Anyone who believes that Britain is still a free country should look at the case of Richard Page, a magistrate sacked for holding an opinion. That opinion, expressed when he was considering an application for adoption by a same-sex couple, was that a child does best with both a mother and father.
In 2016, Mr Page was removed from the judiciary by Michael Gove, then the Lord Chancellor, on grounds of “serious misconduct”. Page appealed against the decision; but last week Mr Justice Choudhury dismissed his case, saying he was not satisfied that Page had been a victim of discrimination. According to Justice Choudhury, it was not Mr Page’s Christian beliefs that were the problem, but the fact that he expressed them.
