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
Laws to Reform & Repeal
- →Section 127, Communications Act 2003 — Remove “grossly offensive” standard
- →Section 1, Malicious Communications Act 1988 — End subjective “grossly offensive” prosecutions
- →Public Order Act 1986 — Harassment must target identified persons; replace “stirring up” with imminent-violence incitement
- →Terrorism Acts 2000 & 2006 — Amend offences to target material support or membership, not symbolic expression
- →Online Safety Act 2023 — Repeal speech‑policing duties to protect lawful expression
- →PACE Code G — Speech-only: voluntary interview, arrest needs inspector approval and urgency
New Protections
- ★Presumption of Protection — Speech protected unless lawfully limited
- ★Necessity & Proportionality — Restrictions must be necessary and proportionate
- ★Imminent Serious Harm — Only speech posing imminent, serious harm can be restricted
- ★No Viewpoint Bias — Authorities must not favour opinions
- ★Speech-Only Arrests — Voluntary interview first; arrest only with inspector approval and urgency
- ★Ideas, not Individuals — Protect criticism of ideas; not targeting people
- ★No Non-Crime Hate Incidents — Police cannot record lawful speech as “hate” intelligence
THIS IS OUR FIRST PRIORITY — A FOUNDATION FOR ALL OTHER REFORMS