Lucy Connelly is a UK woman who was jailed for two and a half years over an anti-immigrant tweet she posted following a stabbing incident, and then later deleted. Contrast this punishment with the lighter or nonexistent sentences given to others for more extreme statements, including a protester shown calling for the throats of right-wingers to be cut.
Jimmy and Americans’ Comedian Kurt Metzger, along with independent journalist James Li, argue that these cases reveal double standards in British law enforcement, where speech critical of immigration or Israel is harshly punished, while violent rhetoric from establishment-aligned figures is tolerated. The conversation expands into claims that figures like Tommy Robinson are controlled opposition tied to Israel, and that governments intentionally provoke chaos through immigration and selective prosecutions to keep citizens divided. They conclude that such censorship and surveillance in the UK and Europe amount to authoritarian control, with speech restrictions even harsher than in countries like China.
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