Quote of the day 25th November 2025

"There are few columnists with whom I disagree more than I do with the Daily Telegraph’s Allison Pearson. Yet, I welcome the decision by the police to drop their investigation into her alleged tweet. 

This should never have been a matter for the police."

(Kenan Malik, in an article calling for the right to free speech to be defended regardless of who is expressing their views and who is offended, I’ll defend Allison Pearson’s right to be obnoxious – as she should defend mine | Kenan Malik | The Guardian)