article_snippet: Coalition ministers are at war over Tory plans to ban hate preachers from English universities.
article_snippet: Business Secretary Vince Cable says only those who directly incite violence and terrorism should be prevented from exercising free speech.
article_snippet: we have to put proper, decent, tough rules in place which don’t ban free speech, but do prevent people from preaching death.
article_snippet: ’ Lib Dem energy secretary Ed Davey said it was ‘easy to demolish’ the views of hate preachers if hate preachers were debated in public and warned that driving hate preachers underground would only increase hate preachers appeal.
article_snippet: ‘If these preachers are inciting violence, if these preachers are saying it is OK to be a terrorist, if these preachers are saying you can cut off people
article_snippet: , these preachers can and should be arrested,’ he said. '
article_snippet: The clash centres on new guidance for universities on the hosting of events that give a platform to hate preachers.