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26 July 2024
Government Has Just Declared War on Free Speech
26 July 2024
by Toby Young
A Swiss girl has been been taken into care because her parents stopped her taking puberty blockers, breaching a ban on conversion therapy. Is this what Labour means by a "full, trans-inclusive ban on conversion practices"?
Parents who refuse to allow their children to change gender would face up to seven years in jail under SNP plans to ban 'conversion therapy'.
The Tories think they are being clever by bringing in a 'conversion therapy' ban for LGB but not T, but it's bound to backfire, says Moira Deeming. "My state banned 'conversion therapy' in 2021 and it's been a disaster."
Rishi Sunak will press ahead with plans to ban conversion therapy, including for transgender people, after a backlash from Conservative MPs and warnings that ministers could quit.
Over the weekend, the Government quietly slipped out the news that it's scrapped plans to ban 'conversion therapy'. This is a major victory for free speech and in no small part due to the lobbying of the Free Speech Union.
The Scottish Government's plans for a ban on LGBT 'conversion therapy' will criminalise parents for "simply trying to help their children navigate normal adolescence", church leaders have warned.
In this week's London Calling, the talking points are the latest wave of Eco protests, Macron v Le Pen, Rishi Sunak's sinking star, the U-turn on conversion therapy and Boris's surprise visit to Ukraine.
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