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Monday 30 January 2012	Free speech


Gabrielle Shiner The misogyny of the anti-Page 3 brigade The prudes trying to strip the tabloids of topless pics belittle women far more than any male reader could.

Wednesday 25 January 2012
Mick Hume The Leveson Inquiry is the enemy of a free press Now it's out: Lord Justice Leveson wants quasi-state regulation - in the name of 'press freedom'.

Tuesday 24 January 2012
Brendan O’Neill ‘This is becoming an anti-tabloid witch-hunt’ Read the transcript of CBC’s interview with Brendan O’Neill about Leveson, lies and press freedom.

Tuesday 3 January 2012
Brendan O’Neill Using tabloid tactics to slay the tabloids The Guardian's retraction of the Charlotte Church story brings to 40 the number of anti-Murdoch articles it has had to correct.

Thursday 15 December 2011
Kevin Rooney The SNP’s offensive against free speech A draconian law passed in Scotland yesterday blurs the distinction between hurtful words and harmful deeds.

Tuesday 13 December 2011
Brendan O’Neill The truth about anti-tabloid hysteria Many of the anti-Murdoch stories of the past year have been based more on rumour than reality.

Wednesday 7 December 2011
Mick Hume Serious journalists ♥ slebs for censorship Why those who normally abhor celebrity culture are cheering the likes of Hugh Grant and Steve Coogan against the celeb-obsessed tabloids.

Monday 5 December 2011
Stuart Waiton The rise and rise of intolerant tolerance ESSAY: Scotland’s elite is trying to fashion a whole new identity built on anti-sectarianism.

Monday 5 December 2011
Rob Lyons It’s Jeremy Clarkson’s fans they really fear Clarkson’s comments are considered dangerous because his audience is presumed to be a bunch of thicko automatons.

Tuesday 22 November 2011
Kevin Rooney Celtic fans: you’re not singing anymore In what country was a 17-year-old recently arrested for singing an outlawed song? Iran? China? No, it was the UK.

Wednesday 16 November 2011
Stuart Waiton Singing freely across the Old Firm divide Both Celtic and Rangers fans need to come together to oppose the Scottish government’s sectarianism bill.

Tuesday 25 October 2011
Kevin Rooney We need free speech for all – even bigots A football fan has been jailed for posting sectarian comments on the internet. Why aren’t civil libertarians alarmed?

Monday 17 October 2011
Jacob Mchangama Lars von Trier and the dogma of hate speech Yes, the Danish director’s comments about Hitler were dumb. But no one should be prosecuted for what they say.

Wednesday 5 October 2011
Patrick Hayes A licence to kill freedom of expression Licensing journalists was a bad idea in John Milton’s day - so why are politicians and editors keen to revive it now?

Tuesday 27 September 2011
Mick Hume Defend a free press - don’t just guard the Guardian Yes, the police threat to the liberal newspaper was outrageous – but who invited the authorities to crack down on the press in the first place?

Wednesday 7 September 2011
Patrick Hayes The Battle of Cable Street it wasn’t Dancing around to music while 3,000 policemen prevent right-wingers from marching does not echo the events of 1936.

Thursday 1 September 2011
Patrick Hayes How to Prevent academic freedom Asking university staff to report on students who are ‘vulnerable’ to extremist ideas will only deter debate.

Tuesday 16 August 2011
Tim Black Attacking press freedom in the name of privacy Having made private conduct central to politics, it’s a bit rich for MPs now to slate the press for being obsessed with private peccadilloes.

Thursday 4 August 2011
Brendan O’Neill The myth of a crazy, all-powerful PC army In a speech in Sydney, Brendan O’Neill called on critics of PC to stop playing the victim and to start acting like proper, self-respecting heretics.

Wednesday 3 August 2011
Tim Black ASA and Ofcom: you’re not worth it We don’t need quangos to protect us from ‘misleading’ L’Oreal adverts or bad soap-opera storylines.
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