{"id":942218,"date":"2026-05-06T19:52:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T19:52:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/942218\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T19:52:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T19:52:24","slug":"controversial-activist-visits-bristol-and-gets-attacked-with-curry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/942218\/","title":{"rendered":"Controversial activist visits Bristol and gets &#8216;attacked with curry&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A crowd could be heard cheering afterwards<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Senate House in Bristol\" loading=\"eager\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0_Senate-House-in-Bristol.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"The incident happened outside Senate House in Bristol\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">The incident happened outside Senate House in Bristol(Image: Google Street View)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A controversial speaker had curry thrown at him during a roadside debate outside a Bristol University study centre.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">An activist known as \u2018Young Bob\u2019, who describes himself on social media as a 17-year-old &#8220;Christian Pro-life Remigration activist&#8221;, was speaking outside the university\u2019s Senate House building last Wednesday (April 29) when the incident happened.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The teen&#8217;s YouTube channel shared footage stating he had been &#8220;attacked with a tub of curry at Bristol University while debating deportations, as a heated exchange escalated during a contentious discussion on campus&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A clip appeared to show a young woman calling Young Bob a \u201cracist\u201d, which he denied, before another person walked up to the debate stand and launched a tub of curry at him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The woman can be heard saying: \u201cYou are literally a racist, why are we allowing racism on campus?<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cYou know what the issue is now, intellectual apathy -\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">She is then cut off when a young man walks up to Young Bob and throws curry on him as he holds a hand up to block it.<\/p>\n<p>Content cannot be displayed without consent<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A crowd can be heard cheering as the young activist is left covered in curry but with a smile on his face.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Following the debate, Young Bob wrote on X: \u201cWell, today was absolutely mental. I went to Bristol University, I had a tub of curry thrown at me.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cSeveral people tried to steal my banner and equipment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cHowever, I captured a large audience. I didn\u2019t get hurt in any significant way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The &#8216;Change My Mind&#8217; debate was part of a project he describes as a &#8220;youth movement doing a tour of left-wing universities every single week on a Wednesday&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">In a statement, a <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bristolpost.co.uk\/all-about\/university-of-bristol\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">University of Bristol<\/a> spokesperson said it is aware of the debate, which did not take place on its campus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The university spokesperson said: \u201cWe are aware that a person, who had no affiliation to the university, set up on the public highway outside Senate House on Wednesday last week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cFreedom of expression and academic freedom are foundational rights at the heart of our mission and our values.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cWe affirm the vital importance of the right of all to speak openly without fear of censorship or limitation, provided that this right is exercised responsibly, within the law, and with respect for others who may have differing views.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A crowd could be heard cheering afterwards The incident happened outside Senate House in Bristol(Image: Google Street View)&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":942219,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8818],"tags":[381,748,393,4884,16,15,25179],"class_list":{"0":"post-942218","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bristol","8":"tag-bristol","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-university-of-bristol"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116529381287182004","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/942218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=942218"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/942218\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/942219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=942218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=942218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=942218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}