In Episode 82 of the Sceptic: The Free Speech Union's Dr Ben Jones on the causes of rising civil unrest, and Prof Gwythian Prins on how green zealotry leaves Britain exposed to its enemies. dailysceptic.org/2026/06/12/…

The evidence from Australia is clear, says Dr Reuben Kirkham, Director of the Free Speech Union of Australia: Sir Keir Starmer's social media 'ban' is doomed to fail. And it targets the wrong things anyway. dailysceptic.org/2026/06/16/…

In the House of Lords this afternoon, our General Secretary Lord Young of Acton asked Baroness Lloyd of Effra how she reconciles the Government's plans to ban children from accessing platforms like X, Facebook and YouTube with the 'keep up' duties in s15 and s16 of the Online Safety Act – namely, the duties not to remove or restrict content of democratic importance or journalistic content? He pointed out that it's particularly important that access to that content isn't restricted for 16 and 17 year-olds, given that the Government is planning to lower the voting age to 16.

"Anyone who still thinks that Lucy Letby is guilty should have their head examined," says Professor Shoo Lee, whose research was used in court to help prosecute the nurse. Julian Mann reports on a new book on the case. dailysceptic.org/2026/06/16/…

Political correctness has been blamed for the failure of social workers to stop a gay couple murdering their adopted baby, with the child's grandmother and a social worker suggesting officials' judgement was clouded. dailysceptic.org/2026/06/16/…

After defence secretary John Healey quit over the under-resourcing of the Armed Forces, Paul Homewood has a simple solution: scrap Net Zero, then Britain can easily meet its military obligations and needs. climateskeptic.org/p/scrap-n…

There's a simple way to do age verification checks online which respect privacy without spending millions on another failed government IT project. So obviously we won't do it, says Phil Hendren. dailysceptic.org/2026/06/16/…

📣🚨 New FSU Member Testimonial “I would like to thank the Free Speech Union on behalf of my husband and our family. Without their support, expertise and commitment, I genuinely do not believe James would be home with us today.” In the latest instalment of our FSU Member Testimonial series, Rebecca Cooper shares her husband James’s story. In the wake of the horrific Southport murders in 2024, James attended a protest outside a Holiday Inn housing asylum seekers. He was also concerned by reports that some male asylum seekers had allegedly exposed themselves to young children in a local park. Unlike some of the other protesters, James was not involved in any violence. Nevertheless, he was charged with violent disorder under Section 2 of the Public Order Act — an offence carrying a maximum sentence of five years’ imprisonment. Prosecutors argued that James had committed violent disorder simply by being present at the protest, shouting remarks such as “shithouses” and “What would you do if it was one of your kids?”, and engaging in a robust exchange with a police officer after attempting to leave when the protest ceased to be peaceful. They claimed this amounted to using or threatening violence. It was an extraordinarily weak case. Giving evidence, James firmly denied using or threatening violence and said he had shouted at officers because of what he viewed as their heavy-handed approach. On 1 June 2026, a jury acquitted James of all charges. The verdict is another reminder of the importance of jury trials — a safeguard that this Government is seeking to restrict. The Free Speech Union was proud to support James throughout his case and delighted that he is now back home with his wife and family. Public order offences are increasingly being used in ways that risk criminalising legitimate protest and dissent. Join the Free Speech Union today and watch @JamieCoope65730’s story👇

Pro-migrant campaigners boasted that they had influenced a BBC children’s television show as part of an attempt to change attitudes to asylum seekers. dailysceptic.org/2026/06/16/…

With CO2 greening the planet, any possible harms are outweighed by the benefits of more trees and crops, writes @mattwridley in the Climate Skeptic. (Not behind a paywall.) climateskeptic.org/p/net-zer…

Hurty words on social media will bring the police to your door. But when a landlord discovered a cannabis farm in her property, officers didn't want to know. Welcome to two-tier Britain. dailysceptic.org/2026/06/16/…

Today's Daily Sceptic update is here. Bristol's SS Great Britain Museum is renamed 'Bristol Dockyards'; Tilak Doshi on the climate lawyer waging war on the North Sea; and Charlotte Gill uncovers £660m of taxpayers' money wasted on asylum seeker research. dailysceptic.org/todays-upda…

Al Carns urges us to put 'security' at the heart of everything – but is it realism or just the same old security state in greener clothing? Ben Pile thinks it's the latter. dailysceptic.org/2026/06/16/…

A summary of the most interesting stories in the past 24 hours that challenge the prevailing orthodoxy about the ‘climate emergency’, public health ‘crises’ and the supposed moral defects of Western civilisation. dailysceptic.org/2026/06/16/…

White jobseekers are being shut out of taxpayer-funded employment schemes, with many employment support programmes offered by local authorities to benefits claimants open only to ethnic minorities. dailysceptic.org/2026/06/15/…

From Ebola to Nipah, the combined death toll since Covid is under 1,000 worldwide. So why the endless panic? Follow the money – pandemic fearmongering is a growth industry, says Dr David Bell. dailysceptic.org/2026/06/15/…

The decision to ban Palestine Action as a terrorist group was lawful as it is no "ordinary protest group", the Court of Appeal has ruled. dailysceptic.org/2026/06/15/…

Men account for three in four suicides in the UK, yet this crisis is met with silence. Why does society care so much about women and girls, but so little about the wellbeing of men and boys? dailysceptic.org/2026/06/15/…

A museum has renamed itself after Left-wing activists mistakenly thought the 'SS' in its old name – 'SS Great Britain' – referred to 'Slave Ship'. Rather than tell them the truth, it pandered to their ignorance. dailysceptic.org/2026/06/15/…

Universities are receiving millions in taxpayers' money for research about asylum seekers stuffed with jargon like "postcolonial sexual identity" and "diasporic queers". Charlotte Gill has found 10 hair-raising examples. dailysceptic.org/2026/06/15/…

Today's daily Sceptic update is here. The shadowy 'thought police' agency suppressing speech to 'keep a lid' on racial tensions; CJ Strachan on how meritocratic snobbery condemned 'Sophie of Dundee'; and Starmer to ban under-16s from X, but not Bluesky. dailysceptic.org/todays-upda…