Americans like me are troubled by Britain's free speech crackdown

For much of my career, beginning as a foreign adviser to the United States Congress, I have proudly stood as one of America’s strongest advocates for Britain. I have defended her history, her institutions and her role as the original home of liberty. I have championed the UK in forums throughout the US and in publications across the globe, reminding audiences that our shared values of liberty and democracy, bequeathed by our mother, England, form the bedrock of transatlantic strength. Today, for the first time, I find Britain indefensible. The affection and historical respect remains. The confidence is gone.

For those of us who have long defended Britain, it is heartbreaking

Britain now prosecutes her own citizens, not for violence or treason, but for words. Lucy Connolly was sentenced t