TV PRESENTER Neil Oliver says Scotland’s new Hate Crime Bill could mean that he faces a long prison sentence for expressing certain views. The Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill introduced by Scottish Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf looks to extend the law on ‘hate crime’ covering particular characteristics,
Back in my high school days, I had a history teacher, Mr Jacques. He was one of those cool, groovy, socialist teachers – full beard, John Lennon glasses, corduroy jacket complete with elbow patches. We never really had much to do with each other, but one thing he said stayed with
Race Relations Commissioner Meng Foon has rebuked a West Coast Regional Council chairman who publicly referred to Covid-19 as “this Chinese virus”. Allan Birchfield was on Friday quoted in the Greymouth Star saying”I’m taking a bit of a different attitude to this Chinese virus. It’s going
A paper critical of New Zealand university links with China by Professor Anne-Marie Brady has drawn complaints from other universities and prompted a review by her own employer. The University of Canterbury professor, whose research into the Chinese Government’s efforts to influence Western democracies has won her international
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Francis Forde Dear Professor Flynn I am contacting you in regard to your manuscript “In Defense of Free Speech: The University as Censor.” [We] believe that its publication, in particular in the United Kingdom, would raise serious concerns. By the nature of its subject matter, the work addresses sensitive topics
Salman Rushdie, a man who has been cancelled perhaps longer than any other writer, has spoken out against left-wing cancel culture: Salman Rushdie has warned that Left-wing ‘cancel culture’ is a threat to literature and freedom of speech. Responding to the idea that authors should write only ‘what
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As the Drew Pavlou affair has exposed, Australian universities are increasingly in thrall to the thuggish Chinese Communist Party. The same academics who screech and thunder about “academic freedom” at the very notion of a dedicated course in Western Civilisation, happily fall to their knees the instant Beijing’s bully
You gotta hand it to them: outside the Balkans or some feuding Appalachian hillbillies, nobody hates with quite the undying passion of the left. Case in point: former rugby player and scribbler of alleged ‘histories’, Peter FitzSimons. “Pirate” Pete has pursued record-breaking rugby player Israel Folau with a tenacity
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Dave Pellowe goodsauce.news Facebook has deleted a simple post sharing a very popular article on GoodSauce.news which criticises Facebook censorship. I like to think I can play within the rules and let you know what you need to know without triggering the overbearing rules of the giant social
Dave Pellowe goodsauce.news I don’t really like being called “media”. On one hand, I’m just not. I’ve got no training, and have nothing which could be called “formal experience”. I regard journalism as a once noble profession which was an essential part of democracy and a
