The country’s censorship regime is targeting ordinary Britons.
“Free speech is at the lowest ebb it has been in Britain since the eighteenth century,” the U.K. Free Speech Union’s founder and president Toby Young, recently ennobled, told me over lunch at the House of Lords last week. The Peers’ Dining Room was sedate—the average age in the upper house of Britain’s parliament is 70—but beyond the Palace of Westminster’s well-guarded gates, the United Kingdom is in crisis, especially in the realm of free expression. Since Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour Party returned to power last year, Young’s organization—which offers advocacy and representation for people facing consequences for their speech—has seen membership skyrocket. It’s risen from 14,000 in July 2024 to 35,000 now, he says, alongside a record number of requests for help.
The ruling class must fear rebellion and retribution for their traitorous crimes.
What else explains this attack on citizens?
A 16yr old girl has her flag violently snatched from her by police officers in Newcastle! pic.twitter.com/paoQco4arM
— Billy Moore (@billymooreAPBD) September 28, 2025
