Youtube comments of Acid Joke (@PWMoze).

  1. I find Charles allowing Windsor Castle to be used as a make shift mosque enfuriating. He is supposed to be 'defender of the faith' now we're all left wondering which faith? What a shambles...
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  2. One tends to forget that people like Ken Loach are still around, talking sense, still committed to sound political values and still fighting the good fight through their work.
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  3. At last, a Youtuber who can explain it, rather than just wandering around filming it and expressing shock and shame. Great content.
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  4. It may because politics in Britain is becoming more and more ridiculous, but you guys seem to just get better and better!
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  5. Is policing in these communities so ineffectual that the rioters don't mind being filmed because they expect to get away with it? Or are they just so thick they don't realise footage from their mates' phones will be used against them in court?
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  6. The least representative election ever. 4.1 million votes for Reform: 5 seats. 3.4 million votes for the LibDems: 71 seats. Meanwhile Labour got more votes in 2017 and 2019 and yet with only 60% turnout and only 33% (9.6 million votes) voting Labour this time (less than a quarter of all UK voters) they get 410 seats and a stonking majority. Doesn't make sense...?
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  7. Here in the UK, it seems strikes are no longer confined to blue collar workers. As well as railway workers, nurses, ambulance drivers, teachers, postal workers, care workers etc being forced to strike by below inflation wages, compulsory redundancies, employment terms and conditions being eroded, we now have middle class professionals striking too, such as junior doctors, medical consultants even criminal court barristers.
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  8. Can you imagine how bad the combination of Harris and Starmer would be? Authoritarian, illiberal, humourless and totally disrespected internationally.
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  9. I find this idea that Brits should not celebrate their own uniqueness too enthusiastically, or should not defend their own identity robustly and that they should almost be ashamed of those that do, is a large part of the problem. Fry may not feel that British culture and identity is under sufficient threat to require of him a robust defence, but I for one would disagree. We need people like him to fight on our behalf not cleverly avoid the fight because it makes them feel uncomfortable.
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  10. Perhaps Braverman wants James O'Brien to visit Rwanda because she has made arrangements for him to not be allowed to leave?
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  11. Excellent journalism Joe, your content gets better and better mate.
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  12. As soon as he started saying 'London is great' he lost me. Try being part of a traditional white working class community being squeezed out of your own neighbourhood by a combination of gentrification and mass immigration, shopping at local shops where you are served by people who can't talk English, who no longer sell the products you want, where you are treated with suspicion and sometimes outright hostility because of your race, religion or ethnicity. Try holding on to your traditional cultural values when, not only the people surrounding you don't share them, but they are being denigrated in local schools, by local councils, by the media and the broader community. Try spending some time in any average London Secondary School. Try getting a council flat. Try finding a fair rent. Try buying a house. Try having your home regulalrly burgled, or your bike stolen, or your car broken into, knowing that the police will do nothing. Try finding someone who is prepared to be a witness when a crimes occurs, even in broad daylight. Try walking around at night when you are constantly at risk of being mugged, having to avoid gang related drug and knife crime, random violent attacks, imported ethnic conflicts, two tier policing and anti white racism. Try objecting to a Palestinian or Rainbow flag being strung up outside your house. Try complaining about your Nigerian neighbours' anti-social behaviour to your Nigerian local council housing officer. Try driving around London regularly, trying to avoid all the parking restrictions, bus lanes, cycle lanes and traffic flow restrictions. Try to avoid getting a parking ticket or an extortionate Transport for London driving fine Try objecting to Ramadam and Eid being observed and celebrated, to the exclusion of Easter, in your work place. Try asking for help if you are elderly or disabled. Try getting an appointment with your local dentist or GP. Try getting a place for your kid at the only decent school in your neighbourhood. Just try asking for directions and you'll see the social disconnect that currently exists in London: no one knows the city beyond their own ghetto, no one speaks the language properly, no one knows the social history of their own area. Try riding on the tube or catching a bus late at night. Try talking to a stranger in a shop or in a neighbourhood you do not know. Try avoiding the needles and the homeless winos when you go to your local park. Try finding a swimming pool, library or local pub that is still open. Talk about luxury values; he hasn't got a clue. London is great when you are millionaire celebrity Jimmy Carr, not so great for everyone else.
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  13. This is a wonderful example of emotion vs logic. Every point Carl makes triggers an emotional litany of inaccuracies and mischaracterisations. Every time Carl tries to sift out the facts and the logic from Narinder's rant she interrupts and starts another. When cornered she simply says she doesn't believe it and uses her 'lived experience' as her evidence not to.
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  14. For a long time TR was the only working class public figure who was prepared to express how Islamism was changing our country. Those of us who saw it in our own communities years ago will always be grateful to him for giving us a voice. He has stood firm while the apologists have been proven to be liars and cowards.
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  15. Its very disappointing that Tice, Farage and Anderson are allowing themselves to play the MSM's game. Stand by Tommy and own it like Douglas Murray, Jordan Peterson and Musk do.
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  16. Exactly! And no one laughed at him? No one wanted to point out how he is only be allowed to express his opinions there because they are state sanctioned. I'd like to see him ague for a pro-Isreal perspective and see how long he lasted then.
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  17. Probably the most important interview Trggernometry have done so far. Amazing that two stand up comedians have become so vital to the global debate. Well done boys, you continue to shine a light on the places the MSM don't, won't or can't.
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  18. Why does anyone wear a mask to a peaceful protest unless they have an ulterior motive? Surely the police should be demanding that they remove their masks or be arrested?
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  19. 1 in 27 people in the UK arrived in the last three years. They do not necessarily share our values, they do not necessarily respect our institutions, they do not necessarily comply with our laws. In many cases they have no intention of intergrating and have made every effort to bring their own cultures with them. It has resulted in senseless and brutal violence spilling on to our streets. The government can no longer protect us. As a nation we never chose this, we were not consulted and when given the opportunity, as a nation, we have repeatedly voted against it. We have been betrayed by our own political leaders, the civil service, the legal institutions, the mainstream media and the liberal, metropolitan elite. We now risk emprisonment discussing it.
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  20. Thank f*** for Matt Goodwin.
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  21. Probably Peter's most inaccurate video so far. UK food hasn't been 'bleuurggh' for decades. In the UK we enjoy one of the most varied cuisines in the World, our shops have a huge variety of internationally and locally sourced food at a wide range of price points, our various high street restaurants feature food styles from all over the globe. British food is much more cosmopolitan and healthy than in the US. We also have much better food regulation than in the US and our farms are increasingly becoming more innovative and environmentally progressive than those in the EU since Brexit. The main problem UK farmers currently face is the unpredictable weather. Add to that the lack of EU subsidies which have not yet been adequately replaced and the as yet unreconciled burden of regulations left over from the pre-Brexit era. You could possibly add to that list the growing suspicion that the new Labour government hates them more than Stalin hated the Kulaks! The new Inheritance tax is intended to stop the super wealthy from using land ownership as a way to avoid paying tax. By forcing the sale of previously unused farmland It is intended to lower the cost of land and stop huge amounts of land being allowed to be unproductive. Farmers are protesting about the way, by setting the threshold too low, it will also stop the owners of medium and smaller farms from being able to be pass their farms from one generation to the next, breaking the continuity of long standing and traditional small holdings. It will not necessarily destroy domestic agriculture but it may well transfer the ownership of agricultural land and possibly change it's use. In fact it is highly likely that much of the land that will eventually be sold will inevitably be taken up by global corporate agricultural concerns, possibly making the use of the land even more efficient. It may also encourage a shift towards solar and wind power production on otherwise unproductive land. Throughout this predicted transition British food will not be 'bleaurrgghh' and UK farms will continue as they always have: rich in assets and poor in cash. Sorry Peter, this video was bollocks. Come to the UK and check it out. And by the way, what's the deal with all the refereces to being 'white'. Is that relevant? Would farmers be better if they weren't white? I don't get it...?
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  22. It's happening all over Ireland too.
