Brussels police order closure of right-wing National Conservatism Conference attended by Nigel Farage and Suella Braverman

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Police officers at the venue after the National Conservatism Conference was ordered to be shut down Emir Kir, mayor of the area where the conference was held, said: “I issued an order from the mayor to ban the National Conservatism Conference event to guarantee public safety. Nigel Farage blasts Brussels before police shut down the conference The conference is hosted by the Edmund Burke Foundation think tank, which declares its aim to be “strengthening the principles of national conservatism in Western countries”. Far-right Flemish separatist party Vlaams Belang member Filip Dewinter stands behind police officers at the entrance Lib Dem foreign affairs spokesperson Layla Moran said at the time of the announcement: “No politician should be sharing the stage with an ally of Vladimir Putin as he carries out his barbaric invasion of Ukraine.” She added that it was “staggering” that a former home secretary “would think that this is the right thing to do”. The doors to the event were closed, with people unable to enter or re-enter Mr Sunak had faced pressure to block Ms Braverman’s attendance at the conference, with shadow minister Jonathan Ashworth urging the prime minister to stop the former home secretary “giving oxygen to these divisive and dangerous individuals”.