A senior Cabinet minister accused Nigel Farage of being on the side of sick paedophiles like Jimmy Savile today amid a deepening row over online free speech.
Peter Kyle also accused the Reform UK leader Nigel Farage of being on the side of 'extreme pornographers' over the party's pledge to scrap the Online Safety Act.
The Technology Secretary made the astonishing outburst as he defended the law, which came into effect last Friday and requires social media sites and search engines to take steps to prevent children accessing harmful content like pornography.
Critics including Mr Farage claim that it is being used to stifle free speech by blocking people from seeing some political statements online, especially those by right-wing figures.
But Mr Kyle told Sky News he had seen no evidence that the Online Safety Act 'goes too far'.
