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> If one thinks the speech in question should be legal, you'd think one would mention the kind of speech, not just the medium.

Fundamentally, all speech should be legal, barring very special circumstances. That's freedom of expression.

An example discussed earlier this year on HN: Joseph Kelly tweeted

> the only good Brit soldier is a deed one, burn auld fella, buuuuurn

in relation to Tom Moore’s death. He deleted the tweet after 20 minutes. He was convicted of grossly offensive communications under the Communications Act, and was sentenced to 18 month’s probation and 150 hours of unpaid work.

That's certainly crass, but it shouldn't be illegal to say.

If people don't want to support their country's military and servicemen, that should be their business; it's a legitimate political position to take. Not least because all British soldiers are volunteers, and most of what British soldiers have been doing for the past generation is tagging along with American imperial military adventurism.

>I wouldn't talk about that as someone being "arrested for a tweet"

When the reasons are "being critical of the monarchy" or "causing anxiety" I think "for a tweet" can only make things look less ridiculous, lol.