Local body politics are supposed to be democratic, and what can be more democratic than the free and open contest of ideas? Free speech in other words. When we democratically elect our local body representatives we elect them to act as our voice for issues and to run the council’
A recent Pew survey has proven what most of us had already gathered just by watching the news: the vast bulk of Black Lives Matter and Antifa activists, and the Cancel Culture bully mobs, are pasty-white lefties. Meanwhile, a growing number of prominent black Americans are taking exception to
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Dear A.G., It is with sadness that I write to tell you that I am resigning from The New York Times. I joined the paper with gratitude and optimism three years ago. I was hired with the goal of bringing in voices that would not otherwise appear in your
Lindsay Perigo solopassion.com The best thing Judith Collins said during her first press conference as National Party leader came right at the end: “I think it might be time for a drink.” Here we had intimations at least that the prim, prissy, prudish neo-Puritanism, the Woke-Fascism unleashed
Danielle van Dalen maxim.org.nz I don’t particularly love confronting people. But I know that when it’s done well, disagreement can be incredibly powerful. An open letter On Justice and Open Debate published last week, suggests the 150 signatories think similarly. The letter claims that an increasingly
As an ex-high school English teacher I could not resist analysing the Newshub Nation hit job on the New Conservative Party. When I was a teacher I would work with students to analyse advertising as well as films. We would look at subliminal messages and how camera angles could
One hour ago, Amazon deleted the book, China Virus. They banned it. You can see their terse e-mail below. Amazon has claimed that the book contradicts “official sources” of information about the virus. But Ezra Levant’s book does not give medical advice — it’s purely a discussion of
economicnoise.com The madness of political correctness is mocked in this e-mail sent to Clarence Page of the Chicago Tribune after an article he published concerning a name change for the Washington Redskins. The author is unknown but perceptive, clever and sarcastic: Dear Mr. Page: I agree with our
“Thoughtcrime” is one of the principal tools of control of The Party in George Orwell’s ever-more prophetic 1984. The dreaded Thinkpol assiduously seek out and punish politically speech, actions and even thoughts of the citizens of Oceania. Denmark is now punishing Thoughtcrime – and bowing to sharia law. The
Jordan Williams Free Speech Coalition The power of public bodies to de-platform speakers deserves to be thoughtfully considered and we say it’s a matter of public concern. Unusually the permanent Court of Appeal panel will be hearing the appeal here in Auckland – it will sit in the old
Geoffrey Corfield Geoffrey Corfield has been active in Conservative politics in Canada since 1976, both federally and provincially. But he won’t always write about politics because he has more experience with writing history and humour. He lives in London, Ontario, frequents used book shops, swims lengths, drinks beer, plays
The inability of the left to accept, let alone see an alternative viewpoint continues to astound me. Take political cartoonists as an example. I understand that the role of a cartoonist is to hold a cracked mirror up to a society, thereby enabling all its many facets to be sharply
Jake Hepple had a plane fly over the Etihad stadium with a White Lives Matter banner which drew condemnation from across the UK, but if Black Lives Matter then shouldn’t White Lives Matter also? This is the problem with subversive identity politics, if one group wants to claim they
