Piers Morgan
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True.
So he was right.
No, he was- I can't say we weren't warned.
But the point is, look, it's not like- He's not a fascist though, Boris Johnson.
He's an authoritarian.
But it diminishes the word fascist when you say that about people.
If you have three times as many arrests for speech crimes, it's more authoritarian.
I've not seen that stat.
If that is true, it's because we have been so appalling in protecting free speech.
The idea that we are living here in a more authoritarian state than Russia.
If you're...
No, not come on.
Those are the numbers.
You don't believe that.
I believe in science.
What would happen if you criticize the government?
If you went on the airwaves here tonight.
I'm an American.
They're not going to mess with me.
If you went on the airwaves here tonight and you start abusing and hammering and mocking and criticizing our prime minister, which, by the way, many people are doing.