If we fail to defend that right for speech we dislike, we will lose it for the speech we do like
Alexei Sayle: an MP called for him to be removed from Desert Island Discs. Photograph: Tristram Kenton/The Guardian
Alexei Sayle: an MP called for him to be removed from Desert Island Discs. Photograph: Tristram Kenton/The Guardian
Sun 23 May 2021 06.00 EDT
A Tory MP demands that the comedian Alexei Sayle be dropped from
Desert Island Discs for his supposed antisemitism. With the hashtag #KaufmannOut, students at Londonâs Birkbeck College demand an âinvestigationâ into lecturer Eric Kaufmann for his âwhite supremacyâ. Essex University apologises after a damning report on the cancellations of meetings by academics Rosa Freedman and Jo Phoenix for their âtransphobicâ beliefs. In America, Associated Press sacks journalist Emily Wilder after a rightwing campaign against her pro-Palestinian views. Just another week on the free speech front line.