One of the first decisions of the newly elected British Labour government was to shelve plans to protect free speech on campus. It’s a move that flies in the face of centuries of commitment to free speech and Enlightenment values.

UK Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson’s claim that the legislation ‘could expose students to harm’ from ‘hate speech’ is the usual excuse trotted out by the elitist left, which never misses an opportunity to restrict mainstream opinion it cannot stand.