Free Speech in the UK is ‘Dying’ on Keir Starmer’s watch: Douglas Murray August 11, 2025 Ukadmin Politics, UK Politics </p> <h2>Free speech in the UK is ‘dying’ on Keir Starmer’s watch: Douglas Murray</h2> <p> Author Douglas Murray labels UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer “robotic” after he spoke about free speech in Britain and the nation’s Online Safety Act.</p> <p>Mr Murray claims the UK’s new act is a “lamentable affair” and “not fit for purpose”.</p> <p>“Just because you had something for decades, indeed centuries, doesn’t mean that it survives as a force of nature unless it’s protected and defended in this generation,” Mr Murray told Sky News host Rita Panahi.</p> <p>“Keir Starmer’s government has decided that a priority in almost any real-life situation is not to deal with the real-life problems that occur, but instead to crack down on online content and much more.</p> <p>“It is such a weak and pathetic attempt to defend something that is essentially indefensible, which is citizens who have said nothing illegal, being visited at their homes by the police for tweets and Instagram posts and Facebook posts and so on.”<br /> Credit to : Sky News Australia</p> <p>
