"Farage warned Congress, "He put out some tweets months ago when he was in Arizona, and months later, he arrives at Heathrow Airport to be met by five armed police. Armed Police, not a big deal in the USA, a very big deal in the United Kingdom, five of them, and he was arrested and taken away for questioning. He's not even a British citizen. He's an Irish citizen. This could happen to any American man or woman that goes to Heathrow that has said things online that the British government and British police don't like.""
"The Reform UK leader said that Great Britain has become an "awful authoritarian" state, he asked, "At what point did we become North Korea?" Farage is on the world stage in Washington and he is testifying before Congress raising grave concerns over British government's restrictions on the freedom of speech and the freedom of expression. People who send a post on social media which is frowned upon by the twitter police will arrest you and throw you in to cell, even though the UK is a so-called democratic country."
Nigel Farage attacked the Prime Minister and warned US Congress that the arrest of the Father Ted creator over a social media post is a warning to US travellers. Farage said Linehan posted tweets while in Arizona and was arrested when arriving at Heathrow, despite being an Irish citizen. Farage described Great Britain as an "awful authoritarian" state and asked, "At what point did we become North Korea?" He testified before the House Judiciary Committee about how British and European laws affect US tech companies. Farage cited Lucy Connelly's jailing and accused Sir Keir Starmer of treating her as a political prisoner. He warned that social media posts can trigger arrests in the UK.
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