NIGEL FARAGE has told how he wasn’t prepared to let “pipsqueak” Matt Hancock tell him how to live his life.
Mr Farage spoke out after it emerged the former Health Secretary had shared a What’sApp message asking if it was possible to get the former Brexit Party leader locked up.
According to reports, Mr Hancock wanted a probe into images Mr Farage had tweeted of himself during the pandemic showing him in a Kent pub after he’d travelled to attend a US Trump rally.
Speaking on GB News this evening (THU) Mr Farage said: “The headline is, can we lock up pub hooligan Nigel Farage? Alright, okay, here we go. I’m going to fess up. When the first lockdown came, I thought all right I will accept the Coronavirus Act. It had gone through the House of Commons giving ministers powers we’ve not seen since the time of medieval kings. I didn’t like it. But I obeyed it. Then I saw lockdown after lockdown, and I saw hysteria surrounding the number of times we had to get jabbed.
“Then I saw the media, earning so much money out of advertising, that there was almost no room for debate or criticism. And then I saw Matt Hancock standing up there, and saying things like this is an order. You must stay at home. Well, I thought as the month went on, to hell with you. This is absolutely ridiculous. You’re telling me I can’t even go fishing. I can’t even go on my own and sit on a beach somewhere and fish – this is crackers. And frankly, I began to just not comply.
“Did I go and visit elderly relatives that I shouldn’t have done under the law? Yes, I did. And I bet many of you did too.”
Addressing the image Mr Hancock reportedly wanted probed he added: “That picture when I had been to America, I was supposed to quarantine I think for 14 days. Had I reached the full 14 days? Well, it was a bit nip and tuck. I think I probably hadn’t quite done.
“But you know what, whatever I did, whatever I was doing, when I was out there breaking these ludicrous rules, I always made sure I used hand sanitizer. I always kept my distance from people.
“And I have to say, you know, bad laws make people law breakers. So, there we are. I’ve fully confessed. If you think the worst would be for it, I’m sorry, but I just don’t like tyrannical Government. I don’t like little pipsqueaks, like Matt Hancock telling me how I should live my life.”
