Jo Brand’s “battery acid” comments being assessed by police as Nigel Farage fumes| 5 News

► Subscribe to 5 News: http://bit.ly/5NewsSub ► Jo Brand has been accused of inciting violence by the Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage after saying she would throw “battery acid” over politicians instead of milkshake. The BBC has defended the broadcast and Brand herself has told Five News that free speech in comedy is “extremely important.” ► #5News #News #Brand ► Follow 5 News: Facebook: http://bit.ly/5NewsFB Twitter: http://bit.ly/5NewsTwitter ► About 5 News: Channel 5 News covers the key events of the day with a boldness to often lead on different stories to other news programmes and put people at the heart of its news reports. The flagship programme at 5pm is watched by up to a million viewers, with a later bulletin broadcast at 6.30pm and regular short news updates throughout the day. The Channel 5 News operation is located in a bespoke state-of-the-art newsroom based at Channel 5, linked to ITN's central technical, editorial and corporate infrastructure. ITN changed the TV news landscape when it launched 5 News in 1997, producing Five News for nine years before winning the contract to supply news to Channel 5 again from 2012.