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Is Britain ready for blasphemy laws?

Douglas Murray Douglas Murray
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EXPLORE THE ISSUE 22 February 2025
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In its infinite wisdom, the Labour government appears to be reconsidering the introduction of a blasphemy law in the UK. It has picked up this idea despite it being so idiotic that it was even rejected by the last Conservative government.

That well-known theologian Angela Rayner has decided to set up a council to look into the question of ‘Islamophobia’.

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