As many readers of this blog will know there have been protests over the conviction of the internet comedian Count Dankula for ‘hate speech’ and the fine that he has been given for this ‘crime’ by a Scottish court.

One of these protests took place in London and included a great speech by Sargon of Akaad. In his speech Sargon said of the protest ‘this should not be happening’ and I agree with him on that. We Britons should not be having to protest over the conviction of a comedian for telling a joke.

Sargon got off early with a bit of controversy by asking the question ‘was Enoch Powell right?’ However, after asking the additional question ‘how many stabbings makes a river, presumably in reference to Powell’s ‘river or blood’ speech. Sargon then went on to explain where Powell was wrong by speaking about how the Windrush generation wanted to become British and have by and large integrated. He said that the ‘whip hand’ had not been placed in the hands of Black British subjects,but in the hands of anyone who was anything other than British and the prime issue is one of identity and culture. He said that all other identities in Britain must be subject to the prime British identity.

I was very pleased to see that Sargon mentioned the independent journalist Jonaya English who has been treated appallingly by Greater Manchester Police when she reported death threats that have allegedly been made to her by Muslims and Leftists following her criticism of the ideology of Islam.

You can see Sargon’s speech and the words of the other speakers at the demonstration in the video below:

Also worth watching is a video by Tim Pool, an independent journalist with a good reputation for fairness, who after the demo chatted to Sargon, a writer who works with Milo Yiannopolous and a man from Young Independence. This video by Mr Pool also contained an extensive interview with a writer from the Spectator, Helen Dale, who also spoke at the demonstration. Ms Dale had written an article on the subject of the Dankula case entitled Adventures in Thought Crime Island. This interview was detailed and notable for the statement of Ms Dale about how the injustice of the Dankula case and other cases where people have been criminalised by mere words could be quickly solved by just repealing these oppressive laws.

Here’s the Tim Pool video

Although Ms Dale is correct that a UK equivalent of the US First Amendment would be difficult if not impossible to bring in, due to the convention that one Parliament should not pass legislation that binds another later Parliament, repealing the increasingly hated ‘hate speech’ laws would be relatively simple. I must admit that repealing these horrible and unjust laws should be a priority for any parliamentarian who wishes to respect the freedoms that so many Britons and our allies fought so hard to achieve. Parliament needs to show a willingness to stamp out the censorship and oppression that these ‘hate speech’ laws represent. But Parliament will only show this willingness to protect our freedoms if we the people elect representatives who respect our freedoms. At all elections we should ask those who wish to be our representatives in Parliament or other assemblies: ‘Where do you stand on my right to speak freely?’