Feminists who campaign against hip-hop are like the Christian squares who...
There is always someone campaigning against the allegedly evil lyrics on hip-hop records. Back in the late 1980s, it was Tipper Gore, wife of Al, and her posse of perfectly manicured, perfectly white...
View ArticleWhy I owe Aussie QC Raymond Finkelstein a pint
Today's column is dedicated to Raymond Finkelstein QC. Raymond who? Well, he's the kind of left-leaning activist lawyer I'd normally run a mile from – especially since he's behind a scary new report...
View ArticleThe 100-year war against football fans' freedom of speech
Last week, Nick Hawkins, the man in charge of prosecuting football fans for the Crown Prosecution Service, gave a lecture titled "Crossing the line: when sport becomes a crime". It might have been...
View ArticleThe liberal media’s war on 'trolling' is becoming increasingly intolerant and...
Jonathan Freedland has written an article for the Guardian about Islamophobic trolling on the internet. It contains an extraordinary line. Freedland says Muslim journalists are frequently subjected to...
View ArticleThe arrest of the Tom Daley tweeter was not an isolated act by idle coppers –...
It is good to see that Dorset Police have come in for a lot of flak for their harebrained decision to arrest the 17-year-old who sent horrible tweets to Tom Daley. It is not only that police must...
View Article'Darkies' is a disgusting word – but people shouldn't be given suspended jail...
When Russia imprisoned three members of Pussy Riot for expressing views that the Putin regime found distasteful, there was widespread condemnation from liberal campaigners here in Britain. I hope these...
View ArticleLuvvies for hypocrisy, intellectual dishonesty and lazy groupthink
The story so far: Caitlin Moran (yes, all right: I know lots of you claim never to have heard of her, but she's a bestselling author on both sides of the Atlantic and one of our most fluent and...
View ArticleIf we are serious about freedom of speech, then everyone must have it
Why isn't there more alarm about the Government's proposals for clamping down on extremist ideas? Yes, it's a given that you and me and most normal, rational people do not like the finger-wagging...
View ArticleThose who fail to defend the freedom of speech do not deserve the right to...
Students in London and Sussex are outraged that their right to protest is under attack. And well they might be. Management at both the University of London and Sussex University have been extremely...
View ArticleMackay and Moody controversy: to punish people for their private...
Last week, two men in the world of football lost their jobs and suffered widespread public ridicule for things they said in private conversations. I can’t be the only person who finds this outrageous....
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