Britain’s Conservatives continue to disgrace themselves with their response to the Wilders’ ban. A second senior member of the party, George Osborne (the shadow chancellor and, possibly, the closest ally of the silent David Cameron) has come out with this stirring defense of free speech:

…My personal view is by banning him [Wilders] in such a public way, he has been given far more publicity than would have been the case. I am not sure how thought-through this really was.

Pusillanimous much?

Hat-tip: Tory Diary