He is the voice of the EDL [English Defence League] in parliament, using his platform to spread fear and misinformation.
He's the voice of Russia in Parliament, the EDL are just today's useful tools to get Putin's agenda furthered.
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He is the voice of the EDL [English Defence League] in parliament, using his platform to spread fear and misinformation.
He's the voice of Russia in Parliament, the EDL are just today's useful tools to get Putin's agenda furthered.
Has he actually turned up yet?
Despite the rumours, he was at the state opening of Parliament and he has also voted on two amendments to the King's Speech. He does seem to have spent most of his time in the US, as he has been asked pointed questions about it.
Encouraging racial hate should be a criminal offence - he would be locked up, not referred to some "watchdog".
Interesting thst the image attached to the article makes it seem like he was saying these things in parliament. But no, again he's just releasing inflammatory videos on social media and not bothering to turn up to work.
MPs have extra protection for the things they say in parliament. If he did say this in parliament it would be much harder to bring about chargers related to hate speech, encouraging violence etc.
It would also be immediately challenged and rebutted by well informed MPs. Resulting in a very humiliating clip for Farage. Hence, why he makes these comments on social media where he isn’t directly and immediately challenged.
I'm a believer in "free speech" but wouldn't it be hilarious if the government brought in prison sentences for Farage and Tommy and they were both saved by the ECR? 🤣
The ECtHR allows banning hate speech
I clearly wasn't discussing reality.