Nigel Farage probed by police for using metaphor at Brexit rally after Remainer complains.
BREXIT Party leader Nigel Farage is being investigated by the police after an MEP from Northern Ireland reported him for telling a crowd he would “take the knife" to EU-loving pen-pushers from Whitehall.
Gwent Police said they are investigating a complaint made by Alliance Party MEP Naomi Long who reported his words to officers who are now probing the Brexit Party leader who she accuses of inciting violence. Mr Farage told a 500-strong Brexit Party rally in Newport: “Once Brexit is done, we will take the knife to the pen pushers in Whitehall.” Ms Long reported the matter for a "clear case of incitement to violence against staff in the civil service".
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Two are awarded. The first for Ms Long and the second to Gwent Police.
