Much ink has been spilt over this or that writer getting ‘cancelled’ or otherwise shuffled off. Andrew Sullivan is the latest high-profile case, but there are hundreds, probably thousands, in the same boat. I’ve often written about people — especially ordinary members of the public — being sacked for their views over the last five years.
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Helen Dale won the Miles Franklin Award for her first novel, The Hand that Signed the Paper, and read law at Oxford. Her latest novel, Kingdom of the Wicked, was shortlisted for the Prometheus Prize. She lives in London.
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