Hate-crime Britain and its echoes of Stalin
WITH the growing possibility of people in Britain being imprisoned for their political, moral or religious beliefs – ‘hate crimes’ perceived to be ‘motivated by hostility based on race, religion, disability, sexual orientation or transgender identity’ are already offences carrying jail sentences – reading Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s 1968 novel The First Circle over Christmas proved a disturbing experience. Some reflections on it seem timely. Set […]