Without question, Steve Bray is deeply annoying. He is incredibly irritating. And, ironically, for all his claims of democratic rights, he spent quite a lot
freedom of belief
So long non-crime hate incidents, and thanks for all the memories
I have spoken about the reporting by police of non-crime hate incidents before. Notably, in this post regarding South Yorkshire Police amongst others. In the
Adding laws to protect free speech is more likely to damage it
I was reading this article in The Times (paywall) by Danny Finkelstein. In it, he addresses the government’s plans to introduce a law to protect
As if on cue, a former judge questions the wisdom of aligning hate speech laws to the views of particular campaign groups
Stories, or types of story, tend to come in little flurries. I have written a lot on this blog about free speech and the rights
We don’t need to be street preachers, or like their message, to be disturbed by this
I was looking on twitter the other day (as you do) and I came across the following post from the leader of the Reform UK
Not everything is about freedom of expression
The Times (paywall) reported yesterday that a teacher in Batley has been suspended for showing an apparently offensive cartoon of Muhammad. It bears saying that