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Andreas Malm condemns UK travel ban as ‘drift into authoritarianism’

30 October 2026 at 14:58

Swedish climate academic says he has been ‘kept in the dark’ over Home Office decision to revoke his travel authorisation

The Swedish climate academic Andreas Malm has condemned a travel ban imposed on him by the UK government as a “drift into authoritarianism” amid criticism of the move.

Malm, the author of How to Blow Up a Pipeline, said he had been “kept in the dark” by the UK’s immigration authorities over the reasons for his electronic travel authorisation (ETA) being revoked.

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© Photograph: Album/Alamy

© Photograph: Album/Alamy

UK bars ‘How to Blow up a Pipeline’ author from appearing with Palestine Action co-founder

30 October 2026 at 14:38
Swedish climate activist Andreas Malm, who hailed the Hamas-led Oct 7. attack as 'an act of liberation,' claims he's being 'banned from doing my work as an intellectual, as an academic'

Mahmood infuriates fellow ministers by failing to reveal impact of UK migration shake-up

Home secretary’s colleagues fear homelessness will rise as a result of changes to the asylum system

Shabana Mahmood has infuriated ministerial colleagues by failing to share what they see as crucial information about the impact of her migration changes.

Sources say the home secretary has repeatedly refused to reveal how much she expects homelessness to rise as a result of changes to the asylum system.

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© Photograph: Wiktor Szymanowicz/Shutterstock

© Photograph: Wiktor Szymanowicz/Shutterstock

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