Liz Truss has called for Britain to adopt a US-style First Amendment to protect free speech.
Speaking to GB News’s Will Kingston, the former Prime Minister argued that a growing web of legislation and institutions has undermined free expression across the country.
“We need a First Amendment in Britain,” she insisted, adding: “People should be free to express their views without fear of being silenced by the state.”
The former Conservative leader claimed that successive governments had allowed too much power to drift away from elected politicians and towards courts, regulators and public bodies.
She accused Sir Tony Blair’s governments of helping to create a system in which “unelected institutions” have become increasingly influential, arguing that Britain now faces a “crisis of accountability”.
“The fundamental problem is that politicians are no longer able to deliver what voters ask for because power has been transferred elsewhere.”
During the discussion, Will suggested Britain had entered an era in which public debate was increasingly constrained, particularly on contentious political issues.
Ms Truss agreed, arguing that free speech had become one of the defining political battlegrounds of the age.
“If people cannot openly discuss issues and challenge prevailing opinions, democracy itself is weakened.”
The former Prime Minister also criticised Keir Starmer’s Government, claiming it had failed to address deeper structural problems within the British state.
She argued that meaningful reform would require both political and cultural change, adding that voters were becoming increasingly frustrated with institutions they felt were unresponsive to public concerns
.“We need to rebuild a culture that values freedom,” Ms Truss said, adding: “Without that, it becomes much harder to fix any of the other problems facing the country.”
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