Lord Sumption has said that if we are to be free we should do as much as possible by convention, not by law. That's right, says Prof James Alexander. But how does one recover conventions that have been lost or destroyed?
A leading political journalist has said that banning the AfD is "overdue" and insists political repression is perfectly fine when exercised by a "constitutional state". Can these people hear themselves, wonders Eugyppius.
Mandatory vaccination, medical examination and confinement are included in the draconian new Health Bill for Northern Ireland. The public must speak out in opposition, says Dr. Elizabeth Evans.
The Covid lockdowns turned Boris Johnson into Oliver Cromwell, making him only the second British leader to have cancelled Christmas, Conservative leadership candidate James Cleverly has said.
Keir Starmer has said the state will "take back control" of people’s lives – twisting the Brexit slogan and backtracking on his previous pledge to "tread more lightly" on people's lives.
It's not just that freedom of speech is under attack, but that a global effort is underway to decide what is true, and to ensure that an individual's speech can do nothing but declare it, says Dr David McGrogan.
It's a striking coincidence that Kamala Harris and Keir Starmer are both former public prosecutors, says Dr David McGrogan. It's symbolic of the way law has been weaponised through political bias and double standards.
There is a breakdown coming in the relationship between the Government and the people, and things are going to get hostile, warns Dr David McGrogan. The Government will turn on the people for not falling into line.
Authoritarian government always suppresses free speech, but the worst part is that the public joins in, says Sallust, as he sees lessons in the 1939 writings of Nora Waln, who saw the iron fist coming down before her eyes.
With the return of 'non-crime hate incidents', Labour is exposing its authoritarian underbelly, says Andrew Doyle. The threat that penalties for 'non-crime' represent to liberty cannot be overstated.
