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26 July 2024
Government Has Just Declared War on Free Speech
26 July 2024
by Toby Young
The Human Rights Act 1998 was a judicialisation of politics, says Dr David McGrogan. "It transfers political decisions away from democratic processes and into the courts, where it will be unsullied by the electorate."
Matt Hancock "glutted on power and too obviously loved himself" says Lord Sumption, in a damning assessment of the "mediocre band of ministers" behind the Government's lockdown policy.
Lord Sumption has written about the gradually dawning realisation that the lockdown policy was a disastrous mistake. It could be called ‘I Told You So’ – or, since some anger is justified, ‘I F***ing Told You So.’
The Daily Sceptic has submitted a response to Meta’s request for public feedback about its COVID-19 misinformation policy. Tl;dr: the best remedy for bad speech is more speech, not enforced silence.
According to Lord Sumption, liberal democracies are in peril because their citizens want the state to do more and more to protect them from minor, everyday risks and are happy to sacrifice their liberty in return.
We're publishing a guest post on the Daily Sceptic by Law Professor David McGrogan about why the critics of Covid restrictions are suddenly winning the argument.
Lord Sumption has written a blistering comment piece for the Telegraph, attacking the draconian measures being rolled out across continental Europe.
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