EAST Anglia’s largest independent retailer has announced it is withdrawing knives from sale in all its outlets with immediate effect.  The East of England Co-operative Society said it will withdraw knives from sale in its 135 supermarkets and food stores and five petrol forecourt shops.  It hopes the decision will reduce the risk of knives “falling into the wrong hands” in the communities its stores serve.

The existence of free speech zones is based on U.S. court decisions stipulating that the government may regulate the time, place, and manner—but not content—of expression.

The same legislation could be passed here! Something should be done to fix this obviously flawed interpretation. The government can legally force you to exercise your right only in the tundra of Alaska at midnight on Christmas. This is obviously not what the founders intended.

This takes place in Farleigh-Hungerford Castle, which has this charming history:

The colourful Hungerford family included two members executed during the Wars of the Roses and another – who imprisoned his wife here for four years – beheaded for alleged treason and witchcraft by Henry VIII. One Lady Hungerford was hanged for murdering her first husband and burning his body in the castle’s kitchen oven, another was charged with adultery and attempted poisoning.