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Tucker Carlson Show: w/ Eva Vlaardingerbroek (Transcript)

Here is the full transcript of Dutch commentator Eva Vlaardingerbroek’s interview on The Tucker Carlson Show, January 16, 2026.

Brief Notes: Dutch commentator Eva Vlaardingerbroek has just been banned from entering the UK, and in this explosive conversation she explains why she believes it happened—and what it reveals about free speech in modern Europe. She and Tucker Carlson dig into the letter she received from British authorities, the broader crackdown on dissenting views about immigration and demographics, and how new tools of surveillance and censorship are changing life on the continent.

From secret blacklists and frozen bank accounts to EU-wide controls on private messages and digital currencies, this interview paints a chilling picture of a system tightening its grip on anyone who speaks out. If you care about civil liberties, national identity, or where Western democracy is headed, this is a conversation you cannot ignore.

The Shocking Letter from British Authorities

TUCKER CARLSON: Eva, this is—I was reading the story this morning and I was thinking, I can’t believe they did this to a Dutch journalist. Then I saw that name. I was like, wait, I know her. I can’t believe this.

So I just want to read you back the letter that you received from the British government to confirm that you actually received this. It’s to you and it says your UK visa basically has been canceled. This means you cannot travel to the UK without a visa. This is because—I’m quoting—”This is because your presence in the UK is not considered to be conducive to the public good.” You cannot appeal this decision.

Did you actually receive that letter?

EVA VLAARDINGERBROEK: I did. And relatively out of the blue, too. I mean, I was going through my emails yesterday and I saw this subject line saying that they changed something to my ETA application. I was like, what’s this? I didn’t apply for an ETA. I’m not planning on traveling to the UK right now.

So I just opened it and I saw this very—I mean, you have the email. It’s a very short, simple email, and it just said, “We revoked your ETA because we consider you not conducive to the public good and you have no right to appeal.” By. That was it.

And so I was like, what? You know, what is this? And then I started thinking, like, what could this be? Why are they sending this to me now? And then I realized that I criticized Keir Starmer a couple days earlier on X.

TUCKER CARLSON: Well, so I’m going to read you the quote. I think I have it in front. You described Starmer, who’s the Prime Minister of the country, the elected official, as “an evil, despicable man” for allowing the ongoing rape and killing of British girls by a migrant rape gang.

So, guilty as charged. You’re making a political point, an entirely defensible political point. And you believe that because you said that you are now banned from the country.

Connecting the Dots: Criticism and Consequences

EVA VLAARDINGERBROEK: I really don’t see any other reason as to why they otherwise would have done this right now. As I said, you know, I applied for this electronic travel authorization back in September because I went and spoke at the United Kingdom rally organized by Tommy Robinson, and I spoke about remigration and the need for that.

And, you know, now because of Brexit, Europeans have to apply for an ETA as when we go to America, we have to apply for an ESTA, right? And this was approved back in September. Within minutes, like, I just got it. No problems, no questions asked.

And now, out of the blue, as I said, I received that email saying they revoked it and I’m not traveling to the United Kingdom anytime soon. I didn’t book any tickets, you know, to fly there. So the only thing that I could think about was that I said what I said about Keir Starmer. I still stand by it, by the way, just three days before they informed me of that decision.

So, I mean, it’s really hard not to connect the dots there. And it’s also very much in line with his track record. And I suppose it proves my point, you know, that the UK is on a path to become a very unfree country where dissident voices are criticized, people are thrown in jail, and obviously I’m not a citizen of the United Kingdom, so they can’t do that to me, but this is something that they can do. Apparently.

TUCKER CARLSON: The continent is descending into darkness once again, clearly. What do you think? Big picture, this tells us about what’s happening in Europe, in the UK specifically.

The Definition of a Totalitarian State

EVA VLAARDINGERBROEK: I mean, in the UK, this is the definition of a totalitarian state, right? This is the definition of a dictatorship in a sense that you are apparently not allowed to criticize its supreme leader without having your freedoms limited.

And this is quite a severe limitation of my freedom in the sense that I was given no due process, I was not given a warning, I have no right to appeal. That’s what it stated in the email for the crime, quote unquote, of giving my opinion. And so that is bad, you know, that is not a normal way for things to happen in so-called free societies.

So, you know, no matter what you think my opinions are, if they’re right, wrong, radical, not radical. Should it be a ground for a government to say to a woman with no criminal record whatsoever who wants to visit a country for, you know, just a couple of days, once a year maybe tops, to say, no, you’re not allowed.

But we are going to allow thousands of illegal immigrants to cross the channel every day and enter the UK and nobody’s asking them anything.