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Free speech dies in quarantine

24 July 2021

9:00 AM

24 July 2021

9:00 AM

Last week the British provocateuse Katie Hopkins was deported from Australia to Britain, an ironical inversion of our colonial history if nothing else. It’s fair to say that Ms Hopkins may not be to everybody’s taste, having been de-platformed from multiple media and social media networks over the years for this or that outrageous comment or stunt and her strident views on immigration.

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