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  23. Turns out Brits love a bit of Georgian architecture. Only problem is, no one can afford to live in any of it, so we all got stuck in Nelson Mandela House. Nevermind Rodders, this time next year we'll all be millionaires.
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  24. She lost me when she did a Piers Morgan and chose to slag off Tommy instead of sticking to the facts. He is not 'playing the martyr' he is a hero of the working classes who is literally being persecuted by the state for his activism. Disappointed Andrew, you need to push back when it is necessary.
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  25. A perfect example of traditional culture being undermined is King Charles inviting 300 of the faithful into Windsor Castle to break their fast amidst all the symbols of British tradition and heraldry, complete with a call to prayer in Arabic and his majesty having previously packed dates into little bags himself. What a virtuous, inclusive message he sends us! By the way, whoever is behind this obnoxious display of cultural dominance and power is planning further events at Shakespeare's Globe, Lords Cricket ground and Sheperds Bush Market. All iconic examples of British tradition and culture. Is this accidental? Of course not.
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  26. Proof, if proof were needed, that Boris never had a clue what he was doing, isn't able to justify any of it and steadfastly refuses to take responsibility for any mistakes he made. Now we all have to live with the consequences.
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  27. Lubna is incredibly brave and like TR she has had to pay a huge personal price for her honesty and integrity. As a nation we should be moved by her courage and do everything in our power to protect her from the thugs who would silence her.
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  28. The movement towards the right in Europe is not a flash in the pan. It is currently happening in Denmark, Sweden, Holland, Belgium, Germany, France, Portugal and is already in operation in Italy, Hungary and Austria. In the UK the current rise in popularity of Nigel Farage's Reform Party (not far right, more right of centre) indicates a disillusionment with the centrist, liberal consensus and globalist economics and a move towards right leaning, popularist movements.
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  29. Is it a strange situation when an ex prostitue, drug addict, transexual pornographer is the voice of reason? Could it be the trans community are being misrepresented by the SJW community for ideological reasons rather than compassion? Is it dangerous to encourage a pre-pubescent youngster to think they can medically alter their gender identity if it means they have to permanently need to be medicated to maintain that identity? Buck is a great example of how real life may not reflect the ideological certainties we hear so much of, thanks for this content guys.
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  30. I wonder how many of these impressionable young people, who think they hate the liberal West, have tried living elsewhere? I wonder if they were to try some of the alternatives they would still feel the same way?
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  31. Piers had TR on GMB and instead of allowing him to speak he basically just shouted at him, refused to let him talk and constantly tried to belittled him. Back in the day Morgan was as guilty of covering this up as anyone else.
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  32. It isn't rhetoric that is enflaming the situation, it is the repeated muderous actions of violent maniacs in the UK.
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  33. I'm starting to wonder if a national enquiry is what we actually need. Would it lead to arrests? Would it lead to prosecutions and would they in turn lead to substantial sentences? Would those guilty of corruption in the councils, the police and the Labour Party actually be properly exposed and punished? Would it be prompt? Would it be carried out without fear or favour? In light of the Hillsborough enquiry, the Chillcott enquiry, the COVID enquiry, the Post Office scandal, the contaminated blood scandal, the Jay enquiries, somehow I doubt it....
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  34. Whatever you may think of the whole process of colonisation, Nigeria is a very good example of (1) how unstable some African and Asian nations became after independence was granted and (2) what an advantage the legacy of colonialism is for individuals who want to leave their country for economic reasons and migrate to the ex-coloniser's country. Over recent years Nigeria has supplied the second largest immigrant group entering the UK (after India, with Pakistan coming third). This is because the UK retains strong cultural and political ties with Nigeria. There are large and vibrant Nigerian communities in many cities in the UK, particularly in London. With Ghana they are probably the two most significant and successful African communities in the UK. Politically they are quite conservative, socially too. The have strong religious bonds and family values, they are generally aspirant and hard working. Because of this they are generally successful economically and their children do well academically in British schools. Nigerian communities in the UK are a very successful example of multi culturalism at work.
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  35. There are only 450 Muslims in the British Army.
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  36. In her speech she mentioned London, Brussels and Amsterdam but anyone who visits certain smaller towns and cities across Europe (in the UK places like Birmingham, Luton, Rochdale, Rotherham etc) will know the process of replacement has been underway for decades and is almost complete. Native Europeans seem to have been observing it lately, but in the UK we have been witnessing it for decades.
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  37. Dawkins doesn't waste words. He seems almost reluctant to answer questions, which is very rare for a podcast guest nowadays. Maybe it's a consequence of having his words relentlessly misquoted, misrepresented or simply misunderstood? He seems to only answers questions fully when talking about biology, everything else he presumes he has said before or is self evident.
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  38. Imagine all the STDs and all the UTIs after a Brat summer?
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  39. And just down the road there are posh hotels like The Roundhouse and The Chime where young healthy men who have only just arrived in the country are given a comfortable bed, private health checks, free food, heat, a private shower, clean bedding, leisure facilities, a protected, secure environment and the freedom to come or go as they please night after night, FOR FREE.
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  40. Much respect Joe, your content continues to tell it like it is. Second homes, property prices, business rates, no more EU subsidies, no new affordable housing, no fault evictions, bankrupt local councils causing social service cuts, the decline of local industries, benefit cuts. They were all like slow bullets,: everyone saw disaster coming, no one did anything. Cornwall is an unusual case as a county because, unlike more urbanised county areas, it has very low immigration stats. So this just goes to show how successive Tory governments have treated their own people, in mostly conservative constituencies. Some people have made fortunes over the last decade, mostly at the expense of the most vunerable and working people, then they remove the wealth from circulation, pay as little tax as possible and claim non dom status. There is no 'trickle down effect' with wealth and productivity and your videos are really showing this clearly. Keep it up mate,
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  41. Shouting about genocide and oppression at a BBC Question Time panel is bound to make a huge impact upon the issue...isn't it?
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  42. In the UK with weather forecasts are predicting rain (of course) and wind (as usual), not snow (so no white Xmas). The only weather crisis we are facing seems to stem from continual regional flooding. Meanwhile government subsidies linked to energy prices are being withdrawn, so the cost of living crisis continues, despite inflation coming down slightly.
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  43. Demoralised, apathetic, disenfranchised and disengaged; the politically homeless, the ignored and the unheard majority.
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  44. Well done Matt. You and KK were excellent on Monday. Bastani seemed to end up largely agreeing with most of what you and KK said and Toynbee's perspective was at least twenty years out of date. As a nation we need you to be presenting this on as broad a platform as possible. Keep up the good work.
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  45. Alfie has been funnier than most of his rivals for years, precisely because he is prepared to push boundaries. That's probably why so many of his peers want to see him squashed by the pile on, more work for them?
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  46. And in what way do you imagine humanity 'ending Zionism' given that the state of Israel has over 7 million citizens? How would they be moved and where do you imagine they would go, bearing in mind 2 million of them are muslim Palestinians?
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  47. Same here.
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  48. If 70% of these young men have PTSD, are depressed and suicidal are they not better off in a place where they can be supervised and helped rather than allowed to simply disappear into the general population? Given that they are all alienated, disenfranchised young men will they not present a risk to the general public if unsupervised? By the way, where are the women?
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  49. I don't think it is dwindling international power and trade that Brits fear, it is more likely to be record levels of enforced mass immigration causing housing shortages, sky-rocketing rents, low wages, ever-rising house prices and cultural erosion in the form of radical Islamism and institutional wokeism. By the way, we also have woeful public services, bankrupt local councils, a system of high crime/low prosecutions with full prisons and clogged up courts, record levels of tax, food banks, crumbling schools, continual crisis in the NHS, shrinking military, empty shops in all our high streets, homelessness, gangs, illegal immigration, drugs and knife crime. The UK's position in the world isn't really a concern at this point.
