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U.K. bars left-wing influencers from entering country ahead of speaking gigs

2026-06-01 News & Politics
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The progressive political commentators Cenk Uygur and Hasan Piker said they had been barred from entering the United Kingdom to speak at events. Uygur, who co-hosts the YouTube series “The Young Turks,” and his nephew Piker, who broadcasts his commentary on the video platform Twitch, said on social media they had been blocked because of their views about Israel. NBC News' Sahil Kapur reports. For more context and news coverage of the most important stories of our day, click here: https://www.nbcnews.com » Subscribe to NBC News: http://nbcnews.to/SubscribeToNBC » Subscribe to Here's the Scoop podcast: https://www.nbcnews.com/heres-the-scoop-daily-podcast » NBC News App: https://apps.nbcnews.com/mobile » Breaking News Alerts: https://link.nbcnews.com/join/5cj/breaking-news-signup?cid=sm_npd_nn_yt_bn-clip_190621 » Visit NBCNews.Com: http://nbcnews.to/ReadNBC » Find NBC News on Facebook: http://nbcnews.to/LikeNBC » Follow NBC News on Twitter: http://nbcnews.to/FollowNBC » Follow NBC News on Instagram: http://nbcnews.to/InstaNBC #LeftWing #YoungTurks #SocialMedia

Top Comments (10)

@Jahcrooks 2026-06-02

She couldn't even bring herself to call Cenk Uygur's name.

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@journalistedisoncarter 2026-06-02

When a country bans your entrance based on speech? You've got a MAJOR problem.

85 5 replies
@prolingheuer 2026-06-02

Shame on us. Free speech no longer exists here in UK

54 8 replies
@barrygoldwasser5449 2026-06-01

And legacy media still wonders why nobody watches it. NBC, CBS, ABC, CNN all useless

39 4 replies
@RobertMurphy-v8q 2026-06-01

They both call the genocide a genocide.

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@dtaylor939 2026-06-02

THE UNITED KINGDOM IS A FAILED EXPERIMENT

26 1 replies
@cuteiswhatIaimfor 2026-06-02

That’s disgusting. “May not be conducive to the public good.” That is utter bullsh*t.

18 1 replies
@ObiShawnKenobi1 2026-06-02

Well that says alot about the British government, I guess the Israeli government has alot of influence in the Uk.

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@cynthiawhite3945 2026-06-01

And the UK banned Conservatives from entering the country at the Tommy Robinsons march. The UK has free speech issues

91 20 replies
@OliverWilde123 2026-06-02

Freedom of speech is dead.

7 1 replies

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