Lord Pearson is the former leader of the UK Independence Party - TopicsExpress



          

Lord Pearson is the former leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP). In February 2009, Lord Pearson courted controversy when he and cross-bencher Baroness Cox invited Dutch Freedom Party leader Geert Wilders to show the anti-Islam film Fitna before the House of Lords. However, Wilders was prevented from entering the UK on the instructions of the then Home Secretary, Jacqui Smith. Wilders was escorted from the press conference as a crowd of about 100 protesters from Unite Against Fascism (UAF) demonstrated against both his visit and the presence nearby of the far-right English Defence League, who had turned out to welcome the Dutch politician. In response, Pearson and Cox accused the then Government of appeasing militant Islam. Wilders appealed successfully against his exclusion, and the film was eventually shown in the Lords in 2010. https://youtube/watch?v=A3lNRnz44Po
Posted on: Tue, 21 Oct 2014 08:00:40 +0000

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