Pauline Hanson, the Australian Senator who wore a burka in the chamber, has been suspended from her role for seven days.

Ms Hanson, 71, wore the garb in the Senate on Monday as she campaigned to Introduce a Bill that would ban full face coverings in Australia.

Her fellow Senators stopped her from formally introducing it - prompting her to storm back into Australia's upper chamber in the veiled clothing.

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This week, Sir Joel Bennathan KC overturned the conviction of Hamit Coskun — a Turkish ex-Muslim prosecuted for burning a Quran outside the Turkish consulate.

The judge reminded the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) of a fundamental principle: there is no offence of blasphemy in English law. The CPS had attempted to use public order legislation to punish Coskun for “offending religious feelings” — a move journalist David Shipley describes as an attempt to create a “backdoor blasphemy law.”

Shipley joins Josh Howie to discuss why this case is a pivotal moment for free speech in Britain, how CPS lawyers effectively invented a charge, and why this issue won’t end here unless politicians hold the CPS to account.

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'The time for politeness and fear has passed. A free speech nation only matters is you use it.'

Josh Howie calls for British Jews to speak out and condemn 'Muslim racism against Jewish people', saying 'politeness hasn’t protected us'.

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'The cause is always there, but the justifications for introducing it seem to change depending on whatever problem we want to use as an excuse.'

UCL’s Dr Melanie Garson and Academy of Ideas’ Alastair Donald debate digital ID and its impact on our freedom.

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'We've been dominated by elites since the Second World War who have prevented us from speaking our mind and being proud of our country'.

Jake Wallis Simons says Western leaders are trying to prevent people from standing with Israel because 'it represents our older values'.

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A man was arrested for chanting “We love bacon” outside the site of a planned mosque in the Lake District. Writer and broadcaster Andrew Doyle joins Josh Howie to discuss what this case says about the state of free speech in Britain.

Doyle argues that “offensive” is not the same as illegal, and slams the Public Order Act and UK hate speech laws for allowing the state to police feelings rather than actions. He calls for a full rethink — from police training to the role of activist bodies like the College of Policing.

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'If the user and company aren't breaking the law, why is it the government's business?! It's very mafia-style politics...'

Big Brother Watch's Matthew Feeney discusses an apparent Whitehall 'spy unit' monitoring social media, flagging content discussing social issues such as immigration.

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'The idea that random adults would take children to the toilets... It's insane!'

Women's Rights Activist Kellie-Jay Keen shares her outrage at a BBC star's ally badge scheme which has sparked controversy around the safeguarding of children.

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