"Exonerated" (His Honour Judge Nathan Adams, Durham Crown Court, 8 May 2025). Two-time political prisoner. Beaten up in prison, so I fear only God. Activist, journalist, hymn-writer, emerging thinktanker, aspiring novelist, "tribal elder", 2019 parliamentary candidate for North West Durham, Shadow Leader of the Opposition, "Speedboat", "The Cockroach".
Tuesday, 7 October 2025
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And free speechers, some of whom have very deep pockets, if you do not, then you need to speak freely to yourselves.
They were the original cancellers, to the extent that there was not even a word for it, when they were the only ones in a position to do it. Now that they are again, they are again.
Ain't that the truth. Not that they ever stopped. As you say, when they were the only people doing it, it didn't even have a name, they didn't need to use laws and codes and things much either.
Although it partly reflected their mentality, personified by Keir Starmer, the fact that centrists felt the need to do it in that legalistic way demonstrated that they had never had the hegemonic power of the Right.
On righty free speech. We have the ambition of Re-form to emasculate the BBC, just like Trump is doing in the US with public service broadcasting. We have Re-form censorship of publications deemed not to be loyal to the party line, like the Nottingham Post experienced. We have threats from online righties saying there will be consequences if they don't like what you say. Where does free speech come into this. Answer: it doesn't. Righties are totally brazen in their wish to curtail speech they don't agree with. There is no free speech in rightyland.
This ought to be a huge story, so much for the "free speech" foghorns.
ReplyDeleteThey were the original cancellers, to the extent that there was not even a word for it, when they were the only ones in a position to do it. Now that they are again, they are again.
DeleteAin't that the truth. Not that they ever stopped. As you say, when they were the only people doing it, it didn't even have a name, they didn't need to use laws and codes and things much either.
DeleteAlthough it partly reflected their mentality, personified by Keir Starmer, the fact that centrists felt the need to do it in that legalistic way demonstrated that they had never had the hegemonic power of the Right.
DeleteOn righty free speech. We have the ambition of Re-form to emasculate the BBC, just like Trump is doing in the US with public service broadcasting. We have Re-form censorship of publications deemed not to be loyal to the party line, like the Nottingham Post experienced. We have threats from online righties saying there will be consequences if they don't like what you say. Where does free speech come into this. Answer: it doesn't. Righties are totally brazen in their wish to curtail speech they don't agree with. There is no free speech in rightyland.
ReplyDeleteAnd there never was.
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