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Rishi Sunak can’t lecture Humza Yousaf about free speech

3 April 2024

1:59 AM

3 April 2024

1:59 AM

Good on Rishi Sunak. At long last we have a Prime Minister who has come out swinging in defence of free speech. When JK Rowling shared her opposition to Scotland’s new hate crime legislation yesterday, Sunak was quick to defend her right to speak out.

If the PM truly believes that the Conservatives are the protectors of free speech then he’s been asleep at the wheel

Rowling declared that: ‘It is impossible to accurately describe or tackle the reality of violence and sexual violence committed against women and girls, or address the current assault on women’s and girls’ rights, unless we are...

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