Thank you. This is a very troubling situation. You have made the dangers of this judgement to free speech of the alternative media shockingly clear. I am very disappointed that U.K. Column have not supported Hall. I will share this excellent article among all my contacts.
I have just posted this on ‘X’ to try to bring some attention onto the case. My observation is that it is difficult to get much engagement on this topic which I find very surprising. It may be because the legacy media has done a very thorough hatchet job on Hall which is scandalous. https://x.com/howardsteen4/status/1870099154912907524
You're right about the difficulty of getting people to engage with this topic. As far I know, Iain Davis is the only other commentator to have written seriously about it, despite its grave implications for the independent media.
Everyone else either shies away or joins in the witch hunt against Hall.
Philip Ridley (London branch of the Western Price Foundation) who wrote this piece shared it with me as a DM response to my post on X. I am not enough of a legal expert to know if this gives Hall any further options to seek redress under existing law. Could invoking ancient ‘individual rights’ of free expression be a way out of this I wonder.
Thank you. This is a very troubling situation. You have made the dangers of this judgement to free speech of the alternative media shockingly clear. I am very disappointed that U.K. Column have not supported Hall. I will share this excellent article among all my contacts.
Best wishes for the season!
Thanks, Howard.
Season's greetings to you and yours!
I have just posted this on ‘X’ to try to bring some attention onto the case. My observation is that it is difficult to get much engagement on this topic which I find very surprising. It may be because the legacy media has done a very thorough hatchet job on Hall which is scandalous. https://x.com/howardsteen4/status/1870099154912907524
Thanks, Howard. I appreciate you doing that.
You're right about the difficulty of getting people to engage with this topic. As far I know, Iain Davis is the only other commentator to have written seriously about it, despite its grave implications for the independent media.
Everyone else either shies away or joins in the witch hunt against Hall.
Philip Ridley (London branch of the Western Price Foundation) who wrote this piece shared it with me as a DM response to my post on X. I am not enough of a legal expert to know if this gives Hall any further options to seek redress under existing law. Could invoking ancient ‘individual rights’ of free expression be a way out of this I wonder.
https://www.ukcolumn.org/article/britain-had-the-first-amendment-first
My guess is that the judge would not deny Hall's individual rights of free expression.
He or she would, however, claim those rights have to be balanced with the claimants' Article 8 rights.
No time to read Hall/Manchester saga but wish him all the best. Happy Christmas everyone.
Merry Xmas, Kerry.