We should defend press freedom and freedom of expression as a bedrock liberty of a civilised society – and defend the right of a free press to be an unruly mess. That some abuse press freedom, as in the phone-hacking scandal, is no excuse for others to encroach upon it. Press freedom is not a gift to be handed down like charity only to those deemed deserving. It is an indivisible liberty for all or none at all.

If the press are muzzled by a new regulator then, over time, that will weaken their ability to fight our corner. We can't let a grubby political stitch-up end a proud British tradition of a free and proud press that has lasted since 1695. Otherwise the next scandalous abuse of your money might not be uncovered, and it might not be stopped.

Whenever free speech is attacked, the real purpose is to cover up the truth. Not that Sunstein himself knows the truth about anything. He just knows what he wants to suppress, which is exactly why government must never have this power.

We hear a lot about whistleblowers. People who reveal corporate fraud by their employers are regarded as deserving protection -- but not if the employer is the European Commission. Connolly brought an action for unfair dismissal, and the European Court of Justice has finally ruled on the case. It finds that that the Commission can restrict dissent in order to "protect the rights of others" and punish individuals who "damage the institution's image and reputation".

Our campaign, in being live, real and human, is meeting with and talking about the truth that government and the media dare not speak, with people from all around the world, and in so doing, is a part of the people freely communicating with each other. Not a day goes by that I do not learn something valuable from someone else and I have found that inspiring to learn that there is so much knowledge amongst the people.....

A loudspeaker, the internet, are all about the people communicating with each other, outside the control of government and the press, and that is what really does their little heads in, in government and the media.

Now, let us consider many of the Right-wing critics of this move, who are crying “censorship.” First, give me a break, you dumb-ass hypocrites! You people have been burning books, sometimes authors, for centuries and now you howl! These are the same sorts of people who demand the removal of all sorts of literature. They don’t only want to clean out the schools, but public libraries, and even private libraries. They march around demanding prosecutions for “obscenity” and lead entire movements pushing censorship. This is not to say that the Left is any better. Both sides want government restrictions on speech, just not their speech!

No, I think the real villains here are the police. Every so often, The Daily Mail publishes a whining article or letter about how the police are kept from doing a proper job by health and safety laws and by “political correctness”. The implication here is that the police are thoroughly decent people who simply want to get back to protecting life and property in ways that nearly everyone regards as legitimate. I find this a ludicrous opinion. So far as I can tell, the police are the willing militia of an evil ruling class. Many of them are sadistic thugs more to be feared than the criminals they are supposedly hired to catch. Many are corrupt. Most of them have bought wholesale into the new order of things, and use their massively expanded powers with grim delight.