HIAS+JCORE has today (12.03.2025) written to GB News Chairman Alan McCormick and CEO Angelos Frangopoulos to express serious concern about antisemitic rhetoric featured in recent GB News content.
The letter follows an interview between GB News presenter Neil Oliver and Ivan Cummins, originally uploaded to the network’s YouTube channel on Saturday 8 March 2025, under the title: “Ireland’s SILENT INVASION: The SHOCKING Truth Behind MASS MIGRATION | Neil Oliver & Ivor Cummins“.
Throughout the discussion, repeated references were made to the antisemitic Great Replacement conspiracy theory. These included Cummins’ assertions that:
“The NGOs who have been driving – for many, many decades – the mass migration… (are) all headed up by a certain peoples.”
“That peoples, you’re not allowed to discuss. But, you know, like the Zionist thing… Most of the mass migration…most of them are led by Zionist-type people.”
The interview concluded with what appears to be a disgraceful reference to the Holocaust, with Cummins stating that far-right movements will be “cooking with gas“, if enough people accept the Great Replacement conspiracy theory.
GB News’ handling of the video
The letter also raises our concerns that GB News was aware of the overtly racist nature of these remarks. On Tuesday 12 March, an amended version was briefly re-uploaded to GB News’ YouTube channel, with the comments highlighted above removed.
However, the edited version still retained thinly veiled antisemitism. These include repeated comments that a ‘tribe’ is behind a conspiracy against Western culture, with Cummins asserting “old religious texts… (state) that mass migration is a good tactic” to do so. At no point did presenter Neil Oliver challenge these claims.
HIAS+JCORE is relieved that both videos have now been removed from YouTube, although both were viewed by tens of thousands of people before being taken down. Given the seriousness of the issue, we are urging GB News to:
- Ensure that the entire video is removed from BitChute (where it remains live at the time of writing) and any other platforms
- Investigate Neil Oliver’s role and repeated failure to challenge blatant antisemitism and antisemitic conspiracy theories
- Review GB News’ guest vetting process, to ensure that the channel never again gives platform to people expressing racist and antisemitic views
- Implement training for GB News staff, so that they can stop the spread of antisemitic and racist material in future
