For media enquiries, please contact Josie Appleton (josie.appleton@manifestoclub.com or 0779 1032740).
Josie Appleton was on BBC London, 2 February, on Brighton council's ban on bus drivers saying 'love' and 'darling'
Thousands wrongly labelled as criminals, Daily Telegraph 2 February 2012
Nanny state makes a meal of child food advice with 80-page guide, The Times, 17 January
Islington set for massive CCTV upgrade, Islington Gazette, 16 January
Licensed to censor performance art, Manick Govinda, spiked, 16 January
Even Kate has to be vetted so she can go camping with the Scouts, Daily Mail, 6 January 2012
Lights, camera, points, 5 January 2010
Question on leafleting bans, Lords Hansard, 7 December
Great British pubs, but is UK Plc no place for the public house?, Reuters, 2 December
Nearly 200 innocent people branded criminals by Government, Daily Telegraph, 17 November
Volunteers aged just ten checked for criminal past, despite Coalition pledges to scale back vetting, Daily Mail, 16 November
Josie Appleton discussed on-spot fines for littering on BBC Radio Wales, 16 November
Scout leaders 'routinely' run criminal record checks on parent volunteers, Daily Telegraph, 12 November
Don't police anti-gay 'hate' speech, Diva, 11 November
Josie Appleton discussed calls to ban Halloween on BBC Radio London, 31 October
Beware your public square, No CCTV, 22 October
Leafleting: A Liberty Lost? - Review, Culture Vulture, 5 October
Media misses the point, again: Student Visa Checks, Migration Pulse, 3 October
UK: Universities 'over-report' on foreign students, University World News, 2 October
UK row over teachers as spies - Varsities chafe at visa police role, The Telegraph (India), 1 October
Thousands of Pakistani students at risk in UK, The News (Pakistan), 30 September
Visa alert on thousands of students, Guardian, 29 September
Are UK lecturers spying on Indian students?, Press Trust of India, 29 September
Foreign students reported for UK visa breaches by the thousands, Visa Bureau, 29 September
Valerie Hartwich discussed her visa report on Sunrise Radiom and Josie Appleton discussed the issue on Russia Today, on 29 September
Universities report 1,500 concerns over foreign students every month, Daily Telegraph, 29 September
Visa alert on thousands of students, Evening Standard, 29 September
Thousands of foreign students reported over visas, BBC News, 29 September
Visa alert on thousands of students, Daily Mirror, 29 September
Beware your public square: Britain is under attack from ‘talking’ CCTV cameras, Open Democracy 24 September
UK Govt. Labels School Kids Racists, Homophobes, New American, 19 September
Hertfordshire children reported for racist and homophobic incidents, Hertfordshire Mercury, 19 September
Minette Marrin's column, Sunday Times, 18 September
Birmingham schoolkids labelled most racist in country, Birmingham Mercury, 18 September
Op-Ed: Nursery school children reported for racist language in UK, Digital Journal, 15 September
3-Year-Olds Branded “Racist,” “Homophobic” Put In Government Database, Infowars, 15 September
Should schools report kids for bad or racist language?, BBC News, 14 September
Nursery school 'bigots', Evening Standard, 14 September
Adrian Hart discussed his report on racist incident reporting on Radio 5 Live and Radio Hull; Josie Appleton discussed it on LBC radio.
