Tony Blair has warned that ‘flabby liberalism’ is helping terrorists because Britain’s elite feel too ‘guilty’ to tackle the spread of extremism. The former Labour prime minister said many in politics are now ‘unwilling to take people on’, fearing that they will be seen as intolerant of other cultures. Speaking ahead of today’s terror atrocities in Brussels, he branded such an approach ‘ridiculous’ and said it had left our country’s liberal values vulnerable to abuse. Mr Blair urged the establishment to ‘defeat violence’ by ‘attacking extremist thinking’ in schools and wider society. And he said there needs to be a tougher centre ground approach to migration and the refugee crisis, which for many politicians is a still a toxic issue.

‘There's this idea that you're part of an elite if you think in terms of respectful tolerance towards other people. It's ridiculous.’ He added that too often moderate voices are defensive about arguing their case, fuelling a culture of extremism in religion and politics. ‘One of the problems with the West is that it constantly can be made to feel guilty about itself - and I'm not saying there aren't things we should feel guilty about,’ he said. ‘But you know, we shouldn't let people intimidate us into thinking there are certain values we shouldn't be standing up for.

‘I'm a supporter of multiculturalism. But there's been a long period of time when we've allowed the concept of multiculturalism to be abused.’ As an example, he said that if people were asserting the equality and fair treatment of women that they should not be made to feel ‘somehow we're being culturally insensitive’. ‘We have to be clear no one has the right to abrogate those basic human rights.’ On the challenge of migration and refugees, he said that in an ‘era of anxiety’, a lack of a coherent mainstream response, has opened the door to more extreme arguments. A lack of action from moderates often prompts people to turn to the hard right, he warned.

Originally posted by Mr. Grey I agree, liberalism is the reason why terrorist was able to pass through the borders, legally.

The only thing "flabby liberalism" helped was racists.
People didn't speak enough on issues such as immigration which created a space for racist parties like UKIP.

He can have several seats though since he is a big cause of the terrorist attacks.

Originally posted by Latinazza Perhaps he needs to recognize the fact that he is greatly responsible for this mess and then have several seats. Your posting history seems seems to provide evidence of the fact that you actually stan for Anders Breivik. Lovely.

Originally posted by Latinazza Your posting history seems to provide evidence of the fact that you actually stan for Anders Breivik. Lovely.

He expresses his right-wing ignorance at every opportunity.