LUCY Connolly has blasted the "broken" prison system as she joined Nigel Farage on stage at the Reform Party conference today.

Former childminder Connolly - who's also the wife of a Conservative councillor - was jailed last year for stirring up racial hatred against asylum seekers in the aftermath of the Southport murders.

However, following her release on August 21 - after serving 40 per cent of her 31-month sentence - Connolly has claimed she was a "political prisoner" and said she would take legal action against the "two-tier system".

Today, she appeared on the main stage of the conference in a special live recording of The Telegraph's Planet Normal podcast with Allison Pearson and Liam Halligan, the newspaper said.

She was also pictured smiling alongside Farage during the event.

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