Juries protect free speech more. The UK government wants to remove them. #ukpolitics #freespeech

Added: 2026-05-26

[00:00:00]In judge only cases at the magistrate's courts, free speech defenses succeeded in just 16% of cases. In crown court cases, where juries very often sit, free speech defenses succeeded in 28% of cases. There is a clear divergence between the public's appreciation of justice and the views of the judicial establishment. The result of this government's plans will be to further alienate the public and to drag the justice system further away from the views of the British people. Jury trials exist for a reason. They're designed to ensure the judiciary can never stray too far away from the public's conception of justice and fairness. AT A TIME WHEN PUBLIC TRUST in the judiciary is low, can it really be sensible to take away this crucial backs