While the UK is distracted by the welfare reform bill; three bills have gone unnoticed and are heading for the house of lords that truly do strip free expression and freedom of speech in the UK. People often knock Keir Starmer for being an idiot but my opinions have changed recently, he knows what he's doing, whipping up people in a frenzy so other bill can pass unnoticed is stroke of genius.

They are in essense aimed at stripping free speech and expression futher: Third party offence bill: For instance if you are in a pub and a customer stays something that offends a customer or employee; you have to report it. I haven't got around to reading the other bills yet but they are very loose with definitions and open to abuse.

In other news the Global Expression Report, (gauges free countries) has put the UK at 75% in the red! Canada and Australia having a higher score than UK; in the green which is distrubing if you have been following the news.