Free Speech
Can Cambridge cope with Jordan Peterson?
His visit tests the self-appointed judiciary of acceptable ideas
The hounding of a female academic
What this tells us about policing
Watch what you say
Scotland’s blasphemy law means it’s just as well The Queen didn’t attend COP26
No one expects the EU Inquisition
The Digital Services Act would appoint “coordinators” with an army of “trusted flaggers” to police digital speech in every EU member state
Broken news
Binding stations to strict impartiality regulations deprives people of watching partisan news programmes even if they want to
Bullied
The persecution of Kathleen Stock is not about free speech
Failing their own
The University College Union is hounding members out of their jobs for holding gender-critical views
The paradox of free speech
If the Civil Service wants to retain its reputation for political impartiality, then it needs to exclude those who promote only certain kinds of politics
Mire of conflicting duties
Acceptable speech turns into unjustified coercion as police stand by
The quiet cancellations
In the fearful climate of cancel culture, women and girls lose out — again