Liz Truss heads to Hungary complain about political persecution in UK
‘The Liz Truss Death of Irony tour continues in Orban’s Hungary where she complains about free speech in the UK.’
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Woke-bashing of the week – Trump’s authoritarian crackdown on universities championed by the Mail
The article predictably enlists a cast of familiar right-wing voices to make the case for British universities to follow Trump’s lead.
Liz Truss to launch her own ‘free speech’ social media platform similar to Trump’s ‘Truth Social’
“Will she allow pictures of lettuces?”
How X has become a powerful right-wing propaganda tool
When Musk is branded a ‘loser’ on his own platform, it’s a rare moment that reminds progressives we can occasionally turn white rich men’s own weapons on themselves.
Government slammed for running a secret blacklist of speakers barred from Whitehall
So much for freedom of speech…
Why do the right hate everything that’s good about Britain?
Not content with taking us out of Europe, the anti-EU right-wing forces in Britain have set their sights on some of our most cherished institutions.
Rishi Sunak’s plan to widen definition of extremism to include people who ‘vilify’ Britain slammed as attack on free speech
“It is straying into thought crimes and political opinions.”
Right Wing Watch Newsletter: Forced Free Speech and a Summer of Strikes
Last week’s newsletter looked at the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill, and the coming strikes.
Toby Young and James Delingpole’s podcast is hilarious
As an anthropological experiment, I listened to two whole episodes of the London Calling podcast, and I actually quite enjoyed myself.
Teaching Orwell’s 1984 is tyranny, claim right-wing culture warriors
‘The story has clearly been identified by purveyors of anti-woke content as one that will easily trigger the sensitive brains of their conservative readers into spasms of outrage’.