Government slammed for running a secret blacklist of speakers barred from Whitehall
So much for freedom of speech…
So much for freedom of speech…
Not content with taking us out of Europe, the anti-EU right-wing forces in Britain have set their sights on some of our most cherished institutions.
“It is straying into thought crimes and political opinions.”
Last week’s newsletter looked at the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill, and the coming strikes.
As an anthropological experiment, I listened to two whole episodes of the London Calling podcast, and I actually quite enjoyed myself.
‘The story has clearly been identified by purveyors of anti-woke content as one that will easily trigger the sensitive brains of their conservative readers into spasms of outrage’.
Untangling the web of influences behind the Tories’ latest political obsession.
The Committee of Advertising Practice has proposed changes to advertising rules to protect ‘public sensitivities’.
Rather than safe spaces and no platforming, it is government policies that are the real threat to freedom of expression.
It’s no surprise that the Tory-led witch hunt over ‘censorship’ comes whilst our universities and students suffer a serious funding and access crisis.