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  50. Another sobering bulletin. Great use of the clips from 'Don't Look Up', a movie which found a great way of illustrating humanity's inability to process the enormity of climate change. The divisive nature of mainstream media debate, as evident from what COVID has thrown up. Constipated political systems. Self serving political figures. The failure of policy makers and global leaders. The complicity of corporations and self serving media interests. All are illustrated brilliantly in the movie. If we trully are as unable to act decisively as that movie suggests, George is wasting his breath. We all end up like Jonathan Pie, bereft of hope and beaten by our own inability to cut through the fog of prevarication. DD News, please start posting videos of practical steps that can be taken by isolated individuals watching videos on Youtube to avert this catastrophe? Political steps, protests, boycotts, personal life style changes, dietary changes, consumerism, consumption, employment, investment in sustainable solutions. All of it. Doom mongering is of no practical use at this stage. People need to have a sense of what they can actually and effectively do.
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  51. Well done for getting the interview with the charity workers Joe, your content is getting more and more professional. Keep up the good work mate but stay safe, your compassion does you credit.
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  52. Why oh why does the so called 'government' insist upon the wearing of face masks, when we all know; the only way to stay trully safe from COVID 19 is to enclose our heads in air-tight globes of glass, similar to goldfish bowls? Only that way will be able to safely cry, shout, spit and scream at all the twats without accidentally killing them!
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  53. KK is becoming a really significant figure in this whole cultural debate. He is coherant, well informed, engaging and most importantly funny. He sees a future worth fighting for and does more to convince you to join the battle than the more long winded and esoteric Peterson, Feinstein, Murray etc etc. Keep it up KK.
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  54. To be a 'have a go hero' is a huge gamble. Not only is there the obvious risk of being violently attacked if you get involved but there is the ever present legal threat of later becoming potrayed as the aggressor by the 'innocent' perpetrator.
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  55. Much, much better than the BBC's Nick Robinson's pathetic attempt to mischaracterise and defame Mr Farage, Reform and their supporters. Thankyou for letting Farage actually answer the questions, for not interrupting, for not implying he holds racist or 'far right' opinions, for not throwing up disengenuous accusations of guilt by association and allowing him to put his case forward without bias. Vote Reform.
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  56. BRILLIANT! Been aware of this stuff largely becaue of the Triggernometry interview with Helen Pluckrose and then James Lindsay.Watched Brett Wienstein and then found all the Evergreen stuff. Been subscribing to Boghossian since he started doing the spectrum street epitemology. So I'm really excited to see this stuff pulled together and exposed in one big comprehensive package. Hopefully it is precipitating the tipping point? Excellent work guys. Seriously, excellent!
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  57. Rupert Lowe as next PM?
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  58. Thsoe of us who enjoy the odd bit of amateur psychology diagnosed Boris many years ago. The real tradgedy is that despite the warning signs, the evidence and the recklessness of the man, he was allowed to get to a position where his actions had such horrible implications for the nation.
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  59. The opinions held by this young man are regularly platformed and validated in our manistream media. People like Ash Sarkar, Yasmin Alibah-Brown, Dr Shola Mos-Obamimu have regular spots on tv and radio, but the anti-white, anti-British narrative they promote is never pushed back against. Note how delicately Jeremy Vine deals with Nerinda Kour when she is ranting about how 'the British committed genocide all across its Empire'. Note the BBC host, in the clip you included, deliberately allows the young man his platform and remember, it is no accident that people such as these are allowed to air these opinions, they have been deliberately invited in to speak in this way by the producers who book them. None of this is an accident, it is by design. Also note that the person brought in to 'balance' his opinion is also from an ethnic minority group. There is never a white Anglo Saxon there to defend themselves or their nation's history. White people are never platformed, nor their values properly expressed. They have to be represented by a sympathetic person of colour such as Nana Akua. This is also no accident. Working class white people are only included in these discussions to belittle and dismiss them, usually as 'racist' and ignorant. Accurate historic detail is never presented, context is never provided and certain ideologies are never challenged. Especially not on the BBC. White people, on the other hand, are only validated if they are adjacent to non white people, such as in the adverts; their opinions are only valid if expressed by people of other ethnicities, their values only valued if others express them. We are never invited to argue our own case against people such as the man you included because it would be seen as far too problematic and too provocative. This is the reason why violence at a St George's Day gathering can be shown live on Sky News, complete with a commentary of criticism and disapproval; but violence, arrests and hate specch at a pro-Palestine march can not. We are simply given no platform to confront the narrative, if we do, we are told that we are wrong. We are being removed from the centre of our own poltical culture, written out of our own history, denied access to our own mythos and sidelined. And meanwhile people like Ash Sarkar are smiling all the way to the bank. The 'global majority' win, we lose.
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  60. The North African (including the Ottoman and various African states) slave trade flourished for over a thousand years. It still exists today in places like Nigeria and Libya. The only reason why there isn't a huge international community descended from this particular slave trade demanding recompence and justice is because the male slaves were castrated and the females were used as concubines by the masters.
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  61. If providing 'easy answers to real problems' and then not being able to deliver them undermines trust in democracy, then Harriet Harmon's description could more accurately apply to the Labour Party, the Lib Dems or the Tories. Case in point: Brexit, controls on immigration, controlling our own borders, the Rwanda scheme, smashing the gangs, regaining our soveriegnty, not raising taxes, delivering economic growth etc etc, blah blah blah. Rishi Sunak's five pledges comes to mind or Starmer's milestones or or pledges or whatever he calls them at the moment. All simple solutions that buy time but are never delivered. And who is Harmon to say Reform won't fulfill their manifesto? And, if they were to fail, why would their failuire be any more desructiven than decades of uni-party failures? What Harman thinks of as 'democracy' is far from what the rest of us expect or deserve, with all the: unelected senior civil servants, various Bank of England officials, European law courts, Quangos, lobbyists, think tank consultants, the Supreme Court, the House of Lords, billionaire party contributors, privately employed political advisors and even the PM's wife directly influencing policy making. That's not even including shadowy, undemocratic, globalist interest groups like the WEF and Davos. If that is what democracy trully is in this country I hope someone like Farage is a threat to it. Drain the Swamp!
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  62. There are currently 75,166 soldiers in the British Army, of that number only 450 are Muslims. That represents 0.006%, even though Muslims make up about 7% of the population and are the second largest religious group (2021 ONS figures). Compare that with over 1,000 Hindus who only make up 0.8% of the population, and 150 Sikhs who make up 0.8% of the population. It is a sobering indication of how much our Islamic friends and neighbours share our British values and are prepared to defend them. Citizenship clearly does not necessarily mean assimilation.
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  63. Excellent content Joe. I love the fact that the spirit of the old convoy/Stonehenge/Mutoid Waste Company is still going strong. Very reminiscent of the squat scene of the late seventies/early eighties. Great for those who want to live the alternative life style, but I must admit I worry for the people who don't get a choice, don't have the security of an extended community and find themselves constantly getting moved on...
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  64. What was really encouraging was seeing so many right leaning, alternative media people sharing a platform; TR, Carl Benjamin, Speakers Corner John, Mayar Tousi, Lawrence Fox, Count Dankula, various ex-servicemen, the Sam Melia supporters etc. all united with one message. The only person missing was Father Calvin Robinson and he was name checked a couple of times too. Even more encouraging was the large number of people who had travelled there, on their own, not to have a jolly-up but to show their solidarity. Then the crowd even tidied up afterwards! What made me laugh was the protesters holding the 'Croydon anti-racist' banner shouting at black people, Sikhs, Iranians, Argentinians telling them they're all far right racists! How ironic is that? Is this the start of a future Popularist, Centre Right Alliance? Hope so. 'Not far right, not far wrong!'
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  65. Why is Mick Lynch not being invited into Kier Starmer's think tank to explain to him the extent to which the public is swinging towards his answers to our current economic crisis? Times are changing Kier!
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  66. Why oh why does our so-called 'government' not realise the best way to supress inappropriate films is to ban them without even seeing them. Especially if they are made by flag waving 'woke' lefties like C Beebies!
