Ask the Candidates in the Tory Leadership Where they Stand on Free Speech
The results of an independent opinion poll commissioned by the Free Speech Union show that people strongly support the FSU’s five-point manifesto (see below). The headline finding is that only two per cent of the public strongly agree that the Government is doing a good job of standing up for free speech. Among 25-49 year-olds, that number falls to one per cent.
In light of the poll, the FSU is asking members of the Conservative Party who care about free speech to write to the five candidates remaining in the leadership race, urging them to do more to defend it and asking them where they stand on each of the five points in our manifesto. If you’re a Conservative Party member, please use our new campaigning tool to send the candidates an email. We have created a template and you’re welcome to use that, or feel free to adapt it. It’s very simple to use and the whole process only takes a couple of minutes.
This is the best chance we’ll have to extract a commitment from the next Prime Minister that they will stand up for free speech so if you’re a member of the Party please do email the five candidates. If enough Conservative members contact them to ask where they stand, I don’t see how they can avoid saying something – and in due course the FSU will be doing what it can to raise the salience of free speech when the race gets to the final stage.
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While you’re at it, ask them about their view of the proposed Bill of Rights. The points 1 below are promising, but rendered meaningless by the weasel words in the points 2. Compare this insulting, dangerous twaddle with the US equivalent: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” UK equivalent: Article 9 Freedom of thought, conscience and religion 1.Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief, in worship, teaching, practice and observance. 2. Freedom to manifest one’s religion or beliefs shall be subject only to such limitations as are prescribed by law and are necessary in a democratic society in the interests of public safety, for the protection of public order, health or morals, or for the protection of the rights and freedoms of others. Article 10 Freedom of… Read more »
Shorter version:
Exceptions may be granted by the state as deemed appropriate in order to avoid endangering national security, crime and disorder prevention or public health and safety.
As soon as a dangerous virus is believed to be circulating in the community, all citizen’s rights go out of the window. You are not a person. You are a public property.
Yup it’s utter bollocks.
This from the country that produced Magna Carta and the original Bill of Rights.
What a joke.
You have freedom of religion except when we say you don’t.
You have freedom of expression except when we say you don’t.
You have freedom of assembly except when we say you don’t.
It should be called the Bill of No Rights. Or the Bill of Rights we can take away whenever we consider appropriate.
This reads a little like my rent contract, actually, which basically states that I don’t have a right to do anything in the property I’m renting save paying rent and council tax. Or my electricty provider contract which is also of the You have no rights, we have no obligations type. One could also think of the Grenfell tower fire where the investigation so far basically resulted in Everybody purposely did what was being done in full knowledge what was going to happen because of it, however thanks to the service of an expensive team of lawers, nobody’s formally responsible for anyhing. The final outcome will doubtlessly be that whoever burned to death because he was living there had no right to reside in a building not conforming to applicable fire protection regulations and hence, just got what he was asking for, Very likely, this was also written by a team of lawyers working from the proposition that – no matter what happens – the government must be able to plausibly deny responsibility. People might have all kinds of rights. But they may only execute that at their own risk. Should a union or church leader or university official afterwards… Read more »
What a bunch of nonsense. They really are a bunch of shysters. This sounds like a woke version of freedom: you have your rights but only if they don’t affect my rights or offend my sensibilities. It’s like those radio adverts where they try and get the terms and conditions in at the end by saying them really quickly….subject to terms and conditions. Rip it up!
Nice idea Toby. But what do you think the chances are of a candidate keeping their Manifesto promises?
We know Sunak won’t. And since Truss didn’t resign from the Cabinet, rather than be associated with his/Johnson’s Manifesto ratting, we know she won’t either.
Talk is cheap; watch what they do.