“I would still go to the pub of rugby, or more often the televised off-licence, but what was on offer was increasingly the sporting equivalent of Speights.” – Mike Grimshaw
“Smith’s research refutes all claims by local pro-sex trade lobbyists” – Yvonne Van Dongen
“For it is in our new dark age that Free Speech – and its opposition – is too often used as a substitute for and dismissal of free thought.” – Michael Grimshaw
“The people of Israel have prevailed against their genocidal enemies for more than 3,500 years and they no doubt will do so again.” – Sheree Trotter (@shereetrotter1)
“This is not a war between two equal sides. It is a struggle between a democratic state fighting for its survival and a terrorist organisation recognized globally for its brutality.” – David Cumin (@kiwidavec)
“Unsurprisingly, public confidence and trust are two of the first casualties when a culture of censorship is promoted.” – Nick Hanne
“At one of the mature-age gatherings I attend, an acquaintance proudly announced that he’d just seen “The Archies”….” – Joanne Wilkes
“are we in a doom-loop of repetition of national and cultural failing? And if so, what could we do?” – Michael GrImshaw
“Oddly the growth in surrogacy is against the backdrop of what we now know about the impact of adoption on both birth mothers and adopted people, who have reported that adoption can be traumatic.” – Yvonne van Dongen
Free speech and the exchange of ideas is inextricable from any free society that has ever existed. Yes, even we admit it can cause harm. But it is clear that censorship causes even more.