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EPISODE · Mar 12, 2026 · 35 MIN

Free Speech on Life Support With Claire Fox

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Claire Fox, Baroness Fox of Buckley, is a member of the UK House of Lords and director of the Academy of Ideas. In conversation with Giuseppe Gracia, she discusses the fragile state of free speech in the UK, pressured by expanding hate and harm laws and a culture that treats offense as injury. Fox argues that subjective “psychological harm” and victim defined hate are being used to silence debate and intimidate institutions. Identity politics and safe space culture, she says, have replaced argument with moral blackmail and self censorship. Their shared conclusion: there is no right not to be offended, and only courage can revive the battle of ideas. Werden Sie jetzt Mitglied beim neuen «Schweizer Monat» - dem Medium für Macher und Denker! Als Mitglied erhalten Sie viermal jährlich das neue Printmagazin Q sowie Vollzugriff auf alle Onlineinhalte auf unserer Website. Wir laden Sie zudem monatlich zu Veranstaltungen mit namhaften Gästen ein.  Weitere Informationen finden Sie auf https://schweizermonat.ch/mitgliedschaft/ Unsere Videos finden Sie auch als Podcast auf: https://linktr.ee/schweizermonatvideo Alle weiteren Informationen zum Schweizer Monat finden Sie unter folgenden Links: - Website: https://schweizermonat.ch/ - Video & Podcast: https://schweizermonat.ch/video/ Soziale Medien: - Twitter: https://twitter.com/SchweizerMonat - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/schweizer-monat/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/schweizermonat/ - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/schweizermonat/ - Telegram: https://t.me/schweizermonat

Claire Fox, Baroness Fox of Buckley, is a member of the UK House of Lords and director of the Academy of Ideas. In conversation with Giuseppe Gracia, she discusses the fragile state of free speech in the UK, pressured by expanding hate and harm laws and a culture that treats offense as injury. Fox argues that subjective “psychological harm” and victim defined hate are being used to silence debate and intimidate institutions. Identity politics and safe space culture, she says, have replaced argument with moral blackmail and self censorship. Their shared conclusion: there is no right not to be offended, and only courage can revive the battle of ideas. Werden Sie jetzt Mitglied beim neuen «Schweizer Monat» - dem Medium für Macher und Denker! Als Mitglied erhalten Sie viermal jährlich das neue Printmagazin Q sowie Vollzugriff auf alle Onlineinhalte auf unserer Website. Wir laden Sie zudem monatlich zu Veranstaltungen mit namhaften Gästen ein.  Weitere Informationen finden Sie auf https://schweizermonat.ch/mitgliedschaft/ Unsere Videos finden Sie auch als Podcast auf: https://linktr.ee/schweizermonatvideo Alle weiteren Informationen zum Schweizer Monat finden Sie unter folgenden Links: - Website: https://schweizermonat.ch/ - Video & Podcast: https://schweizermonat.ch/video/ Soziale Medien: - Twitter: https://twitter.com/SchweizerMonat - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/schweizer-monat/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/schweizermonat/ - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/schweizermonat/ - Telegram: https://t.me/schweizermonat

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