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LUCY Connolly has said she will meet officials from Donald Trump’s administration on Saturday to discuss free speech after her release from prison for inciting racial hatred. The 42-year-old
Lucy Connolly's fight for her name after a hate-speech conviction has sparked fears of a silenced Britain and free speech under attack.
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage is set to take the case of Lucy Connolly, who was jailed for tweeting about setting fire to asylum hotels with migrants inside, to the US Congress next month.
The wife of a Tory councillor – who was was jailed for stirring up racial hatred against asylum seekers – was released from prison on Thursday. | ITV News Anglia
Lucy Connolly, jailed for inciting violence against asylum-seeker hotels on X, has been released after serving 40% of her sentence, reigniting debate over free speech and hate crime laws in the UK.
Nigel Farage will give evidence to members of Congress about threats to freedom of expression in the UK when he travels to the US next month.
Despite Connolly pleading guilty for her vile social media post, some sections of the right-wing press have tried to portray her as some sort of martyr.