Universities are to be made to promote free speech, or be fined, while social media platforms are to police it, according to legislation contained within the Queen's Speech. The government's fake Culture War, which diverts attention from government failings by inventing enemies, continues.
Meanwhile, the government will engage in a bit of voter suppression in order to tackle a problem that doesn't actually exist - voter fraud. At the last General Election, there was one prosecution for voter fraud and two cautions, while it's estimated that 7.5% of the population has no access to approved photo ID. This piece of legislation is a naked attempt to disenfranchise a vulnerable section of the population and therefore deeply anti-democratic.
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