Piers Morgan didn’t hold back this afternoon when discussing Keir Starmer’s message about the release of British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah.

Piers Morgan took aim at Sir Keir Starmer (Image: Getty)

Alaa Abd El-Fattah has claimed that his historic social media posts, which have been unearthed in recent days, were “twisted out of their meaning” as the Egyptian dissident faces calls to have his British citizenship revoked. The activist branded Brits “dogs and monkeys”, called for Zionists to be killed and boasted of his hatred for white people. The comment emerged following his return to the UK on Boxing Day, after spending several years in prison in Egypt.

Ahead of the abhorrent tweets resurfacing, Prime Minister Keir Starmer celebrated his return in a social media post of his own, saying he was “delighted” El-Fattah is back on British soil and has been “reunited with his loved ones who may be feeling profound relief”. Starmer also penned on X on December 26: “I want to pay tribute to Alaa’s family, and to all those that have worked and campaigned for this moment. Alaa’s case has been a top priority for my government since we came to office.”

Alaa Abd El-Fattah has issued an apology (Image: Getty)

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Taking to X in light of his millions of followers today (December 29), Morgan re-shared Starmer’s post about El-Fattah being back in the UK, accompanied by a scathing response.

Morgan fumed: “Nothing symbolises our Govt’s incompetence than this post by the Prime Minister 2 days ago about a vile, racist, anti-Semite who wanted to kill Jews, police & white people and called the British ‘dogs and monkeys’. All he had to do was check El-Fattah’s social media history.”

El-Fattah has issued an apology for his “shocking and hurtful” social media posts, which he wrote more than a decade ago.

He wrote this morning (December 29): “Looking at the tweets now – the ones that were not completely twisted out of their meaning – I do understand how shocking and hurtful they are, and for that I unequivocally apologise.

“They were mostly expressions of a young man’s anger and frustrations in a time of regional crises (the wars in Iraq, Lebanon and Gaza), and the rise of police brutality against Egyptian youth.

“I particularly regret some that were written as part of online insult battles, with total disregard for how they read to other people. I should have known better.”