Dutch right-wing political commentator and activist Eva Vlaardingerbroek has been banned from entering the United Kingdom just days after criticizing British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on X. According to an official notice shared by Vlaardingerbroek, her UK ETA has been cancelled as of 13 January, citing that her presence in the country ‘is not considered to be conducive to the public good.’ There is no right of appeal against the decision.
On 9 January, Vlaardingerbroek shared a post reacting to Starmer’s claim that the British government’s crackdown on X is driven by ‘women’s safety’. ‘Keir Starmer wants to crack down on X under the pretense of “women’s safety”, whilst he’s the one allowing the ongoing rape and killing of British girls by migrant rape gangs,’ the post said, accusing Starmer of failing to take meaningful action against illegal and mass migration and its alleged impact on public safety in the UK.
In an exclusive appearance on Steve Bannon’s War Room, Vlaardingerbroek shared details about what she described as contradictions in the case against her. She said she had not even applied for a visa to the UK, adding that the last time she travelled to the country was in September, when she participated in Tommy Robinson’s Unite the Kingdom march. She added that she had planned to visit again in May, but following the entry ban, she would have to reassess her plans.
‘I guess my point that the UK is no longer a free country has been indisputably proven,’ Vlaardingerbroek wrote in a post on her Instagram account.
The move by the Starmer government is already having repercussions in Dutch domestic politics and internationally as well. Lidewij de Vos, a right-wing politician from Forum for Democracy (FvD), called the entry ban an ‘extremely worrying development’, sharing a series of parliamentary questions sent to Foreign Minister David van Weel and advocating diplomatic action against the UK.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who met Vlaardingerbroek in May during CPAC Hungary 2025 in Budapest, retweeted her post, stating: ‘You’re always welcome in Hungary!’ The Dutch political commentator is a frequent visitor to the Hungarian capital, having delivered keynote speeches at two consecutive CPAC events—one of which was later banned from YouTube. She last visited Hungary in October, when she participated in a book launch organized by Budapest-based think tank Centre for Fundamental Rights. On the sidelines of the event, Vlaardingerbroek gave an interview to our outlet, during which she discussed the urgent need to close Europe’s borders, the potential for remigration to unite conservatives across the continent, and the example set by Hungary and other Eastern European nations in resisting the consequences of unchecked migration.
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