- Anti-Islam influencer Valentina Gomez has been barred from entering the UK by the Home Secretary.
- Gomez had previously claimed to have secured a UK electronic travel authorisation (ETA) and was scheduled to speak at a 'Unite the Kingdom' rally organised by far-right activist Tommy Robinson in May.
- The government is understood to have intervened on the grounds that her presence would not be conducive to the public good.
- The justification mirrors the reason given earlier this month for blocking rapper Kanye West, also known as Ye, from entering the UK to play at a festival.
- US-based Gomez has gained notoriety for anti-Islam stunts, including burning the Quran, during a failed Republican campaign in Missouri.
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