Posted on 02/27/2025 7:42:54 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
Keir Starmer has hit back at US Vice President JD Vance after he accused the UK of "infringements on free speech".
The comment was made during a question and answer session between the politicians and reporters at the Oval Office.
Turning bright red, Mr Vance said: "Look, I said what I said, which is that we do have, of course, a special relationship with our friends in the UK, and also some of our European allies, but we also know that there have been infringements on free speech that actually affect not just the British – of course what the British do in their own country is up to them – but also affect American technology companies and, by extension, American citizens, so that is something that we’ll talk about today at lunch.”
Hitting back at the US politician, Sir Keir said: “Well, we’ve had free speech for a very, very long time in the United Kingdom and it will last for a very, very long time.
“Certainly, we wouldn’t want to reach across US citizens, and we don’t, and that’s absolutely right, but in relation to free speech in the UK I’m very proud of our history there.”
Mr Vance had lectured European nations, including the UK, on free speech during remarks before the Munich Security Conference earlier this month.
He had said that freedom of expression was “in retreat” across Britain and wider Europe.
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Hyperbole rules the headlines.
They think they have free speech.
They think they have a Constitutional Monarchy.
They think they are a world power.
They think they are world-influencers with their lame culture.
They think anyone cares about their lame Royals.
They think they are strong enough to withstand the influx of millions of hostile moose limb foreigners.
They think it is 1924.
They are wrong on all counts.
They are moribund and dying.
ONLY Reform and Farage (with the guidance of Trump) can save them as they swallow Communism whole.
If they maintain their state of denial and keep persecuting the real British people who remain, they will soon be dead.
Labour had help, didn’t it.
The Tories have aided and abetted them.
The letter after the name means bugger all in the UK, too.
Their pols are Deep State.
BTW, still almost no coverage of Trump asking Two Tier Free Gear Keir if the UK could go it alone agaibst Russia, Starmer’s response, and the resulting laughter...
I looked at the video. I didn’t see Vance turning any shade of red.
The UK must decide.....
The EU or the USA
The dumb will never set on the British empire.
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