June
Is your council restricting your free speech?, Mark Wallace, 30 June
Anger over leafleting crackdown, Bearsden Herald, 30 June
Bill Stickers is innocent ok!, Claire Fox, Municipal Journal, 30 June
Taking liberties with poster ban, Municipal Journal, 30 June
Josie Appleton discussed leafleting bans on BBC Radio Leicester, on 30 June
Anger over leafleting crackdown, MSN News, 30 June
The right to leaflet is a basic liberty, Josie Appleton, Open Democracy, 30 June
Local councils' regulation of public leafleting an affront to our historic liberties, Josie Appleton, Conservative Home, 30 June
Lost cat? The licence fee you will have to pay to leaflet your neighbours, Daily Mail, 30 June
Councils' crackdown on leafleting is 'a blow to liberty', says campaign group, Guardian, 30 June
Councils' crackdown on leafleting is 'a blow to liberty', says campaign group, UTV, 30 June
Josie Appleton discussed footballers sacked for sex allegations, on the BBC Radio 2 Jeremy Vine Show, 29 June
Visiting Artists Visas - Open Letter to Home Secretary, epolitix, 28 June
How Britain persecutes visiting artists, Kamila Shamsie, Guardian, 27 June
World-class artists 'put off coming to Britain by intrusive' points-based immigration system', Daily Telegraph, 27 June
Hur burkan blev en frihetssymbol, Josie Appleton, Voltaire Magazine (Swe)
Josie Appleton was on BBC Radio London, discussing plans to ban smoking in private cars, 22 June
Fun in the sun - when it’s not a battle to the death, Sunday Telegraph, 18 June
Dan Travis was on Sky News on 17 June, discussing his Manifesto Club thinkpiece on competitive sport
Wie die Burka zu einem Symbol der Freiheit wurde, Novo Mazagine (Germany), 27 May
Josie Appleton was on BBC Radio Tees, 27 May, criticising no-booze rules on trains
Dolan Cummings was on Radio 5 Live, 26 May discussing 'responsible drinking' regulations
How the burqa became a symbol of freedom, Josie Appleton, spiked, 19 May
Don’t touch — paranoia endangers children on sport courses, Sunday Times, 22 May
The Visiting Artists Campaign is on a WorldWrite video
Visa fiasco, Independent arts diary, 22 April
Josie Appleton on hyperregulation, Counterpoint, ABC Radio (Australia), 11 April
Police want booze snatch powers on every Islington street, Islington Gazette, 7 April
Annabel Hayter wins an Oldie Award for her opposition against CRB checks
House of Lords debate rocks points-based visa restrictions for visiting artists and academics, Manick Govinda, Migrants Rights Network blog, 25 March
We don’t need to be saved from the ‘demon drink’, Josie Appleton, 23 March, spiked
London mayor warns of damage to arts sector from new visa regulations, The Stage, 21 March
Government faces calls to overhaul visa rules for foreign performers, Guardian, 21 March
Visa Restrictions - the story so far, Manick Govinda, ArtsAdmin, 21 March
Textbooks don’t make terrorists, Nick Thorne, spiked, 17 March
Guilty until proven innocent: Volunteers forced to have a million criminal record checks a year, Daily Mail, 14 March
House of Lords debate on points-based visa system, 10 March
Freedom Bill: good news and bad news, Josie Appleton, spiked, 14 February
The Points Based System is spreading a culture of controls across the education and arts sectors, Valerie Hartwich, Migrant Rights Network, 15 February
The state of civil liberties in modern Britain, Dick Puddlecote, 6 February
The liberal tradition of the leafleteer is under threat, Josie Appleton, Open Democracy, 2 February
Child protection - a creepy cautionary tale, The Times, 31 January
Thousands could sue Government over unlawful 'child protection' sackings, Sunday Telegraph, 30 January
Kids put on 'hate crimes' list for schoolyard taunts, World Net Daily, 22 January 2011
Josie Appleton was on BBC Radio Birmingham on 22 January 2011, discussing racist incident reporting
Adrian Hart was on LBC, Five Live and Talksport on 17 January discussing his work on The Myth of Racist Kids
30,000 pupils branded as bigots: Teachers log 'racist' and 'homophobic' jibes in playground squabbles, even at nursery, Daily Mail, 17 January 2011
Thousands of schoolchildren branded 'racist' and 'homophobic' during playground squabbles, Daily Telegraph, 17 January 2011
Valerie Hartwich was on Ben TV (Africa), discussing UK visa regulations
Josie Appleton was on BBC Radio Wales, 11 January 2010, discussing the teacher sacked for taking his pupils sledging
The Manifesto Club's visa campaign is on Radio Suisse Romande, 29 December 2010 (Royaume-Uni: des visas pour les artistes)
The hyperregulation of everyday life, Big Brother Watch, 7 January 2011
Send in the clowns: Britain’s bizarre new laws, Josie Appleton, spiked, 29 December 2010
The proposed cap on international students is discriminatory and a danger to British education, Valerie Hartwich, Open Democracy, 31 December 2010
