News Round-Up
26 July 2024
Government Has Just Declared War on Free Speech
26 July 2024
by Toby Young
The Government has just announced it intends to block the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act, effectively declaring war on free speech. It's time to join the Free Speech Union and fight back.
The past week has seen cancel culture come to the Right, as conservatives pick off those responsible for off-colour Trump assassination jokes and social media posts. But cancel culture is always wrong, says Andrew Doyle.
Sick of woke censorship? You ain't seen nothing yet. With Labour coming to power in a landslide, the Free Speech Union is bracing for an all-out assault on our precious freedom of expression.
England fans filmed singing offensive songs such as '10 German Bombers' face losing their jobs, a leading employment law firm has warned.
It's been a painful four years watching the experts, backed by power, dismantle the good life, and yet not be held accountable for the results, says Jeffrey Tucker. And it's only getting worse – but there is hope.
BBC 'Disinformation Correspondent' Marianna Spring worries about Russian spies, trolls, bots and Brexiteers. But most of all she worries "real people" will be "emboldened" to talk about politics online.
When three Covid sceptics bumped into Germany's 'state virologist' Christian Drosten on a campsite they could hardly believe it and made sure to give him a piece of their mind. They've now been fined for "insulting" him.
Durham University is under fire for failing to protect free speech, following its decision to cancel a Gaza war debate due to pro-Palestine protesters locking students in a chamber for over two hours.
"If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh otherwise they'll kill you." George Bernard Shaw was right, says Frank Haviland. Honesty is still the revolutionary act, today perhaps more than ever.
Back in March, the Government announced new rules to put an end to 'debanking'. But it seems the Conservatives never got round to actually bringing them into force – and now the election has killed them off.
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