Labour’s ‘conversion therapy’ ban is censorship in disguise
From our UK edition
The Spectator does not have partisan allegiances, but it does have household gods. There are thinkers whose work imbues our reasoning – few more important than Isaiah Berlin. Berlin’s principle that a culture of liberty would involve a recognition that there are incommensurable goods is one of the bases of a civilised society. Some freedoms – of religious belief and speech – will be in contention with society’s desire to advance or protect the rights of others. Statesmanship consists of the arbitration between these goods, and for those who believe in liberalism, like The Spectator, the bias will always be in favour of freedom. That is why this magazine believes that in the realm of personal sexual relations, adults should be free to choose how they live and whom they love.
