Starmer’s handling of the Iran war reveals a weakened Britain that no longer speaks with one clear voice. The question is whether political and demographic changes are beginning to reshape British politics.
Why the wording of the news is one of the most powerful – and least noticed – tools of political influence.
The myth of the imprisoned teacher is wrong. But the case reveals a far more troubling question: what happens to a society when institutions begin to administer feelings as truth?
On Saturday, 21 March 2026, the Coptic-American historian Raymond Ibrahim will receive the Sappho Prize from the Danish Free Press Society (Trykkefrihedsselskabet) in Copenhagen.
First ZDF accused independent media of producing “trash” and spreading fake news. Then ZDF produced fake news itself. State-funded media are now under renewed scrutiny in Germany.
Starmer and the British government are deleting court data under the banner of “data protection” — but this is not about administration. It is about power over the public’s access to information.
Chairman Aia Fog and Deputy Chairman Michael Pihl of Danish Free Press Society comments on The Free Speech Union and their obvious lack of interest in supporting the working class.
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About the Free Press Society
Freedom of expression is under tremendous strain. Nationally and globally, writers, artists and politicians are threatened upon their lives and/or with their livelihoods, or sued in court for expressing particular views. Fear, self-censorship and oppressive anti-defamation laws are in the process of undermining our main liberty: Freedom of expression.
The Sappho Award
The Free Press Society’s freedom of expression prize, the Sappho Award, is awarded to a person who has shown uncompromising courage in the struggle for the free word.
