Important #freespeech case on Friday: Bar Standards Board claims the right to sanction a barrister merely for personal political speech criticising Islam (or another religion). By doing so has it broken the law (Equality Act, human rights law, common law)? reddit.com/r/Actuary_news…
As @JonHolb points out,"If political speech falls outside of the Equality Act on this basis then political speech ceases to be protected. Any political belief can ‘offend’ a different political belief". If the BSB are right then barristers can say little without risking sanction
By implication neither will other professionals (teachers, accountants, doctors, dentists, vets, actuaries etc): if you say anything that someone else might be offended by, even in a personal capacity, then your professional body could accuse you of misconduct. This is madness
The powers the Bar Standards Board is claiming for itself are ones that would restrict personal freedom of speech far beyond anything seen before: it is in the interest of members of all professions (and none) that the Bar Standards Board's claims do not succeed. #FreeSpeech
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