Another day, another deeply unusual story courtesy of the deeply unusual Liz Truss, the former prime minister whose tenure was so catastrophic that she managed to sink the pound, the bond market, the pensions industry and the mortgage market – all at the same time. An outstanding achievement.
And here she is again, busily planning something called “CPAC GB”, a hardcore right wing knees-up, featuring a Star Wars canteen line-up of the most swivel-eyed extremists Europe has to offer. Naturally, our Liz is hosting.
But there is a fly in the ointment, in this case a rather large, angry Polish fly by the name of Dominik Tarczyński, a crackpot MEP who was meant to be attending Liz’s do, but has been banned from Britain by the home secretary. Cue a harumphing letter of protest from Truss to the PM.
“Britain has long prided itself on being a beacon of free speech and open democratic debate,” wrote Truss. “It is concerning that a democratically elected representative and public figure is being denied entry not for any criminal offence or credible security risk, but because his views on issues such as immigration, sovereignty and cultural change differ from those of your government.”
Truss then went on to point out that Tarczyński’s grandfather “fought alongside British troops,” and that his father was a “founding member of the independent trade union, Solidarity.” These are genuinely impressive accomplishments by dad and grandpa. It’s notable, however, that she’s a bit less forthcoming about young Dominik’s CV.
Might that have something to do with the fact that his most attention-grabbing achievement is that he is, er, an amateur exorcist? The fact she didn’t mention it means that even poor old Liz can see that “oh and he’s also a former lay assistant to a prominent Catholic exorcist,” may come across as a bit weird.
Other highlights in Tarczyński’s seriously checkered career include appearing on GB News to complain about disorder at the Notting Hill Carnival and congratulating US ICE agents back in January for shooting Renée Good dead in Minneapolis.
But aside from his supernatural interest in incarnations of Satan, Tarczyński is also pals with Tommy Robinson, who invited him over to address one of his coke-fuelled London rallies back in May. Again, he was denied entry into the UK. “This is what communism looks like in the 21st century,” Tarczyński whined on social media, before going on to announce plans to sue Keir Starmer.
That ban probably had something to do with a previous appearance at yet another Tommy Robinson rally, at which Tarczyński gave a truly unhinged performance on the main stage, during which he led the crowd in a chant of “Send them back.”
He then told the hordes, “We are taking our Christian Europe back. We are taking this continent, because this is our home. I love Europe. I love my culture. I love my identity. I love this crowd. I love being European.”
Radosław Sikorski, Poland’s foreign minister, commented that by his actions, “Tarczyński has unfortunately confirmed that he is an unhinged extremist”. Just the sort of chap that Liz Truss would want at one of her political shindigs!
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