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Join Brent Central MP Dawn Butler and Good Law Project Executive Director Jolyon Maugham for a discussion of Butler’s new book ‘A Purposeful Life’.

As the first African-Carribean woman to become a Government Minister in this country, the lessons in this book are the culmination of a lifetime of breaking records and speaking up for some of the most marginalised people in society. 

Butler has changed countless lives through taking on corruption in institutions such as the Met Police and the NHS, as well as in the corridors of power themselves. In 2021, she was famously thrown out of the House of Commons for calling Boris Johnson a liar.

This podcast is an opportunity to hear Dawn talk candidly about what motivates her to keep going in the face of an increasingly hostile political landscape and to learn from and be inspired by her experiences and achievements.

Good Law Project founder Jo Maugham discusses his new book with Dr Shola Mos-Shogbamimu.

Bringing Down Goliath can be found at all good book shops. 

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The UK is faced with massive inflation rises and millions of households are struggling to pay basic living costs alongside soaring energy prices.
Our panel of activists and experts explore some of the key issues, both social and political, around this Cost of Living Crisis, and discuss what can be done to resolve them.

The panel for the livestream was:
Bell Ribeiro-Addy – Labour MP for Streatham
Tom Brooke Bullard – Senior Policy Researcher, Energy Policy, Citizens Advice
Jan Shortt – General Secretary, National Pensioners Convention
Tamara Walters - Legal Assistant, Good Law Project

This Livestream was originally broadcast on December 2nd, 2022.

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Join us as our Director, Jo Maugham, chats to one of the UK's leading lawyers and experts on human rights, Adam Wagner.
We explore themes from his new book, 'Emergency State: How we Lost Our Freedoms in the Pandemic and Why it matters', as well as his life and work. 

Join Good Law Project for 'Trans Rights: Hopes and Challenges in 2022', an open, positive event where a panel of activists and experts will explore some of the key issues, both social and political, facing trans people in 2022, and discuss what can be done to overcome them.

We apologise for poor audio quality due to technical issues on the day.

Featuring:
CN Lester - Musician, author and host.
Eva Echo - Activist
Katy Montgomerie - Activist
Ramses Underhill-Smith - Managing Director, Alternative Care Services
Nadia Whittome - MP for Nottingham East


 

The Government has changed the law to make it easier for the police to restrict where and how we protest, and it’s set to do so again in the coming months. For many, freedom of assembly is essential to a healthy democracy. 
Is this the end of protests? Are the new policing laws an unprecedented power grab or a necessary corrective to protect public life? When the issue is as serious as the climate crisis, is there an argument for civil disobedience? 
Our panel answer these questions and more:
Ian Browne, Good Law Project’s legal manager and host for the eventRoger Hallam, activist and founder of Extinction RebellionParm Sandhu, former Met Chief Superintendent Dr Shola Mos-Shogbamimu, author and founder of Women in LeadershipTom Wainwright, a leading lawyer in the field of protest law at Garden Court ChambersThis was first broadcast as a livestream on the 15th June 2022.

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