Free Speech Union stated that it will take no view on the content of the speech that people make using their free speech. It simply defends their exercise of free speech. (But this principle is applied selectively when it does take such a view about the content, as it often does)
My view is that their claim to take no position on the content of speech is both incoherent in principle and impossible in practice. But it is their stated position.
[Meghan wrong to speak out in a TV interview. We prefer the selfless silent duty and constraint of the Queen to the Hollywood culture of the tell-all interview] is an very commonplace Radio Talking Point Opinion.
But what has that got to do with the @SpeechUnion agenda?
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Few people in the media (if anybody) thinks there is a uniform picture across all outlets. The tone of this statement is uninterested in any dialogue or nuance about gaps or challenges that remain, as they obviously do.
3 years ago, the editor of the Daily Express, Gary Jones, made a clear statement about why he was uncomfortable with the paper's headlines about Muslims. There have been some changes since. The tone of Society of Editors sounded oblivious to any issues google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theg…
Do you have sympathy for Harry and Meghan (29% yes, 56% no) has a starker generational divide than just about any other issue that I can think of.
18-24: 59% yes, 20% no (+39)
65+: 13% yes, 79% no (-66)
YouGov do not report breaks by ethnicity on this issue. It is definitely a weakness (in 2021) when questions are asked of perceptions of racism without any breaks by ethnicity.
BSA long-term data shows attitudes to gender were socially polarising in mid-late 1980s. However, previous splits by generation & gender over one of the foundational claims pursued by feminism was replaced by broad social convergence in favour by this century.
Mystery in the pattern. Why might this change seem to become much stronger during Thatcher's third term (1987-90) yet having apparently seemed to somewhat weakened during her second term (1983-87)? But we don't have pre-1979 data from this source as BSA starts in the 1980s.
In fact, the second poll to show independence behind. This wiki page has a summary of polls since the 2014 referendum, as well as before en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_p…