Demand to axe law limiting free speech

A WESTMINSTER pressure group will today call for the scrapping of a law which it claims is being used to constrain freedom of speech.

Civitas is demanding the abolition of Section 5 of the Public Order Act, which has been criticised by free-speech campaigners.

David Green, director of Civitas, said: “Throughout most of human history the suppression of unwelcome opinions has been normal, and open societies, in which we try to conduct arguments without violence, have been a great human achievement.

“Speech laws are an attempt to return to the primitive ways we have left behind.”

The group has today published a book, Feel Free To Say It.