A rare brave voice in the House of Lords

How can “misgendering” mean you end up in a cell?

It would be naive to think freedom of speech is safe

Still less is it terrorism

An Egyptian anti-Christianity activist should not have been imprisoned

The fight against censorship goes on

Or else this precedent could silence dissent

We have to protect cultural history

I was acquitted — but I should never have been arrested

We must sweep aside today’s pervasive fearfulness. Instead we should feel free to offend — and not take offence when others treat us equally robustly