Head of the right-wing populist party Reform UK (“Reform the United Kingdom”) Nigel Farage raised his voice against a Democratic congressman because of criticism of US President Donald Trump, writes Politico newspaper.
American congressmen have arrived in the UK to discuss a new law on the secure Internet, which the United States believes is unfair to American tech companies.
During the meeting, Democratic Congressman Jamie Raskin talked about freedom of speech in the United States and declared “threats from Trump.” Farage interrupted Raskin and noted that the officials had not gathered to discuss the policy of the US president.
The head of Reform UK urged the congressman to behave like a “guest.” Afterwards, the party leader called Raskin “the most stubborn man he had ever met.” To this, the congressman replied:
“That’s why we staged a revolution against you.”
One of the Democrats, in an interview with Politico, noted that Farage looked “unstable” during the dispute with Raskin.
Reform UK has been in existence since 2018. At first it was known as the Brexit Party, which advocated Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union without an agreement, the party was renamed Reform UK in 2021. It was founded by Nigel Farage, who served as a member of the European Parliament from 1999 to 2020, and from 2006 to 2016 (intermittently) as the leader of the right—wing conservative Eurosceptic United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP).
In its program, Reform UK focuses on combating illegal migration — it promises to pursue a policy of “zero tolerance for those who enter Britain illegally.”
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