A conference on conservatism - taking place in Brussels and attended by mainstream figures - is being besieged by police trying to shut it down. A decade ago this would have been unthinkable. If you care about political pluralism and freedom of expression, it should trouble you.
A conference on conservatism - taking place in Brussels and attended by mainstream figures - is being besieged by police trying to shut it down. A decade ago this would have been unthinkable. If you care about political pluralism and freedom of expression, it should trouble you.
@PaulEmbery It should, and it does! Baffling, to say the least.
@PaulEmbery Don't you think it weird? All over Europe, ordinary people vote for populism but the political elite try and railroad those people to illiberal viewpoints. Brussels today could be Kahn's London tomorrow. People all over want politicians to deliver improvements, not lecture.
@PaulEmbery George Orwell should've named his novel 2024
@PaulEmbery It does trouble we libertarians, even though we disagree profoundly with NatCons on many issues.
@PaulEmbery Next time the organisers of the conference should change the name of the event to “Jihad in the 21st Century: Key Learnings and Challenges for the Global Muslim Ummah”. The event will go ahead.
@PaulEmbery Yes indeed it is as scary AF, echoes of Reichstag 1933 mate...
@PaulEmbery I fully support this happening to them. It's about time that they suffered the consequences of their own policies, laws, and lack of attention over the last bunch of years.
@PaulEmbery Why did they choose Brussels to oragnise this? This action Probably will backfire on the Liberals.