The Home Office has issued the latest list of people it believes should not come to the country because they hold extremist opinions.
It is a state's prerogative to decide who it wants to come to its country. That is, after all, what a visa system is for. But those banned from entry used to be people who were likely to cause public disorder or who had criminal records. In the 1960s there was a row when George Raft, the Hollywood actor, was refused entry because of his alleged links to organised crime. Now we are more likely than not to ban someone for what they think.
The Brits are starting the debate over the story we first talked about on yesterday's Steve Forman Show. What they decide for their own country is of course up to them. But I pray we never go down that road here in the United States.
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