Think Tank: First Amendment-Style Protections Will ‘Abolish Political Censorship’

Published on April 3, 2024

A British Free Speech Act modelled on the US’s First Amendment will “abolish political censorship,” according to a conservative think tank. The free market think tank, Adam Smith Institute (ASI), has called upon Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to consider a “UK Free Speech Act”” to implement UK-wide protection for freedom of speech in light of The Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act, which came into force on Monday. “To the few back-benchers who are engaged by this pertinent issue: This is the hill to die on. Rishi Sunak, the prime minister, has said he opposes the Scottish law,” wrote ASI legal fellow Preston Byrne in a post on Tuesday....

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