‘Can’t you even be a little bit woke, just for politeness’s sake?’

The debate over an official definition of Islamophobia is reaching a crescendo – with Dominic Grieve’s proposed definition in the hands of Communities Secretary Steve Reed. Yet perhaps the most important aspect of this bubbling controversy has been strangely undercooked to date. The chilling effects on free speech of Islamist-inspired ‘cancel culture’ are now well