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Nigel Farage today lashed out at 'monstrous' efforts to shut down a gathering of right-wing politicians in Brussels.
The ex-UKIP leader claimed police and a local mayor in the Belgian capital were attempting to cancel a 'National Conservatism' gathering.
As well as Mr Farage, speakers at the two-day event are also set to include ex-home secretary Suella Braverman and Hungarian PM Viktor Orban.
But the event was thrown into jeopardy this morning amid reports local officials were frantically working to close it down.
Nigel Farage today lashed out at 'monstrous' efforts to shut down a gathering of right-wing politicians in Brussels
The ex-UKIP leader claimed police and a local mayor in the Belgian capital were attempting to cancel a 'National Conservatism' gathering
As he begun his conference address, Mr Farage said the events of the past hours had reminded him why Britain was 'right to leave' the Brussels-based European Union
As he begun his conference address, Mr Farage said the events of the past hours had reminded him why Britain was 'right to leave' the Brussels-based European Union.
Speaking on his first official trip back to the Belgian capital since Britain left the EU, Mr Farage said: 'What has happened over the course of the last 48 hours is simply monstrous.'
He detailed how two venues had already
