Twitter: Britons Fear Mehdi Hasan Return As Al Jazeera America Closes

British Twitter users were in full panic/mockery mode last night as the news emerged that Al Jazeera is closing its American operation “in light of the economic challenges in the U.S. media marketplace”.

The channel, hiply nicknamed “AJAM” recruited what is considered top talent upon launch, giving the British public reprieve from the incessantly inane Mehdi Hasan, previously the “Political Director” of the Huffington Post UK.

Mr. Hasan – with his history of promoting Islamic supremacism, making self-contradictory statements about the Daily Mail newspaper, and embarking on socialist rants on UK television – may now return to the United Kingdom, as his work visa would be predicated on his employment.

But in addition to his work for Al Jazeera America, he also works for Al Jazeera English based out of Washington, D.C. So there is a good chance he may stay put.

Either way, Twitter users were concerned upon hearing the news of AJAM’s demise:

@AlexSmith1964 how delightful – could also mean Mehdi Hasan is out of a job? hope he doesn’t return to UK

— Brewstermonk (@Brewstermonk1) January 13, 2016

@aliamjadrizvi Dagnabit, this means we in the UK will be getting Mehdi Hasan back. Can’t you keep him on your side of the pond?

— Dermot O’Sullivan (@derryborndo) January 13, 2016

@afneil does this mean Mehdi Hasan is losing his job?

— Daz Kewley (@daz_kewley) January 14, 2016

This @mehdirhasan seems to the a real jinx for @AlJazeera ;p https://t.co/3gbetfI70O

— Mitravarun (@mitravarun2) January 14, 2016

@mehdirhasan @Mishh86 u mean the blatant display of bigotry by the anchor who btw calls non Muslims ‘cattle’?

— Abhik Chatterjee (@abhik501) January 14, 2016

Does this mean that radical @mehdirhasan is gonna be coming back to UK . FFS https://t.co/SGSqMLDAsw

— Tommy Robinson (@TRobinsonNewEra) January 13, 2016

Is @mehdirhasan out of a job in @ajam? @RanaAyyub are you crying?

— RD (@rd10393) January 13, 2016

@TRobinsonNewEra Pls not to UK. anybody like @mehdirhasan who thinks non muslims are animals should be asked to go to Saudi or Pakistan.

— Emran (@truthseeker2002) January 13, 2016

@mehdirhasan When’s the homecoming parade?

— Sam Purchase (@Sam_Purchase) January 13, 2016

@mehdirhasan is gong to be jobless perhaps he can push his luck at @ndtv as they suit to his ideology! https://t.co/84f5ERN7Yx

— Optimistic prevails (@Optimistic586) January 13, 2016