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  67. And yet, yesterday our Prime Minister described what you have just so eloquently said as, 'spreading far right poison'. He also implied that discussing it was 'jumping on a far right bandwagon' and threatening 'The Rule of law' (he shouted that bit).
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  68. Its hard to imagine Reform UK are the answer when every step they take seems to undermine what we all hoped they stood for. We are all hoping they get their act together by the next general election but they seem to be getting less coherent rather than more so.
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  69. Great content as usual Joe, the graphics you included this time were a good addition. Just a suggestion mate, as you move forward, see if you can include some interviews with people involved in running the system. I know you talk to locals and shop keepers etc but how about some local councillors, some local MPs, charity workers, social workers,teachers, even the police if possible. Keep it up mate, its valuable stuff. Your compassion does you credit.
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  70. As usual Matt telling it like it is.
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  71. Excellent analysis. You can't use reason to persuade someone who unreasonable.
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  72. That and a long list of Islamist terror attacks. Being called 'far right' for noticing doesn't help either.
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  73. This clip doesn't just illustrate how disrespectful and infantile the audience for this debate were, it also shows how carefully the Union had to edit the footage to hide the shameful behaviour of the participants. Sad.
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  74. Full support for Bernie.
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  75. Excellent work! Keep it up.
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  76. Jimmy, a wonderful old school lefty argument but with respect you have slightly missed the point, it's not an economic problem, its a cultural one. It hasn't been rhetoric or economic arguments that have sparked the discontent, it has been violence. Simple as that. Violence on British streets which led to three innocent little girls being murdered. People feel threatened in their daily lives and feel the need to protect their children, their sisters and their wives. They see the stabbings, the bombings, the grooming and the sexual violence all around them and on the TV and what's worse, it appears to be sanctioned by the state, or at least the state has been turning a blind eye. They see the police using softly softly methods with minorities (Leeds) but coming down heavily on those who complain about it (Whitehall). They see the undocumented asylum seekers as exacerbating this threat and the undemocratic, enforced mass immigration as underlining it. They see the weekly Hamas sympathizing marchers defying UK law, mocking the UK's Christian culture and calling for violent Jihad and anti-semitism. Now they are seeing the two tier policing too. Once again, the state (as represented by Starmer and Cooper), appearing to side against them, instead of seeking to understand their grieviences and protect them. How did we get here? There has been a long list of violent incidents going back to the Central London bombings in 2005 when 52 were murdered, 2013 Lee Rigby, 2017 Westminster attacks: 5 killed, Manchester Arena: 20 killed, 2017 London Bridge: 2 killed, 2019 same place, two more people killed, 2020 Reading 3 stabbed to death, 2021 Liverpool Women's hospital bombed, 2021, David Ames murdered. 2022 Eritreans riot in Camberwell, 2024 Bengalis riot in Whitechapel, Roma and Pakistanis riot in Leeds. Only last week an innocent postman was pushed under a tube train by a homeless migrant for 'looking at him funny', there were machete fights in Southend and 17 knife crime stabbings. Add to that the whole grooming gangs scandal. And then the poor little girls in Southport. The ultra wealthy did not do any of that, nor did Sikhs, Hindus, Jews, Buddhists, Atheists or Christians. Islamists did.
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  77. An excellent suggested reading list Matt. More of that stuff please.
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  78.  @JAMESLOONEY-kd1nu  No other immigrant group has contributed to the UK more than the Irish. Most English people now have some kind of Irish ancestry in their family tree. They share Christian culture and values and much else besides. The point remains, not all immigrant groups are equal, nor do they necessarily share the same values. The Irish and the English have had a long and complicated relationship, to say the least, but at this point in time the two groups of people have more in common than the things that divide them. The problem of mass immigration for example? That's the point.
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  79. Once again, some great content. I find myself asking to what extent the far-left indentitarians, who patrol the corridors of the MSM and many of our institutiions, actively involve themselves in practical politics? Is it mostly a idealological stance rather than real participation in political activity? In Inner-city South London, for example, we don't see any identitarians and CRT advocates helping out at food banks, supporting local libraries and sport facilities, fighting the cuts to social services, supporting local unions, working with young offenders or children permanently excluded from schools, fighting to improve housing or to end homelessness, supporting mental health initiatives, mentoring disadvantaged kids, supporting disabled adults, helping to care for pensioners or even supporting women's refuges and asylum seekers etc etc. What we do see is racially diverse, hard working, consciencious members of local communities, co-operating with each other. And putting their own needs second to their community's needs? Overwhelmingly multi racial but not divided by the colour of their skin, their gender or sexuality. Perhaps the identitarians are too busy promoting their latest books and podcasts etc on the radio and the TV, virtue signalling and telling the rest of us to go and educate ourselves about a history they largely seem to not fully understand.
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  80.  @scotchegg3419  He has made (and still makes) films that sensitively and accurately reflect lives as lived by people who are not usually depicted in the mainstream. 'Kes' is my favourite but: 'Up The Junction', 'Cathy Come Home', 'Raining Stones', 'Poor Cow', 'Riff Raff', 'I, Daniel Blake', 'Bread and Roses' are all worth checking out too. Just to mention a few. They are as far from 'porn', as you put it, as you could possibly get, as porn is simply voyeauristic and doesn't have compassion. They do deal with poverty of course, with empathy and accurately and that is the point.
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  81. I'm with you all the way guys.
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  82. Imagine the Tories having a strategy meeting to prioritise who they should target their hatred at in the lead up to the next election. Perhaps they should be taking responsibility for the decline of all the British institutions that they have undermined and underfunded over the last 13 years? Perhaps they should be addressing the nation's social, economic, environmental and political decline that has happened as a consequence of their policies? How they have the nerve to suggest that they are the party with the answers, or even any answers, when they are the cause of this decline, beggars belief. Particularly when it comes to immigration, asylum seekers and refugees. To suggest that the Conservative Party embodies any values at all is quite a stretch.
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  83. Considering the government is intent on building millions of new houses you would think they would be able to come up with some way of making use of those that already exist but are going to waste. Surely it wouldn't take much?
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  84. Great update Joe: no excuses, no apologies, just positivity and the drive to move forward. Love your content mate.
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  85. This town is like most of England was in the 90's when people had good honest liberal, inclusive values and imagined that immigration had no downside. Perhaps the inhabitants of Workington should visit some places like Rotherham, Rochdale, Telford, Bradford, Luton or any borough in central London or Birmingham or West Croydon or St Pauls in Bristol and then ask themselves if they want their town to be more like that? As usual Ed tries his hardest to imply that mass immigration has no detrimental effects and that those who resent it are 'far right', 'racist' or simply a bit stupid. But it's interesting how few people in the comments agree with that perspective. It's not just that the economic arguments don't work Ed, with GDP per capita going backwards, it's not even the fact that imported unskilled labour undermines UK workers' wages, the job supply, the housing supply, rents, hospital beds, places in schools etc etc, it's not even the fact that the system ruthlessly exploits the foreign worker's rights, often paying them less than minimum wage, overcrowding them in ghettos and marginalising them. It is the inevitable undermining of the British societal values, our history of struggle for equality and labour rights, respect for the law, respect for private property and our national institutions, housing conditions, education and social care. Mass immigration undermines all of that. And before you Politics Joe supporters reply, I'm not blaming immigrants for the woeful state of our nation, the blame lies squarely with the Boris Johnson Tory government and his predecessors who promised high skilled, high waged, immigration controls and deliberately did the opposite by liberalising immigration restrictions and bringing in record numbers of low skilled workers, students and their dependents over the last three years. But let's not deny the detrimental effects of this cynical, deliberate and undemocratic policy: a rise in violent crime, sexual exploitation, benefit fraud, illegal workers, religious division, political division, social fragmentation and a low trust society. If you hate Tommy Robinson and people like him, ask yourself why he is so popular now? Is it because English people are more racist than they were in the 90s? Well these people in Workington aren't, just like most people aren't. So what has gone wrong and more importantly how can it be put right? Lets at least be frank about the changes that have happened in England over the last twenty years?
