Five Ideas to Fight For

How Our Freedom Is Under Threat and Why It Matters

De: Lord Anthony Lester

Narrado por: Lord Anthony Lester

Human rights, equality, free speech, privacy, the rule of law. These five ideas are vitally important to the way of life we enjoy today. The battle to establish them in law was long and difficult, and Lord Anthony Lester was at the heart of the 30-year campaign that resulted in the Human Rights Act as well as the struggle for race and gender equality that culminated in the Equality Act of 2010.

Today, however, our society is at risk of becoming less equal. From Snowden's revelations about our own intelligence agencies spying on us to the treatment of British Muslims, our civil liberties are under threat like never before. The Internet leaves our privacy at risk in myriad ways, our efforts to combat extremism curtail free speech, and cuts to legal aid and interference with access to justice endangers the rule of law.

A fierce argument for why we must act now to ensure the survival of the ideals which enable us to live freely, Five Ideas to Fight For is vital study on the state of freedom and the law in the world today.

©2016 Lord Anthony Lester (P)2016 Audible, Ltd

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A major problem with the press is that it has a strong preference for reporting juicy details with eye catching headlines. Things like law reforms don’t get the same amount of coverage in the press. Lord Lester was a Jewish ethnic minority who spent over 30 years trying to improve the law and the legal system in England for the benefit of everyone in England, and his substantial contributions are often overlooked by general members of the public. This book explains what he thought the shortcomings of the law and the legal system were, what he thought should be done about them, what he had actually done about them, whether it was successful or not, and then he explained why he thought we should take over and keep up the efforts. Listening to this book, I could feel Lord Lester’s conviction, passion and energy. He knew his stuff. He was knowledgeable and insightful. He provided food for thought. All in all, I am glad I listened to the whole book. I did it at one go as once I started I couldn’t put it down. You may feel the same.