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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Man they are sure tyrants there
Still…lol
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The “Young Turks” moniker should be outlawed in the US. It was the group in Turkey that orchestrated the Armenian Genocide
Yet they are ok with rapists and extremists.
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!
He should be deported back to Turkey along with his nasty nephew.
When I think of Cenk Uygur, I’m reminded of the Youtube clip of him on Election Night 2016.
Check it out!
But raping murderers are dumped onto brit beaches every week (or everyday?).
In the US we outlawed outlawing speech.
Sorry, not sorry.
Putrid Yogurt was his usual hate the US, Christianity and civilization as a whole vitriol spewing moon demon worshiper self.
“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?
Herr Keir would first on that list.
Ironic.
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