Nigel Farage has branded Sir Keir Starmer's criticism of his address to US Congress as a "desperate" attempt to bring him down.
Speaking to GB News following his hearing in Washington, the Reform UK leader declared the Prime Minister is "so on the run that he has resorted to outright lies".
Earlier today in PMQs Mr Starmer addressed Mr Farage's absence from the Commons, claiming his decision to speak out on free speech in the US was "unpatriotic".
The Prime Minister stated: "He has flown to America to bad mouth and talk down our country.
"Worse than that, if you can believe it, he’s gone there to lobby the Americans to impose sanctions on this country to harm working people. You cannot get more unpatriotic than that. [Its a] disgrace."
Nigel Farage defiantly hit back at Keir Starmer's claims following his address to Congress, declaring him 'desperate'
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Hitting back at the claims, Mr Farage told GB News Political Editor Christopher Hope: "This Prime Minister is so desperate now, he's so on the run that he resorted just to outright lies. Outright lies.
"The idea that I've suggested we should be punished with tariffs, I've never said anything of that kind whatsoever. What I'm saying is the opposite."
He assured: "What I'm saying to Americans is please have a chat with the British Government, say this is not going to work the way it currently is and for the betterment of both of us. Let's rethink the legislation."
Pressed by Christopher on his absence from PMQs, Mr Farage furiously rebutted: "So what? What can I do there? I said in Parliament, I get abused by everybody, and I get to answer once every two or three months.
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| PARLIAMENT"I don't think that should be a priority over talking here to American legislators and American companies who matter a lot to our country."
Warning of the economic impact on US businesses travelling to Britain amid the ongoing free speech laws, Mr Farage explained: "It's a real issue for Americans now, and it's an even bigger issue in some ways for companies.
"Think of the vast amount of business that we do with American companies, and they do with British companies.
"Why would an executive of a tech firm want to set foot in Britain? Why would they invest money in Britain under this current situation? This is something that really needs to be sorted."
Asked by Christopher how Reform UK would resolve the implementation of the Online Safety Act, Mr Farage told GB News: "We all want solutions, I gave a suggestion this morning to this committee. I said, maybe there's something in hardware.
"Maybe under 16-year-olds can only have a certain type of handset, which will prohibit them from going into certain areas of the internet. There are always ways around these things, but that might be an attempt.
Mr Farage told GB News that the Prime Minister's claims are 'outright lies'
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He added: "I want to protect children. There's not a parent in Britain doesn't want to protect their children.
"But if this is to protect children, why does the Act set up an elite police force to look at what we're saying?"
Delivering his verdict on Angela Rayner's tax affairs revelation, the Reform UK leader admitted he "cannot see how she can survive this".
He concluded: "If a case like that was me, you'd all be demanding that I resign. I just don't see how she survives this. It's not for me to comment, but I think the facts are all out there in the open.
"She's admitted she's done it, it's certainly an HMRC issue to begin with, I just don't see how you survive this. I think it's more likely than not that she'll resign."