Wednesday 11 February 2009

Most famous freedom of expression speech in British Parliament

This was delivered by the Earl of Chatham ('Pitt the Elder') in 1768, and it was on this basis as much as anything that the United States created its 1st Amendment to the Constitution
The irony that a visiting MP is banned from debating on freedom of expression in the House of Lords 241 years later is obvious...

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