Censorship
The dark reality of cancel culture at Cambridge
Just reading a “gender-critical” book was enough for a young student to be ostracised
Preaching is not a crime
What Shaun O’Sullivan’s case tells us about the threat to liberty
No word should be inherently unsayable
Context matters — whatever the language police might say
Defend British sovereignty, defend the Online Safety Act
Americans have no right to dictate how Britons use the internet
Päivi Räsänen is the face of Europe’s free speech crisis
We must stand up for freedom against a culture of left-wing censoriousness
Censorship is not the answer to hatred
Don’t throw the free speech baby out with the anti-semitic bathwater
Against the EU’s online censorship regime
Experts are speaking up for free speech in Europe
So, cancel culture is real and bad now?
We should all oppose attacks on freedom of speech, but not only when it suits us
Trumping free speech
Two wrongs don’t make a right and Republicans are wrong to try and silence their opponents
Parliament vs the First Amendment
A transatlantic free speech showdown is playing out over the Online Safety Act
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unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
The Bible in the dock
Free speech for Christians is still under assault
Unusual summer reds
Think exotic spices, maraschino cherries and curly shoes
Our AI overlords will end bigotry
Bring on the machines
Homes for Ukraine — and everywhere else
Why were some non-Ukrainians far more likely to enter Britain under a scheme meant for Ukrainians?
AI podcasts give me the creeps
The more we outsource to AI, the more forgettable our cultural output is going to be
Better Slayyyter than never
Like the first Strokes album if Max Martin had produced it
Can we get removals right?
Deporting illegal migrants is a lot more difficult than promising to deport them
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Where hatreds meet
Antisemitism and misogyny have a lot in common
A love-hate affair
Finger-lingering over hideous fluffy lilac footwear
Boriswave denialism
Britain’s ruling class has used dependence on cheap labour as an economic strategy, and cannot see any other option