“I think the conference will be back on tomorrow.”

The prime minister of Belgium has intervened after local officials shut down the National Conservatism conference, where Nigel Farage, Suella Braverman and Miriam Cates are in attendance, Bruno Waterfield reports.

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Our director Frank Furedi on Brussels’ failed attempt to shut down debate in the most authoritarian fashion.

These past days, Brussels has tried to shut down debate.

But they failed.

We’re launching a free speech declaration to make sure this can’t happen again.

Join us tomorrow for an event to launch a new campaign.

brussels.mcc.hu/event/brussels…

The communists couldn’t ban us and neither could the Brussels bureaucrats. The second day of the National Conservatism conference is underway.

“Security served as a pretext for canceling National Conservatism, with the language of safety masking what was ultimately a political decision.” Frank Furedi

Securitization & “safety” is always THE pathway to tyranny—to silence & disempower dissident minorities. politico.eu/article/cancel…

Just to be clear, it took two cancelations, the bravery of one family (the owners of the final venue) as well as the steadfastness of National Conservatism and MCC Brussels before the usual suspects within the established found their courage.

To be honest: it's too little, too late.

'I think that we have opened a new space for discussion and new opportunity for all to participate in political debate.'
The owner of Claridge Events Brussels BEN YAGHLANE Lassaad is talking to Nigel Farage about how he was happy to work with MCC Brussels to make National Conservatism…

This is what freedom looks like! We are back for day 2 at National Conservatism. We at MCC Brussels will be fighting for freedom of speech in Brussels and the EU.

Nigel farage meets with Mr. Ben the Tunisian owner of the NatCon venue, lauding his courage of conviction: “Mr. Ben is the hero of free speech.”

PM Viktor Orban at @NatCon

If the conflict in the Middle East escalates from one against Hamas and fighting terrorism into a interstate one between Iran and Israel, war will engulf the entire Middle East. We must trust that leaders of both countries will have the wisdom to avoid…

So well explained Jacob Reynolds: attempts to censor NatCon in Brussels a sign of European political elite running away from debating populist concerns eg on farming /net zero/border control etc Also noteworthy: use of favoured soft authoritarian excuse for cancel culture: safety