Close Menu
amed postamed post
  • News
  • World
  • Life & Style
  • Sport
  • Entertainment
  • Health
  • Tech
  • Travel
  • Contact
What's Hot

City with ‘tropical’ beaches and £2 beers overshadowed by Barcelona | Europe | Travel

August 4, 2025

Labour are stretching our patience to breaking point – we’ve been here before | Politics | News

August 4, 2025

5 essential checks you ‘need to do’ when buying a used car ?

August 4, 2025
Facebook X (Twitter) Instagram
Trending
  • City with ‘tropical’ beaches and £2 beers overshadowed by Barcelona | Europe | Travel
  • Labour are stretching our patience to breaking point – we’ve been here before | Politics | News
  • 5 essential checks you ‘need to do’ when buying a used car ?
  • Crisis in Spain as now tourists have even abandoned Benidorm and beaches left almost empty | Travel News | Travel
  • Royal photographer makes bold prediction about Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson | Royal | News
  • Rats could make a home in your garden because of 1 item
  • Boost for Prince Harry after he issued a shock new statement | Royal | News
  • Tuna mayo will be tastier with no effort if you use 1 ingredient chefs swear by
  • News
  • World
  • Life & Style
  • Sport
  • Entertainment
  • Health
  • Tech
  • Travel
  • Contact
Facebook X (Twitter) Instagram
amed postamed post
Subscribe
Monday, August 4
  • News
  • World
  • Life & Style
  • Sport
  • Entertainment
  • Health
  • Tech
  • Travel
  • Contact
amed postamed post
Home»News

Jess Phillips wades into Nigel Farage row with fresh Jimmy Savile swip | Politics | News

amedpostBy amedpostAugust 4, 2025 News No Comments3 Mins Read
Share
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Email


Labour’s Jess Phillips claimed Nigel Farage would empower “modern-day Jimmy Saviles” with Reform UK’s pledge to repeal the Online Safety Act. The Home Office minister waded into the row with the Reform leader sparked by Technology Secretary Peter Kyle last week.

Mr Kyle sparked fury from Mr Farage after saying he was putting himself on the side of “extreme pornographers” and people like Savile by opposing the law. Under rules that came into effect earlier this month as part of the act, online platforms such as social media sites and search engines must take steps to prevent children from accessing harmful content such as pornography or material that encourages suicide.

But Mr Farage has said the legislation threatens freedom of speech and open debate.

Writing in The Times, Ms Phillips said: “Farage said it’s the biggest threat to freedom of speech in our lifetimes.

“My colleague Peter Kyle said he was siding with modern-day Jimmy Saviles preying on children online.”

She said she would like to speak to Mr Farage about “one of those modern-day Saviles, Alexander McCartney”.

McCartney, who posed as a teenage girl to befriend young females from across the globe on Snapchat and other platforms before blackmailing them, “just needed a computer” to reach his targets, Ms Phillips wrote.

Believed to be one of the world’s most prolific online offenders, McCartney abused at least 70 children online and drove one girl to suicide.

Ms Phillips said the Online Safety Act exists to try to provide a “basic minimum of protection, and make it harder for paedophiles to prey on children at will”.

She said police have told her that paedophile networks use “normal websites where their parents assume they’re safe” to coerce and blackmail young people.

“Perhaps Nigel Farage doesn’t worry about that – there’s no political advantage in it, and no clicks for his monetised social media accounts. But I do.

“I worry about what it means now and what it will mean when boys reared on a diet of ultraviolent online child abuse are adult men having children of their own. I can’t ignore that, neither can Peter Kyle, and, most importantly, nor can millions of parents across the country.

“I defy Nigel Farage to tell me what any of that has to do with free speech.

“I defy him to meet even one parent who has lost a daughter to suicide because she was being blackmailed online and tell them that is just the price of civil liberties. Maybe he’d feel differently after that kind of meeting, or maybe he wouldn’t care.”

Her comments echo those of Mr Kyle, who said last week: “Make no mistake about it, if people like Jimmy Savile were alive today, he’d be perpetrating his crimes online. And Nigel Farage is saying that he’s on their side.”

Mr Farage demanded an apology from the Technology Secretary, who refused to withdraw the remarks.

Keep Reading

Labour are stretching our patience to breaking point – we’ve been here before | Politics | News

Royal photographer makes bold prediction about Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson | Royal | News

Boost for Prince Harry after he issued a shock new statement | Royal | News

I was in the room for Nigel Farage’s announcement and noticed one big change | Politics | News

Greece and Turkey chaos as British tourists ditch summer breaks for 2 reasons | World | News

HMRC breaks statement on state pension overpayment errors | UK | News

Add A Comment
Leave A Reply Cancel Reply

Editors Picks

'I am obsessed with Netflix and here are my top five picks for this month'

July 8, 2025

Cyndi Lauper picks 1904 classic as her favourite song ever

May 21, 2025

PS Plus April 2025 Extra games predictions – Last of Us Part 2 among the top picks

April 7, 2025

Review: Record Shares of Voters Turned Out for 2020 election

January 11, 2021
Latest Posts

Queen Elizabeth the Last! Monarchy Faces Fresh Demand to be Axed

January 20, 2021

Marquez Explains Lack of Confidence During Qatar GP Race

January 15, 2021

Young Teen Sucker-punches Opponent During Basketball Game

January 15, 2021

Subscribe to News

Get the latest sports news from NewsSite about world, sports and politics.

Advertisement

info@amedpost.com

Facebook X (Twitter) Instagram Pinterest YouTube

Subscribe to Updates

Get the latest creative news from FooBar about art, design and business.

Facebook X (Twitter) Instagram Pinterest
  • News
  • World
  • Life & Style
  • Sport
  • Entertainment
  • Health
  • Tech
  • Travel
  • Contact
© 2025 The Amed Post

Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.