Is the United States using economic warfare to help make Old England great again?
The United Kingdom has some of the strictest hate speech laws in the world, many of which make being publicly Christian in a traditional and orthodox sense, illegal.
Vice President JD Vance has talked about this before.
I guess it should come as no surprise that the Trump admin is reportedly using a trade deal as leverage to get Prime Minister Starmer to repeal anti-free speech laws.
But a senior Washington figure, who has provided advice for the administration, claimed he [VP Vance] is 'obsessed by the fall of Western civilisation' - including his view that free speech is being eroded in Britain...
(See here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here for examples)
... and that he will demand the Labour government rolls back laws against hateful comments, including abuse targeting LGBT+ groups or other minorities, as a condition of any deal.
The Independent was told: 'The vice-president expressing optimism [on a trade deal] is a way of putting further pressure on the UK over free speech. If a deal does not go through, it makes Labour look bad.'
I am not used to Republicans knowing how to play ball.
This is a weird feeling!
While Mr Trump's trade secretary Howard Lutnick has taken a leading role in the talks with UK business secretary Jonathan Reynolds, the president announced at the start that Mr Vance would take the overall lead in the negotiations. UK sources have said he has been at the forefront of the tech side of the talks.
This has put the issue of free speech front and centre for Mr Vance and his allies in getting a deal with the UK.
Will Starmer tank the British economy just so he can continue policing free speech??
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