Is comment not free?
As I’m currently a frugal-living skinflint, I’ve been eschewing forking out for newspapers and tend to do my weekly world catch-up on-line. And if this means, as it sometimes does, […]
Category Archives: Free expression
Toeing the toadying line
It is ironic that, in the constitutional republic that is the USA, with its constitutionally enshrined separation of church and state, any pretenders to high public office tend to not […]
Policial III: when not voting speaks
Without wondering as to why, with turnout so low, it took so long to return results, I’m bemused by some of the reaction to the PCC elections. My local organ […]
Policial II: to vote or not to vote?
Further to my musings on the worthwhileness of the Police and Crime Commissioner elections taking place today, I sent what I consider a not entirely impertinent e-mail inquiry to all six […]
Policial
The first elections for the newly created post of Police and Crime Commissioner are to take place in England and Wales this coming week. Voting is an important right, so, […]
Libel reform and the public interest
Further to my passing on of the Libel Reform Campaign’s e-mail flagging up the Second Reading of the Defamation Bill in the House of Lords last Tuesday, a further LRC […]
Secularism2012 – a take
This year’s National Secular Society conference relocated from cosy Conway Hall to the higher capacity provided by the nearby Royal National Hotel. Additional to the attraction of the listed speakers, […]
Free speech for the ignorable
What a couple of shackling weeks for free speech. A scheduled re-showing of Professor Tom Holland’s recent film, Islam: The Untold Story, was cancelled by Channel 4 owing to threats […]
Lee Turnpenny 