After he posted, a response came from an X user, tagging multiple police organizations. Kay had been quoting Lucy Connolly, the wife of a UK Tory Northamptonshire councilor Raymond Connolly. Lucy was arrested a couple days prior to that for posting the exact same words, per the <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/tory-councillor-wife-far-right-hate-b2592271.html" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Independent</a>.

{ai:summary}In the UK, Tyler Kay was sentenced to over three years for posting incendiary remarks on X about mass deportation, quoting a Tory councilor's wife who had also been arrested. His comments sparked an online backlash, invoking concerns over the country’s policing double standard.With riots igniting after a tragic stabbing, new PM Keir Starmer vowed to clamp down on online provocation, promising that offenders would regret their actions. The iron grip on speech in troubled times is tightening. 
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UK man jailed for 3 years after copying and pasting X post critical of mass immigration

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