00:00security and trading
00:02ally. Why is Britain like North
00:04Korea? It's a great privilege
00:06for Nigel to be invited to
00:08give that testimony to
00:10that Congress hearing about the importance
00:12of free speech. Why is
00:14Britain like North Korea, Mr Tice?
00:15We have an authoritarian
00:17Prime Minister. What, like
00:20Kim Jong-un, is he?
00:21Keir Starmer? When, as a comedian,
00:24you get arrested by five
00:26armed officers stepping on an aeroplane. Is Keir Starmer like
00:27Kim Jong-un? Because your leader compared Britain
00:30to Nigel Farage. Keir Starmer
00:32is acting as an authoritarian
00:34Prime Minister. Well, I'll put it to you for a third
00:36time. Is he like Kim Jong-un?
00:38Well, I think it's good to use
00:40anecdotes and analogies at times.
00:43Well, it might
00:44be obscene, actually,
00:46to compare the worst
00:48autocrats on the planet with a
00:49democratically elected Prime Minister of this country.
00:52It might be seen as offensive, Mr Tice.
00:54I tell you what is offensive,
00:55and that is for the democratically elected
00:58leader of this country to instruct
00:59the judiciary, as he did
01:01last year, to impose harsh
01:04penalties on those
01:05who were concerned about
01:07illegal immigration, concerned about
01:09high levels of immigration,
01:11and who were using their lawful, peaceful
01:13right to protest, and who may
01:16have put out an offensive tweet.
01:18That is what is offensive.
01:19OK, can I ask you finally...
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