Britain should re-examine current ‘hate crime’ laws to tackle its “free-speech crisis”, a Peer has warned.

The founder and General Secretary of the Free Speech Union, Lord Young of Acton, has been commissioned by Conservative Party Leader Kemi Badenoch to lead a policy review on freedom of expression.

Writing in The Daily Telegraph he called for a new “unambiguous standard” based upon Lord Justice Sedley’s famous remark: “Free speech includes not only the inoffensive but the irritating, the contentious, the eccentric, the heretical, the unwelcome and the provocative provided it does not tend to provoke violence. Freedom only to speak inoffensively is not worth having.”

The Peer illustrated his concerns with reference to comedian Graham Linehan’s recent arrest by five armed police officers at Heathrow for a social media post claimed to be ‘stirring up hatred against trans-identifying men’.

He branded such examples “tantamount to criminalising certain thoughts, with courts tasked with peering into the minds of defendants to discover what they were thinking while committing a crime.”

Free speech includes not only the inoffensive but the irritating, the contentious, the eccentric, the heretical, the unwelcome and the provocative provided it does not tend to provoke violence. Freedom only to speak inoffensively is not worth having.Lord Justice Sedley, 1999

Lord Young said: “One of the things I’ll be looking at is whether some speech crimes can be replaced with something more like Sedley’s standard. Instead of stirring up hatred against people with ‘protected characteristics’ being an offence, would it not be simpler – and fairer – to just make inciting violence a crime, regardless of who’s being targeted?”

He also called for non-crime hate incidents (NCHIs) to be abolished, saying the “police’s dogged investigation of hundreds of thousands of ‘non crimes’ in the past 10 years when so many actual crimes go unsolved risks turning them into a laughing stock”.

Netflix has lost an estimated $15 billion in value over the last few days after Elon Musk encouraged Netflix’s 226 million subscribers to cancel their subscriptions following multiple troubling accounts of transgender messaging to young children, tweens, and teens.  

The bad news for Netflix began Monday when Libs of TikTok posted a clip from “Dead End: Paranormal Park,” one of several animated series aimed at kids produced by Netflix.  

“This is not ok,” Musk declared.  

When Libs of TikTok issued a second post Wednesday on X highlighting another Netflix series, Musk doubled down, urging parents to “cancel Netflix.”  

“‘The Baby-Sitters Club’ pushes TRANSGENDERISM on KIDS, shames characters for ‘misgendering’ and demands hospital staff refer to and treat a boy as a girl,” Libs of TikTok wrote. 

“INSANITY,” said LoTT. “This show is rated for CHILDREN. CANCEL NETFLIX.”

“Cancel Netflix” soon became the top trending topic on X, as the streaming platform hemorrhaged tens of thousands of subscribers and stock market value.

As of yesterday, Netflix shares have fallen an additional 1.04 % today after plummeting 2.3% on Tuesday and an additional 2.9% on Wednesday. 

“It somehow gets worse for Netflix,” noted America First commentator Rogan O’Handley, a.k.a. DC Draino on X.

“First they release a trans cartoon for kids from a guy who celebrated Charlie’s murder,” Handley said. “Then Elon Musk says he’s cancelling his Netflix subscription which triggers a boycott.”

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The nation of Slovakia has rejected European Union legislation by amending its constitution to enshrine recognition of only two sexes, ban the practice of surrogacy, and restrict adoption to heterosexual married couples.  

By doing so, the Slovak nation of 5.4 million people has asserted the primacy of its own laws over those of the EU and taken a strong stand in defense of the family and Christian morals. The amendment states that Slovakia retains sovereignty in matters of “national identity,” especially regarding “fundamental cultural-ethical questions.” 

“The Slovak Republic recognizes only two genders, namely male and female, which are biologically determined,” states the amendment that won approval in the nation’s parliament on Friday.  

