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Nicholas Cecil

Lord Lebedev warns against the ‘erosion of free speech’ in King’s Speech debate

Parliament was warned on Tuesday to act against the “erosion of free speech” in Britain which was “playing with fire”.

The warning came from Lord Lebedev, proprietor of The Evening Standard which is campaigning to protect freedom of speech.

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