John Kampfner: British National Party leader Nick Griffin received the oxygen of publicity he craved by winning his spot on Question Time, Britain’s premier TV debate show, but at the end of a nation’s ordeal, democracy emerged intact.
John Kampfner
Nick Griffin and democracy
John Kampfner: The only realistic and practical criteria for curbing free speech reside in the law. It is not for governments, less still public service broadcasters, to determine the acceptability of opinion.
The new free expression debates
John Kampfner: Index on Censorship’s day of action on 21st Century censorship
Trading freedom for prosperity
John Kampfner on how people everywhere have been too willing to trade freedom for prosperity or security
Russia and the West
John Kampfner on the Kremlin, the BBC and us
Don’t risk real freedom for short-term material gain
Our civil liberties are in jeopardy and we are to blame. We have reduced democracy to the right to make and spend money, writes
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Don't tame the feral beasts
John Kampfner says that the News of the World hacking scandal won’t do as much damage to journalism as English libel law does.
Still doing deals
John Kampfner says the secrecy of the Iraq inquiry is part of a continuing project to protect “brand Blair”
Power from the people
John Kampfner on two new books that put expenses, parliament and democracy into perspective
Freedom for sale
John Kampfner on the trade off between rights and security
Telegraph tactics enhance democracy
John Kampfner on MPs’ expenses
Russia: free speech stalemate
Meeting Garry Kasparov and President Medvedev on a recent trip, John Kampfner found little cause for optimism The setting said it all. We were...