Farage at US Congress warns Americans over European attacks on speech | Eastern NC Now

Brexit hero Nigel Farage, leader of the UK's Reform Party, appeared before the Judiciary Committee of the US Congress this week to warn of the danger to Americans of Europe's criminalization of free speech.  He also asked US assistance to help combat this authoritarian trend.

One of the cases that Farage zeroed in on was a prominent Irish comedian who was recently arrested by five armed police at Heathrow airport over three tweets he had made on social media deemed offensive to "transgenders".  The comedian is an Irish citizen and had made the tweets while he was present in the United States, but he was arrested for them when he arrived in the UK.  Farage pointed out that it was not much of a jump to arrest American citizens arriving in the UK for social media posts they made here in the US.

Farage also mentioned the danger of the EU or UK trying to fine US tech companies for failing to censor speech on the internet, including that of our own citizens.

Farage noted that under its present Labour government, the UK was beginning to resemble North Korea.  Fortunately, polls show Farage's Reform Party with a wide lead for the next parliamentary election, 15 points ahead of its nearest rival, and likely to win a House of Commons majority of over 100 seats over all other parties combined.

Committee chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) echoed Farage's warnings that European overreach could impact the free speech rights of Americans.

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https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2103955/nigel-farage-live-reform-leader