Peter Hitchens’ stark warning after National Conservative Conference shut down by local authorities

"You often find in local government the first signs of what national governments will do in 15 or 20 years."
Police shutdown of a National Conservative Conference in Belguim is a worrying sign for government views towards free speech warn Peter Hitchens and Yasmin Alibhai-Brown.
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This woman doesn't like Britain!!!!!!

[@dannysmits9706]

Raise chickens instead.

[@Xubelo]

Neither do Conservatives.

[@vonryansexpress]

Idi Amin threw her out of Uganda - its easy to see why . .

[@Set-ri6rs]

yeah i skipped when she started to speak.

[@eriklarsson3188]

She doesn't like England that's for sure.

[@jj220870]

Yasmin, I thought you were leaving the country if Brexit happened ?????????????????????

[@JohnRice-vb2ze]

Never interrupt your enemy when they are busy making a mistake. They have exposed themselves for all the world to see.

[@1312Johnny]

Thing is, the world is mental!

[@braxxian]

Only cowards can’t handle alternative points of view.

[@englishjona6458]

Even if the hey are lies ? Says more about you, that you would listen to a complete proven charlatan, just saying

[@dannysmits9706]

Chose a location that can handle 800, if you invite 800;

[@lewis123417]

​@@dannysmits9706wtf are you talking about? The venue could hold 800, only 200 were in attendance

[@lewis123417]

​@@dannysmits9706800 people weren't invited 😂

[@mark-nm4tc]

Is that why GB News kicked journalist Michael Crick off a show for saying they're nothing but a right wing propaganda channel backed by the rich?

[@burnsnight1]

Yasmin doesn't believe all voices should be heard, only hers.She is still here after promising twice to leave.

[@anonnemo2504]

The talking heads circuit in the UK has always been quite lucrative. "The BBC had decided that people with left wing views would not be allowed on", says Ms. Alibhai-Brown. I always suspected this lady was "away with the fairies" and that claim is confirmation.

[@ralphmillais5237]

She says she hates white men yet married one, and hates Britain but is still here. I feel threatened by her views and insist she is silenced forthwith....

[@bereal6590]

Racist, much

[@christinegaynor8273]

Hate speech

[@stephenmcdonagh2795]

She's a vile hypocrite who can't help but show her distain for the working classes- she's also deluded and ridiculous.

[@BrassToff]

I'm with Peter. Free speech for everybody, whatever they've got to say, as long as it isn't illegal; that was the legal position in the UK for many years. Social media has ruined proper discourse.

[@gh8447]

_as long as it isn't illegal_ But there's the rub; what do you deem 'illegal'? Let's say you oppose illegal migration - people who think we should have open borders (and there's plenty that do) will then call you racist just for saying we need to get a grip on it, so now you're 'guilty' of a hate crime. In Scotland recently, the introduction of the Hate Crimes bill got a woman arrested for expressing an opinion in her own home!

[@kenfaulds8818]

​@gh8447 Agreed. Also what drives this agenda as a Christian concerns me.

[@denisebrown4735]

@@gh8447 That is a total fallacy. Since the introduction of the hate bill and Scotland the number of people actually claiming / reporting a hate crime has gone down by quite a percentage. I think the public know the difference between offending someone - that is feeling uncomfortable and taking offence with expressed views as opposed to hateful persistent intent to harm someone because of their race (or other difference ).

[@gh8447]

@@denisebrown4735 Is that why the news is reporting that the Police have been swamped by reports of hate crime? Because it's gone _down_ quite a percentage? Sure, okay. Quite apart from the fact you _completely_ missed the point... 🤦

[@gareth2736]

​@@kenfaulds8818being anti immigrants isn't a traditionally Christian position. It might be your own political views and even sensible from a pragmatic perspective but it goes against the teaching of the bible in terms of the old testament and "loving the alien amongst you " and the practice of the disciples of Jesus in the New Testament who took advantage of free movement within the Roman Empire to spread the gospel rather than staying in their own countries.

