Britain's Illiberal Mistake on Speech

The British government has banned Hasan Piker and Cenk Uygur from entering the United Kingdom on the grounds that "their presence in the U.K. may not be conducive to the public good." This is an illiberal mistake that ought not to stand in a free nation and, if intended to suppress the ideas that the pair hoped to share, a strategic error to boot. Between them, Piker and Uygur have millions of online followers. If they cannot speak in the U.K., they will speak to the U.K. from afar.