Fury of music teachers over 'no touching' diktat, Daily Mail, 29 December 2010
The Manifesto Club's Campaign Against Vetting is in the blog of the Swedish Daily, SvD, on 22 December 2010
Do I REALLY look like a paedophile, asks flower arranger sacked for fighting criminal vetting checks, Daily Mail, 11 December
Headstrong Gloucester florist loses church job for refusing "insulting" CRB checks, Sunday Mercury 12 December
Don't touch pupils' fingers, music teachers are told, Sunday Telegraph 12 December
Cathedral flower ladies quitting over criminal record checks, Sunday Telegraph 12 December
Cathedral florist ousted for refusing CRB check, Christian institute, 13 December
The revolt of the British flower ladies, 10 December, National Post (Canada)
Josie Appleton was on BBC Bristol and BBC Radio Sussex, talking about CRB checks, on 8 December
Annabel is blooming furious with CRB checks, Daily Telegraph, 7 December 2010
Rebellious Gloucester Cathedral flower arranger "forced" to resign, This is Gloucestershire, 7 December 2010
Gloucester Cathedral flower arranger who said no to vetting is forced to resign, Daily Mail, 7 December 2010
Nativity blackout: Parents banned from taking photos and pupils' eyes covered up...all in the name of child protection, Daily Mail, 27 November 2010
Lord Vinson on CRB checks, House of Lords, 25 November 2010
A very middle class revolt! The flower arrangers and bell ringers fighting crazy criminal vetting of anyone who works near children, Josie Appleton, Daily Mail, 26 November 2010
'The volunteers' revolt', Josie Appleton, Spectator (cover story), 25 November 2010
Refusing visas to artists will kill London's arts, Munira Mirza, Evening Standard, 23 November 2010
Warning: cellos, paintbrushes, sketchpads and cameras on UK Borders Agency’s list of suspicious items,
Manick Govinda, Open Democracy 20 November 2010
A ban on the burka is really offensive, Ode Magazine
Millions "wasted" on CRB vetting checks, 1 November
Josie Appleton discussed the regulation of alcohol on Radio 5 live, BBC Radio Merseyside and BBC Radio Leicestershire, on 1 November
Josie Appleton discussed CRB checks on Three Counties Radio on 28 October
Review of Myth of Racist Kids, Francis Bennion
Prohibido prohibir – Ban the bans, Bruno Waterfield, EUObserver, 22 October 2010
Meet the Spaniards fighting to stub out authoritarianism, Josie Appleton, spiked, 21 October
Mum ticked off for feeding the wrong bread to ducks, Daily Express, 21 October
Manick Govinda, interviewed on Creative Choices about international artists
Woman told off for giving ducks wrong kind of bread, Guardian, 20 October
How the immigration cap damages higher education in the UK, Valerie Hartwich, Open Democracy, 5 October
Quarter of a million students reported for 'racism' by UK teachers in a decade , One India, 24 September
More Than 250,000 British Toddlers Labeled Racists, Fox News 23 September
Quarter of a million students reported for 'racism' by UK teachers in a decade, Sify News, 24 September
Deepening the Divide, Munira Mirza, Prospect, 23 September
Three-year-olds being labelled bigots by teachers as 250,000 children accused of racism, Daily Mail, 23 September
Adrian Hart was on LBC radio, 23 September, discussing kids reported for racism
Sarkozy's tough and toothless war, Josie Appleton, Presseurop, 15 September
Why Sarkozy has declared war on his own population, Josie Appleton, spiked, 13 September
Proving you’re an adult turns you into a child, Dolan Cummings, spiked, 6 September
A licence to interfere in our everyday lives, Josie Appleton, spiked, 6 September
Access denied: how Fortress Britain is blocking cultural exchange, Guardian, 6 September
'Alcohol ID checks 'infantilising' young adults, says survey', The Publican, 3 September 2010
Dolan Cummings discussed the age checks report on BBC Radio 5 Live, Thursday 2 September 2010
ID checks 'out of control', Public Service, 2 September 2010
ACS slams Manifesto Club over age verification attack, Talking Retail, 3 September 2010
Adults 'punished' by alcohol checks, Press Association, 2 September 2010; and also in:
- Daily Mirror
- AOL News
- Daily Express
- Press Association Video
- Wales Online
- Evening Standard
- Belfast Telegraph
Alcohol ID checks 'infantilising' young adults, says survey, Guardian, 2 September 2010
Constant Age Checks are Infantilising Adults, Big Brother Watch blog, 2 September 2010
Red tape campaigners criticise stores for ID checks on alcohol, Yorkshire Post, 2 September 2010
Let’s call time on this flood of useless booze rules, Josie Appleton, The Times, 13 August 2010
Josie Appleton was on BBC Radio Wales discussing on the spot fines for littering, on 10 August 2010.
