Free speech is crucial in the battle of ideas
Claire joins Andrew Doyle and Nick Gillespie for a spiked podcast special in which they introduce the 2017 Battle of Ideas festival and discuss the importance of free speech and debate.
Month: October 2017
To smack or not to smack is not the question. We owe it to children to set boundaries
Outlawing all physical punishment of children – with no exemptions – will not make children safer, says Claire Fox in the TES. Scotland will become the first region in the UK to introduce a ban on parents smacking their children. Should those who care for children cheer? I have my doubts. You’d think from the … Read more
Language barrier
“Since the EU referendum result last June our nation has been divided: not only by the vote but also by language. If 62 per cent of Britons (many of whom undoubtedly voted for Brexit) now say Britain ‘sometimes feels like a foreign country’, it’s not anti-foreigner prejudice so much as a feeling that people in … Read more