The assurances of the authorities would be more reassuring if Gerry Sadowitz hadn't been banned from the Fringe after 40 years in 2022. Or Graham Linehan and Joanna Cherry hadn't been the subjects of attempted de-platforming last year. That's more banned Fringe events in a couple of years than in the 40+ years I've been attending the Edinburgh Festival.
The Tartan Taliban already walk among us. This Act will fuel their self-righteous authoritarianism.
The assurances of the authorities would be more reassuring if Gerry Sadowitz hadn't been banned from the Fringe after 40 years in 2022. Or Graham Linehan and Joanna Cherry hadn't been the subjects of attempted de-platforming last year. That's more banned Fringe events in a couple of years than in the 40+ years I've been attending the Edinburgh Festival.
The Tartan Taliban already walk among us. This Act will fuel their self-righteous authoritarianism.