UK news Polish far-right speaker cancels UK visit amid hate speech concerns Rafał Ziemkiewicz says he will not visit ‘fascist’ Britain after calls for him to be denied entry Far-right protesters outside the presidential palace in Warsaw earlier this month. Photograph: Dawid Żuchowicz/Agencja Gazeta via ReutersA controversial Polish rightwing speaker has cancelled a visit to the UK, after MPs and campaigners urged the Home Office to block his entry to the country due to concerns about hate speech. Writing in Polish, he said “in this situation it no longer made sense” for him to visit the UK. A far-right speaker must fit that criteria. We applaud the campaign to get Ziemkiewicz’s meeting cancelled.”Ziemkiewicz is not the first far-right speaker from Poland who has tried to visit Britain to increase their following.

Source: The Guardian February 16, 2018 14:15 UTC