Seven far-right agitators have been denied entry into the UK to appear as key speakers at Tommy Robinson’s Unite the Kingdom Rally on May 16, expected to be the largest far-right rally in UK history.
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood blocked the influencers and speakers from entering the UK after they had originally been given approval to enter.
The basis on which they were denied entry stated that their presence would not be “conducive to the public good.”
Many of the speakers appeared at last year’s rally, organised by Tommy Robinson, and took to the stage to utter Islamophobic, racist, far-right and anti-immigrant rhetoric.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the travel ban was an example of how Labour would fight to defend Britain as a country of “decency and respect.”
An estimated 100,000 people attended last year’s nationalist rally, as Starmer said in his speech that he would ban extremists from coming to the UK to speak at the event.
“This is nothing less than a battle for the soul of our nation,” he added.
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Who are the banned speakers?
Valentina Gomez
Gomez, 26, attended the rally last year alongside Robinson, where she warned from the stage that “rapist Muslims” were “taking over the UK”.
Gomez, a MAGA influencer, is a prolific Islamophobe and burner and desecrator of the Holy Qur’an.
She was banned earlier in April after originally being approved entry into the UK through an ETA (Electronic Travel Authorisation), but following a mass media campaign of outrage led by 5Pillars and others, the Home Office revoked her ETA.
Joey Mannarino
Mannarino is another far-right MAGA influencer and Islamophobe with over one million followers across social media.
“I will most certainly be appealing that decision and applying for a visa through the formal process to see exactly why they’ve deemed me ineligible to come over.”
“Free speech is DEAD in the United Kingdom. Absolutely dead. The Labour government has taken whatever was left of it and destroyed it,” Mannarino said, addressing his ban.
Hope Not Hate, a UK-based anti-fascist advocacy group, identified Mannarino as a far-right, hateful, misogynistic and racist individual following his appearance at a Britain First rally in Manchester in August 2025.
In front of over 600 attendees, Mannarino spoke in front of a giant photo of himself and President Trump while saying that “we need to deport the parasites who are raping their way through America, Europe and the United Kingdom”.
Many more examples of his Islamophobia can be seen from a simple glance at his X timeline.
Flip Dewinter
Dewinter is a Belgian politician and member of the Vlaams Belang right-wing Flemish nationalist secessionist political party.
He recently came under fire for posting with the flag of a Belgian fascist organisation on social media, which included a Dutch translation of a Nazi slogan, according to The Brussels Times.
Dewinter attended the last rally, where a viral clip of him was shared addressing the crowds, saying: “It has to be clear that Islam is our real enemy. You have to get rid of Islam. Islam doesn’t belong to Europe. Islam doesn’t belong to the UK.”
Speaking on his ban, he added: “I should have torn up my passport, and sailed from the Belgian coast to Dover in an inflatable boat and registered there as a political refugee. Then, presumably, I would have been received with open arms, offered a hotel, and granted refugee status.”
Ada Lluch
Lluch, 26, is a Spanish influencer and political commentator, and has expressed strong opinions against immigration.
She has also drawn criticism for defending Spain’s fascist Franco regime.
In October, she was thrown off Spanish TV for claiming that more than 90 per cent of those arrested for theft in Barcelona were foreigners.
Ms Lluch also attended last September’s rally and said in a speech that Western democracies had been “completely invaded and terror has already been unleashed”, and called for remigration.
Eva Vlaardingerbroek
Dutch political activist and commentator Eva Vlaardingerbroek has been banned from entering the UK since January after her visa was revoked.
She said in a speech at the last rally, which she attended in London: “They are demanding the sacrifice of our children on the altar of mass migration. Let’s not beat about the bush – this is the rape, replacement and murder of our people. Remigration is possible, and it’s up to us to make it happen.”
Dominik Tarczynski
A right-wing Polish politician and member of the European Parliament (MEP) has said that he will sue Starmer over his ban.
Tarczynski is known for his hardline anti-immigration stance and has faced controversy in the past for declaring that Poland would take “no illegal migrants”.
He accused Starmer of running a “communist” government over his decision to ban him. Tarczynski has expressed support for Tommy Robinson in the past, praising him as a “friend of Poland”.
Don Keith
Keith is another American right-wing media figure and podcast host of the show The Real Beef, which has officially joined Urban Scoop, a media platform tied to Robinson.
Keith has been a longtime supporter of Robinson and even travelled to the UK in late 2024 and 2025 to stand outside Woolwich Crown Court to show public support for Robinson during his legal trials for contempt of court.
Keith’s podcast pushes highly controversial narratives, often sharing unverified allegations and claims aimed at British political figures.
