32. LIVE SHOW: The Conservatives' war on free speech
According to the Conservative government and their allies, an intolerant "woke" left is crushing free speech in the UK. But it's based on a lie - and the Tories' 'war on woke' and their Orwellian 'free speech champion...
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32. LIVE SHOW: The Conservatives' war on free speech
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<p>According to the Conservative government and their allies, an intolerant "woke" left is crushing free speech in the UK. But it's based on a lie - and the Tories' 'war on woke' and their Orwellian 'free speech champion' is the real threat to free expression.</p><br /><p>I'm joined by experts exposing this narrative as the deceit it is, including barrister Sam Fowles, Guardian columnist and author Nesrine Malik, academic Keir Milburn - who faces being sacked for politically driven reasons - and author Gavan Titley.</p><br /><p>Help us take on the right-wing media here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbTduazJfT19TVV9LUlZaanFTLWgwSlYxa3ZmUXxBQ3Jtc0tuaWVybzM2MDRWNGlCNHFiRmJVbEg4aTU3OFBubTRXYzdmNHk3am9MdEJ1eXVPQVpHNFBkMHNURzBQaGhLdTF5QUE5OG9Gc3o2YVYtNXBoLURkQm0td3pRM2YtT1B4RGRjdTFoU0ZSaVFNRWtxeHp2MA&q=https%3A%2F%2Fpatreon.com%2Fowenjones84" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://patreon.com/owenjones84</a></p><p>Support this show <a href="http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast" rel="payment" target="_blank">http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast</a>.</p><hr /><p style="color: grey; font-size: 0.75em;"> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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