London mayoral wannabe rebrands US fake news as Welsh

Ant Middleton is a former soldier in the special forces with his sights set on becoming the next London Mayor. Demonstrating why he may not have the smarts for such a role, he’s shared a recycled misinformation campaign from the 2024 US election campaign, only this time the image is alleged to be from Newport, Wales:

FFS indeed.

Such an impressive track record from Ant Middleton

A recent Substack described Ant Middleton as follows:

With an elite military background spanning the Royal Marines, 9 Parachute Squadron, and Special Boat Service (SBS), Ant has built a reputation as one of the most formidable minds in mental and physical endurance.

I don’t know about you, but I’d hardly say sharing misleading inflammatory content is indicative of ‘one of the most formidable minds in mental and physical endurance’. Far from it.

Earlier this year, Wales Online reported that Middleton has been banned from being a company director following a failure to pay over £1m in tax. Again, hardly indicative of someone who would do a good job in charge of our capital city.

Snopes exposed the image Middleton shared as misleading in 2024, when it was peddled by far-right politicians and influencers in the US. The image was found to originate on a reddit thread, and was taken in Columbus, Ohio – not Springfield, as was suggested. While Snopes did not confirm how the bird died or what subsequently happened to it, they did conclude it had nothing to do with the ‘they’re eating the dogs‘ panic which Trump was spreading about the Somali population of Springfield.

Trump: “They’re eating the dogs. They’re eating the cats.”

Follow: @AFpost pic.twitter.com/yPsEteHumA

— AF Post (@AFpost) September 11, 2024

THEY'RE EATING THE DOGS! AND THE ENDANGERED SPECIES! pic.twitter.com/ImjFjhyRbl

— Not Real Donald Trump (@RealDonalDrumpf) September 11, 2024

Originally deployed to cause panic about a ‘migrant crisis’ in the US, Middleton is now using the same image to incite fear and hatred in our own communities.

It wasn’t an easy mistake to make..

Plenty of other accounts saw through the fake news, using quite simple deductive reasoning:

Big houses on wide road
Enormous plots, metal boundaries
Lawns parched; sky clear of raincloud
No front garden plants, just lawn
Mail delivered to a garden post
Off road parking
American license plate
No litter, wheelie bins, potholes or evidence of cable laying

Not Wales. https://t.co/OGPVfSHUW8

— Lachlan Stuart🗽🏳️‍🌈 🇺🇦 (@Lachlan_Edi) December 20, 2025

Even community notes corrected the error, not that Ant Middleton seems to care:

Love a community note. Unsurprised Ant Middleton can’t figure out the difference between Welsh and American suburbs. pic.twitter.com/Ik9TQLPf4e

— Civic Kieran (@KieranCivPol) December 21, 2025

Speaking about potential motivations for churning out false information:

Shit like this is how you know most far right accounts are desperate for US attention and money.

-the story itself is basically a copy of the Haitian immigrant claims
-the image they use is very clearly in the us not wales
-the image is a guy who was actually helping the geese https://t.co/gAoIxwyEKx pic.twitter.com/SJUj5Ne8p5

— kian (@kianthequark) December 20, 2025

It hardly seems like Middleton is even familiar with what our homes and roads look like.

Surely someone who wants to run for Mayor of London would care about the accuracy and legitimacy of his posts and those he retweets? Or maybe, just maybe, the wellbeing of the UK isn’t really his priority, as alluded to in the following tweet:

You're out in the freezing winter rain hanging flags on lamp posts.

Tommy Robinson and Ant Middleton are living it large in a Muslim country.

You are not the same – you aren't even fighting the same 'enemy.' pic.twitter.com/Qatcq9vqnA

— Woke Lefty 🫣 (@SalfordMe2023) December 19, 2025

Tommy Robinson, close ally of Ant Middleton, was shouted down in Dubai whilst being interviewed. Ty Mitchell, professional boxer and Muslim from Derby, failed to hide his disgust at seeing Robinson getting air-time, and quickly attempted to shut it down.

Pointing out the racism, division, and hate that Robinson is fuelling back home, Mitchell demanded the media stop giving oxygen to his bile. He also pointed out that Robinson only seems to care about Muslim offenders, conveniently ignoring or defending his mates in the face of allegations of sex crimes.

The video below shows Middleton alongside Robinson during the heated exchange:

A different angle shows that Ant Middleton was there when tiny Tommy got bullied. pic.twitter.com/Va7t7RayK6

— Mukhtar (@I_amMukhtar) December 19, 2025

So zionist shill Tommy Robinson just said "the majority of nonces [in the UK] are white" admitting he chooses not to speak on it. He's a rage-baiting state-asset fucktard who exists to divide and incite hate and make damn sure we are all distracted, screaming at each other… https://t.co/ujF8abdYSg

— Fiona Rose Diamond (@CoviLeaks) December 19, 2025

Determining whose interests Robinson and Middleton are actually working in doesn’t take a genius:

British Muslim revert boxer, Ty Mitchell, confronted the notorious Islamophobe and Israeli agent Tommy Robinson at a Misfits boxing event in Dubai. Ant Middleton watched on as Tiny Tommy got bullied. pic.twitter.com/n29fui8PsR

— Muslim Daily (@muslimdaily_) December 20, 2025

Hate never helps anyone

The British far-right have a long history of churning out misinformation for their own agenda. Our own Willem Moore reported on the dangerous lie that Robinson shared earlier this month:

10 dead as a car is driven into a Christmas market preparation crowds in France’s Guadeloupe.

Legacy media silent. pic.twitter.com/MlITDYQ372

— Tommy Robinson 🇬🇧 (@TRobinsonNewEra) December 6, 2025

Clearly people like Ant Middleton and Tommy Robinson don’t care about anything but their own egos and self-interest.

Featured image via Snopes