This is about a story that has come up again in the last few days, that Laurie Wastell has written about, and that Toby Young and the Free Speech Union have been involved in.
A woman on July 29th 2024 heard of a murder. The murder was of three children. It was rumoured that the murderer was an illegal immigrant. He was not, but his identity was at first concealed, fuelling the rumours – as everyone is aware of the current establishment habit of downplaying ethnic or religious factors in crime. This woman sent out a post on social media, and deleted it four hours later. But this post was brought to the attention of the police. She was arrested in August, and sentenced in October to 31 months in jail. This month an appeal was rejected. The sentence stands.
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