It should never be labelled ‘dangerous’ to subject Government policy to calm and honest criticism.

Those in Power may imagine that a docile and compliant public makes Government run more smoothly, but a society of that kind just won’t move forward.

Even where freedom of speech and conscience are not curtailed by law, there is another kind of censorship that is just as destructive to progress.

John Milton (of ‘Paradise Lost’ fame) urged Parliament not to fall into bad old habits of censorship, whatever their fears may be.