#BSBFreeSpeech (Continuing under a new chain) to avoid tagging others in. Mr H: ground 2 of appeal. This is only needed if ground 1 fails. Refers to Miller. Knowles J deals with interference with right of freedom of expression. Anything which impedes constitutes interference ... comparatively little is needed for it to constitute interference. Apart from the fact that I am subject to a warning, the BSB has also said that I have breached the handbook. Mr Miller had a conversation with PC Gold who had turned up to his workplace to discuss tweets

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