It's wrong to think of free speech as a value that remains aloof from the din and confusion of partisan struggle, says law professor David McGrogan. And it needs to be defended by liberal combatants.
The human rights lobby is trying to kick up a stink about Government plans to replace the Human Rights Act. But how can anyone now take it seriously when during the lockdowns it made not a peep?
We should view it as concerning that U.K. universities don't seem to understand that inclusivity and excellence are often at odds. If you pursue inclusivity to its extreme then you include everyone irrespective of merit.
What Gary Lineker should or should not be allowed to say matters not a jot when set against the real scandal: that our national broadcaster could not care less about fairly representing both sides to contentious debates.
Law Professor David McGrogan is puzzled by Alastair Campbell’s moral grandstanding over Lineker, given his role in compiling the 'Dodgy Dossier' and his attacks on a BBC journalist when he was Tony Blair's comms chief.
Is the trouble with British democracy that it produces politicians as dysfunctional as Matt Hancock, or that it gives politicians so much power in the first place?
Law professor David McGrogan was astonished to see the words "Choo Choo i’m [sic] a Train” on the side of a replacement bus service yesterday. Let's stop pretending the collapse of basic services is just a bit of a laugh.
Law professor David McGrogan has spent Christmas in Japan, where the masked up population still lives in mortal fear of catching Covid, in spite of government efforts to get them to return to normal.
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has written to Elon Musk urging him to suppress ‘misinformation’ on Twitter, i.e., anything that challenges the narrative on Covid vaccines, climate change and the War in Ukraine.
If the law is going to be changed to stop PayPal demonetising people whose political views it disapproves of, it’s vital we get the law right. Dr David McGrogan, an Associate Professor of Law, has a cunning plan.
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