Nigel Farage no-show chaos at hard-right US conference as he misses anti-migrant speech

Nigel Farage was a no-show at a right wing US political conference yesterday after he failed to arrive in time for his speaking slot.

Farage travelled more than 3,000 miles from the UK to Washington for a two day trip to spread vile anti-migrant rhetoric and badmouth Britain.

Today he was due to give a speech to the hard-right National Conservatism conference, alongside Trump's Director of National Intelligence Tusli Gabbard and his former advisor-turned conspiracy-minded podcast host Steve Bannon.

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Farage may have been a no-show at the conference, but his sometime sparring partner Douglas Carswell, a former UKIP MP and key figure in the Brexit referendum, was seen arriving at the conference.

Instead of Farage, hedge funder and Republican donor Tom Klingenstein gave a speech about "white guilt," which he argued was "the problem of our time."

Tomorrow, Farage will become the first UK MP to give evidence to a committee of the US Congress for almost 20 years, at a House Judiciary Committee investigation into "Europe's threat to American Speech and Innovation."

Farage last week pledged to deport 600,000 people from the UK, send asylum seekers to countries where they could be tortured and murdered and cut deals with the Taliban to force families to return to Afghanistan.

He walked back his suggestion that women and children would be jailed and deported under Reform's plan after a furious backlash.

His speech at the National Conservatism conference, to be delivered this evening (TUE) is entitled "Getting Mass Deportations Done".

The hard right conference will also include speeches from Trump's Director of National Intelligence Tusli Gabbard and former advisor turned hard-right podcaster Steve Bannon.

He's expected to raise the case of Lucy Connolly, who admitted and was convicted of publishing written material that incited racial hatred after calling for migrant hotels to be set on fire on Twitter.

Ahead of the trip, Mr Farage said Ms Connolly, who painted herself as a "political prisoner" after her release from prison, would be "a very central point of what I'm discussing".

Farage's free speech argument was given a helpfully-timed boost yesterday (TUE), with the news that Father Ted creator-turned anti-Trans activist Graham Linehan had been arrested at Heathrow Airport over posts he'd made on X/Twitter in April.

One post read: "If a trans-identified male is in a female-only space, he is committing a violent, abusive act. Make a scene, call the cops and if all else fails, punch him in the balls."

The Metropolitan Police said: "On Monday, September 1st at 1pm officers arrested a man at Heathrow airport after he arrived on an inbound American Airlines flight.

"The man in his 50s was arrested on suspicion of inciting violence. This is in relation to posts on X.

"After being taken to police custody, officers became concerned for his health and he was taken to hospital. His condition is neither life-threatening nor life-changing.

"He has now been bailed pending further investigation."

The Irish comedy writer also created Black Books, The IT Crowd and co-wrote the sketch show Big Train.

Farage said yesterday: “The Graham Linehan case is yet another example of the war on free speech in the UK.

"I will discuss this, the Lucy Connolly case and the increasing role of our police in non-crime ‘hate’ incidents on Capitol Hill tomorrow. Free speech is under assault and I am urging the USA to be vigilant.”

Vice President JD Vance, who met with Farage during his recent visit to the UK, has frequently attacked the UK, claiming laws to crack down on harassment of women, online paedophiles and violent racism are assaults on "freedom of speech".