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UK's ban of Dutch MP criticised
BBC ^ | 13 February 2009

Posted on 02/13/2009 8:44:08 PM PST by Roger_Wildcat

The government has come under fire after banning a Dutch MP from entering the UK over anti-Islamic remarks.

Former Conservative cabinet minister Michael Portillo said by turning away Geert Wilders, ministers had made a "populist twit and bigot" world famous.

The Freedom Party MP had been invited to a House of Lords screening of his film, linking the Koran to terrorism.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: fitna; geert; muslims; uk
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1 posted on 02/13/2009 8:44:09 PM PST by Roger_Wildcat
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Why doesn’t Wilders chill with the rhetoric, and simply take this case to the European Court of Justice? I worked in Brussels for 2 years, and the UK’s act is a clear violation. They will LOSE and have to pay damages as well.


2 posted on 02/13/2009 8:46:38 PM PST by FreepShop1 (www.FreepShop.com)
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If he had planned to denounce Christianity he would have been given red-carpet treatment.


3 posted on 02/13/2009 8:49:18 PM PST by relictele
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No, Michael Portillo is the Twit for saying that.


4 posted on 02/13/2009 8:52:16 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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Why doesn’t Wilders chill with the rhetoric, and simply take this case to the European Court of Justice? I worked in Brussels for 2 years, and the UK’s act is a clear violation. They will LOSE and have to pay

Perhaps Wilders believes there are more important things than money.

6 posted on 02/13/2009 10:12:54 PM PST by vbmoneyspender
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Perhaps Wilders believes there are more important things than money.

No. My point is that the ECJ can COMPEL the UK to let him in. It really is an open and shut case.

7 posted on 02/13/2009 10:26:17 PM PST by FreepShop1 (www.FreepShop.com)
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The Freedom Party MP had been invited to a House of Lords screening of his film, linking the Koran to terrorism.

Truth is bigotry these days I guess...

8 posted on 02/13/2009 11:54:58 PM PST by TheThinker (Shame and guilt mongering is the Left's favorite tool of control.)
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"Former Conservative cabinet minister Michael Portillo said by turning away Geert Wilders, ministers had made a "populist twit and bigot" world famous."

Is this what passes for conservative thought in Britian these days? That a guy showing a film linking terrorism to Islam is a twit and bigot? Right, there's no link whatsoever...
9 posted on 03/06/2010 7:45:44 PM PST by Old Teufel Hunden
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These are also the same people that denied Michael Savage from entering Britian also. It’s not surprising they denied Geert Wilders entry.


10 posted on 03/06/2010 7:48:06 PM PST by Old Teufel Hunden
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