Joel Harley
Published November 23, 2025 6:45pm
Updated November 23, 2025 6:46pm
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TalkTV pundit Mike Graham was let go from his position earlier this month (Picture: TalkTV)
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- Mike Graham has faced backlash for making inflammatory statements at an anti-refugee protest in Chelmsford.
- He was previously sacked from TalkTV for a controversial post on his Facebook, which he claimed was due to hacking.
- Calls for police investigation have emerged following his recent speech, with accusations of hate speech and incitement.
Former TalkTV host Mike Graham has come under fire on social media after footage emerged of him at an anti-refugee protest in Chelmsford, appearing to describe asylum seekers as ‘f***ing rapists.’
Graham, 65, was removed from his position at TalkTV earlier this month after a post from his Facebook page began circulating online.
The inflammatory post featured an image of Winston Churchill riding the tube alongside a range of diverse figures – including a woman wearing hijab.
The caption read: ‘Tell me we’re not f***ed by multicultural b****cks. ‘Why are we surrounded by non-white people? Just f*** off…’
Graham deleted the post soon afterwards, claiming that it had been a result of his Facebook page being hacked.
Less than a month after being removed from TalkTV, Graham has provoked backlash again – this time by claiming that asylum seekers are ‘all f***ing rapists.’
Graham appeared on TalkTV from 2021 to 2025 (Picture: PA)
In a speech at a Pink Ladies’ anti-refugee protest in Chelmsford, Graham began: ‘Only yesterday, there’s another one; some Afghan b*****d has come into this country and sexually assaulted and raped a 12-year-old girl.’
He continued: ‘What is going on? We don’t want these people here. I don’t care about these BBC types who go “surely you’re not saying they’re all rapists?”‘
‘Actually, I am saying they are all f***ing rapists.’
Mike Graham (@Iromg) today at the Pink Lady Protest in Chelmsford 🚨Full Report COMING SOON! 🚨 pic.twitter.com/Rl7SuIoYLz
— Emma Dunwell (@ESpeaksFreely) November 22, 2025
In the comments below the video, which was shared to X by users WokeratiMarty and Emma Dunwell, many expressed their shock and horror at Graham’s words.
And some called for police to investigate the former Scottish Mirror editor for what he’d said.
‘Met police this appears to be a hate crime. I am hereby reporting it to you as such, and request that you investigate accordingly,’ commented janeparshally.
‘This is just straight up hate speech/inciting racial hatred,’ said invisiblebone.
‘This is hate speech pure and simple,’ echoed RupertSuperBear.
‘perhaps you should look into this incident?’ agreed PeterGlynnJones, tagging in Essex police.
‘That man is disgraceful. Can’t he get done for incitement FFS?’ asked NerineHalton.
Graham appeared at an anti-refugee protest in Chelmsford (Picture: X)
Announcing news of Graham’s removal earlier this month, TalkTV’s parent company, New UK issued a statement which read: ‘An abhorrent and vile post appeared on Mike Graham’s Facebook page in October.
‘Mike Graham said this was not posted by him and he agreed to cooperate with a company investigation, using an independent forensic firm. He later reneged on several opportunities to cooperate with the company investigation.
‘We have been gravely concerned at his repeated failure to cooperate on such a serious matter, and the decision has been taken that Mike Graham will not return to Talk.’
Graham was removed from his position after a controversial comment appeared on his Facebook feed (Picture: TalkTV)
Since leaving TalkTV, Graham has been posting videos to his new YouTube channel, titled The Mike Graham Show – The Home of Common Sense.
This includes a link to his website of the same name, where he has posted videos from the Chelmsford event – although his more inflammatory words appear to have been edited out of the clips shared.
In a blog post on the site, Graham spoke about his departure from TalkTV.
‘After an incredible journey as the presenter of Morning Glory on TalkTV my time at the station has come to an end – more on that in the coming days,’ the journalist began.
‘It has been truly enjoyable experience – a platform to engage in lively debate, connect with brilliant guests, and most importantly, to amplify the voices that matter most. Your voices.’
Thanking his viewers, Graham added: ‘Your passion, your questions, and your unwavering support have made every broadcast meaningful and every conversation electric. You turned a program into a community, and that bond is something I’ll carry with me always.’
Jeremy Kyle stepped in to host Graham’s shows during his suspension (Picture: Instagram)
Prior to his Facebook controversy, Graham is perhaps best known for a legendary 2021 interview in which he claimed that concrete can be ‘grown.’
This came as Graham crossed swords with eco-activist Cameron Ford over sustainable building materials.
As their conversation heated up, Ford asserted: ‘You can grow trees. You can’t grow concrete.’
To which Graham responded ‘yeah you can,’ before ending the interview.
Graham was dubbed ‘Mr. Concrete,’ following an infamous 2020 interview (Picture: Instagram)
Graham later doubled-down on his comments in an interview with fellow TalkRadio presenter Jeremy Kyle.
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He told Kyle: ‘You say it’s just an opinion, it’s actually fact.
‘The thing about what I do, and what you do, Jeremy, is, words are something we use as an everyday currency… so therefore I’m very careful about what words I use and what I say.
He continued: ‘If you have ever seen somebody making concrete in a concrete mixer… it expands and it grows, so you can actually make it grow.’
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Metro has reached out to Mike Graham’s representatives for comment.
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