Nick Pickles is the Director of civil liberties group Big Brother Watch. Established in 2009, Big Brother Watch fights injustice and campaigns to protect our civil liberties and personal freedoms. Nick joined the organisation in September 2011, and his career has included working with innovative SMEs and large corporates. He took on Yvette Cooper at the General Election, achieving a 12.5% swing to the Conservatives and sits on the executive of the Conservative Technology Forum. He is also an internationally published music photographer. |
Early intervention: saving children from their future?
"In few places does the free exchange of views take place on so wide a range of issues as at the Battle of Ideas. Whatever the headlines of 2011 prove to be, the Battle of Ideas is where they will be most robustly debated."
Andrew Copson, chief executive, British Humanist Association