[@alanmckay7040]

If you can control what people can and can't say you can control what they can and can't think, and I don't want anybody, especially the government telling me what I can and can't think.

[@californiadreamin8423]

Are you serious ? Look at todays media who control what people light in the head think, NOW.

[@dannysmits9706]

The UK arrested far more protesters than Putin. When we do not roll out the red carpet for Trump, that does not say anything about Farange. Trump compared the whole region with a hellhole, not just one person... and he ate all the chocolates.

[@Xubelo]

Hahaha … as long as you’re not falling for hoax conspiracy theories as an alternative (whether that be Pizzagate, Frazzledrip, Adrenochrome, QAnon, stolen elections that didn’t happen).

[@stumac869]

The government can however brainwash children and teach them what to think. That's how many of the evil socialist dictatorships have gained power.

[@christinegaynor8273]

This woman does not like us 🇮🇪💪💪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@ManGoatHamburger]

In the same way that the Irish don’t like people who assume they’re British, perhaps?

[@trevaudio]

@@ManGoatHamburger 😂😂😂😂 spoken like a true little englander !

[@ManGoatHamburger]

@@trevaudio I think you’ve got the wrong end of the stick. Read it again.

[@Scrotalyser]

This old woman is bananas.

[@kirkshairpiece6741]

That woman who was opposing free speech is simply nuts. The BBC is one of the most left-wing media outlets on the planet. Propagating that the left-wing is unable to freely speak at the BBC and having the "moderator" instantly back her up seems very hard to swallow.

[@ConstructiveMinds100]

Yet they are happy to promote Saville., Speed in Top Gear that ends lives and drugs by promoting drug ex addicts.

[@goldenoriolesilverbirch8220]

When we are allotted small boxes to live in, the only clothes available are itchy pajamas, the only food available is bugs & language has been trimmed down to a vocabulary of 'yes sir'' & 'how high,' we will have reached a state of 'true freedom.'

[@paulrichmond9720]

And it's coming unless we ALL wake up. It's no good waiting for someone else to fight what's going on. Just look in the mirror. That's the person who will change things.

[@papamurrth1]

Not often I agree with Peter. Very telling when people like me on the left are agreeing with him. How are we on the left arguing against THE most basic liberal principles of freedom of expression. "A good thing too freedom of speech doesn't exist" - what a terrifying sentence. When she is dead and gone, and that principle of hers remains that we can silence whomever we want, what other views will become "unacceptable"? Always stand up for the right to express yourself. Always fight back against these restrictions to put liberty, no matter what side of the political aisle you are on

[@James_36]

because left wing is not liberal

[@kevinmcfarlane2752]

You are in the minority of non-authoritarian leftists, like Jimmy Dore, Glenn Greenwald, Kim Iversen et al in the US.

[@thecomprador]

That lady hurts my feelings. She needs to be cancelled.

[@anonnemo2504]

I always suspected Ms. Alibhai-Brown was "away with the fairies" and the claim that, "The BBC had decided that people with left wing views would not be allowed on" is confirmation.

[@paulcastle1718]

To be ignored .

[@michaels8638]

words can never hurt, your own morality causes self harm.

[@kenfaulds8818]

Correct. "Sticks and stones will break my bones but words will never harm me" and I would add only if we let them.

[@truckerfromreno]

This is very scary.

[@robinmuirhead2617]

It's very siimple - TOO MUCH GOVERNMENT !!

[@theraljaxtin]

Braverman is a member of the current UK government, Farage is a former member of the EU government and desperate to get a seat in the Commons. The people at this conference are literally part of the problem if that is your view.

[@dannysmits9706]

Our highest court has ruled that the mayor has somehow misunderstood his duties. Normally that is the task of the governor, who has to answer to the parliament, but The governor of Brussels until recently was an exception, since he was to answer directly to the King. Last year, 4 mayors were put on a permanent leave, to learn how to read and write. Brussels has 17 mayors.

