'GB News wouldn’t touch him': Milo Yiannopoulos will struggle to fit in with UK right wing
‘Alt-right’ agitator and former Trump backer deported from US is said also to be too extreme for Reform
TL;DR
- Milo Yiannopoulos has been deported from the US back to the UK.
- Sources within the UK right-wing suggest Yiannopoulos is now too extreme for prominent platforms like GB News.
- His appeal is considered largely American, limiting his potential audience in the UK.
- Other right-wing provocateurs in the UK have also faced controversies leading to their departure from mainstream channels.
- Reform UK is unlikely to accept Yiannopoulos, despite connections through former colleagues.
- Restore Britain, led by Rupert Lowe, is presented as a potential platform for Yiannopoulos.
- Yiannopoulos previously worked with Steve Bannon at Breitbart News and on Kanye West's presidential campaign.
- He was deported for overstaying his visa, having entered the US in May 2019.
- There are suggestions he could resurface as an adviser or on reality TV.