Geert Wilders
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Lord Pearson plays the Islam card to win leadership of Ukip...people" were "strangers in our own land". The 67-year-old former insurance broker invited the right-wing Dutch politician Geert Wilders in February to screen a controversial film about radical Islam. He has called for a zero net increase in... In this article: Ukip, Lord Pearson of Rannoch, European Union, Nigel Farage, Islam, Democracy, and John Bercow |
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Telegraph.co.uk - Politics | 1 day ago
Lord Pearson becomes new leader of United Kingdom Independence Party
...Ukip in 2007. A prominent free speech campaigner, Lord Pearson courted controversy earlier this year by inviting Geert Wilders, a far-right Dutch politician, to Britain to screen his contentious film about Islam. Accepting the...
In this article: United Kingdom Independence Party, Lord Pearson of Rannoch, Nigel Farage, Islam, John Bercow, European Union, and Gerard Batten
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Independent.co.uk - UK | 1 day ago
Former Tory peer is new Ukip leader
...Ukip in that year's elections. He is a strong supporter of freedom of speech and earlier this year invited the right-wing Dutch politician Geert Wilders to Britain to screen a controversial film about Islam. In his acceptance speech today...
In this article: Ukip, Lord Pearson of Rannoch, Nigel Farage, European Union, Islam, Britain, Democracy, Fitna, and John Bercow
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BBC News | October 16, 2009
Dutch MP hails UK visit 'victory'
...Office has said Mr Wilders' comments will be closely watched by the authorities. Mr Wilders was invited to the UK by UK Independence Party peer Lord Pearson. Asked whether he too wanted to ban the Koran, he said: "I disagree with Geert in...
In this article: Islam, UK, Ideology, Freedom Party, Democracy, Dog, and UK Independence Party
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Lord Pearson
...visit was a "matter of free speech". Eventually the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal decided Mr Wilders could come and he did so in October, giving a press conference with the UKIP peer by his side. Lord Pearson is expected to make a much...
In this article: Lord Pearson of Rannoch, UKIP, Nigel Farage, European Union, Eton, Jonathan Aitken, and UK
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Far-right Dutch MP 'can enter UK'
...considered. Freedom of speech Mr Wilders, who faces trial in his own country for inciting hatred, is due to visit the House of Lords on Friday on the invitation of UK Independence Party peer Lord Pearson. He had tried to visit in February...
In this article: UK, Freedom Party, Fitna, UK Independence Party, House of Lords, and Heathrow airport
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Geert Wilders (IPA: /'xe:rt 'ʋɪldərs/, [IPA: /'ʝe:ʁt 'ʋɪldəʁs/]; born 6 September 1963) is a Dutch politician and leader of the Party for Freedom. Born of a German father on the border town of Venlo and raised as a Roman Catholic, he is now an atheist, and attributes his politics to his support for what he calls 'Judeo-Christian values'. He formed many of his political views in his travels to Israel, as well as the neighboring Arab countries and his early job at the Dutch social insurance agency moved him to politics, where he worked as a speechwriter for the liberal People's Party for Freedom and Democracy. In 1996, he moved to the city of Utrecht, and represented his pluralistic neighborhood in the city council, and later the House of Representatives of the Netherlands.
Citing irreconcilable differences on the party's position on Turkish accession to the European Union, Wilders left the People's Party in 2004 to form his own party, the Party for Freedom. Since then, he has been outspoken on a number of issues such as immigration, freedom of speech, and the fundamental beliefs of Islam. His controversial 2008 film about Islam in the Netherlands, Fitna, has received international attention and some condemnation. On 21 Janurary 2009, the Amsterdam Court of Appeal ordered his prosecution for what it said was "the incitement to hatred and discrimination" Wilders has also been banned from entering the United Kingdom since 12 February 2009, with the Home Office viewing his presence as a "threat to one of the fundamental interests of society".
- Birth Date:
- September 06, 1963
- Birthplace:
- Venlo, Netherlands
- Religion:
- Atheist
- Spouse:
- Krisztina Wilders
- University Attended:
- Open University
- Occupation:
- Politician
- Office:
- Member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands
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