MembersNEWNew in the Members’ Room: Josie Appleton critiques anti-consumer culture and John Ozimek takes on new pornography laws; Ceri Dingle presents a pro-immigration video; Mark Harrop reports on his campaign against the smoking ban; and Manick Govinda calls for the abolition of the 2003 Licensing Act New on the Vetting Blog: CRB checks stop work experience; investigation of the Jersey skull fragment story; child protection coaching becomes more bureaucratic. Read on… |
How the Child Protection Industry Stole ChristmasOver-cautious child protection policies are blighting Christmas events – from the vetting of Santas and bell ringers, to bans on parents taking photos of Nativity plays. The new Manifesto Club report, HOW THE CHILD PROTECTION INDUSTRY STOLE CHRISTMAS, calls for a more commonsense and trusting approach to adult-child relations. This is part of the ongoing campaign, The Case Against Vetting. Sign the PETITION against the expansion of vetting.
We wish you a Merry Christmas and a free and enlightened New Year |
The Manifesto Club supports:All those who oppose the new Mayor's ban on drinking on the London Tube... 'Enlightenment is humanity's emergence from self-imposed immaturity. Dare to know! Have courage to use your own understanding!' Immanuel Kant 'What characterises man is his extreme abundance of imagination; therefore, that man is a fantastic animal and that universal history is the gigantic, continuous and insistent effort to go, little by little, putting some order into the crazy fantasy.' José Ortega y Gasset |
