Dec 28, 2025 05:43 PM
(This post was last modified: Dec 28, 2025 06:07 PM by C C.)
Since El-Fattah does have dual citizenship, Keir can't do a repair by mimicking Trump's visa ban of Thierry Breton and the rest.
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Starmer condemns ‘abhorrent’ posts by ‘extremist’ Egyptian activist he welcomed to UK
https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/starme...st-4136871
INTRO: Sir Keir Starmer was not previously aware of “abhorrent” social media posts by a democracy activist whose return from detention in Egypt he celebrated last week.
The Prime Minister said on Friday that he was “delighted” that British-Egyptian campaigner Alaa Abd El-Fattah, who was released from prison in September after receiving a presidential pardon, had been reunited with his loved ones in the UK.
The sentiment was echoed by Cabinet ministers including Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper and Justice Secretary David Lammy, who is also deputy prime minister, with similar posts.
But the Prime Minister has faced criticism after reports of historic social media posts between 2008 and 2011, in which Abd El-Fatteh appeared to call British people “dogs and monkeys”, said killing “Zionists” was “heroic”, denied the Holocaust, praised Osama Bin Laden, declared that “police are not human” and should be killed, and that he “hates” white people.
The Jewish Leadership Council, a charity that represents Jewish organisations across the UK, criticised the “effusive welcome” from the UK Government, while senior Tory Robert Jenrick said Starmer’s “endorsement” of Abd El-Fattah showed poor judgment given the past social media posts appear to show “extremist” views.
A No 10 source said Starmer, Lammy and Cooper were not aware of the posts and rejected the suggestion that ministers’ welcoming of the activist’s return was an endorsement of his political views.
The Foreign Office added that ministers believe Abd El-Fattah’s past views are “abhorrent”... (MORE - details)
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Starmer condemns ‘abhorrent’ posts by ‘extremist’ Egyptian activist he welcomed to UK
https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/starme...st-4136871
INTRO: Sir Keir Starmer was not previously aware of “abhorrent” social media posts by a democracy activist whose return from detention in Egypt he celebrated last week.
The Prime Minister said on Friday that he was “delighted” that British-Egyptian campaigner Alaa Abd El-Fattah, who was released from prison in September after receiving a presidential pardon, had been reunited with his loved ones in the UK.
The sentiment was echoed by Cabinet ministers including Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper and Justice Secretary David Lammy, who is also deputy prime minister, with similar posts.
But the Prime Minister has faced criticism after reports of historic social media posts between 2008 and 2011, in which Abd El-Fatteh appeared to call British people “dogs and monkeys”, said killing “Zionists” was “heroic”, denied the Holocaust, praised Osama Bin Laden, declared that “police are not human” and should be killed, and that he “hates” white people.
The Jewish Leadership Council, a charity that represents Jewish organisations across the UK, criticised the “effusive welcome” from the UK Government, while senior Tory Robert Jenrick said Starmer’s “endorsement” of Abd El-Fattah showed poor judgment given the past social media posts appear to show “extremist” views.
A No 10 source said Starmer, Lammy and Cooper were not aware of the posts and rejected the suggestion that ministers’ welcoming of the activist’s return was an endorsement of his political views.
The Foreign Office added that ministers believe Abd El-Fattah’s past views are “abhorrent”... (MORE - details)