Strip Extremist of Citizenship Before Egyptians Do, Starmer Urged
Britain must strip extremist Alaa Abd el-Fattah of his British citizenship before Cairo removes his Egyptian one, Sir Keir Starmer has been told, as it emerged his sister had praised the October 7th attackers. The Telegraph has the story.
The Prime Minister has resisted demands to take away Mr Fattah’s right to live in the country over historical social media posts he made calling for Zionists to be killed.
But Sir Keir has been urged to take action because it would become more difficult to remove Mr Fattah’s British citizenship if his Egyptian citizenship were to be removed first.
On Tuesday, it emerged that Mr Fattah’s sister had praised the “imagination” of the October 7th attackers and once suggested that acts of violence by Hamas could be justified. Counter-terror police confirmed that they were assessing Mr Fattah’s social media posts following referrals by members of the public.
Yvette Cooper, the Foreign Secretary, has blamed the Civil Service for failing to vet the 44 year-old before he was welcomed into the UK by Sir Keir on Boxing Day. But Sir Keir is facing growing pressure to deport him, despite claims by the Government that he did not pose enough of a security risk to do so.
Mr Fattah’s British citizenship was granted under the Conservatives in 2021 while he was serving a five-year sentence in Egypt for allegedly “spreading fake news”.
Nigel Farage, the Reform UK leader, said: “The Labour Government needs to strip Alaa Abd el-Fattah of the undeserved British citizenship handed to him by the Tories and kick this Egyptian hatemonger out of the country. Now, before it is too late.
“Remember, we cannot remove British citizenship if it leaves an individual stateless. So if the Cairo Government beats Britain to it, and removes el-Fattah’s Egyptian citizenship, we will be stuck with him. And who benefits from that?”
Robert Jenrick, the Shadow Justice Secretary, said: “Starmer should revoke his citizenship and deport him as quickly as practicable. If he delays, and Egypt revokes his citizenship first, the British people could be lumbered with this extremist forever.
“El-Fattah’s earlier hate-filled posts – and his posts this week doubling down – suggest the threshold for revoking his citizenship could be met. He was, and remains, a threat to national security, and his presence in the UK is clearly not conducive to the public good.”
Mr Fattah spent more than a decade in prison in Egypt on various charges. From 2015 to 2019, he served a sentence for protesting against the Egyptian government. He was re-arrested in September 2019 and jailed for a further five years for “spreading false news” after sharing a Facebook post about torture in the country.
Mohammed Maree, of the Egyptian Centre for Thought and Strategic Studies, said he believed the Egyptian authorities were considering revoking Mr Fattah’s citizenship.
Mr Maree cited growing public anger in the country, which had only intensified since he apologised for his comments in Britain, despite having refused to do so in Egypt.
He said: “I believe that demands to revoke Egyptian citizenship from Alaa Abd el-Fattah are likely to escalate in the coming period, in light of the growing state of anger in Egyptian public opinion.
“Alaa Abdel el-Fattah’s apology, which he was forced into, was motivated by preserving his British citizenship and attempting to weather this wave of pressures demanding the revocation of his British citizenship and his deportation.
“It is an apology he did not dare to offer to Egypt, nor to the army and police officers whom he previously incited to kill, and which is indeed documented.”
Worth reading in full.
In the Telegraph, Jake Wallis Simons and Stephen Pollard debate whether el-Fattah should have his citizenship removed, with Wallis Simons making the case for the prosecution and Pollard, while agreeing the privilege should never have been granted in the first place, saying the free-speech implications of revoking citizenship based on disagreement with the Home Secretary counsel against it.
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Surely 2TK will insist that he be locked up here for a minimum of 30 months for all his Hurty Words posted on-line ? The Kneeler approved of the jailing of Lucy Connelly and I am sure he does not wish to reinforce the British public’s overwhelming view that he presides over a two-tier “justice” system. Sauce for goose and gander and all that stuff …….
People need to realise that Starmer does not give a toss what we think. He at last has his heart’s delight – the power to destroy the UK. For ever.
Farage calls for Labour to take steps for this guy to be stripped of his citizenship yet called for Labour to open a debate about allowing the return of Shemima Begum. What hypocrisy or at the best very seriously muddled thinking.
Starmer will say “Er sorry that idea didn’t get to my desk in time”.
The only things that cross his desk are Ukrainian rent boys.
If he were to be stripped of his citizenship, the ECHR would insist on it being reinstated, as in the Shemima Begum case. The sooner we leave that body’s jurisdiction and start taking responsibility for our own affairs, the better.
The ECHR court hasn’t done this so far. It has just asked for an official justification for this act from the government of the UK. That’s presumably a regular part of the initial proceedings for bringing a case before this court.
It used to be that you could only qualify if you were born here with your father present. In the pursuit of equality this was changed but somebody has suggested he was born before this change came into effect.
As for Two Tier, or any other snivelling politician like Sushi, claiming all his nasty tweeting was a surprise, they have known for years.
Being born in Britain is a complete irrelevance since the children of British service personnel are often born British abroad, for example. Being born British is what matters, where that happens does not. Being born in a stable does not make you a horse. Bestowing British citizenship on El-Fattah was a treacherous mistake and impossible to justify.
I understand that Alaa Abd el-Fattah has never actually lived in Britain. Has he ever visited our country? Yet he claims to “return” here!