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The healthier a Nation, the more robustly it protects free speech.
But here in the UK, the political class HATE the idea of us being able to speak freely. Watch this…
Lib Dem MP Max Wilkinson has described Elon Musk’s platform X as a “major problem.” Really? Why is that, Max?
Well, his complaint is that X now lets ordinary British citizens voice opposition to what he called “destructive immigration policies” far more easily than in the past.
“People can have their voice heard in a really easy way that they couldn’t in the past,” Wilkinson said, thus framing the platform’s open nature as a threat rather than a feature of free speech.
But the truth is that Wilkinson is mad that he can’t control the narrative anymore. Wilkinson represents Cheltenham and entered Parliament in 2024, but he is no stranger to immigration debates.
His comments arrive against a backdrop of record net migration figures in the UK, ongoing strains on housing, the NHS, and public services, Repeated public polling shows that a clear majority of Britons want net migration reduced sharply. High-profile issues — from grooming-gang scandals to recent street unrest linked to integration failures — have also intensified grassroots frustration. So they speak out on X and Wilkinson is shocked, yes, shocked.
The real background here is that for decades, legacy media and political insiders largely shaped the conversation on immigration. Musk’s 2022 purchase of the former Twitter changed that. By lifting heavy-handed censorship X has amplified voices that previously struggled to break through. I was one of them. I had been banned by X at the behest of the British Government in September 2020 when my views on lockdowns were deemed unwelcome
Large sections of the British public rightly believe mass immigration is harming their communities. Trying to silencing discussion on the does not make the concerns disappear. Politicians accustomed to controlled narratives are confronting a public that now has direct, instant access to debate. And we will use it and hold Wilkinson and his ilk to account.
