Index on Censorship visited the British Youth Council’s Convention for the north-east to hear what they thought about the key free speech issues of the moment.

The two groups looked at our Draw the Line question for the month “Should the police do more to protect free speech?” and quickly realised that there was a delicate balance between the need to keep the peace and the police’s over-involvement in what people can and cannot say or do. Here are some of the responses of the group: