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2012-07-17

The battle with the Olympic censors

"We value freedom of speech far too little in this country. The British taxpayer has forked out a fortune to host the Olympics – but they should come here on our terms, respect our freedoms and respect the right of British people to do and say what they please. We badly need the equivalent of America’s 1st amendment protection: a clear right guaranteeing freedom of speech as paramount. Our failure to do this has created what Nick Cohen rightly calls a 'corporatist dystopia' during the Olympic games. As he says, Britain has not won the Olympics. The Olympics has won Britain. And we should have never allowed this to happen."

http://www.spectator.co.uk/coffeehouse/politics/2012/july/the-battle-with-the-olympic-censors

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