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As an American with family that engages political debate at too many gatherings, can you explain what "no free speech" means in the UK?

I assumed that members of the UK public could always say "_____ the prime minister". There was even a Black Mirror episode involving a pig...



You can be arrested for speech offenses, like a Facebook or Twitter post. Plenty of solid examples on Internet.




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