Nigel Farage to tell US Congress of Lucy Connolly's 'political imprisonment' in bid to rescue free speech in Britain
WATCH: Free speech champion ‘absolutely heartbroken’ by Lucy Connolly admission as she speaks out following jail release
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Mrs Connolly is a 'symbol of Keir Starmer's authoritarian, broken, two-tier Britain', the Reform leader said upon her release from jail
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Nigel Farage will tell Lucy Connolly's story to members of Congress in the US in a bid to secure American support for free speech in Britain.
The Reform UK leader and staunch Donald Trump ally will travel to Washington DC in September to give evidence at a crucial free speech hearing.
He is set to make Mrs Connolly's "political" imprisonment "central" to his evidence.
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Mr Farage will testify at the House Judiciary Committee at the Capitol on September 3.
Nigel Farage will tell Lucy Connolly's story to members of Congress
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However, Mrs Connolly will be unable to attend due to a clause in her licence barring her from travelling abroad without permission.
The childminder and Tory councillor's wife was finally released from HMP Peterborough on Thursday after spending months behind bars for a social media post.
In the post, she called for mass deportations - a policy now set to become a key pillar of Reform UK's push for power in 2029.
"Set fire to all the f***ing hotels full of the b******s for all I care," Mrs Connolly had also written online, before removing the post just hours later.
In jail, Mr Farage's deputy Richard Tice revealed that Mrs Connolly had been left "bruised" after being "dragged up three flights of stairs".
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The childminder and Tory councillor's wife was finally released from HMP Peterborough on Thursday
| THE TELEGRAPHReform UK's deputy leader Richard Tice, pictured outside HMP Peterborough after meeting Lucy Connolly
| PAWhile Mrs Connolly's husband Raymond said just days ago that her fellow inmates "cracked up" when they were told of what she had been jailed for.
Also during her stint behind bars, ex-Reform MP Rupert Lowe invited her to attend a Westminster debate on his landmark petition to review the possible penalties for social media posts.
"Evidently, Lucy is better qualified to talk on this than all of us," Mr Lowe said, adding that he was "pleased" to confirm that she would be in attendance as a guest of honour.
And speaking to GB News, high-profile American political commentator Charlie Kirk promised to inform US Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio of her jailing.
"I'm going to bring this up to Marco Rubio. I'm going to send him a text," Kirk confirmed to the People's Channel.
Mr Rubio's State Department's annual Human Rights Practices report went on to warn of "credible reports of serious restrictions on freedom of expression" in the UK.
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It said there were "specific areas of concern" regarding "restrictions on political speech deemed 'hateful' or 'offensive'" under Labour.
Upon her eventual release, Mr Farage declared Mrs Connolly a "symbol of Keir Starmer's authoritarian, broken, two-tier Britain".
And in a bombshell interview with The Telegraph, the childminder said she had "absolutely" been the Prime Minister's "political prisoner".
In May, Sir Keir said: "I am strongly in favour of free speech; we've had free speech in this country for a very long time and we protect it fiercely."
Responding to Rupert Lowe at PMQs, he added: "But I am equally against incitement to violence against other people. I will always support the action taken by our police and courts to keep our streets and people safe."