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The Telegraph - If Geert Wilders is denied entry to Britain, what of those who oppress Christians?
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Radio Netherlands Worldwide - PM lodges protest over UK’s MP ban
Haaretz - Dutch lawmaker banned from U.K. to take anti-Koran film on ‘world tour’
The Scotsman - Dutch MP’s ban a blow to freedom of speech
The Daily Mail - Analysis: Geert Wilders, the bouffant-haired Dutch liberal who turned hardliner
The Telegraph - Banning Wilders plays into the hands of our Islamist enemies

The famous video-blogger Pat Condell has spoken out the Geert Wilders ban. Watch the video below.

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The Flaming Blog - Radical Islam Taking Over Europe and the West?
Jihad Watch - Debate in House of Lords on the UK government barring Wilders
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The Independent - How the flying Dutchman was stopped in his tracks
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The International Free Press Society - An Open Letter to the Government of the UK

Read the speech Geert Wilders would have given at the screening of Fitna in the House of Lords, had he not been banned from entering the United Kingdom.

London, Feb. 12, 2009

Ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much.

Thank you for inviting me. Thank you Lord Pearson and Lady Cox for showing Fitna, and for your gracious invitation. While others look away, you, seem to understand the true tradition of your country, and a flag that still stands for freedom.

This is no ordinary place. This is not just one of England’s tourist attractions. This is a sacred place. This is the mother of all Parliaments, and I am deeply humbled to speak before you.

Today in the Telegraph Philip Johnston asks himself a question: "whatever happened to free speech"? He is of the view that the refusal to admit Dutch MP Geert Wilders to Britain yesterday marks a further retreat from his country's traditions of free speech.

The BBC's coverage of todays events now also features an interview that Geert Wilders gave by telephone while he was being detained at Heathrow Airport. The Freedom Party leader calls Gordon Brown the biggest coward in Europe and states that today has been a sad day for freedom of speech.

Watch an item by Sky News on Geert Wilders being denied entry into Britain below.

Geert Wilders has been denied entry into the United Kingdom. The Freedom Party leader was invited to show his film Fitna in the UK's House of Lords. Upon arrival at Heathrow Airport he was detained and told that he would not be allowed to enter Great Britain. "I am in a detention centre at Heathrow," Wilders told The Times. "They took my passport. I will not be allowed to enter the country. They will send me back within a few hours.”

An online poll on the website of British newspaper The Daily Mail shows that an overwhelming majority of Daily Mail readers feel Geert Wilders should be allowed to adress the House of Lords. The responses in the comment section below the Daily Mail's article on the Wilders ban are equaly critical of the British goverment's actions.

The British television station Channel 4 has this report on Geert Wilders' ban from entering the UK