Geert Wilders detained at Heathrow Airport
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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.”
Daily Mail readers critical of British government
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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.
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Channel 4 report on Wilders travel ban
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The British television station Channel 4 has this report on Geert Wilders' ban from entering the UK