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I said what I said, which is that we do have, of course, a special relationship with our friends in the UK and also with some of our European allies.

But we also know that there have been infringements on free speech that actually affect

not just the British, of course what the British do in their own country is up to them,

but also affect American technology companies and by extension American citizens.

So that is something that we'll talk about today at lunch.

We've had free speech

for a very, very long time in the United Kingdom, and it will last for a very, very long time.

Well, no, I mean, certainly we wouldn't want to reach across US citizens, and we don't, and that's

absolutely right. But in relation to free speech in the UK, I'm very proud of our history there.

That was Keir Stama pushing back with the Vice President J.D. Vance back in February before

J.D. Vance turned up and took over the Cotswolds. A reporter has come out today from the State Department

saying that there has been backsliding on free speech, that there have been serious restrictions on free speech in the UK.

Does America have a point, or is this a flagrant case of pots and kettles?

Welcome to the newsagents.

The and kettles. Welcome to the newsagents. The Newsagents.

It's John and, well, it's just John.

Anyway, given that Donald Trump renamed the Gulf of Mexico, the Gulf of America, and then banned the Associated Press from the

White House briefing room because they wouldn't call it the Gulf of America, are the Americans really

in a position to lecture on free speech? Given that people's social media accounts are being examined

when they arrive in the United

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