The UK government is going to ensure that free speech is not trampled by the Wokerati. This is something that should be applauded and is long overdue. It's about time that loony Lefties on social media should be in put back in their boxes.
Free speech to get legal supremacy, says Dominic Raab as he unveils plan to stop democratic debate being 'whittled away by wokery' in major victory over cancel culture
Free speech will be given legal supremacy over other rights to stop debate from being eroded, Dominic Raab pledges today.
In an exclusive interview with the Daily Mail, the Deputy Prime Minister warns that democratic debate is being ‘whittled away by wokery’.
Unveiling plans to replace Labour’s Human Rights Act with a British Bill of Rights, Mr Raab says the principle of free speech will become a legal ‘trump card’.
The proposed reforms will seek to reverse the corrosion of long-held freedoms by ‘cancel culture’, political correctness and creeping moves towards European-style privacy by the back door driven by judicial interpretations of the Human Rights Act, he says.
The changes will protect media freedom, allowing the Press to continue to expose corruption and wrongdoing, and allow individuals to speak their minds.
The landmark proposals, currently out for consultation, are expected to be included in the Queen’s Speech later this year.
Mr Raab, who is also the Justice Secretary, told the Mail: ‘Effectively, free speech will be given what will amount to “trump card” status in a whole range of areas.
Free speech will be given legal supremacy over other rights to stop debate from being eroded, Dominic Raab pledges today. In an exclusive interview with the Daily Mail, the Deputy Prime Minister warns that democratic debate is being eroded.
‘I feel very strongly that the parameters of free speech and democratic debate are being whittled away, whether by the privacy issue or whether it’s wokery and political correctness. I worry about those parameters of free speech being narrowed.’
Addressing concerns that decisions by unelected judges were gradually introducing privacy laws by the back door, without the approval of Parliament, Mr Raab added: ‘The thrust is going to be making sure that when we balance rights, whether it’s the right to free speech and the right to privacy or other rights, we make sure that the greatest overriding importance and weight is attached to free speech.’
It follows widespread concern at a legal ruling in favour of the Duchess of Sussex in a privacy dispute against The Mail on Sunday – as well as growing concern over ‘cancel culture’.
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