[@dannysmits9706]

If it is not complicated, it is not Belgium. It is in our culture, in our soul. And you are not going to change that, or it is for our wellbeing. And stop shouting.

[@Robert-A-R]

Oh God - it’s Yasmin 🙈

[@Xubelo]

Nah - you’re delusional.

[@joblogs8886]

Not this old trout again.

[@judewestburner]

It's not new Peter. Europe was lost long ago

[@paulgibbons2320]

These people still think we have free speech 😂

[@williamgould2855]

we might have ? as long as you say the right things ?

[@paulgibbons2320]

@@williamgould2855 crude trolling. Weldone.

[@garethbuckeridge6910]

There will always be extremes on the left and right in politics. If you want to move people to the centre ground you need to listen to their concerns and offer solutions because hiding the problem away wont make it go away.

[@dannysmits9706]

That right is in the Belgian constitution. Apparently there was a (terrorist) threat of some sort when, after two hours, the police no longer allowed people to enter. The analysis is not done by the mayor. Some of our mayors can barely read or write... let alone analyse threats. In my village, the postman is the mayor. De Winter is a street fighter, friend of Bashar al-Assad. We do not want him to attack our mayor.

[@MyName-cw4yr]

Hiding the problem as you put it jist forces people towards extremism.

[@lewis123417]

​@dannysmits9706 so if you want to shut down a legitimate event in Belgium you just call in a fake threat? You lot are weak😂

[@dannysmits9706]

@@lewis123417The event was not shut down. Inform yourselves. People were prevented from entering, when after two hours it was no longer safe to allow more. The advice of the fire brigade was probably taken into account: That is normal procedure.

[@dannysmits9706]

@@lewis123417 I'll take that as a personal insult from someone who probably does not live around the corner and has not introduced himself properly to me at my doorstep.

[@hywelmurray]

Because words hurt , that says all you need to know

[@dannysmits9706]

That would be a breach of constitutional rights: Didn't happen. You can say wat you want, but Farage does not speak our language, and his German is terrible. How are we to know where he came from with all of that? And now I come to think of it: according to that same constitution, all Belgians are equal. That does not apply to him. We do not wish to know what he says, if he does not offer his sincere apologies.

[@eyesodd]

No they don't, they are just that words, toughen up. Sticks n stones.....

[@chatham43]

@hywel Especially when they are meaningless?

[@MrPurge11]

@@eyesodd Until those words start causing someone to throw sticks and stones.

[@dannysmits9706]

@@eyesodd To stop an event because of words is unconstitutional: it did not happen. The Coordination Unit for Threat Analysis did not consider what he might say: They deal with terrorism, suicide bombing attacks, safety of the airport...

[@derealovesurvival7549]

Bank gangsters are the problem ... We need law and order but we also need People in Government who will not be bought . It seems Honesty today is a rare thing? The corruption in the church today is a major problem too this has spread through out in all areas of society ..

[@petercrane2065]

Sounds like fascism to me!

[@Jack-bs6zb]

@PeterCrane … sounds like Fascism?? This isn’t ‘national’ socialism is it? It’s the international kind … ie Communism.

[@sayitasitis100]

Yes, that’s why they probably banned it 😂😂😂

[@lewis123417]

​@sayitasitis100 generally it's the facists doing the banning

[@dannysmits9706]

@@sayitasitis100 Who banned what?

