Loz Kaye is the former leader of Pirate Party UK. He has spoken widely on mass surveillance, digital rights and intellectual property, with appearances on the BBC, CNN and Russia Today amongst others. He's based in Manchester where he is involved in community activities - in particular fighting for green space, reclaiming heritage and empty buildings and supporting the LGBT community.
There have been constant rumblings of a fundamental realignment in UK politics, particularly since Jeremy Corbyn became Labour leader and the Brexit referendum put the UK on the road to leaving the EU. The current champion of a ‘new way’ is James Chapman, formerly chief of staff to David ‘Brexit Bulldog’ Davis. This realisation seems to have come
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Academics have found further evidence of health inequalities in England. Strikingly, they found that people in the north of England are 20 per cent more likely to die before the age of 75 than those in the south. Since the mid-1990s, the number of deaths among people between the ages of 25 and 44 have
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Cranes and new builds are dominating Manchester’s skyline. But is the city bulldozing its soul? The redevelopment of Manchester is coming on at a pace. It often feels like if you go away for a week and a new block has sprung up or a much landmark has been razed to the ground. Everyone who
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Ever since the election, the government has been promising new laws on surveillance powers. Finally the draft bill has been presented, and it has a truly staggering scope. It would allow the state to hack citizens and businesses here and abroad, intercept data in bulk, and force the keeping of all UK citizens’ communications information
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