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 expression
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
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