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Wednesday, 21 January 2026

“Hate speech” laws aren’t about safety; they’re about control

Lucy Connolly, who was previously jailed for an offensive Twitter post, is being threatened with a return to prison for reposting a joke about Donald Trump coming for the UK Prime Minister. Her probation officer is claiming it could “incite violence.”

In the following, Paul Collits discusses “hate speech” laws in the UK and Australia, citing examples of people being prosecuted for their opinions. He argues that such laws are being used to control and suppress dissenting voices, rather than addressing the root causes of problems.

It isn’t about safety. It’s about control, about compelled speech and about controlled speech, he writes. It isn’t about safety. It is about control. It is about compelled speech and it is about controlled speech. Keir Starmer and Anthony Albanese (“Albo”) are simultaneously repressive and incompetent....<<<Read More>>>....