Debate, Free Speech and Cancel Culture

2+ hour, 10+ min ago   (538+ words) By KEMI BADENOCH - LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION Andy Burnham has bottled it yet again. He hasn’t made a single significant decision on defence, on welfare or on oil and gas. All things he promised he would sort during his leadership…...

2+ hour, 41+ min ago   (250+ words) The BBC has been criticised over its coverage of the 9/11 anniversary after focusing on Islamophobia rather than the terrorism behind the outrage. One Westminster source said it was ‘like starting D-Day memorials by remembering the plight of the Nazis’. Radio…...

3+ hour, 16+ min ago   (644+ words) The car-crash aggression of Thursday morning's Today interview between Emma Barnett and Kemi Badenoch bothered me, stirring up both personal memories and misgivings about current media. If it had gone well – by which I mean the interview was civil, forensically…...

7+ hour, 15+ min ago   (241+ words) UCLA's chancellor has called out its law school for hosting a lawyer for the man accused of plotting 9/11 at an anniversary discussion. In a sharp statement, Chancellor Julio... Chancellor Rips Law School for Hosting 9/11 Suspect's Lawyer UCLA's chancellor has called…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (342+ words) Jeremy Corbyn’s Your Party has launched its first Suffolk branch to give residents “something different”. The party was first announced in July last year by the former Labour leader and Zarah Sultana, the MP for Coventry South, as one being…...

12+ hour, 38+ min ago   (237+ words) Updated - September 12, 2026 07:54 pm IST - PALAKKAD The 30th Global Professional Students Conference (Profcon), being held at the Ahalia Campus in Kanjikode near here since Friday, has raised concerns over the discrimination and safety threats faced by female students during internships and fieldwork....

16+ hour, 12+ min ago   (276+ words) I don’t know the situation regarding this professor at Carnegie Mellon, whether she has tenure or not, but at least the school knows about her appalling post on Twitter. It was an appalling exchange. When you tell someone to die,…...

17+ hour, 2+ min ago   (502+ words) Florida universities deserve a “D” for their free expression policies and attitudes, the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) announced in its annual 2027 College Free Speech Rankings. The nationwide average is a “D-“, an improvement from last year’s “F…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (552+ words) Donald Trump’s White House has accused Labour of censorship over its plans to promote “trusted” news online. The US embassy in London said proposals to force tech giants to promote news from certain media outlets raised “serious” concerns about free…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (257+ words) UCLA’s top official has condemned a 9/11 event hosted by the college featuring a range of controversial speakers — including the defense lawyer for 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. The school’s chancellor, Julio Frenk, said in exclusive remarks to the California Post that…...