News Round-Up
15 April 2025
by Toby Young
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A woman has been prosecuted for holding a sign saying "here to talk, if you want to" outside a UK abortion clinic. That is not harassment and should not be crime, says Laura Perrins. We must have the right to persuade.
Anti-abortion campaigner Livia Tossici-Bolt, whose case was championed by the White House over free speech concerns, has been convicted of breaching a 'buffer zone' outside an abortion clinic and ordered to pay £20,000.
Keir Starmer’s free trade deal with the US is at risk over free speech after the US State Department warned there would be "no free trade without free speech" – but Whitehall officials have dismissed it as a bluff.
Covid-like restrictions should be used to stop the riots, according to Government adviser on political violence John Woodcock. We saw this coming, says Prof David Paton.
Adam Smith-Connor, a British Army veteran, was fined for praying silently outside a Birmingham abortion clinic. He's refused to pay and now the case is going to court.
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