WHAT DOES THE PETER RIDD AFFAIR TELL US?

This post gives us the details of what has been happening in Australia. No doubt this is a very important case for freedom of speech, and yet it has not figured at all in the mainstream UK media. The fact that the professor has lost in the High Court is a severe blow, but the good news is he is going to try to appeal it in the Supreme Court. 

Why should the courts be left to decide on such fundamental freedom issues? It is simply because the political leaders do not want to get involved.