Keir Starmer reacts to Lucy Connolly's sentence appeal being dismissed: 'I'm strongly in favour of free speech'

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has reacted to Lucy Connolly's appeal over her 31-month jail sentence being denied by the court.

Speaking to the media, Starmer said: "Let me give you the principles that I would apply. Firstly, I'm strongly in favour of free speech. We've had free speech in this country for a very, very long time, and we protect it fiercely.

"I'm equally against incitement to violence against other people. That has long been an offence in our country and and rightly so. And so I don't know the details of this case, but free speech? Yes. Incitement to violence? No."

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