Tory MP Bob Stewart Convicted of Public Order Offence for ‘Go Back to Bahrain’ Remark

Bob Stewart, a Conservative MP, has been convicted of a racially aggravated public order offence after he told a protester to ‘go back to Bahrain.’

Conservative MP Bob Stewart (L) leaves Westminster Magistrates Court in central London on July 19, 2023. PA

A Conservative MP who told an activist to “go back to Bahrain” has been convicted of a racially aggravated public order offence.

Bob Stewart, a former British Army officer who served with distinction in Northern Ireland and the Balkans, told Sayed Ahmed Alwadaei, “You’re taking money off my country, go away” after he was ambushed by the activist outside a Foreign Office building, Lancaster House in Westminster.