Does Tony Blair think free speech isn’t for everyone?

Not content with agitating against democracy with his relentless Remainer shenanigans, now Tony Blair appears to be aiming his fire at freedom of speech. Seriously, is there no civilisational liberal value this man doesn’t want to take down?

A new report for Blair’s think-tank, the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, says hard-right groups should be subjected to censorship even if they are not involved in any kind of violent activity. The report says the government should draw up a list of ‘designated hate groups’ — you mean a blacklist? — and these designated groups should be prevented from appearing in media outlets or engaging with public institutions.

The report mentions four groups in particular: Britain First, For Britain, the British National Party, and Generation Identity England. These are all political outfits. They have constitutions, ideas, policies. Many, many people disagree with these of course. But to censor them – to deprive them of the means to express themselves in public, is an act of extreme political intolerance.