DAILY MAIL COMMENT: A chilling assault on freedom of speech trends now
We know from a wealth of experience over the years that the political Left have little respect for freedom of speech.
The depth of their intolerance was starkly laid bare during chilling scenes in Brussels yesterday.
In an outrageous assault on democratic liberties, a socialist mayor in the city ordered the police to shut down the National Conservative conference.
He claimed this was for 'public safety'. But that was a transparently risible excuse.
What the Brussels authorities really objected to was Right-wing politicians and thinkers from across Europe, including Suella Braverman and Nigel Farage, gathering to exchange ideas on immigration, social media and the family.
Their views are in no way extremist, but reflect those held by millions of ordinary people.
This is a grotesque irony. Only last year Brussels welcomed with open arms the mayor of Tehran, a man sanctioned by the EU for human rights violations.
This whole shameful fiasco surely proves that Britain was right to vote for Brexit.
Why would we want to be part of a bloc whose liberal elites are so authoritarian and censorious they can't brook dissent?
A socialist mayor ordered the shut down of the National Conservative conference - but what the Brussels authorities really objected to was Right-wing politicians from across Europe, including Nigel Farage , gathering to exchange ideas on immigration, social media and the family
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