Speech in Britain: An Endangered Liberty

 Britain possesses a remarkable variety of mechanisms by which it can destroy you for speaking. Many citizens do not realise this, because they have learned – gradually, imperceptibly – to say and think almost nothing at all.

The Model Bill is a template – a menu of options – for any UK politician or citizen who wishes to halt the collapse of Orwell’s country into Orwell’s fiction. It is not a radical proposal. The Freedom of Speech Bill is perfectly aligned with Britain’s liberal history and its traditional values – values that are sane and just, and which the UK’s current speech laws conspicuously fail to reflect.

The Model Bill is a template – a menu of options – for any UK politician or citizen who wishes to halt the collapse of Orwell’s country into Orwell’s fiction. It is not a radical proposal. The Freedom of Speech Bill is perfectly aligned with Britain’s liberal history and its traditional values – values that are sane and just, and which the UK’s current speech laws conspicuously fail to reflect....<<<Read More>>>...