Comments on: And as the sun sets on British freedom of speech

By: Richard Aubrey

Richard Aubrey — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 11:58:48 +0000

I find that Linehan is an Irish citizen. Is that correct? If so, the Brits think they can arrest a citizen of country A who said something they don’t like while he was in country B and is going to or passing through the UK.
Might put a good many Americans at risk, should the Brits decide to take more of the plod off rape-prevention patrols and put them watching social media from the US. Presuming the former isn’t already staffed down to zero, I mean.

By: FOAF

FOAF — Wed, 03 Sep 2025 18:38:51 +0000

Great comment, David. You used the word “reign” correctly. Or possibly not, come to think of it …

By: David Foster

David Foster — Wed, 03 Sep 2025 18:34:14 +0000

“Britain never had an especially robust tradition of free speech”…the deposed Kaiser Wilhelm II said in his memoirs that the British government had far more control over their press than he had ever had over his when he was reigning in Germany.

By: John

John — Wed, 03 Sep 2025 05:27:14 +0000

The Babylon Bee

“English Bobbies Race Past Stabbings TO Tackle Offensive Social Media Poster.”

By: J.J.

J.J. — Wed, 03 Sep 2025 04:05:28 +0000

The Brits were once able to forge an empire on which the sun never set. In my early days in the Navy, I saw Hong Kong, one of the pearls of the Empire. Big Gurkha cops, an RAF base, wonderful tailor shops, and very well run. We met some of the RAF blokes and they were very devil-mat-care hot shots. They were up to the job. It was 1957.

I met some Brits who were still living in Kenya in 1998. They were melancholy that the Empire was a memory and were sad about the loss of the British can do attitude. But I don’t think they had any idea what the next 27 years would bring to the island that once was an empire builder. It’s a cautionary tale.

By: Art Deco

Art Deco — Wed, 03 Sep 2025 02:45:01 +0000

The Conservative Party had fourteen years to repeal the legislation which is used as an excuse for these abuses. They accomplished nothing, just as they failed to stanch the inflow of foreigners.

By: Miguel cervantes

Miguel cervantes — Wed, 03 Sep 2025 00:48:57 +0000

One is reminded of syme the perfectly conformist colleague of winston smith till he was tripped up by thought crime

Iit seems like the village in the prisoner was not a cautionary tale but an aspiration

By: Rufus T. Firefly

Rufus T. Firefly — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 23:11:36 +0000

Good one, Richard Aubrey.

By: Kate

Kate — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 23:00:46 +0000

King Charles, like his estimable mother, is a figurehead with no real power. Do not expect him to do anything. Further, he seems to be unduly sympathetic to Islam.

By: Miguel cervantes

Miguel cervantes — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 22:47:42 +0000

So the irish version of john cleese who helped tear down old england

In a similar vein was dave allen who was popular in the 80s section