British justice?

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The hardened criminals who did less jail time than Lucy Connolly for 'racist' tweet: Paedophiles, rapists and terrorists deemed less of a danger to society than childminder

Timeline of events

Saturday, 29 July 2024: Lucy Connolly makes a post on X, following the stabbing of three girls in Southport, in which she writes: "Mass deportation now, set fire to all the f****** hotels full of the b******* for all I care... If that makes me racist, so be it."
Tuesday, 6 August 2024: Connolly, the wife of a then-local councillor in Northamptonshire, is arrested on suspicion of inciting racial hatred by publishing and distributing “threatening or abusive written material.
Saturday, 10 August 2024: She appears via videolink at Nottingham Magistrates' Court on Saturday morning but does not enter a plea and is remanded in custody.
Monday, 12 August 2024: The Ofsted-registered childminder appears at Northampton Crown Court. She remains in custody.
Monday, 2 September 2024: Connolly pleads guilty to a charge of stirring up racial hatred with her tweet at Northampton Crown Court.
Thursday, 17 October 2024: The then 41-year-old is jailed for two years and seven months at Birmingham Crown Court. Appearing by prison-link from HMP Peterborough, she was told she would serve 40% of the sentence in custody.
October 2024: Her husband, Raymond Connolly, a former West Northamptonshire councillor says that she planned to appeal against the sentence.
Tuesday, 20 May 2025: A bid to challenge her 31-month sentence at the Court of Appeal is dismissed. Mr Connolly describes the decision as "shocking and unfair".
Wednesday, 21 May 2025: Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer defends the Court of Appeal's decision during Prime Minister's Questions. He says: "Sentencing is a matter for our courts and I celebrate the fact that we have independent courts in this country. I am strongly in favour of free speech, we've had free speech in this country for a very long time and we protect it fiercely. But I am equally against incitement to violence against other people. I will always support the action taken by our police and courts to keep our streets and people safe."

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The Ministry of Justice said that 21 August marked 40% of Connolly's sentence - around 12-and-a-half months - and was the automatic release point of her custodial sentence. She will remain under probation supervision until the end of her sentence.

[mellie]

She had an opinion. Neither British or Australian Labour wants an epidemic of free thinking individuals compromising their agenda , so is making sure the message gets across loud and clear to any would be free-thinking opponents who stand to undermine them.

What's not clear about this?

This is what the UK and Australia voted for afterall, no?

We've all seen hardened criminals get less time for a variety of atrocities, it's just this woman's truth stood to hurt their government more.



If I were her, I wouldn't be stopping now, even if this meant applying for political asylum in Trumps America, or elsewhere on our planet.

Can they incarcerate us all?

This will be the question they'll need to be asking themselves before the next election.