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
freedom of expression
The subject may change, but the principle remains the same in yet another question of freedom
A school chaplain was reported to the government prevent programme, and subsequently made redundant, because of a sermon in which he stated that children did
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
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
If you instigated a culture of unutterable views and cancellation, you can’t argue when your views are verboten and get cancelled
I was watching Politics Live yesterday and saw Rosie Duffield say the following about twitter: It was also unsurprising to see her trending on twitter
Taking an axe to hate speech laws
As you can probably imagine, as a raving Socialist of probably the worst kind, there isn’t always a lot of crossover between harder right Tories