GB News Ramps Up Migrant ‘Invasion’ Rhetoric as Channel Veers Far Right

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Nigel Farage in the green room, during the launch event for new TV channel GB News at The Point in Paddington, London. There has been a nine-fold increase in “invasion” rhetoric about immigrants and refugees on GB News from May-August this year, compared to the same period last year – from 16 instances May-Aug 2024 to 138 instances May-Aug 2025. It shows this period in 2025 therefore saw almost 9 times as many claims of an invasion than in 2024. Stop Funding Hate estimates it marks an increase from around 15 from May – Aug 2024) to around 65 (May – Aug 2025) – an increase of around four times. Stop Funding Hate have filed several recent Ofcom complaints into dehumanising language on GB News which were not investigated.