00:00OK, Daniel, what do you make of those comments?
00:03Should the government be deciding what law-abiding citizens are doing in their own homes?
00:10Well, I think when it was said that not a single vote from any major political party was cast against this bill,
00:21that fills me with dread.
00:24Because in my 19 years experience of being a member of Parliament,
00:28it's when there was unanimity on the floor of the House of Commons
00:33and not the greatest possible debate, that's when real mistakes were made.
00:39And I could certainly reference moments in the last 20 years as a parliamentarian
00:44where there was unanimity and where that lack of debate led to serious complications and difficulties going forward.
00:51But I was the only Conservative member of Parliament to have been born in a communist country.
00:57And I try to explain to young people today what it was like growing up in a communist country
01:03where one political party controlled the media, the newspapers,
01:09and every single aspect of the citizens' lives.
01:12And that citizen had no rights whatsoever.
01:15And it does frighten me a little bit about the sort of level of intrusion
01:20that we are now pushing into people's daily lives.
01:24I saw a free speech lawyer, Preston Byrne, on GB News earlier this afternoon,
01:32who was going to threaten, he's threatening to sue Ofcom.
01:36There's been an American Congressional Committee visiting London this week,
01:40also expressing their concerns about the impact on this bill on American companies.
01:47The White House is getting involved.
01:49It may even threaten our trade deal with the United States of America.
01:53So these things have to be debated constantly in the most robust possible way.
02:01But what really angers me is the minister, Peter Kyle,
02:07trying to suggest that people like Mr. Farage, who are opposed to this bill,
02:12are somehow in favour of Jimmy Savile.
02:15Now, I'm old enough to remember Jimmy Savile and what he did
02:19and what a figure of total hatred he has become in our country.
02:24Let's have a debate.
02:25Let's have a serious debate.
02:27Let's challenge one another in the most robust possible way.
02:30But this denigration to people who don't wish this legislation
02:35to be so controlling over our lives,
02:38I think they have to be afforded the respect
02:41that any functioning democracy ought to give them.
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