[@sayitasitis100]

@@dannysmits9706 the Belgians banned Farage

[@adrianlovett3483]

Peter Hitchins is spot on , a younger generation doesn’t understand what it was like living in totalitarian regimes where you cannot express any view other than that of the government. In trying to become “ politically correct “ we are allowing organisations to create individual totalitarian culture. Political correctness is self evidently ridiculous because what is correct to one person is not to the other. When the lady guest says she is politically correct she simply means she likes her own narrative and isn’t keen on others. That is poor in thought and leads to echo chambers . It will undermine liberal democracy, and should be pushed back on. Words only hurt if they are delivered in a nasty or vindictive way. If you are polite , kind and listen it’s possible and in fact thoroughly pleasing to debate with others who have differing views. Social media doesn’t help this but we need to teach this at all levels of society to enable us to find good solutions to very problematic issues facing our current world.

[@johnmorrison5754]

Dictatorships

[@noahbrock349]

Did that woman explicitly say that free speech is a bad thing? At least she is being honest.

[@dannysmits9706]

It is unconstitutional to stop the event for political raisons.

[@mariontull7996]

Tell that to the Belgium government and who can blame them one speaker from Germany , one from US and 2 from the UK

[@dannysmits9706]

@@mariontull7996 I just gave you the official answer of our PM, to BRUTAL, FALSE allegations that the DEMOCRATIC event was stopped for political raisons. The Coordination Unit for Threat Analysis (CUTA) processes all relevant information and intelligence on terrorism, extremism and problematic radicalization. CUTA tries to link up the right elements, “connecting the dots”, so that societal problems can be dealt with before they become security issue. They speak EU English, but do not use Oxford spelling, for some strange twist of the Matrix. When they intervene, it usually means a Suicide Bombing Attack is imminent (level 4). The danger is still on level 3 today.

[@dannysmits9706]

I repeat that the above is the official answer of our PM, after allegations that the event was somehow hindered. I have to admit that the authorities demanded that the room was too dark and had advised that the number of persons in that room was to be kept to a save maximum.

[@georgesdelatour]

@@dannysmits9706 It's been specifically reported in the UK that Philippe Close (sic) ordered the conference closed because he disagreed with the political opinions of its attendees. Is that false?

[@dannysmits9706]

@@georgesdelatour Yes. The population disagreed, and he elaborately explained why. I wrote a whole article about it, but I can not get it published here. A mayor can use that to be part of the decision-making, but one of his strongest argument was that The Coordination Unit for Threat Analysis had advised him that trouble was likely ahead... advice that can not be ignored. He also discussed the possibilities with his police chief.

[@shrunkensimon]

"We need to be careful.." she lost me right there. Don't tell me what I need to do, lay out your stall and I'll think about it. Anyone who starts with that position is trying to snow you.

[@hudsoi]

Not that Yasmin woman again, she dont arf remind me of Dianne Abbott.

[@Zaarin2007]

I've yet to see a guest on TR more incoherent and confused by their own views than Yasmine Alibhai-Brown. What an earth is she trying to say? It was the same with her views on trans rights - utter confusion. Of course, the same can be said about Hitchens who appears to be a professional disagreer.

[@TimComley]

Woman guest is a known trouble maker she’s dangerous

[@anonnemo2504]

I always suspected this lady was "away with the fairies" and her claim that, "The BBC had decided that people with left wing views would not be allowed on", is confirmation.

[@chesterdonnelly1212]

Peter Hitchens should be there speaking at Nat Con. Come on Peter. You must have something to contribute.

[@anonnemo2504]

"The BBC had decided that people with left wing views would not be allowed on", says Ms. Alibhai-Brown. I always suspected this lady was "away with the fairies" and that claim is confirmation.

[@MrMjp58]

How could she believe that?

[@chrisbirmingham5132]

@@MrMjp58 I stopped watching BBC political coverage for a while, as the only commentators invited seemed to be from the Institute of Economic Affairs, with occasional smatterings of Hitchens, Farage and Melanie Phillips. It certainly looked like a concerted policy.

[@fredmcveigh9877]

So many comments here full of hatred against free speech.

[@JesusMagicPanties]

Rather, you mean the free pretending of victims by abusers and the reversal of meanings

[@dannysmits9706]

They want us to let Farage suricate in a much to small room? Why didn't they come to open a window?

