 | Josie Appleton is convenor of the civil liberties group Manifesto Club. She leads its campaigns against the vetting database, booze bans, photo bans, and other forms of state hyperregulation of everyday life. She also writes regularly on the freedom issues of the day, for publications including spiked, the Guardian, The Times, and Daily Express. |
'Turn That Racket Off' [Opens in new window]
"The 2006 Battle of Ideas did what it said on the tin: prejudices were punctured, common wisdom was questioned and original thinking honoured. The saying was coined in Texas, but I suggest that the Battle of Ideas adopts it as the conference motto: ‘sacred cows make the best burgers."
George Brock, Saturday Editor, The Times
