Kemi Badenoch has insisted that the freedom of expression is 'threatened' after the extraordinaryhes were launched by the American Vice President JD Vance.
The Tory leader said that the law 'other access' in attempts to prevent people from being 'upset or offended'.
The comments follow on the claims of JD Vance that erosion of freedom of expression in Europe was a greater threat than Russia or China.
He excluded 'very dear friends' the United Kingdom' about a 'relapse in conscience rights' – pointing in the case of a veteran of the army was convicted of praying in a' safe zone 'outside of an abortion clinic.
Mrs Badenoch urged British to 'fight' for free speech and said that she supported those who 'questioned the status quo'.
'Free speech is expensive – and is threatened. We have to fight for it. It challenges dangerous orthodoxy and sparks changes, “she said.
Kemi Badenoch has insisted that freedom of expression is 'threatened' after the extraordinary horrors were launched by the American Vice President JD Vance
Mrs Badenoch – who also said that they 'canceling culture' – suggested that the government had stepped over a line between protecting the public and allowing free expression.
'Rules to protect people against' observed 'damage have been challenged. Being upset or offended should not be the care of the state, “she said.
'The silence of free speech damages democracy, culture and individual resilience. False ideas thrive without free speech. '
The comments from the vice president were made on Friday at the Munich safety conference.
Mr. VANCE claimed that the erosion of free speech was a greater threat to the UK than Russia or China.
He also criticized the United Kingdom about a legal case in which a former soldier who prayed silently outside of an abortion clinic was convicted of violating the safe zone around the center.
In a broader attack on what he suggested, a shift of democratic values ​​throughout Europe, Mr. Vance claimed that the “fundamental freedoms of religious British are particularly threatened.
JD Vance claimed that the erosion of free speech was a greater threat to the UK than Russia or China
He referred to the condemnation of Adam Smith-Connor, 51, who had denied this, but was found guilty last year because he did not comply with an order of the public space causes in the center in Bournemouth in November 2022.
Business secretary Jonathan Reynolds, who emphasized his own Christian views, said the Sunday of the BBC with Laura Kuensberg: 'He also said that we can disagree about some things and still be close allies. I would not agree with that. I think the threat from Russia is real. '
Mr. Reynolds said: 'About the specific example he gave, let's be clear, we have no blasphemy laws in the UK. That's the right one. I say that, as a Christian, nobody is arrested for what they pray about.
“The example he gave was about ensuring that people have access to health care.”
When Mr. Vance was wrong, Mr. Reynolds said: “I would not agree with his characterization thereof. But he did say that we can't agree with some of this stuff and are still an important part of a relationship between allies and friends. '
