Lucy Connolly Is Not a Political Prisoner

BBC Newsnight Panellist Slams Claims Jailed Tory Councillor's Wife Is Political Prisoner

Ayesha Hazarika said Lucy Connolly is free to think "horrible racist thoughts", but not incite violence.

Lucy Connolly is not a political prisoner

The more I read about Lucy Connolly’s 31-month sentence for inciting racial hatred, the less I think it is a matter of freedom of speech at all. Ever since Connolly, then 41, was charged and received a lengthy prison sentence for posting a vile message on X in the hours after three young girls were murdered in Southport last July, the case has divided opinion. On the right, Connolly’s imprisonment is taken as yet more evidence of a two-tier poli…

This Woman Was Just Sent To Prison For Posting A Mean Tweet

Here’s a little thought experiment to kick us off after the long weekend. It’s not a particularly difficult thought experiment, or at least it shouldn’t be. But rest assured, there’s an entire Western country that’s paralyzed by this conundrum at the moment. I’m talking about a country with tens of millions of people, and a supposedly highly developed legal system, that cannot handle this particular hypothetical. So with that dramatic build-up, …

This Woman Was Just Sent To Prison For Posting A Mean Tweet - Conservative Angle

She was reacting to the news that, earlier in the day, the son of Rwandan migrants had just slaughtered three young girls at a dance studio in Southport, where they were singing along to Taylor Swift and making friendship bracelets for each other. This was obviously a very big story. We’ve talked about it several times before.  Once again, Here’s a little thought experiment to kick us off after the long weekend. It’s not a particularly difficult…