today’s ” AR-online” again AR-Online recent issues: May 1999 April 1999 March 1999 February 1999 January 1999 December 1998 November 1998 October 1998 September 1998 London, Go Forth and be Irritating A JUDGE yesterday championed freedom of speech for “the irritating, the contentious, the eccentric, the heretical, the unwelcome and provocative”.

Ruling that a Christian fundamentalist had the right to preach outside Wakefield Cathedral, despite the annoyance she caused, Lord Justice Sedley said: “Freedom only to speak inoffensively is not worth having.” […] WE regret that by letter dated a Ms. Louise Hayman , the head of legal services at The Independent newspaper, requested that this article be removed from this website. We have adjusted the masthead accordingly.

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