This is The Guardian.

Today, how Nigel Farage's right was giving a speech in the European Parliament.

Mr President, there should be three things that all of us on all sides of this house can agree on.

One, we all stand by the Ukraine and we support its sovereignty and its territorial integrity.

This is Nathan Gill, a Mormon bishop who went on to represent Wales,

first for UKIP, for Roger's original party, then for the Brexit party.

And most recently, he led Reform UK in Wales.

If you weren't paying attention, the speech sounded innocuous.

Boring even.

Let's just say he's not the most naturally gifted orator.

Ukraine's citizens must enjoy freedom and be respected.

He began with a few platitudes about freedom of the press in Ukraine, or the Ukraine, as he put it.

And he expressed sympathy for the people of Crimea, who'd been under Russian occupation since 2014.

I have every sympathy with Ukraine when it comes to the Crimea, when it comes to Russian aggression

and interference.

And then, in his own mild-mannered way, he stuck the boot in to the Ukrainian government.

But as surely as you can't fight fire with fire, it is wrong to fight repression with repression.

We've seen activists and journalists alike being violently attacked by radicals with little,

if any, reaction or protection from the Ukrainian government.

The Ukrainian government is in the process of banning the two biggest TV channels in the country, he said.

Channel 112 and News 1. And proper democratic procedures are being ignored.

Four months before an election.

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