The Lucy Connolly case really upsets me. It is barbaric to treat her this way when paedophiles, rapists and other criminals have received lesser sentences. She is in no way a danger to society and should never have been imprisoned, let alone for so long. I agree with every word by KJK and that we need something like the Brandenburg test. That this country, the home of the oldest modern democracy, should have sunk so low, makes me ashamed.
Lucy Connolly is the Birmingham Six of the current time. It's absolutely obvious to everyone with eyes that something is wrong with her conviction, with a strong smell of high-level interference with the decision. I think it is the "... take the treacherous government and politicians with them" that is behind it. The government apparatus, to which Starmer has been plugged in for years, is absolutely terrified (and has been for several years now) that there is going to be civil unrest. They can feel it, but whatever they do - because of the divided population they have created - makes the likelihood greater. It does make me wonder how idiots like Maugham, White and Willoughby get away with it, since they are talking to a far more volatile audience, but maybe it's because they are "only" talking about overthrowing the rule of the Supreme Court.
The Lucy Connolly case really upsets me. It is barbaric to treat her this way when paedophiles, rapists and other criminals have received lesser sentences. She is in no way a danger to society and should never have been imprisoned, let alone for so long. I agree with every word by KJK and that we need something like the Brandenburg test. That this country, the home of the oldest modern democracy, should have sunk so low, makes me ashamed.
Thanks Dusty #KeepSpeechFree
You're welcome, TT and I fully agree with all of that.
Good hashtag!
Dusty
Lucy Connolly is the Birmingham Six of the current time. It's absolutely obvious to everyone with eyes that something is wrong with her conviction, with a strong smell of high-level interference with the decision. I think it is the "... take the treacherous government and politicians with them" that is behind it. The government apparatus, to which Starmer has been plugged in for years, is absolutely terrified (and has been for several years now) that there is going to be civil unrest. They can feel it, but whatever they do - because of the divided population they have created - makes the likelihood greater. It does make me wonder how idiots like Maugham, White and Willoughby get away with it, since they are talking to a far more volatile audience, but maybe it's because they are "only" talking about overthrowing the rule of the Supreme Court.
Hi Jeremy
I do think the judges listened to Starmer and others calling for punitive measures. We have moved a long way away from the Sedley test!
Dusty
Incandescent with anger about Lucy Connolly; as TT says, that the country I love has fallen so far. KJK is exactly right.
Deborah White’s performance on Triggernometry was her unwitting downfall; an idiotic narcissist clown.
Many thanks for this, Dusty. #NoJusticeInAlbion #Speech-FreeNation
You're welcome, Liz.
Shocking result.
Good hashtags
Dusty
I can't believe her appeal was dismissed....travesty
Yes I agree, complete travesty, Helen!
Dusty
Lucy Connolly is a warning to everyone, not just women.
And hate speech laws have an interesting history, one which slots in snugly with Starmer's Soviet way of working.
https://www.hoover.org/research/sordid-origin-hate-speech-laws
I fully agree, Gregory and thanks for the useful link
Dusty