'I have had ENOUGH!' Chris Philp unleashes furious tirade after El-Fattah citizenship row: 'He is a scumbag!'

The controversy erupted following Mr Fattah's arrival on British soil on Boxing Day, marking his first time in the country in over a decade.

The activist had been imprisoned in Egypt since September 2019 and received a five-year sentence in December 2021 for allegedly disseminating false information about the government.

Chris Philp told GB News:“Well, quite frankly, he shouldn’t have been here in the first place.

"I don’t know the circumstances surrounding him getting citizenship on December 20, 2021. I don’t know whether that crossed ministers’ desks or not.

"But as far as I’m concerned and I’m now the shadow Home Secretary if I were Home Secretary, I would be walking round the corner into the Home Office right now, stripping him of his British citizenship and deporting him.

"That’s exactly what I’d be doing if I were Home Secretary. He’s a scumbag. "

He added: "To be honest, if Keir Starmer and Shabana Mahmood were serious, they would make sure that anyone in this country who is not a British citizen or who is a dual national whose British citizenship can be removed and who expresses extremist, racist, antisemitic or violent views, is deported.

"We’ve had enough of talking. People like Keir Starmer condemn antisemitism and extremism with words, but words are not good enough anymore. We need action.

"That action should start with deporting people who express extremist, racist or antisemitic views, who support violence or terrorism where those individuals are not British citizens or are dual nationals.

"If we start deporting those people starting with this man, but applying it to anyone who expresses those views it will send a clear message that extremism, antisemitism, racism, support for violence and support for terrorism are not acceptable and will not be tolerated in the UK.

"We won’t just talk about it we’ll take action. Because frankly, I’ve had enough of this antisemitism, racism, antiwhite racism and support for violence. I’ve had enough of it."

Upon touching down in the UK, the activist was reunited with his son, who resides in Brighton.

However, his homecoming was swiftly overshadowed when social media posts dating back to 2010 resurfaced, in which he appeared to advocate violence against Zionists and police officers.

In a statement released on Monday, Fattah offered an unequivocal apology for certain historic tweets while maintaining that some had been deliberately misconstrued.

"I am shaken that, just as I am being reunited with my family for the first time in 12 years, several historic tweets of mine have been republished and used to question and attack my integrity and values," he said.

The activist acknowledged that some posts were genuinely offensive, attributing them to youthful anger during periods of regional turmoil including conflicts in Iraq, Lebanon and Gaza.

He insisted that accusations of homophobia and Holocaust denial were based on misreadings of his words, claiming one tweet was actually mocking homophobic attitudes and another was ridiculing those who deny the Holocaust.

"I should have known better," he conceded.

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch described Abd El-Fattah's comments about violence against Jews, white people and police as "disgusting and abhorrent" in a piece for the Daily Mail.

She argued it was "inconceivable" that nobody had noticed his public statements over the years, adding: "I do not want people who hate Britain coming to our country."

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage echoed these sentiments, writing to Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood to argue that anyone holding such views should be barred from entering Britain.

Downing Street says it welcomes the return of "British citizen Alaa Abd El Fattah" who it says was "unfairly detained abroad".

The Prime Minister's spokesman added: "However, we have condemned the nature of these historic tweets and find them abhorrent.