Why is Hasan Piker ‘not conducive to the public good’? Because on Gaza, we punish the witness, not the crime ^50.5%

The Guardian - By Arwa Mahdawi - 6/4/2026, 6:25 PM

Negativity Bias 41.1% - Indoctrination 26.8% - Biased Writer Voice 24.4%

This week, the British government banned Hasan Piker and Cenk Uygur, two leftwing US commentators with millions of followers, from entering the country on the grounds that their presence would not be “conducive to the public good”. It did not spell out what it meant by this very broad phrase, but Piker and Uygur have accused the... more