Labour has doubled down on the ludicrous claim made by Science Secretary Peter Kyle yesterday who said Nigel Farage is “on the same side as Jimmy Savile” for opposing the heavy-handed Online Safety Act. Appearing on Sky News this morning, Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander was asked if she agreed with the comments. She replied:
“Nigel Farage is in effect saying that he’s on their side, as he’s wanting to repeal the online safety act.”
Yesterday Farage hit back live on-air, branding the accusation a “revolting slander” and has since written in The Telegraph that the “smear won’t stop him from defending free speech”. The bizarre attack is a political gift to Farage. Co-conspirators would be forgiven for thinking there are secret Reform sleeper agents in No10 at this rate…
Speaking to Adam Boulton on Times Radio about kicking the Golders Green suspect, Heidi Alexander said:
“I thought that if I was in the shoes of that police officer, then if I’m honest, given the situation, and the fact that he had a backpack on his back, and they were worried about whether that might go off, I could, if I was a police officer, frankly, I could see myself having taken similar action.”