Patrick Hayes

Occupy London reveal their true colours Saturday November 19, 2011 We need a battle of ideas not a ‘safer space’ for debate, says Patrick Hayes

Gagging the press Sunday October 9, 2011 Licensing journalists wouldn’t work. But, worse, the fact that people are considering it shows a worrying lack of principle at the heart of public policy, says Patrick Hayes

Supermarkets join the nanny state Thursday July 7, 2011 The government has persuaded Sainsbury’s to help identify informal ‘carers’ as potential ‘partners of the state’. Patrick Hayes argues against this latest attempt to nationalise family life.

"This public intellectual has no right to speak!" Friday June 10, 2011 Patrick Hayes witnesses a debate on arts funding with AC Grayling going up in a puff of smoke when hijacked by anti-cuts protesters

No to ‘no platform’ Tuesday May 10, 2011 Patrick Hayes says that the National Union of Students is wrong to censor student debate

TV producer is another victim of the intolerance of the "liberal" elite Wednesday March 30, 2011 The reaction to Brian True-May’s comments about Midsomer Murders reveals the depth of the contempt the liberal elite has for the programme’s conservative audience, says Patrick Hayes

Censorship by any other name Thursday March 24, 2011 Patrick Hayes argues that the Advertising Standards Authority is an insult to good sense and should be scrapped

You can't say that: whatever happened to our free and open society? Wednesday March 16, 2011 For those deemed by the state to have ‘offensive’ views, living in Britain is like living in an open prison, argues Patrick Hayes