In the press

After three years 'practising in parliament', the PVV is ready to rule, party leader Geert Wilders said on Friday at the presentation of the party's manifesto for the June 9 general election.

'The PVV wants to join in but the party's influence must be substantial, otherwise there is no point in being in the cabinet,' Wilders said. 'The bigger we are, the bigger the chance we end up in government.'

The PVV is doing it for Henk and Ingrid - the average Dutch couple who form the 'heart and spine of society' but are being unfairly treated and sidelined by the 'political elite', Wilders said.

MP Geert Wilders will go on trial for inciting hatred and discrimination in October, not June as first thought, the Volkskrant reports on Tuesday.

Amsterdam court said it had been forced to make the change because of scheduling problems. The court says it needs five days to hear evidence in the case.

The MP faces five charges religious insult and anti-Muslim incitement. In January, the public prosecution department extended the prosecution case to include inciting hatred of Muslims, Moroccans and non-Western immigrants.

Dear Mayor Margareta Ritter (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.),

I have had the pleasure of visiting your exquisitely beautiful German town, the second member of my family to do so. The first was my dad, who, as a member of the 102nd Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron in Gen. Bradley's Army, had, with time out to recuperate from wounds incurred at the Battle of St Lo, fought across nothern Europe from D-Day plus 2 until reaching Monschau by the end of 1944.

The Hon. Ted Poe, Congressman from Texas (where else?), spoke out yesterday on the floor of the House of Representatives on behalf of Geert Wilders:

Thursday March 11, 2010

Mr. Speaker, freedom of speech continues to be shouted down by the politically correct police.