Law Commission Pushes for Hate Speech Law to Ban “Islamophobic” Mohammed Cartoons

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Writing in opposition to the further restrictions proposed by the Law Commission, the research director for The Free Speech Union. Dr Radomir Tylecote, said: “One of the hallmarks of a totalitarian society is that the state’s writ extends into every nook and cranny of people’s lives, eroding the distinction between private and public. Is this what the Law Commission wants? To set children against parents, husbands and against wives, all in the name of boosting social cohesion?”

Kurt Zindulka, Breitbart, 14th November 2020.

Law Commission Would Make Mohammed Cartoons Illegal

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The Free Speech Union has produced a briefing worth reading before making your views known via the Law Commission consultation here. Lawyers in Britain increasingly see themselves as social justice warriors…

Guido Fawkes, 13th November 2020.

Toby Young: Police Our Streets, Not Our Tweets

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The Free Speech Union launched in February this year and boy, oh boy, I think it’s safe to say that even back then it’s hard to imagine just how necessary the Union would become in the fightback against a daily deluge of censorship, police intervention and general madness.

Darren Grimes interviews Toby Young, Reasoned, 11th November 2020.

With free speech, practice what you preach

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We must be able to trust those who claim to be on the side of free speech. When your alleged allies fall foul of the egregious values of the cancel culture mob it is easy to lose hope. That is why the best thing anyone can do is join the Free Speech Union. No matter how “small” your case is, people need to be held to account.

Sam Bayliss, The Critic, 10th November 2020.

Police log race storm David Starkey interview with Darren Grimes as a “hate incident”

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Mr Grimes, 27, said yesterday that his solicitor and the Free Speech Union will look into “judicially reviewing this decision by the police and hopefully force a rethink.”

Kumail Jaffer, The Daily Mail, 6th November 2020.

“Neo-Marxist Idea”: Free Speech Activists Slam Proposal for Hate Crime Laws to Cover Conversations at Home

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Head of the UK’s Free Speech Union, Toby Young, had warned in the wake of Mr Yousaf’s plans that the English and Welsh commission was indeed “proposing to change the law so exactly the same thing applies here”.

Victoria Friedman, Breitbart, 4th November 2020.

Priti Patel warns police chiefs they must uphold freedom of speech adding it is the “cornerstone of democracy” after probe into Darren Grimes interview with David Starkey

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Journalists including Douglas Murray, associate editor of The Spectator magazine, and Toby Young of the Free Speech Union also lined up to blast the ‘absurd’ probe.

Isabella Nikolic, MailOnline, 4th November 2020.

Scottish Justice Sec Demands “Hate Speech” at Home Be Prosecuted

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Head of the Free Speech Union Toby Young warned that this type of censorship might occur south of the border, saying on Wednesday in response the to the report: “The Law Commission of England and Wales is proposing to change the law so exactly the same thing applies here.”

Victoria Friedman, Breitbart, 29th October 2020.

Journalist Darren Grimes files formal complaint over Scotland Yard’s handling of “race hate” probe into his David Starkey interview as he accuses Met of deferring to “criminal” BLM movement

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Toby Young, general secretary of the Free Speech Union, said the use of the Public Order Act to “regulate speech and debate” had a “chilling effect on free speech”. He said “it is not the police’s job to investigate thought crimes,” adding: “The Metropolitan Police made a serious mistake in deciding to investigate Dr David Starkey and Darren Grimes and should apologise.”

Jack Wright, MailOnline, 26th October 2020.

Toby Young on Cancel Culture

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Toby Young [talks] about his personal experience of being cancelled in 2018, why he set up the Free Speech Union to help others who have been through similar experiences, falling foul of a Twitchfork mob, “offence archaeology” and why he thinks it might be an uphill task trying to foster civil debate and polite disagreement in the digital sphere.

Tanya Goodin interviews Toby Young, It’s Complicated, 26th October 2020.

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Articles That Mention the Free Speech Union

Law Commission Pushes for Hate Speech Law to Ban “Islamophobic” Mohammed Cartoons

Law Commission Would Make Mohammed Cartoons Illegal

Toby Young: Police Our Streets, Not Our Tweets

With free speech, practice what you preach

Police log race storm David Starkey interview with Darren Grimes as a “hate incident”

“Neo-Marxist Idea”: Free Speech Activists Slam Proposal for Hate Crime Laws to Cover Conversations at Home

Priti Patel warns police chiefs they must uphold freedom of speech adding it is the “cornerstone of democracy” after probe into Darren Grimes interview with David Starkey

Scottish Justice Sec Demands “Hate Speech” at Home Be Prosecuted

Journalist Darren Grimes files formal complaint over Scotland Yard’s handling of “race hate” probe into his David Starkey interview as he accuses Met of deferring to “criminal” BLM movement

Toby Young on Cancel Culture

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