Free Speech

Free speech and the court of public opinion: let the people decide Thursday February 4, 2010 John Terry’s “crime” was not cheating on his wife, says Suzy Dean, but trying to gag the press using a “super-injunction”

Death of free speech: Is Britain becoming the censorship capital of the world? Monday December 21, 2009 Britain has a reputation as the home of free speech, writes Melanie Phillips in the Daily Mail. Now it is developing a reputation as the country where free speech is being steadily suppressed

'No platform' is no platformed: but so is debate Monday October 26, 2009 Dennis Hayes reflects on how debate and protest have become pantomime versions of what they once were

The post-politics of emotional correctness Wednesday February 25, 2009 2009 got off to a bad start and looks like being a bleak year for freedom of thought, or for any thought at all, argues Dennis Hayes

Bonfire of inanities Thursday February 12, 2009 How much literature and art never sees the light of day because of the nervous consensus “Thou shalt not offend”?, asks Shirley Dent

Fighting talk: taking liberties with liberty Monday December 15, 2008 Dennis Hayes, Citizen Number 127659, wonders where the struggle went in the “struggle” for freedom of speech

Time to no platform 'no platform' Friday October 31, 2008 Not before time there’s a growing backlash against the NUS thought police, say Dennis Hayes and Richard Reynolds

Taboo or not taboo, that is the question Friday March 28, 2008 Blasphemy may be dead but it has been replaced by a new form of intolerant, radical censorship, says Claire Fox

Academic freedom means free speech and no "buts" Tuesday March 4, 2008 Academics have a responsibility to challenge conventional wisdom, argues Dennis Hayes

Sleepwalking into censorship? You can't say that! Wednesday February 13, 2008 The real challenge to a free society comes from politics not religion, argues Claire Fox