MEP suggests comments by Brexit Party leader in speech to supporters was an 'incitement to violence'.
Police say they are investigating comments made by Nigel Farage after he said"we'll take the knife" to civil servants in Whitehall after Brexit.
The Brexit Party leader talked about"overpaid pen pushers... not doing a neutral job" in a speech to supporters in Newport on 21 September.to police, Alliance Party MEP Naomi Long called his words a"clear case of incitement to violence".Mr Farage's address to delegates and party members came during the Brexit Party Conference tour a week ago.
He added:"I suggest we listen to them and not the overpaid pen pushers in Whitehall who are not doing a neutral job. And once Brexit's done, we'll take the knife to them."
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