The United Kingdom government has thrown its support behind a bill aimed at combating intimidatory Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPP) lawsuits, which stifle free speech and enable corrupt elites to silence journalists and critics with baseless legal claims.

A parliamentary ethics commissioner announced on Monday she was investigating who financed U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s luxurious Christmas 2019 vacation with his fiancée on a Caribbean island.