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London Mayor Sadiq Khan’s two-faced free speech approach

By Tom Rogan
Published July 13, 2018 5:19pm ET
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London Mayor Sadiq Khan’s two-faced free speech approach
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan during London Tech Week in London, Monday, June 11 2018. London Mayor Sadiq Khan says he hopes U.S. President Donald Trump will reconsider the protectionist measures that divided the G-7 summit in Canada last weekend. | (Robert Stevens/AP)

LONDON — Mayor of London Sadiq Khan is the ultimate hypocrite when it comes to free speech.

Consider the mayor’s comment on Friday to BBC radio as to why he allowed protesters to fly a blimp of Trump above London. According to BuzzFeed’s Emily Ashton, Khan made a moral case that emotional discomfort should never be a rationale for speech restrictions.

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