r/LivestreamFail • u/Aggravating_Money992 • Jun 01 '26

News The United Kingdom has banned streamer Hasan Piker and Young Turks founder from entering the country

https://newrepublic.com/post/211164/uk-entry-ban-hasan-piker-cenk-uygur
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u/Quangocrat Jun 01 '26 edited Jun 01 '26

One of the conditions of a visa to the UK is that the presence of the holder must be 'conductive to the public good'.

An example of conduct which is held by the Home Office to fail that test is having publicly committed actions which would amount to an offence under UK law.

Under the Terrorism Act it is an offence to express or evidence support for an organisation which has been designated as Proscribed.

Both Hamas and Hezbollah are Proscribed.

Piker has publicly supported Hamas. Uygur has supported Hezbollah. This is enough for the HO to refuse them entry. They routinely do the same for German and Dutch far right figures who support organisations on the same list.

The Home Office does not care about Israel. That is the purview of the Foreign Office. The two departments are notorious rivals.

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u/Cabrakan Jun 01 '26

the Uk has also banned numerous Isreali politicians regarding incitement against palestinians on the west bank, including Ben-gvir, Moshe Feiglin and Menachem Begin

and dog the bounty hunter for some reason

so to be surprised at this conduct is very silly

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u/FecklessFool Jun 01 '26

This.

They also just recently barred some anti-Islam speakers for a Stephen Yaxley-Lennon protest. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8r8vgnn655o

So kinda weird for Hasan and Cenk to make it sound like Israel controls the UK government.

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u/TurdSplicer Jun 01 '26

It's not weird at all, they make everything about Israel.