[@mogznwaz]

@@JesusMagicPantiesNatCons are not NatSocs. The globalist Left are the Socs. Htlr was a Soc. Think about it.

[@lewis123417]

​@JesusMagicPanties explain how the police shutting down a conference for no legitimate reason is a good thing

[@1312Johnny]

SHUT UP!

[@simonclare-fu7sx]

'I'm very politically correct ' right there shows her lack of understanding and inability to rationalise anything for herself, pathetic.

[@jcanyiam8309]

THIS IS THE BENEFIT of BREXIT, Nigel Why did they have to host it in Brussels? rather than the UK? because it's CHEAPER- Everything in this Country is so much expensive, Pro-Brexit

[@dannysmits9706]

Nigel called one of our leaders a "damp rag"... but did not pay for the protection police had to offer him during the event. Belgium complained that Portugal issued Schengen visa to just about anybody. A bout Wilders: Our minister said that he would send back the entire bus if he would be in it. We can get very cross when the English come to smash our pub furniture.

[@TG-ts3xn]

Brexit wasn’t a financial decision. It’s about culture and values.

[@dannysmits9706]

As far I can tell, Wilders no longer is persona non grata in the UK, but in Belgium he still is. Try Israel the next time.

[@lewis123417]

​did people at this conference trash a pub?

[@dannysmits9706]

@@lewis123417 That would not be enough raison. OCAD only intervenes when a terror attack is imminent. They can not have that this close to the NATO and the EU buildings... and the Airport.

[@allanhutton1123]

This woman, says she does not believe in freedom of speech, and then complains there is restrictions on speech. Idiocracy at work

[@Titus9508]

When you suddenly need the ECHR...

[@JelMain]

What this does show is that they know nothing about Brussels. Brussels is rather like the GLA, a regional authority alongside Flanders, Wallonia, and a German-speaking area which calls itself Luxemburg but isn't. The Brussels Region consists of 19 Boroughs, of which Emir Kir is Mayor of one, Saint Josse. I'm the brains behind the takeover of another, Watermael-Boitsfort. The Boroughs have various International Organisations such as NATO on their territory, but these have very little interaction at that level of local politics, mostly because the average Belgian hates the guts of the staff. I was an exception, because my mother, half-Belgian, fought alongside the Belgian Resistance: her family was close to the Throne. The biggest difference is that the Mayor of a borough controls the local Police, but not the CID/Serious Crimes/Intelligence services, which are Federal. I also had some serious contacts at the top of those services. From the sounds of it, someone dissed Kir, and it had the effect seen. This passed completely unnoticed by the Belgian Press, and the Commission will have sat there thinking least said, soonest mended.

[@AnotherWiseOwl]

Freedom of speech is the cornerstone of our democracy. Anyone who would cancel freedom of speech for any reason is obviously uncomfortable with what is being said which reinforces the principal of speaking freely.

[@falkopanther7916]

Minute 1:50: Wrong. Certain statements are forbidden by German law; hence Speakers who make those statements on a regular basis were banned upfront; the Berlin congress was shut down when the very Speakers were about to be connected remotely. Despicable to compare NatCon with the Berlin lineup. ❤Free speech!

[@MrMjp58]

We are becoming increasingly polarised. Soon, the question of free speech won't ever come up.

[@Jits25]

Freedom of speech is vital

[@izzwizz2094]

they shouldn’t be cancelling/shutting anyone down

[@dannysmits9706]

Look, the only thing that can be reproached to the organizer of what some call the "Farage conference" is that Anthony Gilland, chief of staff at MCC Brussels did not ask the party goers to bring their own boos.

[@carolinekaye8926]

Peter: "You're pulling my leg" - absolutely!

