MPs, ministers and many commentators are gagging themselves. It’s self-censorship on a scale I’ve never witnessed before in this garrulous nation 🖊️ y_alibhai via ipaperviews
“Those voters do not want to have a conversation about Brexit,” said Joshua Simons, the director of Labour Together, a think-tank close to Labour leadership. How dare they prioritise one group of voters over all others?
Ellwood thinks that the election will bring release and hope: “I can see all parties embracing the idea of rejoining the single market… I put money on it that it happens in the next five years.” After so many years of Brexit thought compliance, will this country be in a fit state to take such big steps? I don’t think so.
I recently went to the Royal Society of Literature’s garden party. Last year I was made a fellow – a cherished honour. There I met great writers and poets and reconnected with some old friends. One of them was Beverly Naidoo, a Carnegie-winning author of children’s books. Born in South Africa under apartheid, she was persecuted for opposing the regime. In 1965 she moved to Britain and became a writer. Her books were once banned in South Africa.
is now avoided or sidelined. The book is inventive and poignant. Buy it for your kids and grandkids. Defend free expression.
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