A new cross-party group of MPs & peers have discussed staging mass walkouts in Parliament to protest against alleged “hate speech”.
The group who is lobbying for a new code of conduct to be introduced to Parliament is claiming they will “put compassion at the heart of politics”.
The group that first had a meeting on Tuesday 03rd March 2020 say they are concerned about the so-called ‘toxic’ tone of debate in Parliament and would like to see legislation to ‘protect future generations’ from ‘hate speech’.
The meeting was held at Parliament’s Portcullis House, where they debated a Compassion Act to prevent governments “leaving the most vulnerable worse off”.
The Compassion in Politics group is co-chaired by Conservative peer Baroness Warsi, who said this: “After all the progress made towards greater gender and race equality, a politics of hate and division has emboldened racist and sexist abuse on a scale neither of us thought we would ever see again.
“A toxic language given a platform by some irresponsible politicians, the media and others, is finding its physical manifestation in the violence we see on our streets.”
The group’s other co-chair, Labour’s Debbie Abrahams, said: “Our work is not about left or right, red, orange, green, or blue. It is about people. It is about humanity. It is about what is just and what is fair.”
Analysis:
What I have failed to see on any media articles or coverage on this issue is the potential limitations to freedom of speech this could bring about, to the detriment of Parliament and the future generations the politicians pushing for this are claiming to want to protect.
This notion of ‘hate speech’ seems to have grown legs and is taking the country for a run, not just the United Kingdom but many western nations have become infected with terms such as ‘hate speech’.
One could easily argue in a free society hate speech is entirely subjective, of course, don’t get me wrong I accept that in a civilised society you can’t call for violence to be inflicted upon anyone without dealing of the legal consequences of your actions.
My point is, laws already exist in the United Kingdom to prevent and punish those guilty of that kind of behaviour however it seems like every other week we hear from some politician, political commentator or ‘cross-party’ group looking to bring in new legislation to target what people can and cannot say.
I will end on the note that I think this suggestion to legislate on what MPs and peers can and cannot say would itself infringe on the fundamental principle of freedom of speech held by the vast majority of the British public and not only this but it would violate the long-held ancient tradition and protection granted by Parliamentary privilege.
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