[@elbaldy1946]

A bad day for democracy

[@californiadreamin8423]

Farage had a voice in the EU Parliament, to which he was elected democratically, and you think it is undemocratic that the Belgiums no longer want to listen to his poisonous rhetoric !! I think it is a good day for democracy in the EU. Farage could stand for the U.K. parliament , where …..if he is elected….he will have a voice. Why doesn’t he ?

[@aion5837]

@@californiadreamin8423 Are you actually saying that only people who have been 'elected' are allowed to have a voice? You have a bizarre understanding of what 'democracy' means. Or, are you an advocate of totalitarianism? It's far better to have 'bad' ideas out in the open where they can be challenged and exposed, for exactly what they are.

[@californiadreamin8423]

@@aion5837 Excuse me , but Farage has a TV channel !!! How big a voice does he need ? Well ? Sc….w your “totalitarian “ argument, because if ever there was a candidate for that office, it’s Farage .

[@mblogistics6257]

Everyone is saying that Belgium and EU are undemocratic etc then why wasn't the conference held in the UK as the beacon of democracy that it is? Does UK allow foreign polticians to just turn up in the UK and have conferences with intet to stir hatred and divisions in the UK , to undemine the UK state?

[@trevaudio]

Where is Hitchens outage at what the German government is doing regarding free speech ?

[@dannysmits9706]

Calling for a trial by media, and mob justice, will not do Faeange's case any good. He should know that. He has been among us before.

[@TG-ts3xn]

Sad. Not shocking.

[@stevenkeith5784]

YABrown mentions Berlin to reignite memories of the 1930s without thinking that the Palestinians, through their Grand Mufti of Jerusalem (before the state of Israel was created) supported those in power in Berlin in the 1930s.

[@ConstructiveMinds100]

Peter's low pitch is getting so low that I can understand that mumbling. Can he work on it?

[@eddyrourke5514]

If ever the title of a book should be changed.... 2024.

[@Slumbert]

In Denmark the Danish peoples party was destroyed by EU. Many years harrashment and finally found not guilty in danish court. But party destroyed.

[@Slumbert]

Last year Danish Peoples party had to stop summermeeting in Flensborg because leftwing threatened etc hotel.

[@SagaciousFrank]

That Yasmin woman is in cloud cuckoo land and contradicting herself. She's not very bright or logical. She's complaining about there not being freedom of speech, then later says we should be thankful we haven't got it. Eh?! And Peters, '...what?!' 8:55 😂

[@maiq5228]

"I don't agree with freedom of speech, also isn't it bad that some people are trying to prevent something I agree with being said" pick one.

[@timq8470]

I love people giving their opinion about how they can not give their opinion, it's never been better to give your opinion as this clearly demonstrates as do all the comments below, how could I have said just 30 years ago?

[@geoffreydron1496]

UK may not have the 1st Amendment but it does have Art 10 of EConvHR.

[@andrewcole4843]

This ladies comments about defence Iraqi Christians against genocide were hard right.

[@cmhardin37]

Anyone see Peter on Alex Connors podcast!?

[@dannysmits9706]

Not a single attempt to make sense here yet. Put yourselves together.

[@trevaudio]

Melanie Phillips ????😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@eric2685]

The BBC banning Leftist freedom to speak ? The woman is living in a different world from that most of the population experiences . The opposite is most definitely the case and an impartial count on who gets to speak on Question Time might well be of interest .

[@cindy-mq6pl]

Were they going to chant “From the River to the Sea” at this Palestinian conference?

[@agaragar21]

Pure Conjecture !!!

[@TranquiloTrev]

I worked for Lambeth in the early 1980's. Lambeth was the sort of Local Authority Peter Hitchens is talking about. All the things he is saying about it regarding political correctness are completely untrue. We, the staff, used to read all these things in the Sun and other newspapers. We were all totally bewildered by it. Completely UNTRE.

