Science Secretary Peter Kyle has said Nigel Farage is ‘on the side of Jimmy Saville’ this morning while defending the Online Safety Act. Even host Wilfred Frost was incredulous…
On Sky News Kyle gave an extended rant in favour of the law, which has so far led to a massive surge in VPN use and banned footage of protests from X, claiming he has not yet seen one single misapplication of the legislation so far. He launched unprompted into an attack on the Reform leader, saying:
“If Jimmy Savile were alive today he’d be perpetrating his crimes online, and Nigel Farage is saying he’s on their side.”
Kyle said Farage was siding with “extreme pornographers peddling hate, peddling violence.” Frost replied: “Do you honestly think to say Nigel Farage is on Jimmy Savile’s side… this is a major leap.” Kyle responded that he was protecting children by telling people to age verify online and Farage wants to “turn the clock back.” This will cause huge fireworks today…
UPDATE: Farage says Kyle should “do the right thing and apologise” for his “disgusting” comments.
UPDATE II: Peter Kyle doubles down in response: “If you want to overturn the Online Safety Act you are on the side of predators. It is as simple as that.“
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