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  86. How about a debate on whether Islam represents a threat to Western Liberal democracies. Or is the rise of European popularism going to cause conflict.
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  87. A simple and effective way of revealing the extent to which Ash thinks that the state should ultimately own private property. Well done KK.
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  88. Must have been lovely during the riots last year?
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  89. Is it possible that the protestor's actual message could at least be mentioned if not promoted? As far as policing methods are concerned, is anyone actually surprised, given the current government's efforts to outlaw protest, strikes, asylum seeking and dissent? Perhaps LBC should concern themselves more often with the current government's programme of encroachment of our civil rights? Or should we hope that more jounalists experience this kind of treatment to highlight what those who are politically active face all the time now?
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  90. Brilliant content guys. More of this type of debate please. Very interesting. Half of what Bastani said entirely fitted in with what Matt Goodwin and KK said. He doesn't seem to be in favour of current immigration policy any more than KK and Matt, he just wants a more idealistic set up in some far off distant socialist utopia. By the way, poorly qualified immigrant care workers are legally paid 14% less than minimum wage, that's why all the care agencies employ them. As for Polly Toynbee, her arguments are about twenty years out of date, she doesn't seem to understand the scale or the impact of record immigration, maybe because she lives on the Isle of Wiight (very few immigrants there). She is very naive when she imagines illegal or legal immigrants aren't capable of deliberately exploiting our system, involving themselves in crime, unfairly getting housing, health care, school places or benefits. She's also way off when she asserts that students return when their courses end; many of them don't even bother with their courses and, once arrived, their dependents represent a huge net loss to our economy. Also: the ECHR was created for the immediate post war refugee era, it no longer serves our needs or fits with modern migration trends. If old alliances no longer serve their purpose why should we cling to them? By the way, Brexit has clearly been a betrayal, slagging it off (or Rwanda fornthat mattet) doesn't counter either Matt or KK's arguments or Bastani's for that matter. Her economic argument is out of date too, 'immigrants stop us from having to pay higher taxes'. Is she joking? We are already paying the highest levels of tax since WW2 ffs! PR would probably be far better at representing public opinions which is why the liberal political elite have never seriously considered bringing it in. Well done KK. He is the only one prepared to discuss the subject in terms of culture. Why do the left imagine all cultures are equal? Why do they not care about foreign cultures that are religiously intolerant, sexually exploitative, culturally mysogynistic, homophobic, trans phobic and racist? They only seem to care when the white indigenous people exhibit those traits. Well done KK for passionately clarifying that this debate is not just a 'far right' talking point and that it's not just about money.. Matt is one of the most coherant public speakers on this subject on the scene at the moment. He not only has a feel of what most people think but he represents their opinions really well while very few are prepared to. Facts matter. Democracy matters. Soveriegnty matters. Keep it up Matt.
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  91. I thought Narinder Kaur was bad until I listened to Saira Khan. If voting for Reform speeds up her departure, sign me up.
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  92. @thathurt  That may be true but I would still rather have homeless Brits temporarily housed there, given free meals, clean beds, hot water, heated bedrooms, health checks, spending money etc etc rather than a gang of young guys who's only qualification is that they just arrived on a boat.
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  93. I have never seen a worse interview. When did Kate Burley start thinking she was working for Line Of Duty? I have never seen an interviewer be so rude, disrespectful, biased and hostile. She so clearly has an agenda. She accuses Mr Lynch of name calling when he didn't, she implies that he is ridiculing her when Mr Lynch's answers remain sensible (even though the tone of her questions is indeed ridiculous), she implies picket lines are necessarily violent and thuggish when clearly they are not, she claims to be clarifying the situation when she is obviously trying her best to mischaracterise the situation to the detriment of the railway workers. Sky should be ashamed of this clip, not putting it on Youtube. Does this show how ridiculously biased the mainstream media's coverage of this industrial dispute is, or is it just Sky News? Shocking.
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  94. I can't argue with Carl's five points. As to your point, I don't think even atheists would resent a return to more overtly Christian values, even Richard Dawkins says he prefers a society based in 'cultural Christianity'. Where this cultural shift would come from is less clear, the Church of England has been entirely captured by the woke ideology so they wouldn't be of any help. Not sure what the vehicle for these values would be?
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  95. Why ask an immigrant what they think of immigration? Of course she can't see the damage it does, of course she would rather talk about any other topic, of course she doesn't actually address the question of how to stop the crossings, of course she thinks immigration is not a cause for all the problems she lists. Well done Matt for being calm and not telling her she's talking nonsense.
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  96. The interview with Farage on the BBC was a disgrace. The interviewer constantly tried to characterise Farage and Reform in the worst possible light without providing any particular evidence and constantly interrupting when Farage tried to defend himself. The out of context quotes and the deliberate mischaracterisations were simply annoying. Farage successfully seemed to bat most of it off but, if the BBC really do have an unbiased 'fact checker' they should try investigating that interviewer.
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  97. What an absolute melt! And they're applauding him! And these are the men who are supposed to be standing up to Putin? Literally proving everything JD Vance said right! They've gotta go!
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  98. Great stuff Matt. Keep telling it like it is.
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  99. Peter, can you do some content about South Ossetia?
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  100. Keep up Fatty! Classic.
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  101. This ideological split beween young women and young men illustrates the extent to which young men have realized how badly the progressive ideology serves them; with it's intolerance of masculinity, subservience to minorities, celebration of sexual non-conformity and hatred for patriarchy. I think young men instinctly realise how much it encourages weakness in the face of adversity and they naturally rail against it. It also promotes a reliance upon the state rather than self reliance and self discipline which does not produce healthy, well adjusted young men and young men tend to automatically understand this. But eventually women will realize they are not served by these ideas either. Eventually they will notice that this ideology ultimately makes them less safe and produces societies that are less stable and less productive. They will notice that 'Progressivism' also produces more authoritarian societies, because it needs to cancel, de-platform and crminalize those who do not comply and silence those that notice all the logical inconsistencies. This feminizing, risk averse approach to society not only limits men but encouages bad actors to exploit it. As the globe becomes increasingly less stable perhaps women will realise that if society emasculates men it does not serve their purposes either? I can't see women advocating for all this lasting for much longer.
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  102. Excellent content. The video interviews at the end are particularly persuasive. I'm glad I have discovered your channel.
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  103. Excellent comment, Sikh people understand the Islamic mind set better than anyone. Bring your brothers and your wisdom to the next rally and show your solidarity.
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  104. It seems astonishing that no one is officially challenging TR's treatment by the British authorities. Regardless of one's views of his politics (and I have supported him since 2016) this Orwellian misuse of the law to persecute, intimidate and endanger him is a national scandal. Are there no campaigning lawyers prepared to call this out or do they only want to protect the rights of people from elsewhere?
