A teacher has been suspended from a school after he allegedly showed cartoons of Mohammed to his class, sparking a protest from parents. Messages on social media urged people to gather outside Batley Grammar School in West Yorkshire, after a teacher was said to have shown the cartoons to pupils. He was trying to teach… Continue reading Andrew Doyle on Free Speech Part 3
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Andrew Doyle on Free Speech Part 1
Andrew Doyle talks about the risks to Free Speech and that it has always got to be defended. He talks about Hate Speech and puts it simply that that is simply what opinions are presently fashionable, Hate! To be able to Freely Speak, there will always be people that will Hate that opinion. https://vk.com/video503532632_456240738
Tommy Robinson Part 18
It’s seriously very difficult to find narrative that is positive about Tommy Robinson.An example of facts – Robinson has been an anti-Islam activist since age 20. “I was looking for a way out, I was looking somebody to be addressing this Islamic extremist problem,” he said, according to The Huffington Post. In 2011, at a… Continue reading Tommy Robinson Part 18
Tommy Robinson Part 17
Tommy Robinson in 2020 was banned from attending all football matches for four years after he was filmed punching another fan outside an England match in Portugal. Bedfordshire Police had applied for a banning order after the violent incident prior to the Nations League match in June 2019. A court has granted the order banning… Continue reading Tommy Robinson Part 17
Free Speech Part 9
The Education Secretary is set to threaten universities with fines or even deregistration if they ‘stifle’ freedom of speech. Gavin Williamson will outline his ‘free speech campaign’ in an effort to strengthen laws that protect free expression. He will appoint a new ‘free speech champion’ that has the power to fine universities or student unions… Continue reading Free Speech Part 9
Free Speech Part 8
In June last year, amid a wave of protests sparked by the death of George Floyd at the hands of police in Minneapolis, a statue of the slave trader Edward Colston was pulled down by Woke protesters and thrown in Bristol harbour. It was later retrieved, and four people will face trial for alleged criminal… Continue reading Free Speech Part 8
Free Speech Part 7
UK Ministers have been reportedly angered by projects such as the National Trust’s Colonial Countryside Scheme, a children’s education project looking at how some historic properties are connected to empire and slavery. However, there is as yet little evidence of a mass move to remove statues or monuments. But it will come if something isn’t… Continue reading Free Speech Part 7
Free Speech Part 6
Oliver Dowden, the culture secretary, is to lead a roundtable discussion with two dozen heritage and culture bodies, including the National Trust, Historic England, the British Museum and other museums and galleries to discuss the Woke issue. Dowden has sent the institutions a letter saying countries should not “run from or airbrush the history upon… Continue reading Free Speech Part 6
Free Speech Part 5
The government is to appoint a “free-speech champion” and warn heritage bodies against taking significant steps in re-evaluating British history, as part of an intensification of its culture war agenda. In a sign that ministers believe that a battle against ‘Woke’ Culture plays well with voters, the Department for Education will appoint a “free-speech champion”… Continue reading Free Speech Part 5
Free Speech Part 4
Under Article 10 of the Human Rights Act 1998, “everyone has the right to freedom of expression” in the UK. But the law states that this freedom “may be subject to formalities, conditions, restrictions or penalties as are prescribed by law and are necessary in a democratic society”. The Scottish government believes a new law… Continue reading Free Speech Part 4