UK Archives - Free Speech News

Teenage activist arrested after calling Tory councillor a “rent boy”

Source: The Free Speech Union on X It is deeply Orwellian for an elected official to use the police to silence a child who mocked…

freespeechnewsOctober 27, 2026

Surveillance, Privacy & Digital Identity

Officials are keeping a list of Brits who question government policy

Source: Steve Watson on Modernity The British state is compiling a list of people who criticise its own counter-terror unit. Ordinary X and Reddit users…

freespeechnewsOctober 20, 2026

Censorship Europe Media Platforms Media Power, Ownership & Funding News Abroad Press Freedom

Reporting of the RAF Fairford arrests blows a hole in the idea of a “free press“

Source: Jonathan Cook on Substack When the establishment media deals with issues in which the West’s war industries are most heavily invested, it happily jettisons…

freespeechnewsOctober 19, 2026

Censorship Press Freedom Protest, Dissent & Political Repression

Free speech is under relentless attack in Britain – on both the Left and Right

Source: Silkie Carlo on The Telegraph— These days, you’re far more likely to hear someone say “you can’t say that!” than “it’s a free country!"…

freespeechnewsSeptember 21, 2026

Government Censorship Protest, Dissent & Political Repression War

Gallery applauds as Tony Greenstein is unanimously acquitted of inviting support for terrorism

Source: Ranjan Balakumaran on The Canary— The jury of seven men and five women took just two hours and eleven minutes to clear the 72-year-old…

freespeechnewsSeptember 12, 2026

Censorship Europe Media Platforms News Abroad

EU attacks Matthias Schmidt for posting memes

Source: Matthias Schmidt on X— EU bureaucrats fail to understand irony—and demand assimilation. "Material posted under this handle systematically comprises offensive, factually inaccurate and…

freespeechnewsSeptember 10, 2026

War, Foreign Policy & Information Control

UK mainstream media colludes in support of conscription for war against Russia

Source: @UnityNewsNet on X — The British Media is full of articles today saying what 'punishment' people could face for refusing to fight against Putin…

freespeechnewsSeptember 2, 2026

Censorship Government Censorship News Abroad

Sacked professor wants job back after appeal win

Source: Leigh Boobyer on BBC — A professor says he is "looking forward" to returning to work at the university which sacked him for his…

freespeechnewsAugust 25, 2026