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Speaking of 1.5°C to survive

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Still more gender gaps

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The importance of the market test

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Why does this North Korean defector want to return home ? BBC News

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Friedrich von Hayek and Jack High

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Hate Speech: Golriz Ghahraman strikes again – proving she is a threat to free speech

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Now a few days ago ACT MP David Seymour was vilified on social media

Supposedly Seymour was responsible for Ms Ghahraman needing a security guard. Seymour wrote

“Let it be known, the public beating has not gone out of fashion.” So goes the quote from the movie Thank You for Smoking, as politicians attack the wildly unpopular protagonist, a tobacco lobbyist.
 
I’ve found those words to be true over the past week and it has strengthened my belief in the importance of freedom of expression.
 
To recap, I was asked about Green MP Golriz Ghahraman’s stance on free speech. In her own words “it is vital that the public is involved in a conversation about what speech meets the threshold for being regulated, and what mix of enforcement tools should be used.”
 
I believe that such an idea, and by extension politicians who promote it, is a…

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Laurence Olivier Talks About Marilyn Monroe

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Fair point

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Nobel Symposium V V Chari The bank lending channel

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Jordan Peterson Destroys Gender Denying Idealogue

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Pretty close to the true on Hamas

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Winston Churchill and the Queen on VE day

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