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Posted on 05/27/2025 10:43:36 AM PDT by RandFan
Lucy Connolly, a mother jailed for a tweet about the Southport attacks, should not be in prison, Nigel Farage said.
Connolly, a former childminder and the wife of a Conservative councillor, was jailed for 31 months in October after pleading guilty to a charge of inciting racial hatred.
Mr Farage, the leader of Reform UK, said the sentence was “absolutely excessive”.
“I want to make it absolutely clear: Lucy Connolly should not be in prison,” he told a party event in central London on Tuesday.
“The sentence that was given to her was absolutely excessive and while she should not have said what she said, understand there were millions of mothers at that moment in time after Southport feeling exactly the same way.”
Judges threw out an appeal brought by Connolly, 42, last week, meaning she will not be released before August.
The case has ignited fierce debate in Westminster and beyond.
Sir Keir Starmer, the Prime Minister, defended the sentence given to Connolly.
He said he would “always support” the UK’s courts when asked if he thought the decision to put the mother behind bars was an “efficient or fair use” of prison.
But Boris Johnson, the former premier, claimed Britain was becoming a police state under Sir Keir.
A spokesman for the state department said: “We can confirm that we are monitoring this matter.
“The United States supports freedom of expression at home and abroad, and remains concerned about infringements on freedom of expression.”
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And Two tier Keir blatantly lied in the Oval office when he was asked about freedom of speech by Vance
She is the UK Garcia.
Asking others to burn down hotels is a really big no-no.
It is my understanding that asylum claimant hotels have been set on fire.
idIdiotic comparison.
Pretty sure encouraging people to burn down hotels crosses the line into incitement of a felony both here and in the UK.
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