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Lucy Connolly To Be Set Free👏🏻

Just had an alert on my phone to say she will be set free from jail "within weeks" which is great news!👍Further details to follow.

Sue Hammond ● 11d9 Comments

Gerry, all I meant was you can't say anything without getting in trouble these days. Yes the sentence was too long.

Barbara Stevens ● 11d

There seems little doubt that she did intend to incite violence as I already stated Gerry.However 310,000 times read does not necessarily mean that that anyone that read it acted upon it.Squid Games policies:Most refugees come from countries that the UK have bombed and killed, in some cases millions of civilians. In many cases our governments have tried to hide their actions. UK government policy over the years have had wide support from many so called liberals. The very same liberals will quote the EHRC and ignored the factors that created refugees and the fact that many refugees can not be returned because the UK along with statws destroyed their countries. Not to mention that the very tend to ignore these that drown during the crossing.Squid Games both a Korean fictional series/film and an UK reality!

Ed Robinson ● 11d

“Sentences for those who incite racial hatred are intended to both punish and to deter.”“Your message was widely read, it was viewed 310,000 times.“You intended to incite serious violence. What you did encouraged activity which threatened or endangered life.”Those comments were made to her by the judge at her trial, presumably, there was sufficient evidence to warrant him saying this.What do you mean by, '...liberals wouldn't think twice about dropping bombs on them and their families. But because they are on UK soil then the "Squid Games" rules apply...' etc? I don't follow.

Gerry Boyce ● 11d

"she encouraged others"Clearly a tweet that was inciting hatred and violence.But was evidence brought forward that proved someone read her tweet and acted upon it?My understanding is that it is not necessary to prove that people acted upon her tweet. Quite sensible as we do not want to have to wait until people are killed to act.However to claim that "she encouraged others" implies that there were people that acted upon her tweet.The odd thing is if those asylum seekers were in their own country the government and many so called liberals wouldn't think twice about dropping bombs on them and their families. But because they are on UK soil then the "Squid Games" rules apply and an example must be made of anyone that does not stick to the rules.Let's not forget that the stupid so called "far right" rioters that broke into Greggs and Lush also got harsh sentences.Perhaps that Lush the soap on a rope was useful but one wonders why they just did not wait for opening times like the thousands of shoplifters that plague the high street, then they would have been immune from prosecution.Of course making an example is a large part of these sentences. It just a shame that the same does not happen when the victim is some ordinary person.

Ed Robinson ● 11d

Just checking Barbara, your last post was meant to be on this thread yes? It wasn't supposed to be under Police Stations or what not?

Gerry Boyce ● 11d

Thanks Barbara! Food for thought. 🤔

Gerry Boyce ● 11d

Sticks and stones break my bones names will never hurt me. Rapist should  be locked up or stent back to where they came from. Non stop everyday there is a rape or murder.

Barbara Stevens ● 11d

I don't think her sentence was excessive at all; she encouraged others to violently attack innocent people with her inflammatory tweets at a time when the streets were extremely vulnerable to marauding mobs and the police were overstretched.She decided to throw all the petrol she could on a bonfire that was already raging.Why shouldn't she be held accountable. She is a disgrace to this country.

Gerry Boyce ● 11d

I think her sentence was excessive but not by much.  Just remember both the content and the timing of her tweet - at the height of the street disorders when rioters were already trying to set migrant hostels on fire.And the content: she said "Mass deportation now, set fire to all the f***ing hotels full of the bast***s for all I care... If that makes me racist, so be it.”The tweet was, according to the judge at her trial "widely read – it was viewed 310,000 times with 940 reposts, 58 quotes and 113 bookmarks”.Yes, she took it down after three hours and yes she apologised but she is anything but a free speech martyr in my view.  By any stretch of the imagination it was inflammatory and shocking stuff.

Jonathan Callaway ● 11d