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Twitter Briefly Suspends Account of Homophobic U.K. Politician

Europe isn't so free-speech friendly

Reason Staff | 10.22.2012 8:12 PM


A right-wing political figure in Great Britain has stirred up trouble for tweeting the address of a gay couple denied a single room in a bed and breakfast.

The Twitter account belongs to the controversial Nick Griffin, Chairman for the British National Party Chairman and Member of the European Parliament for the North West region. Griffin and other members of the extreme right-wing British National Party have ruffled feathers in the past with their open hostility toward gays, Muslims, and immigrants.

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