Young Bob, the teenaged self-proclaimed activist, tours UK universities starting ‘debates’

Young Bob (whose name is actually Thomas Moffitt) is an 18-year-old who describes himself as a “Christian pro-life remigration activist”. He’s been involved with a range of far-right organisations including Advance UK, Disciples of Christ, Project Britannia, Restore Britain, Turning Point UK and UKIP.

Turning Point UK is this country’s branch of the organisation started by Charlie Kirk. Thomas was suspended from Turning Point UK in autumn 2025.

In the style of Turning Point USA influencers, Thomas travels to different universities, and sets up stalls. The stands display controversial, extremely conservative messages, and an invitation for people to approach the stand, debate him and “change his mind”. The interactions are then filmed for social media. In videos, Young Bob’s “debates” often lack political analysis or coherent arguments, but contain homophobic, misogynist, racist and transphobic slurs.

Here are the UK universities where Young Bob has made an appearance so far in 2026/2027 academic year, and how students responded.

Bristol

Young Bob has made an appearance at the University of Bristol before. He set up a table there in May, and someone threw a container of curry at him.

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Young Bob put his debate stall in front of the University of Bristol‘s Senate House building on 14th September, during the University of Bristol’s Freshers’ Week. His sign read: “We need to deport millions. Change my mind.”

 

 

 

 

 

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He told Bristol24/7 he came “to make a statement on freedom of speech on university campuses”. He continued: “I want a cultural revolution in Britain, especially with the hearts and minds of young people being changed and moving away from left-wing indoctrination.”

Another far-right influencer called Montgomery Toms set up a similar gazebo by Senate House in October.

York

The debate stand came to York‘s Parliament Square on 30th September. Young Bob’s sign said: “We need to deport millions. Change my mind.” He wrote on X he was “fighting the woke mind virus”.

Counter-protesters, including members from Stand Up To Racism, gathered by the stand. Young Bob eventually left York.

Cambridge

On 3rd November, Thomas Moffitt came to Cambridge. He put up his debate stall in Market Square. His first sign read: “We need to deport millions. Change my mind.” Later on, a sign said: “Abortion should be completely banned. Change my mind.”

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The Cambridge Communist Society arranged a counter-protest. Thomas Moffitt reportedly left the site at around 4pm.

 

 

 

 

 

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Afterwards, Thomas complained on his X account that he was “forced to defend [himself] physically”. He offered a £100 reward “for information that helps identify the person who just violently assaulted [him] in Cambridge”.

It is unclear whether anyone actually “violently assaulted” him. Young Bob did post videos of people taking down a sign, turning over a table, and spilling water on him, which he called “very childish”.

London

In September, Young Bob set up his stall outside the Strand campus of King’s College London (KCL). This writer for The Independent said she debated him for a whole two minutes, in which time he called her a “d***head” and a “left-wing scumbag”.

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Young Bob popped up by University College London (UCL)’s Student Centre on 4th November.

The sign at his stand said: “Abortion is immoral, transgenderism is a mental illness, deport millions, let’s talk.”

After an altercation at about 12:42pm, Young Bob and a university lecturer called Dr. Toyin Agbetu were arrested on suspicion of affray.

According to The Cheese Grater, both Young Bob and Dr. Toyin Agbetu claimed they did not start the fight.

Young Bob later alleged on his Instagram that he was released from police custody after 24 hours in police custody.

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Featured images via YouTube / @YoungBobRB.