"Nigel Farage has urged US politicians and businesses to tell the British government "you've simply got this wrong" on freedom of speech rules, as he compared the UK to North Korea. The Reform UK leader was in Washington DC giving evidence to a US congressional committee holding a hearing into whether European laws "threaten Americans' right to speak freely in the US"."
"Responding to Farage's appearance at the committee, Labour's Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds said: "Jetting off to another country and hyping up the prospect of the UK's trade with our closest allies being hit is about as anti-British as you can get." Earlier in the day Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer accused Farage of having "flown to America to badmouth and talk down our country", adding: "He has gone there to lobby the Americans to impose sanctions on this country that will harm working people.""
Nigel Farage travelled to Washington DC to give evidence to a US congressional committee examining whether European laws threaten Americans' free speech. He urged US politicians and businesses to tell the British government "you've simply got this wrong" and compared the UK to North Korea. He recommended the US use diplomacy and trade to defend free-speech norms while insisting he was not calling for sanctions but for honest conversations. Farage cited the arrests and prosecutions of individuals for online speech, faced criticism from Democratic members of Congress, and drew sharp rebukes from UK ministers.
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