The Labour Party in government.
Labour has just surrendered to the enemies of free speech
Actually, no. The Labour Party are the enemies of free speech. Indeed, they are the enemies of all liberty. They are the party of state control and this is only the beginning.
Last week, the new Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson issued a written statement to the House of Commons saying she intended to sabotage the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act, just days before it was due to come into force.
This vital piece of legislation was the one tangible thing the Conservatives did to defend free speech in their 14 years in office.
Indeed, it was thanks to the lobbying efforts of the Free Speech Union that this legislation found itself on to the statute books. It would have imposed a new legal duty on English universities to uphold and promote freedom of speech on campus, and it created a couple of enforcement mechanisms, such as a new statutory tort, to make sure universities didn’t ignore that duty.
It was a good piece of legislation, but as we should have expected, this is not what the Labour Party wants. It wants compelled speech, and all speech must be in line with the party’s diktats. We are not allowed to think for ourselves or speak freely or the flaws in their vile ideology will be exposed. So this is pretty much to be expected. Expect more over the next five years.
To those who think that by voting Reform, we allowed this to happen, I will say only this – the Conservative Party was little better. It needed to be destroyed in order to build anew. If this means another five year battle against the forces of darkness, so be it.
I set up this blog in 2004 as a direct consequence of the then Labour government’s assault on our liberties. I was relieved when they were kicked out of office. That relief was short lived. So, here we are, two decades on, and the same battle is going on.
You are absolutely correct LR. Labour are vile.
I blame the Tories for being such a bunch of juvenile wankers that people felt compelled to do whatever was necessary to get them out.
While l detest Labour they are only doing what Labour do – hopefully 2029 will see another electoral revolt.
Will we all make it to 2029?
“To those who think that by voting Reform, we allowed this to happen…”
I would say no, those who still voted Conservative despite knowing full well what the Tory party had become, allowed this to happen. Then there is my lefty sister in law, hates Tories just because they are Tories, votes Labour despite the fact that their policies are the same suicidal policies as the hated Tory policies but turned up to eleven.
But the Labour government has a mandate. This is what we voted for, things can only get better.
They’ve taken away my £300 winter fuel allowance, but I’m sure things will get better.
They’re taking away our free speech but I’m sure things will get better.
Keep drinking the Kool-Aid
The Labour Government doesn’t actually have a mandate: by the workings of the electoral system, it’s overall vote hardly changed, but the Tory vote evaporated and was distributed across a range of non-Tory parties.
That resulted in a stonking majority of Westminster seats for Labour, despite not increasing the number of people actually voting for/supporting their proclaimed policies. Hence no mandate, just a huge notional majority built on sand.