How free is our speech?

Interestingly there is a large group of labour MPs who now think that Cooper overstepped the mark in proscribing PA, it is thought that this might well be revisited.

It has been brought to court as a test case for freedom of speech.

I will be interested in the arguments. I am largely on the fence with this, but I think suppressing speech should be done with the lightest of touch.

eazybee

About the same level as her books.

Better to have left the reading public to express their views with their purchasing power.

I agree!!

Sally Rooney was not stopped from speaking about Palestine.

Her books were withdrawn because she was donating royalties from her books to Palestine Action.
Under UK counter terrorism law passing royalties or financial earnings to a proscribed organisation is a criminal offence.

Her freedom of speech was not curtailed.

I think it seems to depend on who is speaking and what they’re saying.

I have no issue whatsoever with both speaking freely (and at times bluntly), whilst keeping within our relatively new Hate and Online Laws.

That’s my take on things these days and I truly hope all law abiding citizens feel they still have the right to free thoughts, freedom of speech and to peacefully protest.

These are rights we should feel comfortable exercising.

This is simply my own perspective and anyone is free to disagree.

About the same level as her books.

Better to have left the reading public to express their views with their purchasing power.