Blunkett, Freedom of Speech And Brian Haw


The almost infinitely nasty Blunkett is apparently planning to add a clause to his `serious crime bill' to outlaw `continuous demonstrations', `encampments' and `the use of megaphones'.

This latest piece of overtly bully boy legislation doesn't surprise me. We have a fascist Government. Fascists don't like free speech. It frightens them. Blunkett is a real threat to our liberty and democracy and is the most oppressive Home Secretary Britain has ever had.

It seems that Blunkett's latest example of practical fascism in action is help the Government suppress all remaining dissent. Blunkett's latest daft law is, it seems, designed to outlaw animal lovers (protesting about vivisection and hunting) and to get rid of Brian Haw.

Mr Haw is the best example of real democracy in Westminster. He is the man who has, since the onset of the Iraq war, held a vigil outside Parliament.

Blunkett, like Blair, finds any reference to the fact that we have a Government comprised of war criminals to be embarrassing. And so he wants Mr Haw silenced.

MPs who care about freedom, justice and democracy (and there are perhaps half a dozen left) should be standing shoulder to shoulder with Mr Haw who is a real hero of our times and deserves a peerage far more than oozy EU leftovers such as the loathesome Kinnock.

When history is written Mr Haw will be remembered as a real patriot and a man of principle. Blunkett, whose policies have doubtless had Adolf Hitler looking up from hell and nodding and smiling approval, will be remembered as an utterly abominable little man who has completely misread the needs and mood of the people who pay his salary. The words `Blunkett' and `fascism' go together like `Blair' and `war'.


Copyright Vernon Coleman 2004