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  105. Excellent analysis Jimmy, well done for doing the work. As regards the riots, I think there is a strong argument that says immigration has risen to record levels since lock-down DESPITE the British public never agreeing to that process and mostly voting against it when given the opportunity. Boris Johnson's 'successful' 2019 manifesto explicitly promised a lower numbers, more highly-skilled, Australian style immigration system and then at some point in 2021 he entirely dumped that promise and went in exactly the opposite direction. This resulted in levels of immigration never before seen in this country, with around 750,000 net (1.3 million gross) arrivals each year, over the last three years. Given our hollowed out economy and over stretched infrastructure of course this caused friction and social tension amongst those who were experiencing the resultant social shift. If you lived or worked in areas where this influx was felt it was very noticeable. It became the second most significant issue (after concerns over the economy) in the 2024 election. The riots may well have been a reflection of the public's frustration with that situation. You refer to it as a supply side problem, and of course it is. The right-wingers see it as a demand side problem, an unnecessary and undemocratic burden being placed upon an already failing system. In reality it is both these things. Your analysis puts the emphasis on the government (taxpayers) to strive to accomodate the situation as though it is unavoidable. The right wingers put the emphasis on regulating immigration to achieve less public expenditure and less stress placed upon the system. Once again, the sensible solution would be both. Somewhere in the middle, corporations and businesses are benefitting from an endless supply of cheap labour. It keeps our GNP floating but does nothing for GDP per capita except depress it. Sadly the other reason for the riots, in my opinion (as I posted on your reaction video at the time) was the catalogue of radical Islamist terror attacks in the UK since 2005. Rightly or wrongly a large proportion of the public assumed that the Southport attacks, which were trully unprecedented, heart breaking and deeply upsetting, were yet another awful incident in this long line of tragic events such as the Manchester Arena bombing. Now it seems they may well have been right. Suspicion that the authorities were not being fully open with all the facts led to conspiracy theories about two tier justice spreading. It turns out that the authorities did not allow facts that may have inflamed the situation be known. So the rioters were right to be suspicious but entirely wrong to vent their anger violently. The police clamping down on protestors, having visibly failed to do so in Harehills a few weeks earlier, also added to this two tier narrative and aggravated things. So did the kettling and mass arrests of protestors in Whitehall, a few days before the riots began. This was another visible example of the British police feeling much more comfortable using very heavy handed tactics when dealing with white, British protestors than it does when faced with violent disorder coming from other ethnic communities. Harehills was an example of this but so were the machete incidents in Southend that preceded the riots and in previous years at the Notting Hill Carnival.. You also failed to mention the perceived rise in 'political Islam', as seen in the weekly Gaza protest marches and in the local and general elections a few weeks before the riots There was a growing sentiment that political figures like Mothin Ali had begun to use democratic means to subvert the UK political system in favour of Islamic concerns (Gaza, Shariah Law, anti semitism etc). This was exacerbated when the Gaza debate in Parliament was curtailed prematurely, apparently for 'MPs personal safety' while the Palestinian flag was projected on to the Houses of Parliament. Local councils all over the UK were spending money on 'Gaza bunting' in areas like Bethnal Green in East London and individuals who objected either on line or in person were being investigated for 'non-crime hate incidents'. This seemed to boil over with the failure to prosecute the two men who attacked police officers in the Manchester airport incident (which was followed by protests outside a Manchester police station threatening violence if the two men were prosecuted). There were also incidents of large groups of muslim parents angrily objecting to various incidents occurring in English schools, such as Batley Grammar, the Michaela School and the incident in an East London primary school where a child had been sent home for wearing pro Gaza emblems on his school uniform resulting in concerted and disruptive protests outside the school, necessitating it being temporarily closed. Naturally some people began to think a new Islamic socio-political movement seemed to be emerging in British politics and resent it as being at the expense of the non Muslim people and mainstream secular values. Once again, if you listen to the Hamsa Yusaf 'White' speech to the Scottish Parliament you might be forgiven for thinking this may be true. Debate about introducing Islamophobia laws, limiting criticism of Islam and declaring it as blasphemy only serve to amplfy these concerns. I know these various incidents can all be dismissed as no more than 'right wing talking points' but I think they were nevertheless legitimate concerns amongst many of the rioters. They were furious about the three little girls and many of them felt that the terrible incident and the way it was being dealt with by the establishment, against a broader background of racial, political, economic and religious tensions, made them and their families less than safe. They were angry that these three innocent little girls and the others who were attacked too, could not be protected from our current cultural/social/economic situation by the authorities. Some were angry that they were not even allowed to publicly declare their concerns about the continued threat of Islamist terrorism without being dismissed as 'far right', racist or Islamophobic. For these reasons many of the rioters felt justifiably hostile to the authorities and the police, Were they wrong to be angry and concerned? Of course not. Were they wrong to resort to violence? Of course they were. Should people get prison time for dumb posts on social media? Only if you can prove a direct link with a subsequent incidence of violence. Do we now need the police investigating 'non crime hate incidents'? Absolutely not. Is multi culturalism failing? Sometimes yes, most of the time, no. We now move on, hoping that these various social tensions can be resolved without more violence.
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  106. Heard the terms 'homesure' , 'nearsure' and 'friendsure' for the first time last week. They seem to be fundamental to Zeihan's model of non global international trade. I'm glad I finally caught up.
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  107. Absolutely essential content. Thankyou so much for posting. I watched this issue being discussed on Jeremy Vine this morning. They utterly distorted this story and ended up scorning the young marine in the eye of the storm. Thanks for setting things straight.
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  108. I once stood right in front of the front door of no.10 and posed for a photograph. I actually did an immitation of Dennis Healy which shows how long ago it must have been. It is trully shameful how much the UK has been degraded.
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  109. I followed Ash Sarkar promoting her book with interest and, although she always starts off with criticizing the left for how fragile and divided they have become (because of 'victimhood' and identity politics) her principle gripe seems to be that the 'far right' (as she calls everyone but the progressive left) have become too good at using the same tactic of 'victimhood equals virtue' against them. She constantly refers to the 'White Working Class' as undeserving of the right to describe themselves as the victims of racist oppression for example, while simultaneously being racist about them. She still sees racism in terms of institutions rather than an individual's predjudice while she ignores her own. She still thinks women can have male genitals, she still thinks in terms of 'the patriarchy' and 'the hierachy of oppression', she still wants to destroy the British class system, decolonize the culture and redistribute power wealth and ownership. So, despite her supposed change of attitude, she still sees the world throuh the same old lens of race, sex, gender, sexuality and class. Nothing has changed in other words. She's still literally a communist however she has simply realised that she needs to moderate her schtick if she is ever going to win anybody over! Good luck with that. One thing you do notice however is that, amongst the left wing media outlets she is always welcomed by, they all see each other as part of the same team. Unlike the people on the right, they actively support each other and readily amplify each other's messages. This is why we need Jordan Peterson's ARC, and the alternative media. We need to support and promote each other even though we may have slight ideological differences, just like the left do.
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  110. As usual, Matt Goodwin saying what so many other academics don't dare to say. A sobering summary.
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  111. Unemployment, gangs, drugs, alcohol, immigrants and asylum seekers, crime, homelessness etc.etc. (I won't mention the implicit cultural threat from the religion of peace). This is not multi-culturalism, because there is no integration or cohesion, despite how hard the Danish state has tried to come up with a successful formula for solving this problem (much harder than the UK government ever has tried by the way). People who do not share the host country's values or attitudes (and have no particular reason to) end up living in an empoverished, parallel society. They end up alienated and separate, with little incentive to embrace the host country, its customs, its culture or even properly learn its language. They simply turn the host country into a version of the place they came from, complete with values and customs. This is why the DPP in Denmark have emerged and become more prominant, just like the populist parties in most other European countries have. However you have to admit the flats look much better than those in any average English council estate, the transport links are good, the cobblestone streets are clean (even if the walls aren't) the rubbish gets collected and amazingly your bike doesn't get nicked! As you rightly point out Joe, things are much worse in most English cities right now. Most of us would be happy if our shopping streets, our inner city areas and our transport links looked and felt as nice as their Danish equivalents. We can all speculate on why this is and who is to blame but I don't see the next Labour Government being willing or able to do much to change this awful legacy of 14 years of Tory mismanagement. I wonder who has the solution? Leave your suggestions below....
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  112. That's exactly what I thought. He has nothing to offer because he still thinks we have a social/political culture that actually disappeared fifteen years ago.
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  113. Thankyou. I watched his video and was left feeling very frustrated for the same reasons you obviously were. I posted some comments making similar points to the ones you raise but they were instantly disappeared. I'm glad you were able to put the counter argument.
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  114. How come there is always a Turkish barbers, a vape shop and a mobile phone shop that seems to be doing okay? I can understand there is still a massive demand for crap take away grub, but the barbers? I don't get it.
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  115. If you want to know the extent to which we are being mis-managed by an unelected and largely unaccountable, ideologically captured, radically progressive civil service, check out the recent reports by Steven Edginton or the on-going work of Matthew Goodwin.
