Does Britain still have free speech? | with Jonathan Sumption & Kellie-Jay Keen

Podcast: Coffee House Shots · The Spectator

Opublikowano: 2026-10-16

This week, The Spectator hosted a debate on the motion: This house believes Britain no longer has free speech. Chaired by The Spectator’s Assistant Editor Isabel Hardman, the debate saw former Sun editor Kelvin MacKenzie and women’s rights campaigner Kellie-Jay Keen propose the motion, with former Supreme Court Justice Jonathan Sumption and politician and commentator Ed Vaizey arguing against it. In this episode, we hear Jonathan Sumption and Kellie-Jay Keen set out their cases before the panel goes head-to-head on cancel culture, the role of the police, overzealous lawyers and the resp...