Former British MP Douglas Carswell has ignited condemnation after declaring on X that England should be made “Abdul-free.” Carswell, who once sat in parliament for both the Conservatives and UKIP, wrote the comment in response to a Daily Mail story about asylum seekers in Epping being permitted to stay in a local hotel. His choice of words was a deliberate twist on the well-known pro-Palestinian slogan “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free,” but instead of calling for liberation, it singled out “Abdul”, a name widely associated with Muslims, as undesirable in England. The statement, viewed by many as a direct call to remove Muslims from the country, was met with fierce criticism for its overtly racist and exclusionary undertones. Carswell’s remarks build on a history of far-right proposals he has pushed in recent years, including a Telegraph column where he called for a “voluntary remigration scheme” offering tens of thousands of pounds for immigrants from Muslim-majority countries to leave the UK permanently. He has also advocated stripping citizenship from naturalised citizens and their descendants if they are deemed sympathetic to “political Islamism.” Human rights advocates argue that such rhetoric normalises bigotry and fuels hostility towards Britain’s Muslim communities. Carswell’s “Abdul-free” slogan strips away any subtlety, laying bare a worldview rooted in racial and religious exclusion rather than democratic debate.
@OnePathNetwork From the river to the sea, make the land Abdul-free!