The Convention Blog

Transcript: Business Gets Personal

Below is a transcript of the Business Gets Personal  session. It is loosely edited.
Jim Killock: So, our session today is looking at how businesses are using personal data, and how different sorts of business practices, good and bad, if you like, could affect the way our identities are stored and how our privacy may be affected in [...]

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Transcript – Steve Powell (The Police session)

Below is a transcript of Steve Powell’s talk at the Police session
Madam chair, ladies and gentleman, it’s a privilege and a pleasure for the Football Supporters Federation to have been invited to speak to the Convention today and I hope that at the end of my remarks you’ll see that what we have to report [...]

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Philip Pullman’s keynote – The virtues of the state

PHILIP PULLMAN: In my ten minutes I want to say something about this nation as it might be, and about the virtues that sustain a living and waking nation. I’m not going to spend much time on the vices that undermine it, although, as every storyteller knows, it’s easier and more fun to talk about vice [...]

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Transcript: Can liberty survive the slump?

From the London session on ‘Can liberty survive the slump?’

DAVID EDGAR (Chair): This is “Can Liberty Survive The Slump?” and I’m David Edgar, and I’m a playwright. And I’m going to introduce the speakers and then ask them to talk for the proverbial five to seven minutes and then possibly I will ask a couple [...]

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Judges and Politicians Session: Transcript

Here is a transcript of the London session on Judges and Politicians.
The draft transcript which follows is unedited or requires further editing. It is provided to the client strictly on the understanding that it may contain errors. In particular, it should NOT be considered a complete or correct record of proceedings.
CHAIR:  It has been a [...]

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Partial Transcript from London, #3

Here is the final part of  the transcript of the first plenary session in London.
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HELENA KENNEDY: [...]

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Partial Transcript from London, #2

This transcript covers the end of the opening keynote address, and the beginning of the plenary session which followed.
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SHAMI [...]

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Partial Transcript from London, #1

We will be posting partial transcripts from London throughout the day – the first part follows below, containing the opening of the initial keynote address.
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Vincent Cable: Latest Contributor Confirmed

Alice Dyke: Vincent Cable MP, Liberal Democrat shadow chancellor and the man relied on to tell the truth about the economy, has confirmed as a speaker for The Convention on Modern Liberty session; ‘Can liberty survive the slump?“  Having been compared to Victor Meldrew for predicting the current recession as far back as 2005, Vincent [...]

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David Starkey confirms

Alice Dyke: The renowned historian,  Tudor specialist and presenter of the ‘Monarchy’ series David Starkey has joined the Convention of Modern Liberty list of speakers.  He will be joining our Police session at 11.45 am – which ought to liven things up a little!

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