Don’t bring back Katie Hopkins and Tommy Robinson – some people deserve to stay cancelled

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. As if rebranding Twitter to X wasn’t daft enough, the eccentric entrepreneur has decided to reinstate the accounts of professional trolls Katie Hopkins and Tommy Robinson. They’ve seemingly struggled in the media wilderness ever since they got binned by Twitter and Laurence Fox decided to steal their thunder as the most asinine right-wing influencer on social media. Hopkins emerged from the 2007 series of The Apprentice as a self-styled embattled warrior for freedom of speech, making live TV appearances on outlets like This Morning to criticise “common” kids’ names, or fat-shame poor people. If you ask me, Hopkins and Robinson aren’t some courageous duo, pluckily fighting for freedom and speaking the words that no one else dares speak aloud – and public discourse around race and Islamophobia won’t be enriched by the reinstatement of their social media accounts.