https:\/\/thecritic.co.uk\/politicians-cant-handle-free-speech\/<\/a><\/p>But who needs Milton, when we have Lisa Nandy? As Goya observed with a famous etching, the sleep of reason brings forth monsters. And into this slumberous vacuum comes the Islamists and the woke speech policers in equal measure. The \u201cyou can\u2019t say that\u201d brigade may have been on retreat in the last few years, with the Health Secretary James Murray recently forced to recant by Camilla Tominey on his mad idea that a woman could have a willy. But the Islamists are benefiting from our broader civilisational attack on free speech. The Islamophobia definition, fought against so long and so well by so many, is being re-introduced via back doors, including attempts by Welsh police just this week. Whilst politicians think they are going to usher in a kinder world, with enlightened experts deciding what can and can\u2019t be discussed, our internal enemies use the protections afforded by censorship to continue to spread their barbarism.<\/p>
If we are not allowed to criticise politicians, religions, or ideas, then we are not free. And no civilisation that wants to survive would hamstring its best means of restoration, the right to free expression. There is only one thing we can\u2019t say; we can\u2019t say we haven\u2019t been warned.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/spinster.xyz\/objects\/b39a85da-1c5c-470d-ae88-6fb895bb80bd","status_net":{"notice_id":null}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-07-12:objectType=thread:nonce=f2e0b2f145bd32d0","notice_info":{"local_id":"12882310","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-07-12T20:16:53+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/spinster.xyz\/objects\/b39a85da-1c5c-470d-ae88-6fb895bb80bd"}],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/conversation\/6545139","rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html"}]}