- Seven far-right individuals who have spewed anti-Muslim, Islamophobic, xenophobic and racist rhetoric have been barred from attending the UK and Tommy Robinson’s ‘Unite the Kingdom’ rally this weekend. They are now voicing their frustration over the ban.
Seven individuals intending to attend a far-right hate march in central London this Saturday have been barred from entering the UK by the Home Secretary, Shabana Mahmood. The march will undoubtedly stir racial hatred and hate crimes against Muslims.
On Monday, Prime Minister Keir Starmer pledged to stop “far-right agitators” from travelling to Britain for the Unite the Kingdom rally on 16th May, organised by extremist Tommy Robinson. In a speech intended to reset his premiership, Starmer said extremists would be prevented from entering the country to speak at the etho-nationalist march. “This is nothing less than a battle for the soul of our nation,” he said.
An estimated 100,000 people attended last year’s rally, widely considered the largest far-right gathering of its kind in British history. The event featured a remote address from Elon Musk, whose remarks incited violence, stoked division and were criticised by Downing Street as “dangerous and inflammatory”.
The far-right, racist and anti-Muslim march is scheduled to take place on the same day as Nakba Day demonstrations commemorating the 1948 displacement of Palestinians during the creation of Israel. Both events are under review by the Metropolitan Police following concerns over a “risk of public disorder. ”Commissioner Mark Rowley said he was “concerned” by the scale of the demonstrations and confirmed officers were “looking hard at what conditions and powers we should use”.
A spokesperson for the prime minister said decisions regarding the demonstrations rested with the police, adding: “Those who threaten our communities and spread racism have no place on the streets of the UK. Where individuals pose a threat or seek to spread extremism the government won’t hesitate to deny entry.”
Valentina Gomez
Columbian migrant to the US, Valentina Gomez, 26, attended the first Unite the Kingdom rally in September alongside Robinson and told the crowd that “rapist Muslims” were “taking over” Britain. Britain and urged police officers to stop “looking the other way while your country is being raped into submission.” The MAGA influencer had her permission to enter the UK revoked after officials concluded her presence “would not be conducive to the public good”. Gomez had initially been approved to travel under the UK’s electronic travel authorisation scheme before the Home Office withdrew clearance.
In response, Gomez said: “I got banned from the UK for speaking the truth, & standing up for little girls that have been r*ped out of their innocence.”
Joey Mannarino
US-based commentator Mannarino has faced accusations of misogyny after publicly stating he would never believe a rape allegation regardless of a court ruling, following a civil ruling against Trump in a sexual abuse case.
Mannarino, who has previously appeared at Britain First events in Birmingham and Manchester, reportedly told one crowd: “We need to deport the parasites who are raping their way through America, Europe and the United Kingdom.”
Reacting to his exclusion from the UK, Mannarino posted: “Do I sometimes say things that are a bit offensive? Yes, sure, I have done that and I won’t stop. People are allowed to be offensive and have opinions of their own. Does that mean I should be banned from a country?”
He also claimed that Islam was incompatible with western societies and argued his political views should not prevent him from entering Britain.
Filip Dewinter
Dewinter, a member of the Flemish parliament and the right-wing Vlaams Belang party, drew much backlash last year after posing with the flag of a Belgian fascist group from the interwar period alongside a Dutch translation of a Nazi slogan.
Responding to the travel ban online, he wrote: “I’m banned from traveling to the UK by the socialist Keir Starmer government because I oppose mass immigration and Islamization.”
He later added: “I should have torn up my passport, and sailed from the Belgian coast to Dover in an inflatable boat and registered there as a political refugee. Then, presumably, I would have been received with open arms, offered a hotel, and granted refugee status.”
Calling for supporters to attend the march, he wrote: “There is only one possible answer to the state repression of the Left: #Resistance! Take to the streets in #London on Saturday and show your anger peacefully!”
Ada Lluch
Catalan commentator Ada Lluch, 26, has also made outlandish comments against immigration and faced criticism for defending Spain’s Franco regime. Last October, she was removed from a Spanish television programme after claiming that more than 90 per cent of those arrested for theft in Barcelona were foreigners.
Lluch attended the September rally and argued that western democracies had been “completely invaded and terror has already been unleashed”, while also calling for “re-migration”.
Following reports of the ban, she wrote: “The UK government is using its state power to ban people with ideas opposed to theirs from the country. They haven’t had freedom for so long, but at least it used to be an illusion. Not anymore. They are now openly a tyrannical state.”
Eva Vlaardingerbroek
Dutch political activist Eva Vlaardingerbroek has reportedly been barred from entering the UK since January after her visa was revoked, triggering a free speech dispute involving the UK government and figures linked to the Trump administration.
A former member of the far-right Dutch Forum for Democracy party, Vlaardingerbroek also spoke at September’s Unite the Kingdom rally. Addressing supporters, she said: “They are demanding the sacrifice of our children on the altar of mass migration. Let’s not beat about the bush – this is the rape, replacement and murder of our people. Remigration is possible, and it’s up to us to make it happen.”
Responding on social media this week, she wrote: “Starmer has just admitted he banned me and other commentators from traveling to the UK because we would ‘set back communities.’”
She added: “Yet mass third-world migration doesn’t bother him as it only sets back the one community he doesn’t give a rat’s ass about: the White native population.”
Dominik Tarczynski
Polish politician and member of the European parliament Dominik Tarczynski has threatened to sue Keir Starmer after being denied entry into the UK. He described the ban as an example of “communism in the 21st century.”
Don Keith
US podcaster Don Keith posted a reaction to his ban earlier today on his X handle, “I am truly baffled… If I were a jihadi from the Middle East who would come over to rape Britain’s women or leach off of the tax payers, I would still be welcomed with open arms…”
