She can’t make herself out to be a defender of free speech when used the devil’s own Platform, social media, to shut down somebody whom she disapproved of, most especially because she did not understand what he was saying.
Irish Bill not dead yet
JK Rowling comes under fire once again.
Controversial law
Scotland has been warned.
A quick scan of Irish headlines in relation to the deposit return scheme, due to be introduced from February 1st, shows that the Irish media have, predictably, been utterly fawning:
“The question is, who gets to say what’s hateful and what isn’t?”: Toby Young of the UK’s Free Speech Union says a Hate Speech law would stop people expressing “perfectly legitimate points of view”, as he talks about similar attempts to police speech throughout the UK. #gript
“police officers lack basic kit”
Glasgow Celtic’s new manager underpins an old connection
Scotland
Armed with spades.
Cromwell, were he alive, might have different views today. But he’d thrive all the same.