[@acampbell8614]

You are correct in that in the early 80s, youth unemployment, police brutality and nuclear disarmament were the subjects of concern in councils, however in my 1981/82 6th form common room, sexual politics and what later became known as PC were definately the main topics of conversation. It was much later in the decade, probably into the early 90s after the Cold War that some councils adopted the banner of PC-ness. The great showing of the Green Party in the 1989 local elections was most likely behind this.

[@dannysmits9706]

The owner of this particular venue did not accuse them of trespassing, but two other joints begged them to look somewhere else, according to the Flemish national broadcaster. Antifascist intimidation was reported by civilians, but was not confirmed by the proper authorities (OCAD), who sometimes decide to temporarily operate in secrecy.

[@SworBeyE16]

Yasmin: opposes free speech *criticises lack of free speech on Israel-Gaza*

[@Hedington]

Y'know, Y'know, Y'know. Nice view of mostly the top of her head.. (I'm only here for the Hitchens)

[@tonycauley5674]

The Palestinian Literary Festival ? The PLF, formerly the Palestinian Liberation Front.

[@stevegarrett2366]

Being very politically correct Yasmin does not make what you believe to be either correct or good.

[@johnturner1073]

Speak up man...

[@timelwell7002]

In point of fact, there is one You Tube political commentator from the left (Helena from 'No Justice MTG') who agrees with Peter Hitchens insomuch as she argues - rather as Evelyn Beatrice Hall argued, that: *'I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.'* Helena's stance is that whereas she abhors the extreme right - as do the majority of UK citizens - nonetheless shutting them down is NOT the way forward. Rather, a counter narrative has to be provided by opponents of the hard right, and people having listened to the various points of view can then make up their own minds.. Needless to say, this same principle applies equally to the extreme left. Providing a counter argument is ALWAYS the best way forward, at least all the time we live in a emocracy with free speech. It is notable that former Home Secretary Suella Braverman tried very HARD to prevent the peaceful protests against the ongoing genocide and ethnic cleansing in Gaza - but seemingly unaware of the blatant hypocrisy she was displaying, Braverman said that 'Free speech is an essential part of democracy.'

[@TheYutongCaptain]

Bullies are cowards, incompetent and crumble when confronted. Experienced it myself and witnessed it, the need to stand up and be strong, they will turn and run.

[@deantownie7441]

I am neutral didn't take a 'side'

[@malloc5014]

They call themselves Nat Cs and pretend it's a joke.

[@leet3207]

The EUSSR showing its true colours

[@CurtOntheRadio]

Suddenly Peter Hitchens doesn't like local democracy.

[@georgesdelatour]

Hitchens refers to Ken Livingstone’s time as leader of the GLC. In case you didn’t know, the during the 1981 GLC election the Conservatives insisted there was a secret plan by the Labour left to win the election under the moderate leadership of Andrew McIntosh, but then immediately replace him with “Red” Ken Livingstone. Michael Foot, the Labour leader, insisted this was all just a crazy conspiracy theory. Labour won a narrow victory of six seats under McIntosh, and, as per the crazy conspiracy theory, within 24 hours he was replaced by Livingstone.

[@DIBBY40]

Yasmin has totalitarian instincts.

[@chronicles8324]

she fundamentally does not understand how free speech works, if she isnt an absolutist then who chooses whats acceptable and what isnt ? i get that you would have people blatently lieing about stuff, seen plenty of that on you tube and people believing it is dangerous, i get it. But i dont think there is any other way of defining it a fair un -bias way. Its either one or the other. Some issues are easy to judge in terms of acceptability but give people the power to judge it in the first place leads you down a dangerous road

[@SM-mz2hz]

Yasmin should be sent to live in Pakistan for a few year.

[@Charlie-UK]

Why should Local regions have to pick up the Extortionate policing Tab for Nigel Farage & Victor Orban's latest attempt at spreading division & grandstanding. Surely they personally, should contribute substantially for Large policing operations. As is customary with football matches and other venues where disorder is expected. They can't be expected to Freeload off Local regions forever. It's not sustainable and it's not fair...

