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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Nicole Wootton-Cane

Lucy Connolly claims she was Starmer’s ‘political prisoner’ after release from jail for race hate post

Lucy Connolly has claimed she was Sir Keir Starmer’s “political prisoner” after she was jailed for over a year for stirring up racial hatred against asylum seekers on the day of the Southport murders.

The 42-year-old, from Northampton, said she felt the authorities were determined to “throw the book at her” when she was arrested over a post on X (formerly Twitter) last summer.

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