Stop Labour’s “banter bouncers” before it’s too late
Clause 20 of the Employment Rights Bill would turn everyday conversation into a legal minefield
Come off it, Stonewall
The group has long been an unreliable guide to the law
Trade unions must support free speech
The right to be offensive should be protected, not dismissed
The sinister rise of connotation policing
The state is not just punishing what is said but what is inferred
A rare victory for proportion
The connotations of words can depend on their context, numpties
Starmer’s authoritarian instincts
Laws have been tightened, censorship powers expanded, and speech-related prosecutions pursued
The Royal Society should not expel Elon
Excommunicating people over political differences is wrong
Speake for England, Martin!
How one musician’s stand against critical race theory sparked a battle for free speech
Je suis Charlie, ten years on
We must never succumb to the jihadi’s veto
Why has Tehran released Toomaj Salehi?
The regime is said to be split over whether to target high-profile protesters
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A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
Thank God for Brexit
The EU is a bureaucratic monster and Britain is better off out
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
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Finger-lingering over hideous fluffy lilac footwear
Two cafes, both alike …
Our correspondent investigates the north London front of the Israel-Palestine conflict
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We have to tame Big Tech
We must act to regulate social media before it does a lot more damage
Sundown on Sandown
How can we save British seaside towns?
Farewell to a gentle jazz-lover
Scholarship trumps zealotry, particularly when it is veiled by modesty
Peeves and a weekend in Worcester
Thoroughly entertaining, darkly funny and humanely nasty
The resistible centrism of Mark Gatiss
Why a centre-left worldview struggles to understand dissent
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This toxic and destructive ideology must be rejected
This apology for a political comedy
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