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==January==
*'''7''' During a visit to Israel, [[Geert Wilders]] tells Haaretz he will never associate with parties like [[Vlaams Belang]] because of their history of anti-semitism.
*'''9''' Prosecution of [[Derek Pasquill]] dropped because "internal FCO papers revealed that senior officials privately admitted that, far from harming British interests, Pasquill's leaking of the documents had actually helped to provoke a constructive debate."

==February==
*'''4''' [[Dean Godson]] defends the police bugging of [[Sadiq Khan]], who he described as "the most Islamist-friendly of MPs."
*'''8''' [[Private Eye]]'s anonymous [[RatBiter]] column reports that "furious Conservatives say they've no option but to sue or take a dossier on Peter Barron, Newsnight's editor, to the BBC's senior management" over the programme's coverage of [[Policy Exchange]].

==March==
*'''10''' [[Charles Moore]] delivers the Keith Joseph Memorial Lecture at the [[Centre for Policy Studies]], putting forward his view of a Conservative approach to Islam in Britain.
*'''13''' Opening day of [[European Freedom Alliance]] conference [[Identity Crisis: Can European civilization survive?]]
*'''14''' Concluding day of [[European Freedom Alliance]] conference [[Identity Crisis: Can European civilization survive?]]
*'''17''' [[Policy Exchange]] hosts panel discussion "So What Were the Troubles All About". The scheduled speakers were [[Ed Moloney]], Sir [[John Chilcot]], Professor [[Henry Patterson]], [[Anthony McIntyre]] and [[Lord Bew]].

==April==
*'''21''' Westminster launch of ''Global Politics After 9/11: The Democratiya Interviews'' sponsored by the [[Foreign Policy Centre]], the [[John Smith Institute]], [[Democratiya]],the [[Henry Jackson Society]], [[Progress]] and [[Engage]]. According to its editor [[Alan Johnson]], the idea for the book originated with [[Rachel Kleinfeld]] of the [[Truman National Security Project]].

==July==
*'''18''' Charities Commission finds no evidence of party political bias on the part of [[Policy Exchange]], but does identify a lack of transparency.

==September==
*'''23''' [[Financial Times]] reports that North London Central Mosque has issued a writ over allegations in [[Policy Exchange]] ''Hijacking of British Islam'' report.
*'''25''' In a speech at the Four Seasons Hotel in New York sponsored by the [[Hudson Institute]], [[Geert Wilders]] calls for an alliance of European patriots against Islamisation, to be launched at the upcoming [[Facing Jihad conference]] in Jerusalem.

==October==
*'''24''' It is reported that Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg has written to [[Policy Exchange]] director [[Neil O'Brien]] protesting about the contents of a private briefing being circulated about the Global Peace and Unity event in London.

==December==
*'''14'''  [[Geert Wilders]] speaks and screens [[Fitna]] at the [[Facing Jihad conference]] in Jerusalem, a one day event sponsored by the [[Ariel Center for Policy Research]] and right-wing Knesset member [[Arieh Eldad]].
*'''16''' [[Geert Wilders]] tells Haaretz that he is considering an alliance with [[Vlaams Belang]], which he has hitherto shunned.


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