US commentators Hasan Piker and Cenk Uygur denied UK entry – POLITICO

LONDON — Britain has barred left-wing U.S. commentators Cenk Uygur and Hasan Piker from entering the U.K.

Uygur — a Turkish-American political activist who hosts the “Young Turks” YouTube channel — and his nephew Piker, a prominent Twitch streamer, were due to speak at the SXSW London Conference this week, and then at Oxford University.

The Home Office said it blocked their Electronic Travel Authorisation visa-waivers on the grounds that their presence “may not be conducive to the public good.” The pair could still apply for visas to travel to Britain.