{"id":78630,"date":"2015-11-04T15:13:24","date_gmt":"2015-11-04T23:13:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=78630"},"modified":"2015-11-04T17:11:43","modified_gmt":"2015-11-05T01:11:43","slug":"matthew-heimbach-banned-in-britain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=78630","title":{"rendered":"Matthew Heimbach – Banned In Britain"},"content":{"rendered":"

The white nationalist tweets<\/a>: I am now banned from England for being a nationalist while 10ks of radical Muslims are welcomed. #EnglandYoureDrunk <\/p>\n

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Jessica Elgot, Guardian, November 4, 2015<\/a><\/p>\n

Theresa May has banned a US southern nationalist who has advocated racial segregation from entering the UK, because of his neo-Nazi and antisemitic remarks.<\/p>\n

The home secretary ordered the exclusion of Matthew Heimbach, 25, president of the Traditional Youth Network, who has been called the \u201cface of a new generation of white nationalists\u201d by the Southern Poverty Law Centre (SPLC).<\/p>\n

Heimbach posted a copy of his exclusion letter on Twitter. \u201cI am now banned from England for being a nationalist while 10ks of radical Muslims are welcomed.#EnglandYoureDrunk,\u201d he tweeted, adding later that he was considering attempting entry regardless of the order.<\/p>\n

The letter says: \u201cAfter careful consideration, on 30 October 2015, she personally directed that you should be excluded from the UK on the grounds that your presence here would not be conducive to the public good.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe home secretary has reached this decision because you have brought yourself within the scope of the list of unacceptable behaviour by making statements that may foster hatred which might lead to inter-community violence in the UK.\u201d<\/p>\n

It also notes that Heimach is \u201ca southern nationalist and that you advocate for racial segregation in the US\u201d. It cites concerns about Heimbach expressing antisemitic and neo-Nazi views.<\/p>\n

Heimbach was the founder of the White Student Union while at university in Maryland, where he was the subject of a Vice news documentary about his organisation of patrols to combat what he termed a \u201cblack crime wave\u201d, and told filmmakers his goal was for segregated black and white \u201chomelands\u201d in the US.<\/p>\n

He has sent regular racist and antisemitic messages on Twitter, many hinging on the alleged \u201cJewish control\u201d of banks and government.<\/p>\n

Community Security Trust, one of the organisations that had flagged concerns about Heimbach to the Home Office, welcomed the decision to exclude him.<\/p>\n

\u201cHeimbach\u2019s extremism and antisemitism is clear-cut,\u201d a spokesman for the Jewish security charity said. \u201cWe thank the Home Office for having heard our concerns and for their decision in this case.\u201d<\/p>\n

Heimbach has long expressed interest in meeting like-minded European and Russian nationalist groups, recently writing an article in praise of Greece\u2019s Golden Dawn party.<\/p>\n

Matthew Collins, of anti-extremism campaign Hope Not Hate said Heimbach had been set to meet several far right activists in the UK, at a private lunch in Southport.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are conscious that there is a concerted effort by some people to build a new far-right movement directing their hatreds back towards the Jewish community,\u201d Collins told the Guardian.<\/p>\n

\u201cHis presence would have been seen as some kind of moral victory by such people. We ask the government to remain ever vigilant.\u201d<\/p>\n

A Home Office spokesman said: \u201cThe home secretary has the power to exclude an individual if she considers that his or her presence in the UK is not conducive to the public good or if their exclusion is justified on public policy grounds.<\/p>\n

\u201cComing to the UK is a privilege and one that we refuse to extend to those who seek to subvert the shared values of our society.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis home secretary has excluded more foreign nationals on the grounds of unacceptable behaviour than any before her.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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