Charlotte Henry

[Video] Nick Pickles on Open Rights Group digital surveillance report

Have I ever mentioned that I love Rachel Maddow?

American Media is fascinating, with a culture of talk shows, personality, and partisanship that we just don’t have here in the UK. My favourite is the quite brilliant Rachel Maddow, not particularly because i always agree with her (although I often do,)...

Nadine Dorries has whip restored, days after ominous Lord Ashcroft tweet

Nadine Dorries has had the Conservative whip restored, having it removed after she had appeared on reality tv show I’m A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here.   The news comes just a a few days after Tory donor Lord Ashcroft let his opinion on the matter be...

Snoopers’ charter reemerging

New ConHome Executive Editor Mark Wallace fears that despite clear guidelines in the Queen’s Speech, the snoopers’ charter is reemerging once again. Despite Nick Clegg saying recently that it will not happen, a point endorsed Cambridge MP Julian Huppert...

Vince Cable at heart of coalition’s agenda

In all the Bills announced today by the Queen one department is front and centre – Vince Cable’s Business, Innovation and Skills. From what I can tell Cable’s department will have three new bills to steer through, while at most others like the Home Office...

What the Queen announced

The state opening of parliament saw the Queen announce the introduction of 15 Bills, as well the continuation of the Energy Bill and two draft bills. The full list of Bills announced today is as follows: National Insurance Contributions Bill Deregulation...

I cannot think of anything worse than Google Glass

I’ve just sat through half an hour of last week’s TWIT podcast, with Leo Lap, John C. Dvorak, Mark Millian and Will Harris chatting about Google Glass. Dvorak thinks it’s a scam, but I’m more worried it’s not. I think people are actually going to buy...

Nigel Farage should not be included in the next prime ministerial debate.

UKIP did very well in the county council elections yesterday, but with no MPs, including Farage himself, there is no reason for the UKIP leader to take part in the televised prime minister’s debate. There has been a bit of an online debate about whether...

Royal Charter dying on press freedom day

According the The Sun’s Tom Netwton-Dunn the Royal Charter cooked up in a late night meeting with Hacked Off has been shelved. BREAKING: The Govt has withdrawn its Royal Charter on press regulation from the May 15 privy council meeting – for more talks...