London’s Metropolitan Police have told Nigel Farage that death threats against him online made in response to the assassination of Charlie Kirk aren’t actionable, prompting the political leader to decry “two tier” justice in the United Kingdom.
Brexit pioneer Nigel Farage has revealed the social media posts that cropped up in the aftermath of the assassination of U.S. activist Charlie Kirk last week calling for the Reform UK leader to be “next” are not being treated as criminal by British police, despite their otherwise extremely censorious and active posture on internet activity otherwise.
Speaking at a surprise press conference on Monday morning where he unveiled the highest-priority defection to his party yet, Mr Farage admonished the emergence of “two tier policing and sentencing” in the United Kingdom and said: “…and if you don’t think it’s two-tier have a think about this. On Friday there were some very explicit threats posted on TikTok for me to be killed.
“Pretty sick in the light of what happened with Charlie Kirk, but quite explicit. We’ve been told this morning by the Metropolitan Police that those posts don’t meet the threshold for further action. So I think without doubt that we’re living in a two-tier country, it’s extraordinary… these were aimed at me personally, it’s not a very pleasant experience, let’s put it like that. I challenged the police to do something, but they have decided this does not meet the threshold.”
Mr Farage compared that decision by police to their mob-handed approach to Irish comedian Graham Linehan, the creator of classic shows including Father Ted and The IT Crowd, who was recently arrested in the UK over jokes. Mr Farage said: “even if you’re a foreign national arriving at Heathrow airport where you’ve said something the authorities don’t like you may well be arrested by five armed officers… Gosh, imagine if I’d made some joke about the trans community, I’d probably be in real trouble. And that is at the heart of two-tier Britain, two-tier policing, two-tier justice, and two-tier Keir. And it’s one the reasons the flags are going up all over this country, the people have sussed it, the government is not on the side of ordinary, decent, working people.”
Adding to previous comments on the assassination of Charlie Kirk where Mr Farage had mourned the death of his friend, he added: “I knew Charlie Kirk for virtually ten years, knew him pretty well, campaigned around America with him, spoke at Turning Point conferences, I knew the guy very, very well. And I’m obviously deeply upset by what happened. Some of the reaction to it was vile, vile.”
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