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The Free Speech Union (FSU) is currently running a campaign to support the Conservative party in their bid to abolish (somewhat belatedly it has to be said) Non-Crime Hate Incidents (NCIHs). These legally odd ‘non-crimes’ have, for the last ten or more years, been taking up a disproportionate amount of police...

….until after the holidays. Well, let’s face it. The weather has been just glorious – in the UK anyway, but also on the ski slopes and in...

“Never assume, because when you ASSUME, you make an ASS out of U and ME”. So said Felix Unger, a character in the US TV series The...

Last month I wrote to Only Connect’s editor, Richard Pooley, asking: ‘Where was the leadership and strategy plan that the EU’s Brussels...

As we enter 2025, it is getting increasingly hard to feel optimistic about my country. The gulf between those in government and the...