Manifesto Club's visiting artist campaign was discussed in the House of Lords, 22 July 2010
Strangled and stifled by red tape, by Boyd Tonkin, Independent, 23 July 2010
Visa system – 'damaging to culture', by Lord Clement-Jones, ePolitix.com, 22 July 2010
The dangers of a burqa ban, Valerie Hartwich, Open Democracy, 19 July 2010
What’s criminal about a drink in the park?, Nicholas Thorne, spiked, 15 July 2010
Limiting the damage of binge drinking, Morning Advertiser 14 July 2010
Josie Appleton is interviewed on the burqa ban in Ode magazine (Dutch), August 2010
Josie Appleton was on BBC Radio Wales, discussing booze bans, on 14 July 2010
James Panton was on BBC Radio Scotland, discussing the regulation of alcohol, on 12 July 2010
Don’t tinker with the vetting rules: scrap them, Josie Appleton, spiked, 8 July 2010
Against the hyperregulation of alcohol, Josie Appleton's speech to Westminster Food & Nutrition Forum, 8 July 2010
Vetting scheme 'would not protect children as paedophiles operate online', Daily Telegraph, 29 June 2010
Ditched vetting scheme 'gave a boost to child safety', Yorkshire Post, 29 June 2010
Society Daily, Guardian, 25 June 2010
CRB checks have cost sector £220m in eight years, study claims, Third Sector, 24 June 2010
Volunteer cathedral flower arrangers threaten strike action over CRB checks, SWNS, 25 June 2010
http://www.bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/home/2010/06/crb-checks-rob-charities-of-350-million.html, Big Brother Watch blog, 24 June 2010
Blooming daft: Gloucester Cathedral flower volunteers face criminal checks, This is Gloucestershire, 25 June 2010
Josie Appleton was on BBC Radio Sussex and Radio Oxford on 24 June 2010, discussing the vetting and volunteering report
Charities' £350m bill for criminal record checks on helpers and volunteers, Daily Mail, 24 June 2010
4million volunteers forced to undergo Criminal Records Bureau checks, Teegraph, 24 June 2010
Enough with pavement justice from badged busybodies, Liberty Central, 15 June 2010
Mayor calls for overhaul of visas to stop harm to capital's culture, Evening Standard, 7 June 2010
Recording and Reporting Incidents of Bullying Between Pupils, and Incidents of Abuse
against School Staff, Runnymede Trust, 4 March 2010
So far, so good – but there is more to come for ID cards, Open Democracy, 27 May 2010
Senior Arts Figures Warn Visa Rules are Threatening the Arts in Britain, Visual Arts and Galleries Association newsletter
I'm off, but the struggle for civil liberties must go on, Henry Porter, Guardian, 21 May 2010
Aged 36 and can't get served, BBC News, 20 May 2010
Defend the Republic! Ban the burqa!, Josie Appleton, spiked, 19 May 2010
Points-based visa system alienates visitors to UK, The Times, 19 May 2010
Got any ID? These checks are out of hand, Josie Appleton, 14 May, Guardian Liberty Central
Josie Appleton discussed the Campaign Against Vetting on BBC Radio Sheffield, 12 May 2010
Hung Out to Dry - Britain's Limp Result, Huffington Post, 7 May 2010
My ideal Queen's speech, Henry Porter, Guardian, 5 May 2010
Boy, nine, put in isolation for calling classmate 'chocolate', Sunday Telegraph, 25 April
Iraqi artists denied entry to Britain for own exhibition, New Zealand Herald, 3 April
"Debatte": Was ist so großartig am Wohlfahrtsstaat?', Die Presse (Austria), Sunday 25 April 2010
'What's so great about the welfare state?', James Panton, spiked, Wednesday 21 April 2010
James Panton reviewed the newspapers on Sky News, Friday 23 April 2010 at 20.10 and 23.10
James Panton was interviewed for Sky News on the implications of a hung parliament for UK politics, Saturday 24 April
Iraqi artists denied entry to Britain for their own exhibition, Independent, 3 April 2010
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