Israeli football fan ban is 'quickest way to mob rule'

BANNING Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from next month’s match at Villa Park signals that Britain is on the way to “mob rule”, one of the country’s most influential Conservatives will warn in a major speech.

- By David Williamson CHIEF POLITICAL COMMENTATOR

OUTRAGE: Supporters of Maccabi Tel Aviv. Inset, Tory MP Nick Timothy

Nick Timothy will say banning fans of the Israeli club from the match in Birmingham suggests the UK is heading towards a future where the “state must police the boundaries between different ethnic and religious groups to avoid disorder”.

He will warn: “We should be clear that at best this means a more intrusive and dictatorial state but, more likely, sporadic violence and mob rule.