a
Compassion
in Politics project
the
Campaign Against
Political Deception
Thanks to your support, the first democracy in history is outlawing lies in politics. Watch the moment it happened...
“globally pioneering - an important breakthrough for the health of democracy.”
Kevin Casas-Zamora, CEO
International Institute for Democracy & EA
What is CAPD ?
CAPD is a UK-based, not-for-profit association of lawyers & legislators. We convince governments to outlaw political deception.
Dr Sam Fowles
Legal Lead
Jennifer Nadel FRSA
Campaign Lead
Adam Price MS
Legislative Lead
Our leadership team works with legislators, lawyers, thought leaders, campaigners and grassroots activists around the world.
Just 25 seconds helps
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Ensure the Welsh legislation makes it through committee hearings and as promised by the government, becomes law before 2026.
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Convince other governments to follow Wales
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Free democracies from dishonest politics
Why should I care ?
False facts from politicians = false choices for us and distrust.
Autocrats use lies to deliberately undermine our trust. It's how they legally turn democracies into autocracies.
In the UK, 91% of people don't trust politicians. In London it's 97%, and 98% for under 24's.
“Trust in politicians has fallen below previous lowest score, recorded after the 2009 expenses crisis.”
Mike Clemence
Co-author IPSOS Veracity Index
How the law works
At the heart of the legislation is an elegantly simple mechanism...
"14 days to clarify, correct or retract a statement of fact if challenged. Or choose to defend it in court"
This prevents lies and also makes politicians act with integrity instead of fuelling the crisis in public trust.
Leadership Team
Dr Sam Fowles
Legal Lead
Jennifer Nadel FRSA
Campaign Lead
Adam Price MS
Legislative Lead
Adam Price MS | Legislative lead
Born into a Welsh mining family Adam has served as a Member of Parliament, Member of the Senedd and party leader (Plaid Cymru - the first out gay man to lead a UK political party). As a Fulbright scholar he studied at Harvard - becoming a fellow of the Centre for International Development at the John F. Kennedy School of Government.
Jennifer Nadel | Compassion In Politics
A qualified barrister, author, award-winning journalist and broadcaster (BBC and ITV from around the world), Jennifer is the Director of Compassionate Politics at Stanford University’s Centre for Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education (CCARE). In the UK she co-founded Compassion in Politics, the cross-party UK-based think tank which works for democratic reform.
Dr Sam Fowles | Cornerstone Barristers
Sam Fowles is a barrister, author, and columnist. Sam has argued many of the most significant cases of recent years, including Miller v The Prime Minister (in which the Supreme Court overturned the unlawful prorogation of Parliament), Hamilton v Post Office (exposing the Horizon scandal). He serves as Director of the Institute for Constitutional and Democratic Research and Counsel to the APPG on Democracy and the constitution.
Richard Symons | Compass Solutions
Compass is the strategy & comms agency behind the team.
For media and speaker requests please email info@compass-strat.com
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