The amendment also establishes that only married couples can legally adopt children, making it impossible for homosexuals to adopt. A Slovakian amendment passed in 2014 defines marriage solely as a union between a man and a woman. 

The amendment, which political observers predicted would fail, narrowly passed with the required three-fifths majority – 90 votes of the 150-seat council – after 12 conservative opposition lawmakers joined the ruling coalition. 

Parental consent is now also required for students to participate in sexual education. 

When the amendment was first published in late January, Slovakia’s nationalist Prime Minister Robert Fico echoed President Donald Trump’s inauguration speech, “There are two sexes, male and female,” defined at birth.

He further asserted an imperative to champion “the traditions, the cultural and spiritual heritage of our ancestors,” to construct a “constitutional dam against progressive politics,” and restore “common sense.”

President Peter Pellegrini indicated that he would sign the amendment. 

“At a time of enormous division within Slovak society, a constitutional majority is an important signal that there is agreement on a specific issue across the political spectrum, and it must be respected,” said Pellegrini after the vote.

In a fiery speech at CPAC Hungary 2025 in May, Prime Minister Fico emphasized that he would continue upholding the country’s traditional Christian family values.

In hs May 29th speech, Fico stressed that the essence of Slovakia has been built on hundreds of years of traditional Christian family values, specifically, the ideas that marriage is between a man and a woman and that there are only two genders, and he will work to uphold these sacred values. The prime minister has a long history of affirming Christian family values and opposing globalism.

A GRAN has been arrested for a second time over holding a sign near an abortion clinic offering to talk with women on their way into the baby-murdering facility.

Rose Docherty, 75, was quizzed by cops then led into a van by four officers for allegedly raising the placard in an anti-protest ‘buffer zone’ near Glasgow’s Queen Elizabeth University Hospital.

She became the first person lifted under new laws banning pro-life demonstrations within 200 metres of medical centres but faced no action after prosecutors dropped charges last month.

Ms Docherty was detained under the same rules this week for allegedly hoisting the poster reading: “Coercion is a crime, here to talk, only if you want.”

She said: “Everybody has the right to engage in consensual conversation.

“I held my sign with love and compassion, inviting anyone who wants to chat, to do so and stood peacefully, not approaching anyone.

“I should not be treated as a criminal for inviting people to chat with me and lending a listening ear.

“Conversation is not forbidden on the streets of Glasgow.

“And yet, this is the second time I have been arrested for doing just that.”

Ms Docherty, of Bishopbriggs, was taken in by cops for holding the same sign she was arrested for holding in February. She was handcuffed and taken away but told allegations against her were dropped earlier this month.

Ms Docherty was arrested under a fresh charge on Wednesday.

The pensioner was held in a police cell for two hours without a chair, despite having had both hips replaced.

Her lawyer Lorcan Price, of ADF International, a global advocacy group providing legal support for persecuted Christians, insists she has done nothing wrong.

He said: “It’s deeply concerning that Scottish policing resources are being ploughed into arresting and prosecuting a peaceful grandmother offering to speak to people in public, rather than focusing on the problems caused by real crime in Glasgow.

“This is not a case about harassment, intimidation or violent protest — this is simply a grandmother, who held a sign offering to speak to anyone who would like to engage.”

Irish hospitals are providing insufficient care for several babies which have died after having been born alive following  ‘failed’ late-term abortions.

In response to a parliamentary question by Independent TD Ken O’Flynn, the Health Service Executive revealed that in 2022, twelve babies were born alive in Irish hospitals after attempted abortions and died shortly afterwards. Similarly, ten were born alive in 2020 surviving only briefly. Data was not given for other years.

In 2018, following the abortion referendum, TDs were accused of using “shock tactics” for suggesting that hospitals could be in a situation where ‘unwanted’ babies were born alive, and questioning what care would be provided for them.

O’Flynn said: “It is hard to fathom that babies are being born alive after abortions in Ireland and sadly you have to go round in circles just to get answers as to how the babies are treated once they come into this world.”

