British National Party (BNP) 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, says John Kampfner. (more…)
With John Kampfner, Chief Executive, Index on Censorship
1:00pm-2:30pm
At the Bhattacharyya Seminar Room, ippr, 30- 32 Southampton Street, London WC2E 7RA
Established as the two most fundamental principles of the Western socio-economic model for almost 60 years, liberal democracy and capitalism are being questioned in a fashion that is unheard of in recent memory. In his new book Freedom for Sale, Author and Journalist John Kampfner visits countries as diverse as China, the United Arab Emirates, Russia and the UK finding evidence of a new pact between citizens and their governments exchanging personal freedoms in return for material prosperity.
Places at this event are limited. To reserve a place please email [email protected].
Index on Censorship chief executive John Kampfner was a guest on Channel 4 news last night, discussing the free expression controversies surrounding BNP leader Nick Griffin’s forthcoming appearance on Question Time and the Twitter campaign against Jan Moir’s article on the death of Boyzone singer Stephen Gately. Watch it below (segment starts six minutes in).
Read journalism.co.uk’s Judith Townend’s round up of the argument here
Law firm Carter-Ruck’s super-injunction to attempt to stop the reporting of a question on the Trafigura affair in Parliament has galvanised MPs and other bodies to take up the fight for freedom of expression. John Kampfner reports (more…)
