Farage blasts ‘cover-up Keir’ for ‘hiding the truth’ as PM admits failings
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NIGEL Farage has stuck by claims Downing Street was part of a 'cover-up' over the Southport killings. The Reform UK leader said that Sir Keir Starmer was “hiding” behind the law instead of delivering the full facts including the murderer being referred to an anti-extremist programme.
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His outburst came after Sir Keir Starmer launched a ferocious defence of what he knew insisting it wasn’t made public as it could collapse any future trial. Mr Farage, who has been in Washington DC for Donald Trump’s inauguration, said: “The Prime Minister is once again hiding behind the contempt of court argument.
“This is simply untrue, the country needed to know the truth about this murderer and that he was known to the authorities. “Even MPs were banned from asking questions about this man’s background. Cover up Keir convinces no one.”. The Prime Minister had earlier been pressed at a Number 10 press conference over whether he knew killer Axel Rudakubana had been referred to the Prevent anti-extremism programme three times.
He was also pushed on whether details had been held back from the public in the aftermath when widespread riots spread across the country. Unrest broke out across the country last summer following the stabbings in Southport fuelled by misinformation being spread on the social media site X, owned by Tesla billionaire Elon Musk who is a close ally of US President Donald Trump.
