Modern elites have become fixated on banning 'hate', seeing it as the root of society's ills. But what would we humans be without our hatred, asks Paul Sutton. Where would be our art, our literature, our passion?
George Orwell himself is being cancelled, says Paul Sutton. In a conversation with Oxford Literature postgraduate students, it became clear that the great opponent of authoritarianism was no longer welcome.
Lurking behind the election, Paul Sutton spies Tony Blair and his technocratic heirs, similarly committed to putting the 'grown-ups' in charge and smearing and smothering all dissent.
Ex-teacher Paul Sutton says Labour's 'skills-based curriculum' will be a disaster. He knows. He was forced to teach it when Labour was last in power.
For an example of urban decay, look no further than Gloucester, says Paul Sutton. Plagued by vape shops, dope smoking, drug dealing and feral kids on bikes, it's no wonder Fred and Rose West operated unnoticed.
On BBC Politics Chris Packham claimed "something called science" is evidence that the recent Dubai flooding was caused by climate change. But there's nothing scientific about the models that 'prove' that, says Paul Sutton.
As a teacher gets caught calling a 13 year-old pupil "despicable" for rejecting trans ideology, Paul Sutton says that the scandal of woke indoctrination in schools is about to break.
So many times we hear: "It’s not worth speaking out, I can’t risk it." In the long run, many will regret such timidity and bear scars from the battles they didn’t fight in a loss of self-respect.
Only free discussion can penetrate the woke nonsense – and no one should keep quiet, just because he or she is scared to speak out or is told to shut up for some greater good, to ‘be on the right side of history’.
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