In a stunning rebuke of Britain’s escalating war on free speech, President Donald Trump’s White House is actively considering offering political asylum to UK citizens prosecuted under socialist Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s growing regime of “thought crime” laws.
It comes as the far-left government continued to persecute Britons for wrongthink, including silent prayer, anti-censorship activism, and online dissent.
The move, which insiders describe as serious and already under internal review, would extend America’s protection to British citizens targeted for what the White House views as peaceful expression criminalized by the radical Labour Party government.
According to senior administration sources, the discussions were heavily influenced by Elon Musk.
Musk has repeatedly highlighted the UK’s prosecution of citizens over “thought crimes.”
The tech mogul has been warning that Western free expression is collapsing in real time.
Officials are now evaluating specific cases, including Livia Tossici-Bolt.
Tossici-Bolt was prosecuted in March 2023 simply for holding a sign reading “Here to talk if you want” near a Bournemouth abortion clinic.
Similarly, Adam Smith-Connor, convicted over a silent vigil outside Poole Magistrates Court.
As Slay News recently reported, a pastor also received a warning from police that the bible verse on his camper may lead to his arrest for “hate speech.”
These cases became international flashpoints, illustrating Britain’s descent into speech policing.
A source close to the planning confirmed that the administration is “beginning to consider” extending protection beyond pro-life activists to a wider category of British dissidents, including gender-critical speakers, immigration critics, and even pro-abortion advocates who fall afoul of Starmer’s sweeping “thought crime” directives.
The White House is considering offering political asylum to British “thought criminals”, The Telegraph understands.
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This new asylum strategy mirrors President Trump’s October promise to welcome Europeans persecuted for opposing mass migration, prioritizing those “targeted for peaceful expression of views online.”
The administration has already demonstrated willingness to act.
Earlier this year, Trump granted refugee status to white South Africans, citing racial discrimination, even while pausing most other asylum admissions following his January inauguration.
Trump’s criticism of Europe’s political direction has been blunt and consistent.
At the United Nations, he warned EU leaders:
“You’re destroying your countries.
“They’re being destroyed.
“Europe is in serious trouble.
“They’ve been invaded by a force of illegal aliens like nobody’s ever seen before.
“Illegal aliens are pouring into Europe.”
He added that nations across the continent were “going to hell” because of unchecked mass migration.
WATCH:
Over the weekend, in an interview with GB News, Trump linked Britain’s free speech crisis directly to its immigration meltdown, saying:
“If you don’t get [illegals] out, you’re not going to have a country left…
“You have areas in London where the police don’t even want to go anywhere near those areas.
“You have Sharia Law where they don’t even want to obey the laws of your country.”
The administration is simultaneously preparing to revoke the U.S. visa of Imran Ahmed — head of an NGO tied to Starmer’s chief of staff — after the group lobbied aggressively for online censorship rules. A source revealed that Starmer’s push for a U.S.-UK trade deal nearly collapsed over Tossici-Bolt’s prosecution, with one official warning: “no free trade without free speech.”
This broader asylum initiative follows Trump’s May 2025 deployment of a Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labour (DRL) delegation to London, led by senior adviser Samuel Samson, to meet with arrested pro-life activists and reaffirm “the importance of freedom of expression in the UK and across Europe.”
The DRL team also examined cases like Lucy Connolly, who was jailed for a social media post calling for asylum hotels to be set on fire after the Southport murders — a conviction critics say exemplifies Britain’s shift toward policing thoughts rather than actions.
Trump also blasted British media outlet the BBC.
The president argued that he has “an obligation” to sue the outlet for pushing “fake news.”
Trump noted that if the BBC is publishing such blatant propaganda about him, who else are they smearing with false claims?
“Have they done it to your prime minister?” Trump asked.
“Have they done it to [Reform leader] Nigel [Farage]?”
WATCH:
As Starmer’s Labour government accelerates its crackdown on dissent, from bans on silent prayer near clinics to sweeping online speech restrictions, Trump’s White House is signaling that the United States is prepared to become a refuge for those targeted under Britain’s widening censorship regime.
For many in the UK now facing prosecution for mere expression, America may soon be the only Western nation willing to defend their fundamental liberties.
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