Tony Blair, Elon's X banned in Brazil - and the threat to free speech in the "democratic" West

[@classicrock3474]

Blair just doesn't like the fact people are free to call him a war criminal.

[@annother3350]

Blair is controlling starmer

[@Marek-o3u]

That's a fact check true though...

[@johnbowkett80]

What a kind and caring war criminal eh !!!! 😠🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@rib877]

Mr Blair thinks social media can provoke hostility and hatred... well, he should know!. Loathsome man.

[@richardshields1488]

How dare people have the choice of hearing two sides of a story and having to decide for themselves what is true.

[@moonshinesa8234]

How can you support something like freedom to choose between what is true and good or true and bad? Have you any idea how many sleepless nights this has caused people? Have you not noticed the bags under truth worriers’ eyes? They should stick to good government practices where people are told this is what you must believe - forget what your guts is telling you. The only sounds coming from your guts that you should pay attention to are burps. If you’re burping you are eating too much and we will cut our subsidies on essential foods - problem solved. Don’t forget to vote for me, I will promise you everything you would like to happen, deliver on none and not upset the status quo’s (whoever they are).

[@andrewhotston983]

Exactly right - ordinary people are not trusted by progressive liberals to make judgements and decisions.

[@norituk9824]

Why is Tony Blair not in chains ?

[@PaulGrundy-h9p]

Is it because he’s from the far left ? 🤔

[@Seminal_Ideas]

@@norituk9824 He'll be in chains for eternity when his time is through...

[@robkeeleycomposer]

It would probably turn him on…..🤮

[@coling3957]

elite leftwing never see consequences

[@taffwob]

​@@Seminal_IdeasDon't expect that to happen anytime soon. Satan is putting off having to meet the wretch for as long as possible.

[@R_Alexander029]

Who knew there would be a black market for free speech in our dystopian future.

[@mawnkey]

Everyone who understands the nature of the psychopaths known as "career politicians".

[@quantisedspace7047]

I would have thought that that would be the best time to have a bl market in free speech.

[@jemzargo]

Tony Blair doesn't want his next war of choice to be fact checked in real time.. could be very inconvenient

[@wacka.]

If you are "harmed" by words on the internet, the harm is entirely self inflicted.

[@smallfry3017]

People deciding what is offensive and misinformation is a road straight to hell.

[@offshoretomorrow3346]

Yes! The cure for Disinformation is remarkably easy: educate people to be highly sceptical of the internet and media (esp. mainstream). But it's not disinfirmation they want suppressed is it? It's the truth.

[@chickenfist1554]

They just don't like it that people can discuss things openly and they can't control the narrative. That's all it's about!

[@JakiCuts]

I can't stand either of those men

[@Digibeatle09]

Here's something that "messed with my mind", Tony, that I read online - May 2023 - Hans Blix - former UN Chief Weapons Inspector and respected former Swiss Diplomat - stated that Blair (and Bush) should be charged with War Crimes over the invasion of Iraq !!!!

[@AusTankieGaming]

The fact that they think they can control what folks think via social media is bloody pathetic.

[@storytimewithunclekumaran5004]

MKULTRA

[@zaphodbeeblebrox4574]

Sorry. No. That is just the point. They can and are controlling what people think !.

[@martinsigley3957]

The only falsehoods are coming from the governments,

[@RictaScale.Official]

Excellent commentary. Only tyrants are against people being able to speak freely.

[@davidhammer7410]

Tony Bliar lecturing us on misinformation. The irony is off the charts!🤦‍♂️

[@chrisdude9641]

They could encourage people to be critical thinkers instead. That's not ever going to happen though...

[@Tommy-he7dx]

Of course not, If the people were educated Governments would actually have to be competent and honest as the people would see them for what they really are.

[@pennyphebey8617]

Wow - James has raided the fridge 😂

[@GreatSageSunWukong]

looks like he's raided the drinks cupboard too with that ruddy face

[@PATRIOT1690]

It’s says a lot about Blair that he has the nerve even to show his face again.

[@RictaScale.Official]

Tony Blair talking about "misinformation" I seem to recall "Saddam has weapons of mass destruction"....

[@z.b.2083]

Thanks!

[@robkeeleycomposer]

Great work once more Leo.

[@drstrangelove4998]

🤣 spot-on Leo, as usual!

[@robkeeleycomposer]

I can’t decide who is more evil, O’Brien or Blair.

[@RictaScale.Official]

When I read that, I thought you meant O'Brien from 1984.

[@Chris-td4yd]

2 Terds that won’t flush

[@quantisedspace7047]

What's Dara done ? Or do you mean Miles ?

