Freedom of Speech is Dying

His Majesty’s Government has paused the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023, which would have protected freedom of speech at our universities. This is quite a chilling move, especiially when former Home Secretary Suella Braverman posted to social media last week that she was due to speak at the University of Cambridge but said the event was cancelled "because of militant pro-Palestinian protesters." So we literally have a former Home Secretary unable to go to Cambridge and offer opinions favourable to Israel, because a mob is going to prevent it, or cause her harm. This really is appalling.

Freedom of speech means that people with unpleasant views get to say what they wish, but it also means that we who preach the truth of Jesus Christ can have our say, too. Increasingly, freedom of speech is only granted to those who receive the approval of the mob, or the Woke Brigade, but no-one else. The dark clouds of godless authoritarianism may be seen gathering on the horizon. May we be prepared to speak truth to power, in season and out of season. 

What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops. Matthew 10:27, AV