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The Young Turks’ Cenk Uygur Banned From Entering United Kingdom
Mediaite ^ | May 31st, 2026 | Sean James

Posted on 05/31/2026 6:31:17 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican

The Young Turks’ chief pundit Cenk Uygur was barred from entering the United Kingdom over government concerns his presence would not be “conducive to the public good,” The Times reported on Sunday.

Uygur was set to appear at the SXSW London festival later this week. But British Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood decided the leftist commentator was not fit to enter the country, due in part to his rants against Israel.

The Times reported:

The decision to block Uygur from travelling to the UK is understood to have been based on several grounds, including fears that his presence would risk exacerbating antisemitism due to his rhetoric since the October 7 attacks in 2023.

This has included repeating classic antisemitic tropes, such as the claim that Israel controls America. He falsely claimed on his podcast in July last year that the Israeli lobby gave more to Congress than any other.

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TOPICS: United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: cankersore; cenkuygur; charliekirk; chunkyogurt; talkingtoyourself

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1 posted on 05/31/2026 6:31:17 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican
Charlie Kirk & Cenk Uygur held friendly debates:


2 posted on 05/31/2026 6:36:41 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege (🩰🎶)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Man they are sure tyrants there
Still…lol


3 posted on 05/31/2026 6:38:06 PM PDT by wardaddy (If u hate Trump you’re stupid or clueless and what’s going on We’re fighting for our civilization s)
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To: MinorityRepublican

👍


4 posted on 05/31/2026 6:39:40 PM PDT by MotorCityBuck (Keep the Change You Filthy Animal !)
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To: MinorityRepublican

The “Young Turks” moniker should be outlawed in the US. It was the group in Turkey that orchestrated the Armenian Genocide


5 posted on 05/31/2026 6:40:09 PM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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6 posted on 05/31/2026 6:42:34 PM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Yet they are ok with rapists and extremists.


7 posted on 05/31/2026 6:54:22 PM PDT by HollyB
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To: MinorityRepublican

HMMMMM — ‘not be “conducive to the public good”’

I can think of a large group of people who qualify! To be prohibited FRom entering the USA!

Last time I checked, the U.S. Constitution was NOT a suicide pact!


8 posted on 05/31/2026 6:57:49 PM PDT by Taxman (We will never be a truly free people so long as we have the income tax and the IRS. )
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To: MinorityRepublican
Poor Chunky Yogurt.

He should be deported back to Turkey along with his nasty nephew.

9 posted on 05/31/2026 7:00:07 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (The tree accused of killed Sonny Bono was planted.)
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When I think of Cenk Uygur, I’m reminded of the Youtube clip of him on Election Night 2016.

Check it out!


10 posted on 05/31/2026 7:01:19 PM PDT by MplsSteve
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To: CondoleezzaProtege
Friendly?
11 posted on 05/31/2026 7:01:38 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (The tree accused of killed Sonny Bono was planted.)
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To: MplsSteve

I think of Steven Crowder’s imitation of him...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsVONO75utI


12 posted on 05/31/2026 7:04:33 PM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: MinorityRepublican

But raping murderers are dumped onto brit beaches every week (or everyday?).


13 posted on 05/31/2026 7:04:49 PM PDT by toddausauras (47 47 47 )
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

See for yourself:

https://youtu.be/7twCdBIEsMo?si=sI20T-HoULrbtCZH


14 posted on 05/31/2026 7:05:56 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege (🩰🎶)
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To: Jan_Sobieski
The “Young Turks” moniker should be outlawed in the US.

In the US we outlawed outlawing speech.

Sorry, not sorry.

15 posted on 05/31/2026 7:07:08 PM PDT by Gunslingr3
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To: CondoleezzaProtege
Charlie was courteous.

Putrid Yogurt was his usual hate the US, Christianity and civilization as a whole vitriol spewing moon demon worshiper self.

16 posted on 05/31/2026 7:10:32 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (The tree accused of killed Sonny Bono was planted.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

“Cenk Uygur was barred from entering the United Kingdom over government concerns his presence would not be “conducive to the public good,”

Shouldn’t this standard be applied to every raft carrying invaders from Sh t-hole countries arriving by the hundreds daily?


17 posted on 05/31/2026 7:20:11 PM PDT by John Milner (Marching for Peace is like breathing for food.)
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To: Taxman

Herr Keir would first on that list.


18 posted on 05/31/2026 7:25:15 PM PDT by Paladin2 (YMMV)
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To: MinorityRepublican
A bunch of wankers telling another wanker he’s not welcome.

Ironic.

19 posted on 05/31/2026 7:30:56 PM PDT by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
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"Uygur was set to appear at the SXSW London festival later this week. But British Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood decided the leftist commentator was not fit to enter the country, due in part to his rants against Israel."

Britain bans an anti-Israel leftist from entering the country? I'm confused; you'd think they'd welcome him.
20 posted on 05/31/2026 7:38:14 PM PDT by Steve_Seattle1
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