The UK has become a warning to the world about the perils of criminalising speech. Thirty people a day are arrested in England and Wales for offensive social-media posts. While free-speech campaigners have chalked up significant victories of late, rolling back non-crime hate incidents and standing up to cancellation campaigns, the laws, policies and elite culture that ushered in this new authoritarianism remain stubbornly intact. What will it take to free Britain from woke censorship?
Discussing all this and more at the inaugural spiked summit were Allison Pearson, Tom Slater and Andrew Doyle, chaired by Fraser Myers.
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