Over the weekend I was asked to write a short article for Index on Censorship as part of a point/counterpoint commentary on UCL’s decision to sever all links with Dr Nicholas Kollerstrom.

You can see what I had to say on the subject here – I’m backing UCL, as you might expect – together with those of Brendan O’Neill, taking the opposing viewpoint, on which I may post a few thoughts in due course.

Needless to say I disagree with Brendan, not that that’s anything unusual.

For an all too brief moment I thought that Mad Nad might be gearing up for a startling admission:

When on TV, It’s ok to argue your point as hard as you wish, and to use evidence and statistics to back that point up.

It’s not ok to lie.

What? Is this to be a belated mea culpa from Dorries?

No, of course not.… - Continue Reading...