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Vice President JD Vance put other Western nations on blast earlier this month at the Munich Security Conference over their aggressive suppression of speech and routine attacks on religious liberties. Vance noted that when it comes to Britain, free speech "is in retreat," citing as an example British Army veteran Adam Smith-Connor's conviction and fining last year for silent prayer.
The vice president proved again Thursday that he is no shrinking violet, reissuing his critique of the U.K.'s censorship regime — this time face-to-face with leftist British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in the Oval Office.
A reporter asked about Vance's previous suggestion that the U.K. and European nations are backsliding on what were once shared values with the United States. President Donald Trump responded, "Let's go, JD. We're putting you on stage."
"We do have, of course, a special relationship with our friends in the U.K. and also our European allies, but we also know there have been infringements on free speech that affect not just the British — what the British do in their own country is up to them — but also affect American technology companies and, by extension, American citizens," said Vance.
'We champion free speech in the United Kingdom.'
The vice president's allusion to foreign censorship of Americans might be in reference to the Starmer government's recent demand that Apple dismantle its encryption and provide law enforcement access to the iCloud data of users worldwide. The Washington Post reported that this secret order was issued in January under the U.K. Investigatory Powers Act by Starmer's home secretary.
The U.K.-based Free Speech Union noted that recent amendments to the Investigatory Powers Act also expanded Britain's ability to demand data from foreign tech firms, which could end up impacting Americans.
Starmer, evidently prickled by Vance's observations, tried painting a rosier picture, saying, "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."
After suggesting that London would not want to "reach across" and impact American citizens, Starmer said, "But in relation to free speech in the U.K., I'm really proud of that — our history there."
In an interview later with Fox News' Bret Baier, Starmer continued to pretend that censorship is not an issue in his country, stating, "We don't believe in censoring speech, but of course we do need to deal with terrorism. We need to deal with pedophiles and issues like that."
"[Vance] is right to champion free speech," continued Starmer. "We champion free speech in the United Kingdom."
'People might think they're not doing anything harmful. They are.'
Recent incidents in Britain besides Smith-Connor's conviction cast doubt on the veracity of Starmer's assertion.
A Christian singer was accosted by law enforcement in January 2024 for daring to sing gospel music "outside of church grounds."
Lee Joseph Dunn of Egremont, England, was charged with posting offensive content and handed an immediate eight-week jail sentence for posting memes online. Dunn shared an image of a large group of Middle Eastern men at a British crab fair in July with the caption, "Coming to a town near you." Dunn also shared an image of Middle Eastern men wielding knives in front of the Palace of Westminster near a crying child in a Union Jack flag shirt, again captioned, "Coming to a town near you."
Another Englishman was jailed for 12 weeks over a post on Facebook stating, "Filthy bastards," in response to a report that authorities in Cumbria had issued a dispersal order over fears of potential riots.
Former Royal Marine Jamie Michael was arrested, jailed, and denied bail in August after posting a Facebook video criticizing illegal immigration wherein he called illegal aliens "scumbags" and "psychopaths."
Blaze News previously reported that British police arrested an elderly Briton weeks after the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas terrorist attacks for criticizing the myriad Palestinian flags flown around his neighborhood.
The director of Public Prosecutions of England and Wales told Sky News in August that there are "dedicated police officers who are scouring social media. Their job is to look for [racially inflammatory] material, and then follow up with identification, arrests, and so forth."
"People might think they're not doing anything harmful. They are," added Parkinson. "And the consequences will be visited upon them."
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Ex-Obama policy adviser sentenced to prison for flying to UK to rape a child
Rahamim Shy, a former senior adviser in the Obama administration, was convicted and sentenced to prison Wednesday for traveling to Britain to rape a 9-year-old girl and for possessing "indecent photos of a child."
The U.K.'s Crown Prosecution Service indicated that Shy, a New Jersey investment banker who served as a senior adviser in former President Barack Obama's Treasury Department, traveled from New York to Bedfordshire, England, in February 2024, after a month of scheming to meet a schoolgirl with "cuddly toys and condoms" in his luggage.
Prosecutor Lorraine Telford stated, "Rahamim Shy is a predator who was fully prepared to commit unspeakable acts against a child for his own sexual gratification."
"It was clear from his explicit conversations and items he brought to England that he had only one intention, to commit rape against what he knew was a vulnerable child," added Telford.
'Shy will no longer pose an immediate threat.'
The pedophile connected with a woman on an online forum as well as on messaging apps who he was led to believe was the grandmother of a young girl. According to the CPS, Shy told the supposed grandmother, who went by "Debbie," in "acute detail the disturbing acts he wanted to do to the girl and that he was fully prepared to travel to England to do so."
In his online communications, Shy suggested it was a "tad late" for his intended victim to start sexual activity and indicated it would be an "honor" for him to become "her first."
What Shy didn't know at the time was that the 9-year-old girl didn't exist and her supposed grandmother was actually an invention of the Bedfordshire Police, reported the Telegraph.
Shy flew to Gatwick Airport on Feb. 23, 2024, then drove to Bedford where he discovered "Debbie" was an undercover cop.
In addition to finding items on his person that "demonstrated a clear intent to win the child over before abusing her," arresting officers also found "indecent images of children" on Shy's phone as well as messages to other people expressing an interest in molesting children.
The pedophile's defense argued that since he was in the U.S. at the time that he was plotting to rape a child, he was jurisdictionally exempt from prosecution. The Luton Crown Court did not buy what Shy's lawyers were selling.
Shy was sentenced to 11 years and six months in prison.
"The fact the child in this case did not exist makes no difference, and it is a credit to the police operation and subsequent prosecution that Shy will no longer pose an immediate threat," said Telford.
In addition to working in the Obama Treasury Department from 2008 to 2014 — at one point getting deployed to Afghanistan to advise the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force — the Daily Mail reported that Shy worked under former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and provided strategic policy analysis to the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
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