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Rod Liddle

Everyone says they’re Charlie. In Britain, almost no one is

Those lining up to defend freedom of speech are all too often the very people who are out to curtail it

17 January 2015

9:00 AM

17 January 2015

9:00 AM

Je suis Charlie indeed. This is the problem with placards — there is rarely enough room to fit in the caveats, the qualifying clauses and the necessary evasions. I suppose you could write them on the back of the placard, one after the other, in biro. Or write in brackets and in much smaller letters, directly below ‘Je suis Charlie’: ‘Jusqu’a un certain point, Lord Copper.’

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