'Cancelling Jimmy Carr for his Holocaust gypsy joke would endanger free speech'

The furore surrounding comedian Jimmy Carr and his Holocaust joke has made me question my own views.

I’ve always found him very funny – he pushes the boundaries and his sheer audacity makes me laugh out loud.

But many people thought he went too far on his recent Netflix show when he joked: “Thousands of gypsies died in the Holocaust...no one ever wants to talk about that because no one ever wants to talk about the positives.”