Hasan Piker was set to meet Zack Polanski and Jeremy Corbyn in UK before being banned

Hasan Piker was set to meet Zack Polanski and Jeremy Corbyn in UK before being banned Submitted by Imran Mulla on Mon, 06/01/2026 - 10:25 The American podcaster has been barred from entering Britain in a move condemned by Polanski and Corbyn Hasan Piker attends the 2026 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Mark Guiducci at Los Angeles County Museum of Art on 15 March 2026 (AFP) Off American political commentator Hasan Piker was scheduled to meet Green Party leader Zack Polanski and former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn in Britain before being denied entry by the Home Office, Middle East Eye has learnt. Sources with knowledge of the matter told MEE that Piker was set to appear on Polanski's podcast, Bold Politics. On Monday morning, Polanski condemned the decision to ban Piker and Cenk Uygur, the host and creator of The Young Turks,  saying : "People often talk about dangerous road we'd go down under a Reform government - this is another clear warning we're down there already." He said Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood "needs to explain this strange and worrying decision, and Andy Burnham needs to make his view clear." "A Labour government [is] doing everything possible to silence criticism of the Israeli Government." Sources also said Corbyn, the parliamentary leader of the left-wing Your Party and one of Britain's most prominent politicians, was scheduled to appear alongside Piker in an interview before the podcaster had his travel authorisation revoked. Piker was banned alongside fellow Americal political commentator Uygur. Both said they were denied entry over their criticism of Israel. Corbyn said on Monday morning: "Banning Cenk Uyghur and Hasan Piker from entering the U...

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