Posted on 04/01/2025 2:26:16 PM PDT by RandFan
Sir Keir Starmer’s hopes of agreeing a free trade deal with the US could be at risk over a free speech row. The US state department issued a statement on Sunday saying it was “concerned about freedom of expression in the United Kingdom” in relation to the case of an anti-abortion campaigner.
It said it was “monitoring” the case of Livia Tossici-Bolt, who was prosecuted for holding a sign near a Bournemouth abortion clinic reading: “Here to talk if you want.” A verdict in the case is due on Friday.
The woman who is being prosecuted for the alleged breach of a “buffer zone” outside a Bournemouth abortion clinic has said she is “grateful” after the US State Department expressed concern over the case.
(Excerpt) Read more at express.co.uk ...
The original story of this is in the Daily Telegraph but it's paywalled to hell and back and unusable so I'm using the Daily Express after a quick search around. They wouldn't even give me a paragraph to use. Sad times we live in.
Queer Stammer will just insist the UK has free speech. Rubio and Trump won’t fall for it, but that pig thinks all freedoms are what the government says they are. Besides, muzzies can say whatever they want.
Freeing Tommy Robinson should be another prerequisite.
She's like Hitler invading Poland all over again. I guess the UK government wants to stomp on her before she gets even more extreme and crazy.
Yes it’s nice to know someone, somewhere in the State dept. cares about such things. at least under this Admin
We will see just how badly the creeps running England want to oppress and imprison the native population. Keir Stalin needs a boot to the face.
There a few things:
This case
Robinson case
Online “safety” law
Vance was right to raise this and Starmer wrong to dismiss it and insist nothing extraordinary is happening.
One day I’m sure I will get a knock 😂
The headline implies that it's the U.S. that doesn't have free speech.
Agreed.
Of course it does, and for those who just look at headlines it works.
Two Tier Kier concerned about free speech? This is rich!
You are correct. I often wonder if headlines these days are composed by 7-year-olds.
“The headline implies that it’s the U.S. that doesn’t have free speech.”
They reversed the headline. Amazing how they do that.
The telegraph wouldn’t even let me have a paragraph without paying a dollar or something. Can they be so desperate?
And yes, we can defeat the paywall but best not to and find an alternative if it exists....
There are no democracies left in Europe. We need to pull out of NATO.
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