Priti Patel warns police chiefs they must uphold freedom of speech adding it is the ‘cornerstone of democracy’ after probe into Darren Grimes interview with David Starkey Home Secretary told police chiefs that ‘we must all defend’ freedom of speech Comments come after Scotland Yard dropped its ‘race hate’ probe into interview David Starkey claimed … Read more
Who will control your Christmas? According to a distinguished former Supreme Court Judge, it cannot be left to politicians. Lord Sumption says ‘Christmas is not in their gift – but their re-election is in ours’. He believes we must be allowed to take whatever risks we choose at Christmas, even if it means breaking the … Read more
Millions of people across France‘s largest cities are enjoying their last night of freedom ahead of the strict 9pm curfew which came into force on Friday night. France is fighting against a resurgent epidemic that has now filled a third of the country’s intensive care units with COVID-19 patients and is again putting Europe to … Read more
Many governments around the world have introduced new digital surveillance and data collection tools to combat the coronavirus, but a new report says the technologies are an abuse of power. Freedom House, a human rights watchdog group, released an internet freedom report that shows a decline in free speech and privacy online across 80 countries … Read more
Police WILL probe ‘race-hate’ interview: Scotland Yard sparks freedom of speech outcry over investigation into Darren Grimes’ interview with David Starkey Scotland Yard vowed to continue its investigation into Darren Grimes yesterday Mr Grimes allegedly stirred up racial hatred in an interview with David Starkey Dr Starkey said ‘slavery was not genocide’ in the interview … Read more
Meghan Markle today lost her court fight to block claims she co-operated with the authors of an explosive book about her private life or allowed her friends to. The Duchess of Sussex, 39, is accused of feeding personal information to the writers of ‘Finding Freedom,’ to ‘set out her own version of events in a … Read more
Meghan Markle today lost her court fight to block claims she collaborated with the authors of an explosive book about her private life or allowed her friends to. The Duchess of Sussex, 39, is accused of feeding personal information to the writers of ‘Finding Freedom,’ to ‘set out her own version of events in a … Read more
Laurence Fox has had the words ‘Freedom’ and ‘Space’ tattooed on his hands. The actor, 42, took to Instagram on Sunday to show off the inkings, after it was revealed he plans to launch a new political party to fight the ‘culture wars’. The party is said to be named Reclaim, with Laurence posing for … Read more
When Boris Johnson dreamed as a boy of becoming ‘World King’, he must have thought that power would bring him pleasure. Now he knows that this is rarely so. His arrival in office was swiftly followed by a crisis that has offered nothing but hard choices, bad news and heavy responsibility. He is bowed down by … Read more
‘We love freedom… but also seriousness’: Italian President hits back at Boris Johnson’s claim UK’s coronavirus rate is worse than Italy because Britons are ‘freedom-loving’ Sergio Mattarella was replying to comments made by Boris Johnson on Tuesday PM said infections were higher in UK than Italy because it was ‘freedom-loving’ He claimed that made it … Read more