Andy de’Vries

I am disgusted to report that Britain’s political prisoner Lucy Connolly – the grieving mother locked up for 31 months for a single deleted X post on the day of the Southport Massacre – has been “attacked” behind bars by the prison staff who are meant to be protecting her.

MUST READ STATEMENT FROM LUCY CONNOLLY'S HUSBAND RAYMOND AFTER SHE REMAINS LOCKED UP FOR ONE TWEET I am heartbroken that my wife Lucy’s appeal was not upheld by the Court of Appeal. It feels shocking and unfair. The 284 days of separation have been very hard, particularly on our twelve-year-old girl. Lucy posted one nasty tweet when she was upset and angry about three little girls who were brutally murdered in Southport. She realised the tweet was wrong and deleted it within four hours. That did not mean Lucy was a “far right thug” as Prime Minister Keir Starmer claimed My wife Lucy is a good person and not a racist. As a childminder she took care of small children of African and Asian heritage; they loved Lucy as she loved them. My wife has paid a very high price for making a mistake and today the court has shown her no mercy. Lucy got more time in jail for one tweet than some paedophiles and domestic abusers get. I think the system wanted to make an example of Lucy so other people would be scared to say things about immigration. This is not the British way. Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood says she will release 40,000 prisoners, some of them dangerous men on tag. Lucy has not been allowed out on tag and she has been denied leave to see our child who is struggling. Today, the Court had the opportunity to reduce her cruelly long and disproportionate sentence, but they refused. That feels like two-tier justice. The British people know all this is not right. They have given an amazing £81,000 so far to Lucy's crowdfunder. Despite today’s upsetting setback, Lucy gets courage rom everyone’s kind support. Lucy and me are so grateful to our fantastic legal team, led by Adam King KC. And to the Free Speech Union for their incredible support and to democracythree who ran our crowdfunder free of charge. We also thank Allison Pearson of the Daily Telegraph and Dan Wootton of Outspoken for telling people about the real Lucy Connolly. I also want to thank our family, our brilliant friends who rallied round. And the thousands of strangers who sent emails and cards of support since this nightmare began last July. We will continue to pursue every possible avenue to seek justice and to bring Lucy home to us. A Crowdunder is launched today: Please support Lucy here: democracythree.org/helplucyc…