'WE CAN'T TAKE FREE SPEECH FOR GRANTED ANY MORE'

But "no appetite from UK authorities" for Digital ID, says Baroness Claire Fox

By Jasmine Birtles

FREE speech is no longer something anyone in the UK can take for granted.

That is the view of Baroness Claire Fox, a champion of free speech and director of the Academy of Ideas, a public space she created where ideas can be contested without constraint.

But in an interview with News Uncut, Baroness Fox did claim that there was “no appetite in the UK” for Digital ID – something which the unelected Blair Institute frequently calls for.

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