[@annother3350]

only one has actual blood on his hands

[@thomasbroleen4241]

Thank fuck we've got you Leo👏👏👏👏

[@mbourne3538]

That man has been ducking the world for nearly 30 years now

[@MC-ry3by]

So anything that might piss me off is now "sensitive information "

[@frankgellenthin3733]

Forty years ago these same people would try to license and regulate printing presses and copying machines with CCTV's overhead.

[@jenih1684]

So it is alright for teachers to peddle misinformation in our schools because that is regulated by the government, but not alright for us to hear anything online that the government decides we shouldn’t know about?

[@dw9646]

It doesn't matter what he thinks

[@zaphodbeeblebrox4574]

Everyone MUST speak the truth ... as set out by the state !!!.

[@rinzler1392]

how do you tell if Tony Blair is lying...his lips move 💋

[@richsadler2661]

Love what you do, Leo!

[@gatewood-q6x]

Here here!

[@DanielBenistyMusic]

Me too

[@omarmontanez-k8w]

i just LOVE Mr. Leo ❤

[@poc329]

What a couple of snakes. I nearly spewed.

[@stephenryan1807]

for disinformation read things they do not like

[@mavericmorph5358]

Nothing makes any sense anymore!

[@davefabo]

It’s 1984 come true.

[@TheGaliga]

"Baby sitting advice from Jimmy saville ..." Brilliant 🤣🤣🤣

[@mrb1380]

The state of James O'brien, Jeez! I almost feel sorry for him.

[@dddux]

I always think about social media as a public square. Now think about it.

[@Mickey_Flynn_2112]

Who, then, regulates the regulators?

[@londonhodnet4079]

TB really why is he a thing

[@quantisedspace7047]

He is consumption incarnate.

[@wakingstate9]

Why would anyone platform Blair?

[@johnbuoy1401]

Why is he not on trial for war crimes? Serious question, why is this man being wheeled out as a tool to take down free speech and not on trial at The Hague or in prison

[@seansabhaois]

James O'Brien always looks a man, waiting for his laxative to work. 'Hard Labour 2024...' Greatest achievement so far... Picking on our Nanas ☝️ 👵👵👵👵👵👵👵👵👵👵👵

[@Viva15thBrigada]

Funny enough I always thought that he was proof someone else’s laxative had worked.

[@JakeJackJourney]

The side of reality will win

[@MarkHarvey-uh8oc]

Blaire is sure. He just won't say!

[@brunumb4914]

🙋‍♂ Politicians are just people who won a popularity contest. In what way does that make them qualified to make decisions on what is hateful, or harmful or dis/misinformation? 🤔

[@AverageAlGuitar]

You can tell that O'Brien is jazzing in his girly knickers, getting to interview Blair

[@Step-dp6ll]

Maybe if social media was around when Tony said we should invade Iraq we would have learned the truth before millions were slaughtered

[@BobOort]

Since the rise of "social" media: Syria, Yemen, Gaza, the West Bank, Israel, Lebanon, Kashmir, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Ukraine, Myanmar, Colombia, Mexico, Venezuela, etc etc etc. Blair is just one cog in the engine that creates wars, carnage and suffering across the world and military industry assaults on humanity are but one part of the criminal institutions living under one and the same umbrella and some of these institutions are thousands of years old.

[@AlexRadiobomb]

Well said, Leo. 👍

[@SistorCarrera]

i am amused Leo

[@elrey2032]

The Arab spring is the worst example you could bring up for advocating free speech.

[@bobcoyle4225]

Well said Leo as always

[@BeaHindebars]

You can't give offence you can only take it !!

[@graemetonks7825]

Regulation = censorship

[@nickwhite8408]

Im sure this will all work out fine 😮

[@Antmann71]

Australia enters the chat. See the laws coming into there..

[@michaelwray2083]

Great post Leo

[@noelward8047]

What would happen if Musk switched off X and Starlink for a day !?!

[@hatefuleightyseven2962]

Kids today are too easily influenced by popular culture, and that has to stop (hammer time).

[@cavaleirosemlicenca3894]

He is clearly part of what is happening here in Brazil. The Supreme Court justices have held private meetings in the UK on several occasions about regulating social media, discussing concepts such as hate speech, disinformation and fake news. This former UK Prime Minister was one of the figures involved in these meetings. They tried to pass laws that would implement these concepts, but we managed to stop them through social pressure on social media and other means. Everything this judge is doing is illegal, but since he is a member of the Supreme Court and is probably facing lawsuits against corrupt politicians, he can get away with what he is doing. We are trying to get support in the Senate to impeach him, but we still do not have the necessary support, because many are part of the current government, which was only elected due to the interference of this judge and massive support from the media. Our only way out is to get more support, elect more senators in 2026 and break the political influence of the old media on how people think about politics (which is already happening, but they are resisting and trying to regain control through regulation).

