Nigel Farage, the leader of Reform UK, has been labelled a "Putin-loving free speech impostor and Trump sycophant" by a US congressman during a meeting in Washington where he criticised the UK's approach to civil liberties.

Mr Farage was presenting evidence to the House Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill, where he compared Britain's treatment of people like Father Ted and IT Crowd writer Graham Linehan to that of North Korea, describing it as "authoritarian".

In a hearing on Wednesday, he denied suggestions that he had proposed Washington impose trade sanctions on the UK, amidst scrutiny over his recommendation that the White House utilise "diplomacy and trade" in the fight for free speech.

However, just before Mr Farage began his testimony, Democrat representative Jamie Raskin ref

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