Huge Victory For Free Speech
March 17, 2023 12:42 pm 18 CommentsOn Monday, the Home Secretary issued a new Code of Practice on 'non-crime hate incidents' in what amounts to a huge victory for free speech.
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The Daily Sceptic is Hiring!
March 16, 2023 7:24 pm 11 CommentsThe Daily Sceptic is hiring! We're looking for an associate editor to look after the site at the weekend. You’ll start out at 2.5 days a week, but could increase to full time. Some familiarity with WordPress essential.
And Finally…
March 13, 2023 9:58 pm 3 CommentsIn this week's London Calling, the arguments are about Gary Lineker – it's just another distraction from what’s really going on, says James – and the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank.
Charity Commission Opens Investigation into Wakefield Mosque Following Complaint from Free Speech Union
March 11, 2023 11:00 am 26 CommentsThe Charity Commission has opened an investigation into the mosque at the centre of the row involving a 14 year-old who brought a copy of the Quoran into school. This follows a complaint from the Free Speech Union.
Exposing America’s Censorship-Industrial Complex
March 10, 2023 1:49 pm 16 CommentsMichael Shellenberger and Matt Taibbi, thanks to their access to the Twitter Files, have exposed America's 'Censorship-Industrial Complex'. Needless to say, the U.K. has its own version that's every bit as sinister.
Why I Admire Isabel Oakeshott
March 9, 2023 1:00 pm 54 CommentsOne reason Oakeshott has been given such a hard time is because she’s not considered 'one of us' by senior journalists. She’s an interloper, but one who appears to be better at her job than them, which is intolerable.
And Finally…
March 7, 2023 5:33 pm 7 CommentsIn London Calling this week there is one almighty row about whether the Lockdown Files corroborate the cock-up explanation for the madness of the last three years or prove it was a WEF-led conspiracy.
Civil War at the New York Times
March 7, 2023 11:05 am 32 CommentsYou'd have to have a heart of stone not to laugh at the civil war unfolding at the New York Times over the trans issue. But the fact that the grown-ups are standing up to the Red Guards in their midst is a good sign.
Chris Rock Says Asking What an Unborn Baby’s Skin Colour Is Likely to Be is Not Racist
March 5, 2023 1:17 pm 3 CommentsComedian Chris Rock has ridiculed for Meghan Markle for claiming a Royal Family member inquiring about her baby's skin colour was 'racist'. "Even black people want to know how brown the baby going to be," he says.
News Round-Up
March 5, 2023 12:53 am 31 CommentsA summary of the most interesting stories in the past 24 hours that challenge the prevailing orthodoxy about the virus and the vaccines, the ‘climate emergency’ and the supposed moral defects of Western civilisation.