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SPEAK

FREE SPEECH
MATTERS

30+ arrests per day for online posts in the UK[1]

We defend free speech for everyone
across the political spectrum.

Our Platform

The Free Speech Act

Establish the strongest protections for speech in British history.

Core Principles

Protected Speech

  • Political expression and criticism
  • Religious and philosophical beliefs
  • Academic and journalistic expression
  • Artistic expression and peaceful protest
  • Offensive and objectionable opinions
  • Satire, parody, and quotation

Strict Limitations

  • Direct incitement to violence
  • True threats of physical harm
  • Repeated, targeted harassment of individuals
  • Defamation with express malice
  • Commercial fraud and deception
  • Face-to-face intimidation of an identified person

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Team

Our Team

Sam Glover

Sam Glover

Director

Sam is the director of SPEAK, where he leads the organisation's mission to defend and strengthen freedom of speech rights in the UK. He was formerly a Research Analyst at the Forecasting Research Institute, where he focused on the social science of prediction and decision-making.

Duncan McClements

Duncan McClements

Head of Research

Duncan is the Head of Research at SPEAK, where he works on identifying the source of threats to and solutions to ensure the protection of free expression. He is a Fellow at the Centre for British Progress and a Research Associate at the Adam Smith Institute. He writes at Model Thinking.

Stella Tsantekidou

Stella Tsantekidou

Campaign Spokesperson

Stella is a political commentator and campaigner focusing on government service reform. She previously worked as Parliamentary aide to Labour frontbenchers, directed field organising for a US Presidential candidate and headed the policy wing of one of the biggest non-profit youth and justice government service providers in the UK.

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