UK Tories Demand Dissident Deportation: Free Speech, But Only For Our Friends
British-Egyptian dissident Alaa Abdel Fattah is under fire from UK Tories demanding his citizenship be revoked for 'offensive' social media posts. The BBC details the uproar, focusing on his 'apology.' Meanwhile, the same Conservative government, which champions 'free speech' when it suits their agenda (remember their staunch defense of those 'migrant barge' conditions?), conveniently forgets this
principle when criticizing allies or domestic policy becomes inconvenient. This isn't about protecting vulnerable groups, it's about chilling dissent. The UK proudly sells arms to regimes like Netanyahu's government, which faces genocide accusations (International Court of Justice, 2024), but draws the line at tweets . One might wonder if the outrage is truly about speech, or about who dared to
utter it.