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Why is a Labour MP calling for a blasphemy law?

28 November 2024

4:42 AM

28 November 2024

4:42 AM

Today at Prime Minister’s Questions, the Labour MP Tariq Ali asked: ‘Will the Prime Minister commit to introducing measures to prohibit the desecration of all religious texts and the prophets of the Abrahamic religions?’

Does Mr Ali think this is the most important issue currently facing the UK? Or, even more disturbingly, is this something that his constituents are calling for?

The fact that we have an MP from the governing party calling for blasphemy laws to be reinstated is part of a terrifying development in politics.

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