Tory leader Kemi Badenoch's fury as Keir Starmer welcomes freed anti-Semitic Egyptian dissident who called for the killing of British police
Writing in the Daily Mail, the Tory leader says Alaa Abd El-Fattah - whose arrival in the UK was celebrated by Keir Starmer- should be stripped of his dual British nationality and booted out.
Kemi Badenoch has called for the deportation of an Egyptian dissident, declaring: 'I do not want people who hate Britain coming to our country.'
Writing in the Daily Mail, the Tory leader says Alaa Abd El-Fattah - whose arrival in the UK was celebrated by Keir Starmer - should be stripped of his dual British nationality and booted out.
It follows the emergence of vile social media posts in which El-Fattah advocated the murder of Jews and boasted of his hatred for white people, saying: 'I seriously, seriously, seriously hate white people, especially those of English or Dutch or German descent.'
El-Fattah has since issued a grovelling apology over the comments, admitting how 'shocking and hurtful they are'.
It comes just 48 hours after the Prime Minister welcomed El-Fattah's arrival in the UK following years of detention in his native Egypt.
In a gushing welcome, Sir Keir said he was 'delighted' that the dissident had landed in Britain, adding that his release had been 'a top priority for my Government since we came to office'.
Government sources suggested the PM was not aware of El-Fattah's social media posts during the years in which he pressed for his release.
Mrs Badenoch called on Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood to pull out all the stops to have El-Fattah deported.
'The comments he made on social media about violence against Jews, white people and the police among others are disgusting and abhorrent - they were also anti-British,' she said. 'British citizenship is more than a passport. Our country is our home, not a hotel.'
The Tory leader (pictured) says Alaa Abd El-Fattah - whose arrival in the UK was celebrated by Keir Starmer- should be stripped of his dual British nationality and booted out
It comes 48 hours after the Prime Minister (pictured) welcomed El-Fattah's arrival in the UK
Pro-democracy activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah was in prison for almost all of the past 12 years
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage is also understood to be writing to Ms Mahmood, urging her to deport El-Fattah.
Senior Labour MPs said Sir Keir had lost the trust of British Jews and joined Mrs Badenoch in calling on him to strip El-Fattah of his British citizenship.
'It's truly shocking that we've welcomed a racist anti-Semite into our country with open arms,' one minister told The Times.
'Serious questions need to be asked about the lack of judgment here and the Home Office should seriously be contemplating stripping him of his British citizenship.'