Milo Yiannopoulos 'bans' British GQ

Milo Yiannopoulos, the alt-right controversialist who writes for conservative news site breitbart.com, likes to pillory those who take offence when he attacks feminists, Muslims or the politically correct.

Protest at one of his talks, and you'll likely be labelled a "snowflake" - over-sensitive, beholden to emotions ("F*** your feelings," he recently told a heckler). So when GQ approached Yiannopoulos over email for an interview we were surprised at his response: "After that cluterf*** of a hit piece you published by Rupert Myers? Dream on." He was referring to this article on GQ.co.uk, in which Myers, the site's political correspondent, criticised Yiannopoulos' behaviour.

We asked Yiannopoulos what he was afraid of. His reply: "I'm not afraid of anyone. But GQ UK is banned." Hit piece? Banned? It sounds as if this self-proclaimed "free speech fundamentalist", who has just secured his third book deal (the other two have yet to materialise), is turning into quite the snowflake himself.

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