The London Times reports on the progress of free speech in the U.K.
Peers including Lord Heseltine and Baroness Boothroyd have been forbidden to speak to the press by the House of Lords after they failed to attend anti-bullying, discrimination and sexual harassment workshops.
Sixty peers have fallen foul of the Lords authorities because they have not completed “Valuing Everyone” training. Boothroyd, 91, recently underwent heart surgery, and Heseltine, 88, is recovering from a knee operation. The peers, who maintain that they were unaware of the need to undergo the training, are now facing an investigation into their conduct...
Heseltine... questioned the need for the training. “To believe that people who actually indulge in prejudice or bullying or womanising are going to have their behaviour changed by reading a set of platitudes is naive and to a degree irresponsible,” he said....
Ludicrous. Embarrassing.
Wait.
Am I talking about the censorship, the workshops... or the House of Lords?
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