"Young Bob" (real name Gregory Moffitt) was turned away by security after a member of bar staff recognised him for his extreme right-wing views and social media campaigning.
In the days following the incident, only UCL staff could access the bar, which was previously open to the public. However, they could sign in non-UCL-affiliated guests.
Moffitt, who could be heard declaring he was 17, gained notoriety last year, particularly in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s death, for his right-wing activism.
UCL students may recognise him for his presence on campus, where he can sometimes be found begging for people to “debate” him outside SOAS, exploiting topics such as abortion rights for views on social media platforms.
Moffitt was joined by other activists, such as Nicholas Lissack and James Bennett, both of whom have similar social media hobbies. In a recent TikTok video, Lissack has proudly stated that “white people are the most discriminated group in Britain”.
UCL security staff attempted to remove Moffitt from the premises, citing that he was on private property and that the bar had a legal right to deny him entry. Moffitt, however, refused to leave quietly and instead decided to stay for over an hour, even after police were called to the bar.
Videos posted on social media by Moffitt show his dialogue with both UCL security and the police. After being told multiple times that he needs to leave, he argues with police and states that he is staying “as an act of principle and protest”.
Another video shows him belittling a member of security staff, labelling him “effeminate” as his associates laugh.
The video shows multiple people yelling at security staff, not letting them finish their sentences, and repeatedly and deliberately mocking them. Moffitt states, “I bet when you got your SIS security licence, you had someone else giving you all the answers”, to which the staff member fires back that he is a UCL alumnus.
Moffitt has posted several of these videos online, and they heavily feature Samiksha Bhattacharjee, president of the UCL Libertarian Society.
Bhattacharjee can be seen filming and laughing after Moffitt jokes that the ‘real’ reason he is being removed is due to his “radical Islamic fundamentalism”. A Cheese Grater journalist also saw her point and laugh at the pride flag flying atop Senate House as the police arrived.
The group was present at the bar because of a UCL Libertarian Society event, a “vigil” for Henry Nowak, an 18-year-old student who was murdered in December of last year.
Nowak died due to police neglect as they ignored him repeatedly informing them that he had been stabbed. The incident has been widely circulating across social media recently, with many politicians seeking to exploit it for their own political purposes, despite the family of Nowak explicitly wishing against this.
The social media posts in question are also inflammatory, with Bhattarcharjee criticising UCL for not putting a statement out regarding Nowak's murder in the way they did for George Floyd.
Despite some attendees of the event claiming it was a vigil to bar staff, UCL Libertarian’s official Instagram pages have labelled it an “open-air assembly” and an “open-air, open-mic town hall”. The event was publicised as a protest against “identity politics”.
Several eyewitnesses told The Cheese Grater they heard purposefully divisive and hateful speech. One witness alleged that a campaigner told her there were 80,000 rapes reported in London every year (a number that is approximately 10,000 over the average for the UK) and that Poland is a lot safer because the country has lower immigration levels than the UK.
Another video also posted by Moffitt sees him threatening students, claiming he’ll be back on campus soon to debate “transgenderism”, and that he will be sharing “more transphobic views” — the very thing that got him kicked out in the first place.
The Cheese Grater contacted UCL Libertarian Society for comment, but they did not respond by press time.