Lib Dems: Summon US ambassador over secretive meetings with Farage on rolling back women’s rights in UK

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The Liberal Democrats have called on the Government to summon the US Ambassador to explain why the US embassy in London held secretive talks with Nigel Farage on rolling back women’s rights and online safety laws in the UK.

The party also said Nigel Farage must come clean on his shadowy ties with the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), a US group reportedly involved in setting up meetings between the Reform UK leader and representatives of the Trump administration.

Recent reporting by the New York Times has revealed that the ADF organised Farage’s three-hour testimony to US Congress earlier this year, where he described Britain as “awful” and rallied against the Online Safety Act. In a breakfast meeting apparently overseen by the US embassy and attended by their diplomats and aides, Farage also reportedly met with representatives of the ADF to discuss rowing back online safety laws and protections for women seeking abortions.

Liberal Democrat Deputy Leader Daisy Cooper said:

“Women across the country will be horrified that Nigel Farage seems to be actively colluding with the Trump administration to roll back women’s rights in Britain.

“Nigel Farage needs to come clean on these meetings with this shadowy US group and explain if his party would weaken women’s rights if he came to power.

“The US ambassador should also be summoned to explain what looks like a blatant attempt to interfere in the UK’s domestic laws.

“The Liberal Democrats will stand up against these attempts to turn Trump’s America into Farage’s Britain and roll back the clock on decades of progress.”

ENDS

Notes to Editor:

The meetings between Nigel Farage and the Alliance Defending Democracy were reported in the New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/world/europe/uk-abortion-farage.html

The Liberal Democrats are calling for the US Ambassador to be summoned to explain the meeting with Nigel Farage in March 2025, which was reportedly overseen by the US embassy and brokered by the ADF. Two of the embassy’s top diplomats were reportedly at the meeting.

The ADF’s missions include the rolling back of women’s rights. The group has been closely aligned with President Trump since he rose to power on a populist right-wing platform.