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  116. Why oh why does our so-called 'government' not insist upon British subjects sticking to clothes that express British culture? Stamp out these American style 'hoodies' and only wear pin-striped suits! Get rid of Yankie baseball caps and only wear bowler hats! Ban foreign produced trainers and only wear sensible brogues! Do away with strange hair styles and only allow Peak Blinder type short back n sides, even for the ladies! We should be proudly sporting doublet and hose, neck ruffs, Guy Fawkes' goaty beards, Churchillian homburg hats, Victorian mutton chops, Georgian Fop face paint, Nelson eye patches and King Artur style armour. That way we can all avoid accusations of cultural appropriation AND look really cool!
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  117. Excellent use of research to both prove a hypothesis and spotlight a compromised public servant. Our system is quite clearly full of them. It makes me wonder what we should do to bring guys like this to account. Letters to the Law Society? A public petition? Complain to your local MP? It all seem quite pointless. Identitfying the guilty ones is a start I suppose. The other side of this coin would be senior police officers who prefer to investigate non crime hate incidents rather than catch criminals, like the guy in charge of Essex police, Ben Julian Harrington for example. More of these please.
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  118. Wow! She is magnificent!
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  119. Why oh why does our so called 'government' not realise that modern, woke, anti racist police practises have gone too far? Surely we would be much better off if we were to return to good old fashioned policing? A clip round the ear from your friendly neighbourhood copper? A Bobby on the beat gently 'feeling your collar'? The sergent coming round your house to tell your Mum that you've been nicked again. The friendly banter as they give you a jokey nickname. The spirited kicking in the cell. The gently forced confession. The casual denial of legal counsel and enthusiastic lying in court. The whisper of corruption. The joyful use of the truncheon, the boot and the handcuffs. The casual racist slur and the concerted effort to get wrong uns off the street by fair means or foul,. We were all much happier when the Sweeney ruled the streets, despite their awful fashion sense and drunken bullying. Or back to the days of the Peelers. Or even the Bow Street runners? What was wrong with all that.
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  120. Excellent content. A narrative you won't hear in the MSM, endlessly trotting out cliches. Liberal interventionism will never work in the long run because the liberal values of democracy, the rule of law, secular society, human rights, liberty can't be imposed from above by military force and then abandoned 20 years later. Its a pointless post colonial arrogance to imagine it serves any positive purpose. All that rhetoric just serves to mask the profiteering by the industrial military complex, the corruption within the Afghan infrastructure and the real misery suffered by the civilian population?
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  121. Why oh why does our so called 'government' insist upon this continual misunderstanding that universities and academics are here to further the knowledge of humanity by the scientific study and analysis of empirical data using logic and reason. That is a racist construct passed down by the misogenist, white patriarchy and a fascistic restraint upon the freedom to develop intersectional ideas. Other people's freedom of expression just interrupts the shouting that we need to do, when we are informing people that they should shut the fuck up because they are too privileged. That's what I tell my Mrs anyway.
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  122. Excellent content Joe, keep it up mate, your compassion does you credit.
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  123.  @fredblogs  Hope you don't mind this comment being massive but once I started I couldn't stop: I know Morden very well, my sister lives there. It has a huge South Korean community nowadays. That's not so bad, they are mostly hard working, conservative and Christian and although they don't make much effort to intergrate socially, they don't cause any social problems. However, even though I have a load of mates who live in Thornton Heath, I don't go there unless I absolutely have to, from Streatham southwards the traffic is awful, the shops are mostly 'ethnic', there's a lot of gang related knife crime and if you find yourself as far down as the London Rd in West Croydon it is like being in a Middle Eastern bazaar. Very hostile, very intimidating, especially for English girls. Put it this way, I wouldn't want my Mrs or my teenage daughters walking around there after dark. Over the last twenty years or so, in most of those suburban areas (where accomodation was reletively cheap and work was available in unregulated foreign owned businesses) things have been transformed. Not for the better.They no longer feel British. The low skilled, lowly paid immigrants are distinctly different in their attitudes and manners from traditional working class people. They live much of their lives out on the street, especially the young men, presumably because they have very poor housing conditions. The areas tend to look scruffy because the (usually foreign) landlords do not maintain their properties when they are occupied by recently arrived migrants. Often they are houses with multiple occupants, not families, not young couples, just single men. Alternatively these properties are sometimes used as brothels, exploiting young girls who have been trafficked and smuggled into the country. All of this in what used to be quiet suburban streets. Given this backdrop there is little to no civic pride, no social engagement, litter and refuse is dumped on the streets, which are generally dirtier and more chaotic. There is no social trust and no social cohesion. Many can't even speak English. As an example of how bad things have become, in Tooting Broadway there is a homeless African couple who have lived, wrapped in sleeping bags, on a bench on the High Road for over eight years. They never leave the bench. People just ignore them and leave them to it. Personally I find it disturbing that our supposedly civilised society can not find a better solution for two obviously mentally ill, homeless immigrants, rather than allowing them to live out in the open, in all weathers, on a public bench, for eight years. But local people now treat this situation as normal, as they pass by doing their shopping. One wonders whether they might not be happier going back to where ever they came from but that kind of thinking is 'racist' and 'far right'. You could blame this genral situation on 14 years of Tory mis-management, or on London's Labour Mayor, Sadiq Khan, but I think the problem goes much further than that. In many areas of Greater London nowadays the British simply don't live there any more, they've given up and moved on, in huge numbers, leaving once pleasant neighbourhoods to the 'new-comers', whoever they may be. In Stockwell and Kennington it's Portuguese, in Clapham Junction its Ghanaians and Nigerians, in Tooting it's Bengalis and Punjabis, in Kingston it's Koreans and the wealthier Middle Easterners and in Croydon it's Afghans, Somalis, Syrians, Libyans, Kurds and God knows who else . Even the traditional immigrant communities, like the Indian Sikhs in Southall or West Indians in Brixton, are being swamped by mass immigration. Neighbourhood after neighbourhood is being transformed. The rich in their modern, usually high rised, gated, appartment blocks, protected from the social dis-harmony and keeping safely out of the way. The developers buying every green space, playing field, unused council building, empty office blocks, old schools, swimming pools, libraries; all for luxury apartments. Council estates -mostly occupied by people who were born outside of the UK. And on the streets; the lowly paid or unemployed, alienated, disenfranchised immigrants, migrants and asylum seekers rubbing shoulders with the young post code gangs, fighting with knives over their horrible territories. It's a mess.
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  124. Why all the references to farmers being 'white'? I don't get it. Is this a euphemism for something I am unaware of or is it just internal racism?
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  125. @mimetype  Exactly, sitting safely inside his various exclusive clubs while thinking everyone is being given 'a fair shake' and being entirely unaware of the irony. He would probably get on famously with King Charles.
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  126. I dread listening to Farage at the moment. Clearly Reform UK represents our only alternative to the uni-party but so often, as an inspirational leader, he is a total disappointment. Thankfully JP did half the talking so Farage didn't let us all down on this occasion.
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  127. Megan, the only princess who kissed a prince and turned him into a toad. I love being lectured about my social, environmemtal and moral choices by a pair of pampered millionaires. It reminds me to know my place, your majesty.
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  128.  @RunningOnABall  in Barcelona there is currently a massive movement of local people fighting against losing their communities and neighbourhoods to Air BnB. Its happening all over the world right now, local people being forced out of their own neighbourhoods.
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  129. MM kissed a prince and transformed him into a toadie.
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  130. I'm not sure if anyone else has noticed the irony but Dominic Cummings wasn't elected either.
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  131. What an excellent comment. I had the misfortune of going down Green Street at the end of Ramadan, I know exactly what you mean.
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  132. Brilliant. This should have been broadcast at prime time on all British tv channels prior to the general election.
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  133. Is 'anti Putin' the same thing as 'anti Russian'?
