The Home Office just slammed the door shut on a far-right American firebrand—and he’s furious. Joey Mannarino, a MAGA influencer with a history of inflammatory rhetoric, received a cold, unappealable email: his UK travel permission was cancelled, effective immediately.
The notice didn’t mince words: “Your presence in the UK is not considered to be conducive to the public good.” No appeal. No explanation beyond that. Mannarino had been booked to fly in for Tommy Robinson’s Unite the Kingdom rally on May 16, followed by a Liz Truss-hosted CPAC event in July. Now both are off the table.
This isn’t Mannarino’s first trip to the UK for far-right demonstrations. Last summer, he spoke at a March for Remigration organized by Britain First. There, he told the crowd, “We need to deport the parasites who are raping their way through America, Europe and the United Kingdom.”
He also set off a firestorm online, tweeting that he would “never believe a victim of rape again in my life no matter the verdict in court”—a reference to the sex case against Donald Trump. “All rape cases have just become fake to me,” he added.
Mannarino isn’t alone in facing a UK ban. Last month, Valentina Gomez, an anti-Muslim influencer, was also barred from attending the same rally. She dared the government to stop her and suggested Trump’s White House would intervene. Separately, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood blocked Kanye West from performing at Wireless Festival this summer over his past antisemitic comments.
Mannarino reacted to his ban with a defiant tweet: “They have banned an American citizen from their country for no apparent reason whatsoever… Free speech is DEAD in the United Kingdom. Absolutely dead.” He vowed to appeal and apply for a visa through formal channels.
Meanwhile, the Metropolitan Police are reviewing whether Robinson’s Unite the Kingdom march should proceed at all, following the recent terror attack in Golders Green. They’re also weighing a pro-Palestine Nakba Day march scheduled for the same day. The final call rests with Mahmood, who could downgrade one or both protests to “static” events to curb disruption.
The decision has reignited a fierce debate over free speech, national security, and who gets to enter Britain’s borders. For Mannarino, the message is clear: his welcome has worn out—and there’s no turning back.
