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Corbyn changes mind on Lowe’s Lucy Connolly motion

21 May 2025

11:32 PM

21 May 2025

11:32 PM

Rupert Lowe may have left Nigel Farage’s Reform party, but he’s certainly keeping himself busy. Now the MP has tabled an early day motion calling for a review of sentencing practices to ensure non-violent social media offenders don’t get locked up – after the wife of a Tory councillor, Lucy Connolly, was imprisoned for posting a heated message about last summer’s riots on social media.

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