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# Can you believe it 93 - don’t mention the road to hell!
- URL: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/can-you-believe-it-93-don-t-mention-the-road-to-hell/
- Published: 2008-05-09T15:05:00.000Z
- Updated: 2019-02-14T22:40:24.000Z
- Author: ourKingdom editors
- Tags: #en, #Migrated, #Import 2026-04-09 18:41

**Anthony Barnett (London** [**OK**](http://ourkingdom.opendemocracy.net/2007/05/08/hot-off-press-call-for-new-settlement/?ref=opendemocracy.net)**):**

***“A street preacher in my constituency was told by the police that he could preach the Gospel but that it was harassment to warn people that they might go to hell if they did not repent.”***

This is from Dominic Grieve’s [lecture](http://www.dominicgrieve.org.uk/record.jsp?type=speech&ID=69&ref=opendemocracy.net) on ‘Britishness’ he gave earlier this week. Guy will be posting about his efforts to manage our identity. But we could not resist a special plug for this brilliant, dry illustration of the growing restrictions on freedom of expression under the sign of New Labour.