The U.K.’s Dumb Exclusion of Left-Wing Influencers

If the revocation of Cenk Uygur and Hasan Piker’s visas is an Israeli op, it’s a profoundly counterproductive one.

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Left: Cenk Uygur at the AmericaFest 2024 conference in Phoenix, Ariz., December 21, 2024. Right: Hasan Piker at Web Summit Vancouver 2026 in Vancouver, Canada, May 13, 2026.

Cheney Orr/Reuters; Florencia Tan Jun/Web Summit via Sportsfile via Getty Images

The U.K. government banned left-wing influencers Cenk Uygur and Hasan Piker from traveling to the country because they blame everything on the Jews — and, true to form, Uygur and Piker blamed the Jews.

Uygur and Piker were to speak at a South by Southwest conference in London and participate in an event at the Oxford Union, when their visas were canceled.

Rich Lowry

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Rich Lowry

Rich Lowry is the editor in chief of National Review.

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