On the front line in the Battle of Ideas
At the free speech festival, people were prophesying a race-fuelled civil war
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Labour needs Owen Jones
The left-wing journalist and campaigner was barred from Labour Party conference
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Kneecap have overcome the new British authoritarianism
The case against the band was thrown out today. But why was Mo Chara ever charged?
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Jimmy Kimmel won’t be the last to be silenced
The Charlie Kirk crackdown is here, and the right-wing assault on free speech in America is underway
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Oxford Union president-elect: “My words were no less insensitive than Charlie Kirk’s”
George Abaraonye’s messages celebrating Kirk’s murder sparked outrage. But at Oxford, students are more sympathetic
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The Oxford free speech battle over Charlie Kirk
Don’t ruin a student’s life over a tasteless comment
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Reform’s wall of silence in Nottingham is a glimpse into the future
Councils led by Nigel Farage’s party are a preview of what a Reform government would look like.
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The Graham Linehan arrest must prompt free-speech reform
It is time to think clearly about our laws.
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Nigel Farage, the free-speech champion we deserve
By vacating the argument on free expression, the left has let it become the preserve of charlatans.
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Nigel Farage’s free speech hypocrisy
Your weekly dose of news and gossip from journalism, broadcasting and beyond.
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Why Graham Linehan’s freedom of speech matters
Why is our government arresting people for tweets?
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Trump’s war on anti-Semitism will backfire
The problem with trying to punish someone out of their views is that it rarely works.
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The purge of American liberty
The arrest of the pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil is just the start of Trump’s crackdown on free speech.
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JD Vance’s “free speech” hypocrisy
Also this week: a proliferation of new London media outlets, and another baby for Elon Musk.
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There is no place for blasphemy laws in the Labour Party
A culture of censorship is creeping across British society.
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The intolerant age
How creeping censorship captured Britain’s institutions.
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A modest proposal for the regulation of comedy
A Criminal Levity Act would place the dangerous realm of humour safely within the scope of anti-terrorism laws.
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There is an intellectual sickness on the American right
When free speech is treated as the highest good, it gives rise to shock-jock politics.
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Salman Rushdie: “The world has abandoned realism”
The novelist on the threat to free speech, facing his attacker, and why writing Knife gave him back “the power”.
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The biggest threat to freedom in the West is liberalism itself
Progressives everywhere are deploying the law to attack free speech. It is a bid for unchecked power that is galvanising…
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