Political opinion with Cllr Duncan Crow: Stopping free speech in pubs is a step too far

Free speech and freedom of the press under assault

On June 4, 2024, an op-ed I penned (Project 2025's threat to democracy) was published in The Fulcrum, a national non-partisan social media platform. It received over 74,000 views and landed as one of the top 10 most read op-eds…

Political opinion with Cllr Duncan Crow: Stopping free speech in pubs is a step too far

Our traditional British pub is under threat. Adding to existing pressures, from April they will have the added costs of increased employers National Insurance rising from 13.8% to 15% and the lowering of the threshold it is paid from £9,100 to £5,000.

The Right is coming for free speech

Academic Freedom at Columbia Under Assault: Free Speech Expert Warns

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The left really do hate Freedom of Speech and of The Press

This site has previously noted that, despite their protestations about protecting democracy, today’s left really hate our Freedom of Speech. Media Matter for America, a thoroughly left wing group, posted on Twitter — I refuse to call it 𝕏, which is part of my Freedom of Speech! — a bubble diagram and link to their article “The right dominates the online media ecosystem, seeping into sports, comedy, and other supposedly nonpolitical spaces“. Ver…