'Britain NEEDS a first amendment!' Liz Truss and Will Kingston on free speech, Keir Starmer and Tony Blair

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Britain NEEDS a first amendment!' Liz Truss and Will Kingston on free speech, Keir Starmer and Tony Blair.

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Liz Truss has called for Britain to adopt a US-style First Amendment to protect free speech.Speaking to GB News's Will Kingston, the former Prime Minister argued that a growing web of legislation and institutions has undermined free expression across the country."We need a First Amendment in Britain," she insisted, adding: "People should be free to express their views without fear of being silenced by the state."The former Conservative leader claimed that successive governments had allowed too much power to drift away from elected politicians and towards courts, regulators and public bodies.She accused Sir Tony Blair's governments of helping to create a system in which "unelected institutions" have become increasingly influential, arguing that Britain now faces a "crisis of accountability"."The fundamental problem is that politicians are no longer able to deliver what voters ask for because power has been transferred elsewhere."During the discussion, Will suggested Britain had entered...

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