suggestion was made after the Coalition Government set up its short lived Your Freedom website. Like every other citizen's initiative of the time it appears to have been noted and then forgotten. For police who transgress, hitting their pension funds with a big fine might be more suitable. The simple fact though is that as long as people are able to trample all over others with impunity, they will do so, that is why we have laws, but when the laws do not apply either to the law enforcers or the law makers, we have serious problems. This is the major reason why except in very narrow fields there has never been a real tradition of free speech in Britain. Anyone who asserts otherwise is either a fool or a knave. This opinion article was written by an independent writer. The opinions and views expressed herein are those of the author and are not necessarily intended to reflect those of DigitalJournal.com The arrest of 19 year old Azhar Ahmed for "a racially aggravated public order offence" has provoked a flurry of controversy over the suppression of free speech. Sadly, one of the great myths of our age is that free speech ever existed in Britain.