A quick round up of some of the coverage of the London Dankula protest
As many readers of this blog will know there have been protests over the conviction of the internet comedian Count Dankula for ‘hate speech’…
free speech
Britain’s Courts are now officially ‘barking mad’
Various press outlets are reporting that the internet comedian Count Dankula, real name Mark Meechan aged 30, has been fined £800 after being convicted…
Some thoughts on the ‘Streisand Effect’
One of the effects of the internet has been to metaphorically slay a great many of the traditional gatekeepers of information that used to…
Guest Post – Let people speak, for that way they will reveal their character to be either good or ill.
This is an absolutely brilliant piece by Jacob one of this blog’s regular guest posters and it is on the subject of ‘hate speech’….
Reddit Chief Executive coming out in favour of freedom of speech.
There is so much censorship going on these days in both the mainstream media and on social media that it seems odd to have…
The penalty for stepping off of the Leftist plantation is to be silenced
If you are a member of a minority that is traditionally courted by the political Left, whether that minority be racial, religious, or sexuality…
Easing the pressure in the social and political magma chamber is urgently required
There is a brilliant but sobering article that has recently been published on the American conservative leaning news and comment site The Sentinel. It…
An open letter to Ephraim Borowski of the Scottish Council of Jewish Communities
This letter is also being sent by post to the recipient. The involvement in the Dankula case by a group called the Scottish Council…
In politics, never apologise, never explain, because those you appease by doing so will always want more than you should give.
The phrase ‘never apologise, never explain because it is a sign of weakness’ which is claimed to have been popularised by John Wayne in…
From Elsewhere – The Battle of Speakers Corner
Much has been written, including by yours truly, about the stunning event at Speakers Corner on Sunday the 18th March when Tommy Robinson, accompanied…
