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2024 is the Last Year of Free Speech and Democracy in the Western World

Don’t let the alarmist sound of this column’s title put you off. It is not a “conspiracy theory.” This column is a factual report as you will see if you read on.

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Suppressing Anti-Royal Protest in Britain is Fine, But Other Countries’ Free Speech Suppression is Bad

The right to protest, fragile and meekly protected by the judiciary in Britain’s common law tradition, did not really hold much force till European law confirmed it.  In the UK, condemning other countries for suppressing rights to protest is standard fare. 

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