Gary Lineker played into the hands of the BBC’s right-wing enemies
Those who want to defund a vital national institution have emerged stronger from this saga.
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From Roald Dahl to Ian Fleming, censorship is good for the book trade
Releasing bowdlerised books into a predictable storm of ridicule and then making the “classic texts” available is clever business.
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Why you can’t cancel Jeremy Clarkson
The presenter embodies a deathless English conservatism.
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The woke brigade isn’t cancelling Christmas
Complaints about Christmas inclusivity are designed to stoke grievance and division.
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How it feels to be cancelled by Calvin Robinson and the free speech brigade
Aren’t the right supposed to be against intimidating people into silence?
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What JK Rowling and John Cleese get wrong about cancel culture
A belief in accountability does not involve condoning threats or violence – and freedom of expression does not mean freedom…
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It’s funny how all of Jerry Sadowitz’s defenders are white men
Racial slurs and a man exposing his penis don’t hit in quite the same way for them.
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It’s crass to blame cancel culture for what happened to Salman Rushdie
Having a bounty placed on your head by an ayatollah isn’t the same as being mocked on Twitter.
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