4-year-olds branded racist over innocent playground names, Daily Express, 14 September
'Racists' aged three: Toddlers among thousands of children accused of bigotry after name-calling, Daily Mail, 14 September
Children as young as four reprimanded for racist behaviour, Daily Telegraph, 14 September
Thousands of primary school pupils reported for homophobia, Pink News, 4 September
Thousands of under-11s branded homophobic, Sunday Times, 4 September
Policing the innocent, ignoring the riotous, spiked, 16 August
Public letter calls for a new visa system for leading performers, FreeMuse, 1 August
Council should scrap leafleting costs, Arts in Leicestershire, 29 July
The Manifesto Club leafleting report is on You and Yours, Radio 4, 29 July
UK Border Agency tells foreign writers to naff off, MobyLives, 14 July
Josie Appleton discussed leafleting bans on JackFM Hertfordshire, 5 July
Anti-bullying rule that brands children racist, Daily Express, 4 July
Campaigners call for relaxation of council rules on flyers, Brighton Argus, 4 July
Almost 2,000 children are reported for 'hate crimes', Scotsman, 4 July
Eleanor Mills: Putting a match to our civil liberties, Sunday Times, 3 July
Anger over leafleting crackdown, Buxton Advertiser, 30 June
Josie Appleton discussed leafleting bans on Three Counties Radio, 30 June
Leafleting: Public menace or good for business, BBC News, 30 June
Is your council restricting your free speech?, Mark Wallace, 30 June
Anger over leafleting crackdown, Bearsden Herald, 30 June
Bill Stickers is innocent ok!, Claire Fox, Municipal Journal, 30 June
Taking liberties with poster ban, Municipal Journal, 30 June
Josie Appleton discussed leafleting bans on BBC Radio Leicester, on 30 June
Anger over leafleting crackdown, MSN News, 30 June
The right to leaflet is a basic liberty, Josie Appleton, Open Democracy, 30 June
Local councils' regulation of public leafleting an affront to our historic liberties, Josie Appleton, Conservative Home, 30 June
Lost cat? The licence fee you will have to pay to leaflet your neighbours, Daily Mail, 30 June
Councils' crackdown on leafleting is 'a blow to liberty', says campaign group, Guardian, 30 June
Councils' crackdown on leafleting is 'a blow to liberty', says campaign group, UTV, 30 June
Josie Appleton discussed footballers sacked for sex allegations, on the BBC Radio 2 Jeremy Vine Show, 29 June
Visiting Artists Visas - Open Letter to Home Secretary, epolitix, 28 June
How Britain persecutes visiting artists, Kamila Shamsie, Guardian, 27 June
World-class artists 'put off coming to Britain by intrusive' points-based immigration system', Daily Telegraph, 27 June
Hur burkan blev en frihetssymbol, Josie Appleton, Voltaire Magazine (Swe)
Josie Appleton was on BBC Radio London, discussing plans to ban smoking in private cars, 22 June
Fun in the sun - when it’s not a battle to the death, Sunday Telegraph, 18 June
Dan Travis was on Sky News on 17 June, discussing his Manifesto Club thinkpiece on competitive sport
Wie die Burka zu einem Symbol der Freiheit wurde, Novo Mazagine (Germany), 27 May
Josie Appleton was on BBC Radio Tees, 27 May, criticising no-booze rules on trains
Dolan Cummings was on Radio 5 Live, 26 May discussing 'responsible drinking' regulations
How the burqa became a symbol of freedom, Josie Appleton, spiked, 19 May
Don’t touch — paranoia endangers children on sport courses, Sunday Times, 22 May
The Visiting Artists Campaign is on a WorldWrite video
Visa fiasco, Independent arts diary, 22 April
Josie Appleton on hyperregulation, Counterpoint, ABC Radio (Australia), 11 April
Police want booze snatch powers on every Islington street, Islington Gazette, 7 April
Annabel Hayter wins an Oldie Award for her opposition against CRB checks
House of Lords debate rocks points-based visa restrictions for visiting artists and academics, Manick Govinda, Migrants Rights Network blog, 25 March
We don’t need to be saved from the ‘demon drink’, Josie Appleton, 23 March, spiked
London mayor warns of damage to arts sector from new visa regulations, The Stage, 21 March
Government faces calls to overhaul visa rules for foreign performers, Guardian, 21 March
Visa Restrictions - the story so far, Manick Govinda, ArtsAdmin, 21 March
Textbooks don’t make terrorists, Nick Thorne, spiked, 17 March
Guilty until proven innocent: Volunteers forced to have a million criminal record checks a year, Daily Mail, 14 March
House of Lords debate on points-based visa system, 10 March
Freedom Bill: good news and bad news, Josie Appleton, spiked, 14 February
The Points Based System is spreading a culture of controls across the education and arts sectors, Valerie Hartwich, Migrant Rights Network, 15 February
The state of civil liberties in modern Britain, Dick Puddlecote, 6 February
The liberal tradition of the leafleteer is under threat, Josie Appleton, Open Democracy, 2 February
Child protection - a creepy cautionary tale, The Times, 31 January
Thousands could sue Government over unlawful 'child protection' sackings, Sunday Telegraph, 30 January
Kids put on 'hate crimes' list for schoolyard taunts, World Net Daily, 22 January 2011
Josie Appleton was on BBC Radio Birmingham on 22 January 2011, discussing racist incident reporting
Adrian Hart was on LBC, Five Live and Talksport on 17 January discussing his work on The Myth of Racist Kids
30,000 pupils branded as bigots: Teachers log 'racist' and 'homophobic' jibes in playground squabbles, even at nursery, Daily Mail, 17 January 2011
