Starmer’s last power-grab will slaughter British free speech

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Keir Starmer is using his last days in office to fast-track a terrifying legislative assault on independent media and political dissent. The soon-to-be-ex Prime minister is shoving through the National Security (State Threats) Bill through Parliament to crush free speech once and for all. This wild power-grab introduces a 14-year prison sentence for anyone even quoting or receiving information on banned bodies. It’s like we have stepped into the pages of 1984. Journalism will be as good as illegal As I am sat here writing this, there’s a sense of terror kicking in. I’m a journalist. It’s my job to be…

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