Freedom of speech is meaningless if it does not allow people to challenge the consensus.
When the origins of Covid were first being discussed, efforts were made by the World Health Organisation to stop people speculating that it came from a lab in China.
Two years or so later, it turned out that the Wuhan laboratory theory is the most probable.
Nonetheless, in spite of this, huge efforts were made by governments to stop what the authorities saw as misinformation.
Jacob Rees-Mogg said we need to be able to challenge the consensus
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And this tyranny continues and is spreading to other areas. A couple of weeks ago, the Prime Minister, the Reverend Starmer, vowed to tackle misinformation in the wake of what happened in Southport.
But what is misinformation? Could it be? For example, this. Inherited a projected overspend of £22billion, a £22bn hole in the public finances now, not in the future, but now £22bn of spending this year that was covered up by the party opposite.
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We all know half of the black hole is caused by Labour’s own public sector pay rises, including a whacking one to the train drivers. And perhaps it’s no wonder the Treasury won’t release the details of it. So is this information, and who should decide?
Keir Starmer claimed that Jeremy Corbyn was a friend, then later claimed that he was not.
So was that misinformation and should somebody be banning it? You see, politicians are wrong about all sorts of things, usually by accident, but occasionally on purpose. Either way, they don’t seem to get arrested for it, and nor should they.
But one lady, Bernadette Bosworth, made a mistake when she reposted information about the identity of the Southport suspect, which claimed he was an asylum seeker.
Keir Starmer is the UK Prime Minister
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Bernadette got the facts wrong. She admits that. But what level of proportionality is there when making an error about facts could lead to the sort of treatment that she received by the state. 36 hours.
Loads of police, van loads of police going to arrest her, searching her. When we find that paedophiles don’t go to prison and people question whether or not there’s two-tier policing, Bernadette has the right to be wrong.
She didn’t incite violence. She wasn’t doing it maliciously. She made a mistake. Even Keir Starmer gets things wrong. We all do.
This right was disgracefully infringed upon in a classic case of the left taking advantage of a crisis. We know that the Labour Party’s instincts are hostile to freedom of speech.
He said: “Bernadette’s story will be but one of many if we do not stand up for free speech, one of the pillars of our Constitution.”
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We know how many left wing figures criticised The Sun for revealing Huw Edwards bad behaviour. They didn’t want it reported.
We know that one of the first things Labour did upon taking office was scrapping the Conservatives University of Free Speech Law.
Bernadette’s story will be but one of many if we do not stand up for free speech, one of the pillars of our Constitution.