Thousands of schoolchildren branded 'racist' and 'homophobic' during playground squabbles, Daily Telegraph, 17 January 2011
Valerie Hartwich was on Ben TV (Africa), discussing UK visa regulations
Josie Appleton was on BBC Radio Wales, 11 January 2010, discussing the teacher sacked for taking his pupils sledging
The Manifesto Club's visa campaign is on Radio Suisse Romande, 29 December 2010 (Royaume-Uni: des visas pour les artistes)
The hyperregulation of everyday life, Big Brother Watch, 7 January 2011
Send in the clowns: Britain’s bizarre new laws, Josie Appleton, spiked, 29 December 2010
The proposed cap on international students is discriminatory and a danger to British education, Valerie Hartwich, Open Democracy, 31 December 2010
Fury of music teachers over 'no touching' diktat, Daily Mail, 29 December 2010
The Manifesto Club's Campaign Against Vetting is in the blog of the Swedish Daily, SvD, on 22 December 2010
Do I REALLY look like a paedophile, asks flower arranger sacked for fighting criminal vetting checks, Daily Mail, 11 December
Headstrong Gloucester florist loses church job for refusing "insulting" CRB checks, Sunday Mercury 12 December
Don't touch pupils' fingers, music teachers are told, Sunday Telegraph 12 December
Cathedral flower ladies quitting over criminal record checks, Sunday Telegraph 12 December
Cathedral florist ousted for refusing CRB check, Christian institute, 13 December
The revolt of the British flower ladies, 10 December, National Post (Canada)
Josie Appleton was on BBC Bristol and BBC Radio Sussex, talking about CRB checks, on 8 December
Annabel is blooming furious with CRB checks, Daily Telegraph, 7 December 2010
Rebellious Gloucester Cathedral flower arranger "forced" to resign, This is Gloucestershire, 7 December 2010
Gloucester Cathedral flower arranger who said no to vetting is forced to resign, Daily Mail, 7 December 2010
Nativity blackout: Parents banned from taking photos and pupils' eyes covered up...all in the name of child protection, Daily Mail, 27 November 2010
Lord Vinson on CRB checks, House of Lords, 25 November 2010
A very middle class revolt! The flower arrangers and bell ringers fighting crazy criminal vetting of anyone who works near children, Josie Appleton, Daily Mail, 26 November 2010
'The volunteers' revolt', Josie Appleton, Spectator (cover story), 25 November 2010
Refusing visas to artists will kill London's arts, Munira Mirza, Evening Standard, 23 November 2010
Warning: cellos, paintbrushes, sketchpads and cameras on UK Borders Agency’s list of suspicious items,
Manick Govinda, Open Democracy 20 November 2010
A ban on the burka is really offensive, Ode Magazine
Millions "wasted" on CRB vetting checks, 1 November
Josie Appleton discussed the regulation of alcohol on Radio 5 live, BBC Radio Merseyside and BBC Radio Leicestershire, on 1 November
Josie Appleton discussed CRB checks on Three Counties Radio on 28 October
Review of Myth of Racist Kids, Francis Bennion
Prohibido prohibir – Ban the bans, Bruno Waterfield, EUObserver, 22 October 2010
Meet the Spaniards fighting to stub out authoritarianism, Josie Appleton, spiked, 21 October
Mum ticked off for feeding the wrong bread to ducks, Daily Express, 21 October
Manick Govinda, interviewed on Creative Choices about international artists
Woman told off for giving ducks wrong kind of bread, Guardian, 20 October
How the immigration cap damages higher education in the UK, Valerie Hartwich, Open Democracy, 5 October
Quarter of a million students reported for 'racism' by UK teachers in a decade , One India, 24 September
More Than 250,000 British Toddlers Labeled Racists, Fox News 23 September
Quarter of a million students reported for 'racism' by UK teachers in a decade, Sify News, 24 September
Deepening the Divide, Munira Mirza, Prospect, 23 September
Three-year-olds being labelled bigots by teachers as 250,000 children accused of racism, Daily Mail, 23 September
Adrian Hart was on LBC radio, 23 September, discussing kids reported for racism
Sarkozy's tough and toothless war, Josie Appleton, Presseurop, 15 September
Why Sarkozy has declared war on his own population, Josie Appleton, spiked, 13 September
Proving you’re an adult turns you into a child, Dolan Cummings, spiked, 6 September
A licence to interfere in our everyday lives, Josie Appleton, spiked, 6 September
Access denied: how Fortress Britain is blocking cultural exchange, Guardian, 6 September
'Alcohol ID checks 'infantilising' young adults, says survey', The Publican, 3 September 2010
Dolan Cummings discussed the age checks report on BBC Radio 5 Live, Thursday 2 September 2010
ID checks 'out of control', Public Service, 2 September 2010
ACS slams Manifesto Club over age verification attack, Talking Retail, 3 September 2010
Adults 'punished' by alcohol checks, Press Association, 2 September 2010; and also in:
- Daily Mirror
- AOL News
- Daily Express
- Press Association Video
- Wales Online
- Evening Standard
- Belfast Telegraph
Alcohol ID checks 'infantilising' young adults, says survey, Guardian, 2 September 2010
Constant Age Checks are Infantilising Adults, Big Brother Watch blog, 2 September 2010
Red tape campaigners criticise stores for ID checks on alcohol, Yorkshire Post, 2 September 2010
Let’s call time on this flood of useless booze rules, Josie Appleton, The Times, 13 August 2010
Josie Appleton was on BBC Radio Wales discussing on the spot fines for littering, on 10 August 2010.
