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Short of ordering handwriting tests for the entire population, it is hard to see how an anony- mous postcard could constitute a breach, of privilege. But one sentence used by Mr. War-bey in making his submission is of real importance. He suggested that the purpose of the postcard (and presumably all the other comments as well) was 'to intimidate me from expressing my rights of free speech in this House and from my right to have those expressions listened to by other honourable members of the House as honest expressions of my own opinions.' No one knows what motives the writer of the postcard may have had, and it is of no importance. But these are certainly not the views of the press. The press as
a whole (perhaps one should now exclude the BBC) regard the travels of all Members of Parliament, and the auspices under which they travel, what they say and what is said about them, as proper matters for public comment. But they do not seek to inhibit expressions of view. If I may follow Voltaire, I detest Mr. Warbey's views, but I would defend to the death his right to express them.
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