[@davidstephen2955]

The world's most boring man interviews the world's biggest liar!

[@nigelmitchell351]

Bloody hell, Ricky Gervais has let himself go ?

[@GreatSageSunWukong]

you can stop people talking online but you can't stop their rising feelings.

[@anthonyjwhelan]

Good job

[@mickyday2008]

He should be the next Bond villain

[@Aran_chini]

“Like taking childcare advice from Jimmy Savile” classic!😂

[@marcwilliams9824]

Alright, Leo.

[@Vile_Entity_3545]

You can see O’Brian drinks excessively. He won’t make it far.

[@vicsimmonds]

Physiognomy in action

[@Phil_KaneONite_Wood]

So, no personal accountability to check and verify stuff yourself?!? Or, is that too obvious a solution?

[@JamesF-v4x]

Had a Kumswala Harris ad before this. Guess the algorithm read “threat to free speech” and she immediately popped up.

[@quantisedspace7047]

Why do you see an ad ?

[@paulhickmott1770]

Goodness dosent Anthony look old

[@williamvorkosigan5151]

Don't spread misinformation. The Tories are not the opposition to Labour. They are both the Davos Party.

[@johnnymookergee4935]

Notice that we haven’t heard a word from Jerry Adams in the last 6 months

[@redweed4018]

Misinformation is any information that questions disinformation

[@gdr1174]

Do one Blair...

[@SistorCarrera]

we decide is why we use a place und will will be free..Roj Blake

[@quantisedspace7047]

The dude witnessed a mass ki_lling of dissidents, was framed for child ab yoose and carted off to a remote prison. Good thing that sort of thing does no happen here. Our Plod are beginning to look like Fed Security Guards though.

[@julieclonan2427]

" I will rub the rights Noses in Diversity " Tony Bliar.

[@MajorVanBloodnok]

God I hate James O’Brian.. And he’s interviewing Tony Blair ffs…

[@LeoKearse]

@@MajorVanBloodnok I feel your pain

[@MajorVanBloodnok]

@@LeoKearse​​⁠​⁠he’s like a lefty version of Lewis Prothero from V for Vendetta. Performative outrage. Feigning that sneering contempt for his guests. A supercilious snide.

[@klackon1]

Blair and O'Brien, AKA The Flower Pot Men or Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dummer.

[@glynpadley]

must not let the oinks know the truth.

[@teknical100]

Blair: fake news? Hold my beer manufacturing company.

[@TheClunkingFist]

There's a direct link between Tony Blair and terrorist actions on UK soil. Thanks Tony!

[@markusmarenbach7288]

Wow that is a bit rich from Blair to say...

[@lindapayne1595]

Hypocrites.

[@DockyardTiger]

Was that Mr Bliar doing a Mr Burns impression or are they the same person 🤔

[@canavar1435]

Ban opinions! Ban ideas! Ban toughts!

[@edwardstileman4691]

The toad and the reptile.

[@roymartin8546]

How can someone who is a republican except title from the crown

[@clovermark39]

How old is Blair and Gates surely it’s time for their retirement now!!!

[@quantisedspace7047]

Blair is a robot. He's still running OS Bullingdon 2.8 He absolutely will not stop.

[@deethy19]

LBC, Leading Britains Conversation on how to best shut down conversation…🤣🤣🤣

[@wishingwell12345]

Remember during lockdown when Blair didn't have access to his barber or his tailor, and we saw his true face as a terrifying goblin?

[@oldbag3043]

I have scraped better off my shoe than Blair

[@JWS1968]

So young kids cannot handle the internet because it messes with their young minds but they're absolutely capable of knowing they want life changing trans surgery to affirm their gender. OK, right, got it.

[@SeamusJRM]

Twitter changed to X in July 2023. We don't need to kept calling it "X - the social media platform formerly known as Twitter".

[@DavidGirling]

But what are the postings now called? Is it still Tweets?

[@gilessteve]

@@DavidGirling Maybe 'Twexts' would work. Ok, maybe not...

[@noelward8047]

No one cares ... relax. You are missing the larger picture.

[@andyxox4168]

The solution to Blair is a trip to Dignitas!

[@Histoscape]

C U Next Tuesday Blair!

[@BrianDawson-x8d]

We need free speech, we need X.

[@ffmann461]

Are they next going to ban the use of Email, testing, and grand daddy of then all the telephone? Will they than ban Starmer for all his misinformation he spews daily!

[@ffmann461]

@@JebmaCrown It is ironic that the those who want censorship and dictator style government are the ones who talk the most about free speech and liberty!