[@chatham43]

@Charlie Back down the hole Charlie!😂

[@dannysmits9706]

There were no special forces, just the mayor's boys. Everything went amazingly well. There probably were safety concerns because the big venues refuse to rent them their facilities, and they got crammed in a small room.

[@jeffsmith2144]

Tell that to BLM activists

[@VinceLammas]

Football clubs contribute nothing the policing efforts that are managed outside their own stadiums so the "customary" practice you mention in, in fact, "imaginary"'.

[@lewis123417]

I imagine you don't take the same view on BLM protests 😂 they didn't even ask the group to pay, they just closed it down with no legitimate reason

[@someuser828]

The blokes a bell end but shouldn't be cancelled

[@southafricandominion]

she said she would leave the UK after Brexit why is still here sprouting her nonsense

[@lawrencetarr8540]

Why do people who hate this country stay here ?

[@mblogistics6257]

do you have anyone in mind or just making a general point? Who hates UK? Mostly the former colonies and peoples who we stole their wealth and destroyed their homes. Arabs hate us, Persians hate us, South Asians (Pakistan/India) hate us, East Asians hate us, Africans hate us. To mitigate this we have come up with Soft Power such as Aid, culture, democracy etc as instruments of manipulation. With the help of USA and working witht the rest of EU/Europe we are still an imperial power. So yes the global south people hates us because we are their boss.

[@kiwigrunt330]

Re the conference in Belgium: "There were some very hard right-wing people speaking". Re the conference in Germany: “There were some doctors speaking”. And this, my friends, is how left wing grifting works.

[@dora71803]

Farage speaks highly of authoritarian protagonists like Putin and Trump, fake shock on display.

[@georgesdelatour]

What specific policy of Trump's is authoritarian compared with Hillary Clinton or Joe Biden? If you're anti- Free Speech, YOU are an authoritarian. By definition.

[@andyp3496]

And the left grovel in front Islamic terrorists and defend their every action

[@juliancoulden1753]

There’s nothing wrong with being right. Its a matter of conjecture as to what constitutes right wing, it’s a nonsense to call people who have left wing views as progressive. Thats ridiculous.

[@mrb8758]

"Words hurt"...try growing up woman.

[@richardminter7451]

Do others, like me, find Peter Hitchens a pompous individual.

[@MarkSmith-tp6zc]

This old bat is off her dial

[@piratejack2469]

Times Radio the World Economic Forum mouthpiece. If you listen to this Ministry of Truth station you're a 2 + 2 = 5 trog.

[@dannysmits9706]

And stop liking me if you can not know that what I say is nothing but the truth. That's misleading.

[@murielbrown3013]

Awful woman, has been actively anti-British for decades. Why she is so often wheeled on to give her opinion baffles me.

[@paulcastle1718]

Why are they asking this dreadful woman who has no alibi ?

[@TheSeydlitz]

Farage is building this up like it was his beer hall putsch moment. He wasn't even egged. Get over yerself, Nige!

[@jamietherooster]

All for censorship until it's your opinion ay?

[@vonryansexpress]

Times Radio must have been really desperate for a talking head to have involved the unspeakably foul Albophobic Alibhai-Brown in this discussion . . . Quite what value Times Radio thought this little monster could add to such an important discussion is a mystery . . . This important issue requires the input of a balanced mind, not one so ravaged by hate, intolerance and racism that the even the Guardian finds its outpouring hateful enough to publish . . . Come on Times Radio - you bask in the glory of an impressive title and reputation - please don't flush that down the toilet . .

[@jj220870]

Nigel Farage is not Far right you C""ts, he is centre right if anything, I believe more business people need to get into politics rather than the career politicians we have had for too many years, and we need to be strong against the civil service which I believe is so woke we will never get anything done which is positive for the people of the country.