"Astoundingly, people are being arrested by the police... because of what they have said."
„Everyone can agree that today’s Britain – which we’re always being told has become so much more liberal – is the very model of a forward-looking, tolerant society in which freedom of expression is paramount. Correct? If only. In fact, the intellectual trend in Britain is a remorseless slide towards a dark age of intolerance, reverting to a reason-suppressing, heresy-hunting culture in which certain opinions are being turned into thought crimes. Astoundingly, people are being arrested by the police – even if the case against them eventually falls – because of what they have said. They are not inciting violence or any criminal activity. They are merely expressing a point of view. Yet for that they may find the police feeling their collars. ...“ Melanie Philipps, The Spectator, 18 September 2010 (UK)