The gamer hasn’t responded to the right-wing party (Picture: Getty/PA)

The official Ukip Twitter has declared it ‘stands with PewDiePie’ and has urged its followers to subscribe to the gamer to keep the ‘corporate’ T-Series from taking YouTube’s top spot.

Seriously, what is going on?

Seemingly out of nowhere, the right-wing party tweeted: ‘Are you doing your part? Help protect freedom of speech on the internet by sharing and signing this petition against the EU Copyright Directive.

‘Also, don’t forget to subscribe to @pewdiepie on YouTube and keep the corporate @TSeries from the top.’


Are you doing your part? Help protect freedom of speech on the internet by sharing and signing this petition against the EU Copyright Directive. Also, don’t forget to subscribe to @pewdiepie on YouTube and keep the corporate @TSeries from the top.https://t.co/9LQ4URJSi8 — UKIP (@UKIP) January 20, 2019

Sorry, what?

It later added: ‘UKIP is leading the fight against the EU Copyright Directive. Internet memes are the frontline of the culture war and the establishment know it.



‘UKIP stands with @PrisonPlanet, @not_sargon, @CountDankulaTV, @pewdiepie and all YouTube creators.’

Safe to say, people were more than a little confused:

What a strange alliance. — R Chan (@ConundrumDeathA) January 20, 2019

*UKIP conference* So how do we increase youth engagement with political activities? PEWDIEPIE — HalfBlood (@SunnyDhesi_) January 21, 2019

Howling ?UKIP comes out in support of @pewdiepie https://t.co/kUAq0NoP7m — Barnes Heasman (@BarnesHeasman) January 21, 2019

What timeline is this when UKIP used their official Twitter account to support @pewdiepie? It's definitely an interesting one. https://t.co/WYoPZRDg6G — Erin Pallott (@ErinPallott) January 20, 2019

There’s a lot to unpack.

It comes after PewDiePie has been urging fans to ‘save the internet’ as he ramped up the fight against Article 13, the EU’s new bill which is set to crack down on copyright law.

Dubbed the ‘meme ban’, it’s something he simply won’t stand for.

The Swedish gamer – real name Felix Kjellberg – tweeted a link to a petition aiming to ‘save the internet’ by campaigning for the ‘preservation of the free internet and freedom of information.’

He captioned the tweet: ‘200,000 signatures as of yesterday, very epic! KEEP SIGNING THIS PETITION!’

And it’s all happening while the battle between Felix and Indian music label T-Series is heating up again, as they fight for YouTube’s top spot.

While the gap was more than a million strong, T-Series have been closing in, standing at just 100,000 subscribers behind Felix.

Nevertheless, with the gamer nearing 82 million, he recently passed the official YouTube gaming channel and doesn’t look set to slow down any time soon.

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