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Nigel Farage has likened the UK to North Korea as he criticised the country for being in an "awful authoritarian situation".

The Reform UK leader was invited to give evidence on civil liberties at a meeting of Washington’s House Judiciary Committee, and used the opportunity to slam the Online Safety Act, the imprisonment of Lucy Connolly and the arrest of Graham Linehan.

Mr Farage began his speech by outlining the importance of free speech that "We'll fight and defend to the death".

He said: "Your right to say something that we fundamentally disagree with, that is the absolute foundation, if you think about it, of free speech, of democracy, of living in freedom.

"It's kind of why we fought two world wars at massive, massive cost to defend that very principle."

He said he first became worried about free speech with the emergence of "cancel culture", specifically speakers being banned from universities because their opinions might offend.

Iain Dale is joined by political strategist Imran Ahmed to discuss the 'treacherous' comments made by the Reform leader.

The Cross Question panel also debate whether Nigel Farage is a 'hypocrite', a 'traitor', or both.

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