After a five-month investigation, the Metropolitan Police has issued an unreserved apology to Graham Linehan for his arrest at Heathrow Airport last September, when five armed officers detained him over posts he had made on X expressing gender-critical views. The apology is welcome — but it has taken far too long, and Graham should never have been arrested in the first place.
Starmer bans "right-wing" commentators from entering the UK ahead of the Unite the Kingdom rally.
Big Brother Watch has exposed sharp disparities in arrest rates across constabularies, with some forces making eight times more arrests than their neighbours and detaining people at around twice the national average. Cumbria Police is 30 times more likely to arrest people for speech-related offences to others.
Independent councillor for Sandhurst, John Edwards, is being punished and silenced for telling the truth about an Afghan resettlement hotel scheme in Bracknell. Despite the information already being public, political opponents on the council tried to silence him. He was cleared of all charges after an independent investigation, but the council are after him again. He needs your help.
A survey has shown that one in five councils have introduced bans on swearing and shouting in public. Public Space Protection Orders (PSPOs) are being used to police "everyday behaviour", according to the Campaign for Freedom in Everyday Life.
The High Court ruling in the case of the University of Sussex v the Office for Students (OfS) will weaken free speech on campus and see litigation rise. Students lose out; lawyers will be the only winners.
Minack Theatre has pulled a production of Lakmé after a US-based Hindu campaigner called it "deeply problematic". The complainant has called for the president and artistic director of Surrey Opera to apologise and undergo "cultural sensitivity training".
Graham Linehan has had his criminal damage conviction overturned following a confrontation with a trans activist outside the Battle of Ideas Festival. A welcome victory — but a case that should never have reached court in the first place.
GCSE pupils are being told in a revision guide for Citizenship studies that Britons have a responsibility "to use freedom of speech but not offend".
Welsh nurseries are being advised to report "racist toddlers" to the police under taxpayer-funded guidance backed by the Welsh Labour Government — and yes, even the snacks must be "diverse".
A student is under police investigation for comparing a Palestine activist's headgear to a 'tea towel' — the latest example of Britain's de facto blasphemy law at work on university campuses.
The Government defeated a Labour rebel amendment at committee stage that would have established specialist rape courts at every Crown Court and removed the government clauses restricting the right to jury trial.
