Police attempt to shut down National Conservatism event in Brussels

Nigel Farage today lashed out at 'monstrous' efforts to shut down a gathering of right-wing politicians in Brussels and warned: 'We are up against a new form of communism.'

Those behind the event said they were launching a legal challenge to Mr Kir's order, adding: 'There is no public disturbance and no grounds to shut down a gathering of politicians, intellectuals, journalists, students, civic leaders, and concerned citizens. Officers stood guard outside the 'Claridge' venue in the Belgian capital as the event continued amid the chaos

Speaking on his first official trip back to the Belgian capital since Britain left the bloc, Mr Farage said: 'What has happened over the course of the last 48 hours is simply monstrous.' He added: 'This is what we are up against, we are up against an evil ideology, we are up against a new form of communism - this is nothing less than that.'That leaving this place, regaining our national sovereignty - even if we could have carried it out better - that recognising that you cannot be an independent, democratic, self-governing nation state and a member of this monstrous union with its ideology behind it.

Police for the Brussels district of Saint-Josse, where the venue is located, confirmed to the AFP news agency that they had been tasked by the local mayor with notifying organisers of a ban. 'And we are here talking about the issues that matter to the British people but also many citizens around Europe.'It's a real shame that the thought police instructed by the mayor of Brussels has saw fit to try and undermine and denigrate what is free speech and free debate.'

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