Tag Archives: week at westminster

Sal Brinton on how Liberal Democrats helped change law on revenge porn

Sal BrintonIf you have half an hour today, make sure you listen to the Week in Westminster, available here on iPlayer.

In it, Tom Brake debates the merits of fixed term Parliaments. The Tory argument against them seems to be more based in self interest and “we are sick fed up of the coalition and these pesky Liberal Democrats” than anything that actually matters.

Sal Brinton is also on talking about revenge porn which was made illegal in moves driven by Liberal Democrats including Sal, Olly Grender, Jonathan Marks and Liz Barker. Presenter Helen Lewis had initially said that the move was part of Chris Grayling’s move to combat internet abuse. Sal put her right, explaining that the impetus actually came from Liberal Democrats on the back of Hannah Thompson’s campaign. She was very diplomatic about the process of getting Government support for the move. You’ll have to listen to see how, in the last few minutes of the programme.

Posted in News | Also tagged , , , , and | 8 Comments
Advert

Recent Comments

  • David Allen
    @cim Good post. I guess what we're both identifying is that neither an "establishment" nor an "insurgent" position is good enough. The trick must be to pro...
  • David Raw
    @ Catherine Hodgkinson Completely agree, although I suspect Mark Carney is perfectly capable of looking after himself (and Canada)....
  • Catherine Hodgkinson
    I am only posting this here because I don’t know where else to vent my frustration. Canada is being increasingly bullied by Trump and,yet we are hearing nothi...
  • Geoff Reid
    Abolishing capitalism is a non-starter. That doesn't stop us from campaigning against the follies and oppressions of unacceptable forms of capitalism and learn...
  • Linda Chung
    Good article, I very much agree on the headings. Thus, I also believe we are not mushy thinkers. We are poor, mushy communicators? That elusive slogan that wi...