President Trump welcomed British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to the White Home on Thursday.
President Trump, Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Prime Minister Keir Starmer met within the Oval Workplace to debate a possible peace deal between Russia and Ukraine and the way forward for NATO.
At one level JD Vance referred to as out Starmer to his face for infringements on free speech.
“I stated what I stated,” JD Vance stated through the Oval Workplace assembly.
“We all know that there have been infringements on free speech that truly have an effect on not simply the British, in fact what the British do in their very own nation is as much as them can but in addition have an effect on American expertise corporations and by extension Americans,” Vance stated.
“So that’s one thing that we’ll speak about at present at lunch.”
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JD Vance doubles down on his issues concerning the UK’s free speech infringements.
British PM Keir Starmer’s pathetic response “We’ve had free speech for a very long time within the UK and it’ll final for a very long time… I’m very pleased with our historical past there.” pic.twitter.com/GNLPjgtC22
— Media Analysis Heart (@theMRC) February 27, 2025
British police have been arresting folks over their social media posts criticizing transgender people.
Is that this what Keir Starmer means when he says the UK has free speech?
“Somebody has been prompted nervousness based mostly in your social media submit. And that’s the reason you’re being arrested.” British policing, 2022. pic.twitter.com/D4MZhbXq08
— Paul Embery (@PaulEmbery) July 30, 2022
The BBC reported the person was arrested for “malicious communications,” and a person who recorded the incident was arrested for allegedly “obstructing an arrest.”
Hampshire authorities supplies this helpful flyer on their 1984 method to speech, noting that malicious communication contains:
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- Content material grossly offensive, vulgar, outrageous, shameful, stunning, abusive, insulting
- That’s indecent, degrading, humiliating, improper, particularly in relation to sexual issues
- That’s of a threatening nature and the menace is believed to be actual
- That’s despatched utilizing false info that’s believed to be false by the sender
- Despatched to trigger the particular person or anybody else misery or nervousness