Manifesto Club's visiting artist campaign was discussed in the House of Lords, 22 July 2010
Strangled and stifled by red tape, by Boyd Tonkin, Independent, 23 July 2010
Visa system – 'damaging to culture', by Lord Clement-Jones, ePolitix.com, 22 July 2010
The dangers of a burqa ban, Valerie Hartwich, Open Democracy, 19 July 2010
What’s criminal about a drink in the park?, Nicholas Thorne, spiked, 15 July 2010
Limiting the damage of binge drinking, Morning Advertiser 14 July 2010
Josie Appleton is interviewed on the burqa ban in Ode magazine (Dutch), August 2010
Josie Appleton was on BBC Radio Wales, discussing booze bans, on 14 July 2010
James Panton was on BBC Radio Scotland, discussing the regulation of alcohol, on 12 July 2010
Don’t tinker with the vetting rules: scrap them, Josie Appleton, spiked, 8 July 2010
Against the hyperregulation of alcohol, Josie Appleton's speech to Westminster Food & Nutrition Forum, 8 July 2010
Vetting scheme 'would not protect children as paedophiles operate online', Daily Telegraph, 29 June 2010
Ditched vetting scheme 'gave a boost to child safety', Yorkshire Post, 29 June 2010
Society Daily, Guardian, 25 June 2010
CRB checks have cost sector £220m in eight years, study claims, Third Sector, 24 June 2010
Volunteer cathedral flower arrangers threaten strike action over CRB checks, SWNS, 25 June 2010
http://www.bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/home/2010/06/crb-checks-rob-charities-of-350-million.html, Big Brother Watch blog, 24 June 2010
Blooming daft: Gloucester Cathedral flower volunteers face criminal checks, This is Gloucestershire, 25 June 2010
Josie Appleton was on BBC Radio Sussex and Radio Oxford on 24 June 2010, discussing the vetting and volunteering report
Charities' £350m bill for criminal record checks on helpers and volunteers, Daily Mail, 24 June 2010
4million volunteers forced to undergo Criminal Records Bureau checks, Teegraph, 24 June 2010
Enough with pavement justice from badged busybodies, Liberty Central, 15 June 2010
Mayor calls for overhaul of visas to stop harm to capital's culture, Evening Standard, 7 June 2010
Recording and Reporting Incidents of Bullying Between Pupils, and Incidents of Abuse
against School Staff, Runnymede Trust, 4 March 2010
So far, so good – but there is more to come for ID cards, Open Democracy, 27 May 2010
Senior Arts Figures Warn Visa Rules are Threatening the Arts in Britain, Visual Arts and Galleries Association newsletter
I'm off, but the struggle for civil liberties must go on, Henry Porter, Guardian, 21 May 2010
Aged 36 and can't get served, BBC News, 20 May 2010
Defend the Republic! Ban the burqa!, Josie Appleton, spiked, 19 May 2010
Points-based visa system alienates visitors to UK, The Times, 19 May 2010
Got any ID? These checks are out of hand, Josie Appleton, 14 May, Guardian Liberty Central
Josie Appleton discussed the Campaign Against Vetting on BBC Radio Sheffield, 12 May 2010
Hung Out to Dry - Britain's Limp Result, Huffington Post, 7 May 2010
My ideal Queen's speech, Henry Porter, Guardian, 5 May 2010
Boy, nine, put in isolation for calling classmate 'chocolate', Sunday Telegraph, 25 April
Iraqi artists denied entry to Britain for own exhibition, New Zealand Herald, 3 April
"Debatte": Was ist so großartig am Wohlfahrtsstaat?', Die Presse (Austria), Sunday 25 April 2010
'What's so great about the welfare state?', James Panton, spiked, Wednesday 21 April 2010
James Panton reviewed the newspapers on Sky News, Friday 23 April 2010 at 20.10 and 23.10
James Panton was interviewed for Sky News on the implications of a hung parliament for UK politics, Saturday 24 April
Iraqi artists denied entry to Britain for their own exhibition, Independent, 3 April 2010
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