He called for “a lot more openness surrounding the medical care given to or withheld from the babies in these appalling situations.”

He added: “The answer to my parliamentary question should serve as the beginning, not the end, of the flow of information.”

The Pro Life Campaign posted on social media: “12 babies were BORN ALIVE after abortion in Ireland in a single year. This raises serious questions about what medical care they were given – or denied – before they died. Their short lives DEMAND accountability.”

Assisted suicide risks the coercion of the sick and vulnerable, author JK Rowling has warned in a post on X to her 14 million followers.

She wrote in response to a comment accusing her of being “fixed” in her beliefs. As well as assisted suicide, she added that she no longer thinks cannabis is harmless, and is undecided on her religious beliefs.

Liam McArthur’s Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill is currently progressing through the Scottish Parliament. If the Bill becomes law, those who have been resident in Scotland for at least twelve months could get help from a medic to kill themselves if they are deemed to be terminally ill.

JK Rowling wrote in the post: “I used to believe in assisted dying.

“I no longer do, largely because I’m married to a doctor who opened my eyes to the possibilities of coercion of sick or vulnerable people.”

She also stated: “I used to believe cannabis was essentially harmless. I no longer do because I’ve witnessed it wreaking havoc on someone I care about’s mental health.”

A Peer with a disability has said the legalisation of assisted suicide “puts a price on my head”, as the Bill continues to make its way through the House of Lords.

Speaking during the second day of Second Reading of the assisted suicide Bill in the House of Lords, Lord Shinkwin, who was born with osteogenesis imperfecta, called the Bill “the stuff of nightmares”, saying, “There are savings to be made should assisted dying be introduced. This Bill effectively puts a price on my head”.

Lord Shinkwin continued, saying that should the Bill “become law and precedents set elsewhere apply in the UK over time, I face the realistic possibility, as a severely disabled person, of being killed as a result of legislation passed by this House”.

Shinkwin also highlighted the spoken contribution of former Prime Minister, Theresa May, who now sits in the House of Lords, in which she referred to the Bill as “the ‘Licence to Kill Bill’”. He said that Baroness May “is right: it gives the state a licence to kill the wrong type of people. I am the wrong type”.

Unborn babies in Poland are now in more danger than at any time since the Fall of Communism. They are being butchered by government order, with public funds, in violation of Poland’s law and Constitution.

When, in mid-2024, the government lost the votes on the proposed abortion bills, the minister of health, Izabela Leszczyna, issued unlawful guidelines recommending that hospitals murder Poles in their mothers’ wombs on the basis of certificates from psychiatrists about a broadly interpreted threat to mental health.

As a result, the situation in Poland is close to a de facto legalization of abortion “on demand.” Even “threats to the mother’s health and life,” such as… adjustment disorders associated with taking on a new role in life, can serve as a pretext for abortion up to the moment of birth.

No wonder that, even among psychiatrists, the government’s guidelines have sparked protests – although many have no qualms about pocketing blood money for “referrals to death.” You can get certificates during an e-visit – after a perfunctory interview, but for a hefty fee. Moreover, the Polish health ministry has prohibited hospitals from challenging even obviously baseless medical certificates.

At the same time, the government and the National Health Fund (NFZ) consistently violate the consciences of doctors who are faithful to the mission of defending life. After all, many doctors don’t want to be complicit in mass murder. To crush any resistance, Poland’s left-liberal government imposes draconian financial penalties on hospitals where doctors refuse to poison, dismember, or suffocate babies during a forced premature delivery.

The killings could be halted. Government lawlessness and mass abortion can be stopped by a ruling of the country’s Constitutional Tribunal. Admittedly, the “guidelines” are not a legal act, but the Constitutional Tribunal has in the past reviewed acts of state authorities that purported to be sources of binding law. It can also do it this time. Pro-Lifers in Poland are working hard to get this done. We wish them well and pray for their success.