UK ‘in free fall’ on free speech, expert warns as British MP brands Trump admin grant 'MAGA money meddling'
GROWING CRACKDOWN THREATENS OUR US-UK VALUES Lisa Smart, Liberal Democrats' spokesperson for Home Affairs and MP for Hazel Grove, addresses delegates during the Liberal Democrat Spring Conference at Harrogate Convention Centre on March 21, 2025, in Harrogate, England. Supporters of British activist Tommy Robinson walk through central London waving flags during a "Free speech" march, on Sept. In the first Red Scare in the United States — 1919 and 1920 — we arrested about 2,000 people per year, and that's bad.
- ▪GROWING CRACKDOWN THREATENS OUR US-UK VALUES Lisa Smart, Liberal Democrats' spokesperson for Home Affairs and MP for Hazel Grove, addresses delegates during the Liberal Democrat Spring Conference at Harrogate Convention Centre on March 21,
- ▪Supporters of British activist Tommy Robinson walk through central London waving flags during a "Free speech" march, on Sept.
- ▪In the first Red Scare in the United States — 1919 and 1920 — we arrested about 2,000 people per year, and that's bad.
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First Amendment UK ‘in free fall’ on free speech, expert warns as British MP brands Trump admin grant 'MAGA money meddling' Liberal Democrat calls the funding 'MAGA money meddling in democracy' while FIRE's Greg Lukianoff says the UK is in crisis By Robert McGreevy Fox News Published August 13, 2026 8:08am EDT Comments Facebook Twitter Threads Flipboard Print Email Add Fox News on Google close Video First Amendment expert blasts UK's free speech 'free fall' Greg Lukianoff, president of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), blasted the state of affairs in the United Kingdom as a "free speech disaster." NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The U.S.
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