To paraphrase Noam Chomsky:
"If we don't believe in freedom of speech for people we disagree with, we don't believe in it at all."
I did a write-up on this debacle:
"DISGRACE - Amber Rudd Must Resign"
http://participator.online/articles/2018/03/disgrace_amber_rudd_must_resign_20180313.php
Agreed. And hate speech is included in free speech and when they go after your speech like they did the 1930's in Germany, then history may repeat itself indeed.