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This week, Sir Joel Bennathan KC overturned the conviction of Hamit Coskun — a Turkish ex-Muslim prosecuted for burning a Quran outside the Turkish consulate.

The judge reminded the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) of a fundamental principle: there is no offence of blasphemy in English law. The CPS had attempted to use public order legislation to punish Coskun for “offending religious feelings” — a move journalist David Shipley describes as an attempt to create a “backdoor blasphemy law.”

Shipley joins Josh Howie to discuss why this case is a pivotal moment for free speech in Britain, how CPS lawyers effectively invented a charge, and why this issue won’t end here unless politicians hold the CPS to account.

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'The time for politeness and fear has passed. A free speech nation only matters is you use it.'

Josh Howie calls for British Jews to speak out and condemn 'Muslim racism against Jewish people', saying 'politeness hasn’t protected us'.

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'The cause is always there, but the justifications for introducing it seem to change depending on whatever problem we want to use as an excuse.'

UCL’s Dr Melanie Garson and Academy of Ideas’ Alastair Donald debate digital ID and its impact on our freedom.

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'We've been dominated by elites since the Second World War who have prevented us from speaking our mind and being proud of our country'.

Jake Wallis Simons says Western leaders are trying to prevent people from standing with Israel because 'it represents our older values'.

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A man was arrested for chanting “We love bacon” outside the site of a planned mosque in the Lake District. Writer and broadcaster Andrew Doyle joins Josh Howie to discuss what this case says about the state of free speech in Britain.

Doyle argues that “offensive” is not the same as illegal, and slams the Public Order Act and UK hate speech laws for allowing the state to police feelings rather than actions. He calls for a full rethink — from police training to the role of activist bodies like the College of Policing.

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'If the user and company aren't breaking the law, why is it the government's business?! It's very mafia-style politics...'

Big Brother Watch's Matthew Feeney discusses an apparent Whitehall 'spy unit' monitoring social media, flagging content discussing social issues such as immigration.

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'The idea that random adults would take children to the toilets... It's insane!'

Women's Rights Activist Kellie-Jay Keen shares her outrage at a BBC star's ally badge scheme which has sparked controversy around the safeguarding of children.

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Author and women’s rights advocate Julia Long clashes with athlete Glenique Frank in a fiery debate over new government guidance that will see pupils in England taught the legal distinctions between biological sex and gender identity. The discussion raises deep questions about education, safeguarding, and ideology in the classroom.

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Irish student Jamie O’Mahony sits down to discuss the viral moment he was assaulted and removed from a public event in Limerick for holding up an Israeli flag.

He explains how Ireland’s state-backed anti-Israel rhetoric, media bias, and academic activism have created a hostile environment where peaceful dissent is met with mob aggression — even from former family friends.

From being stripped of student positions to confronting violent double standards, Jamie shares a powerful personal testimony about the erosion of free speech, rising antisemitism, and Ireland’s troubling alignment with terrorist-linked movements.

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'This is the death knell for the good old British pub.'

Director of the Free Speech Union, Lord Toby young says the Government's Employment Rights Bill will 'destroy' the hospitality sector.

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Investigative journalist David Collier says Bob Vylan’s “Death to the IDF” chant is a 'call for genocide' as he slams the 'trash' BBC for airing it during Glastonbury—branding the broadcaster worse than Al Jazeera.

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'A lot of people who don't like the ruling are pretending they don't understand the ruling!'

Director of Advocacy at Sex Matters, Helen Joyce, on groups across the UK which appear to ignore the Supreme Court's ruling on gender identity and the Equality Act.

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Josh Howie hosts a fiery debate with Fahima Mahomed and Alejandro Sanchez over whether burning religious texts should be made illegal.

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Alan Miller, co-founder of Together, joins Josh Howie to explain why Britain urgently needs a Digital Bill of Rights. As digital surveillance, financial censorship, and ID tracking become everyday realities, Miller warns of a creeping social credit system taking hold in the UK — without public debate.

From facial recognition in shops to online speech restrictions and banking blacklists, Miller lays out how freedom is being eroded — and what we must do to stop it.

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Oxford students believe there is a 'witch hunt' against conservatives in the UK, which has been echoed by Donald Trump's friend, Charlie Kirk.

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Andrew Doyle delves into the evolving dynamics within the LGBTQ+ movement. He discusses how contemporary Pride events, such as Stroud Pride, have shifted focus, potentially sidelining the specific needs and rights of gay individuals.

Doyle raises concerns about the increasing prominence of gender ideology within these events, arguing that it may lead to the marginalisation of same-sex attracted individuals. He emphasises the importance of safeguarding the original objectives of the gay rights movement, ensuring that the pursuit of inclusivity does not inadvertently compromise the recognition and rights of gay people.

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Carol Richardson, a healthcare assistant, is taking York and Scarborough NHS Trust to court after being excluded from a leadership course open only to ‘BAME’ staff.

She argues the policy amounts to unlawful racial segregation and is backed by the Free Speech Union in her employment tribunal case. Speaking to GB News, she explains why race-based training schemes are divisive, how it undermines workplace unity, and why she’s challenging the NHS under the Equality Act.

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