Mr Abd El Fattah said he took allegations of antisemitism "very seriously" while arguing some of the posts had been "completely twisted out of their meaning". He added that the government has "condemned the nature of these historic tweets, and we consider them to be abhorrent". It is understood that the Foreign Office has started an internal review into how the case has been handled by successive governments. Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch and Reform UK leader Nigel Farage both said Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood should look at whether Mr Abd El Fattah's citizenship could be revoked to enable his swift removal from the UK. Farage said in a letter to Mahmood: "It should go without saying that anyone who possesses racist and anti-British views such as those of [Mr Abd El Fattah] should not be allowed into the UK."

Source: The Times December 29, 2025 15:37 UTC