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  134. Excellent point. Working class Brits have always been quite socially conservative, they have always wanted low and controlled immigration, equal opportunities not outcomes, to secure working people's rights to a fair wage, fair rents, reasonable conditions, equality under the law, the protection of our social institutions and the right to speak out when they experience injustice. Traditionally they have also been proud to be British and Christian, unlike the middle class, liberal intelligensia. Bit by bit all of those expectations have been undermined over the last 35 year or so. Mass immigration undermines half of those aspirations (low wages, poor working conditions, high rents, exploitation of workers, poor housing conditions etc) and progressive liberalism undermines the other half (hate speech laws, two tier policing, protected identities, anti-white, anti nation messaging etc). Meanwhile the national institutions we used to be so proud of have been hollowed out, devalued and undermined. Is it any wonder white working class people are simultaneously rejecting the progresive left and the liberal values of the conservatives?
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  135. Excellent analysis Matt. Brilliant content. Farage has a mountain to climb but he definitely seems to have some momentum at the moment.
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  136. I taught in a primary school in Peckham for many years and can attest to the fact that the experience of people who live in the area simply can not be explained only through race and racism. In many respects it is actually an area of successful multi culturalism, as well as multi ethnicitiy, especially in schools, council amenities, shops, housing estates, sporting facilities etc. However, there are of course massive social inequalities, and these inequalities stem from a myriad of circumstances and conditions not just race. Primarily they stem from class. You could of course add to this list: lack of opportunity, family dysfunction, underfunded, under valued schools, single parent families, drugs, gangs, crime, social deprivation, lack of role models and mentors, poor literacy, lack of social cohesion, lack of public amenities, crumbling social housing, poor public health and sometimes even diet. Those social problems affect all who live in the area, regardless of race, but especially the less wealthy. The race grifters, who base their activities in areas like Peckham, actually do the local community no service at all. They are divisive and unhelpful and often deliberately stir up violence or at least an unhealthy toxicity it public debate. Meanwhile the ordinary people of the area simply get on with their lives, trying their best to co-operate positively within their community, through the churches, the youth centres, the schools, through sports, art, theatre and music etc. In many ways it is a great area, but it's problems don't stem from racism, certainly not any racism within the community. They stem from the systematic, historical failing of central and local government to invest in the area and it's people. In this respect Peckham is just like most inner city 'problem areas'. So people get alienated from the system, from their own environment, and look for easy answers to explain it's failings, hence the race grifters and their narratives of racism and systematic, institutionalised oppression. Its exactly what the National Front tried to do back in the seventies. Blame all your problems on the people with the different colour skin. Racism is not systematic, its just a by-product of negligent social policy and chronic under investment. The more we dabate racism the less we debate the things that hold all of us back. The more we divide ourselves by race the less effective we can be to change things.
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  137. Just like Musk I'm becoming increasingly disenchanted by Farage and his drift towards the mainstream and the Tory wets. I would prefer Rupert Lowe to be the next PM.
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  138. David Betz describes perfectly the effect this kind of hostile economic policy will have upon our society and let's put it this way; it aint good...
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  139. Me too, I actually feel a bit proud of him, he's come so far.
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  140. As usual Goodwin providing clarity.
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  141. Matt, keep your analysis coming, it is invaluable right now and there are very few others saying what needs to be said out there in the mainstream.
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  142. An excellent comment and people who are more widely travelled than the Anglosphere and Europe all know it to be true. See how seriously these 'culture war debates' are taken in Saudi Arabia, China, Russia or Iran for example? White liberal Westerners comparing their white privilege should try to remember how relative that is to what society you operate in. Not all societies are the same ffs!
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  143. By the way, the reason why this guy doesn't want to go back to Eritrea is because, if he did, he would be forced to do National Service and join the army by the brutal autocratic dictator that currently runs the place. He would be forced to defend his country in the on-going border dispute that exists between Ethiopia and Eritrea. Why is there a dispute? Because Eritrea controls the two ports that allow them access to the world trade that goes up and down the Suez Canal, trade that the British developed and protected for decades. Why is that whole region continually in conflict? Because of the Marxists regimes that ruined them after the colonial era, because of traditional tribal emnity that pre-existed colonisation, because of the endemic corruption, the lack of democracy and because the war lords, who dominate their regional politics, are incapable of brokering peace with each other. Just like all the other war-torn African states. In other words, the guy knows nothing or he's lying. By the way, I almost forgot, Eritrea was an Italian colony, not British. That says it all really.
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  144. Why has equal opportunities been replaced by diversity for diversity's sake? It is especially illogical in any field where competance, experience and qualification should be the first consideration.
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  145. Shabnam seems to be suggesting that Afghanistan needs a proper colonial power to properly commit to developing its political and social culture over a many decades? To undermine its tribalism, irradicate its backwards looking religious customs and beliefs, institute a Western liberal system of governance, legal system, beaurocracy, healthcare, education, transport infrastructure etc? She seems to want the British to do it too? Sorry Shabnam, that was 150 years ago, nowadays we leave that to the Chinese, I'm sure they'll oblige!
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  146. Excellent analysis as usual. I hope you're right and Starmer's days are numbered but I can foresee things being absolutely awful before he jumps or finally gets the push. One has to wonder why we have had such a terrible run of utterly inept PMs.
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  147.  @importantjohn  i thought i listened quite carefully. I certainly heard him suggest that there is something unseemly about those that overtly celebrate being 'British, he said that it requires 'modesty' and the example he gave of the Kipling story was deliberately chosen to suggest that we should not outwardly express our pride in our country. He explicitly said, 'Don't parade patriotism' because it is 'distasteful'. He even said that to defend British values is to 'speak in a very un-British way'. My difficulty with this wooly liberal approach is that he seems to want British people to never outwardly express any kind of pride in anything in case it seems impolite or is perceived as rude by others.
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  148. Excellent point, if you make it impossible for the small guy to get ahead we all end up working for the international corporations owned by the oligarchs.
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  149. Gotta love Gary's passion. Depressing though; a major decline in living standards, shrinking public services, institutional collapse, food poverty, fuel poverty, social insecurity, poor mental health, rising rents, migrant crisis, record immigration, stagnant growth, depressed wages and job insecurity and yet no one in government is suggesting any viable solutions. Gary seems to be suggesting solidarity amongst the working people forcing more targeted taxes aimed at the asset classes. Shame neither party is seriously discussing this.
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  150.  @poplarboydavid  Personally I'd rather have Rupert Lowe.
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  151. Johnson already produces enough wind to power a medium sized European capital city, daily, before lunch.
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  152. The problem is, we wil not be asked to defened ourselves against Russia, China, Iran or North Korea or some other external threat. The conflict will be within our own borders. It won't be an armed struggle either, it will be a war of ideologies, of values, of cultures. So the question is, to what extent are British people ready to defend their values against those who would destroy them? If you look at the areas of our cities that have already been colonised and the way Brits have simply removed themselves from those neighbourhoods and settled elsewhere, you would be forgiven for thinking they had already surrendered. For a cultural movement to be effective it needs to have the youth behind it. Sadly the young people of Britain are more likely to hold the woke values of the progressive ideologies, despite the fact that they are mostly likely to lose out because of them. Otherwise, if you want a cultural shift back towards traditional values, where is it going to come from?
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  153. Well said Peter Whittle.
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  154. This is insane. We need a British version of Trump as soon as possible.
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  155. At last! Joefish visits somewhere that isn't a sh**hole! Thanks for showing us all a seaside town that isn't in decline mate. Keep up the good work.
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  156. International affairs are pretty gloomy at the moment but I can't help but feel that the most serious threat to our national peace and security is internal. For a reminder of how unstable we are at the moment look at Northern Ireland.
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  157.  @sirrathersplendid4825  Can't seem to get a reply past Youtube on this topic. Here's my third attempt: Fry is weak on his defence of free speech, either he seems to think that the desire for censorship still comes from 'the right' or he is unwilling to acknowledge that it may actually be coming from 'elsewhere' (nudge, nudge, wink, wink). In fact, I think he actually supports the supression of speech if it used against the nasty, rude people on 'the right'.
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  158. Surely there are so many strong, independent, feminist, girl-bosses nowadays, we just need to send them out to dominate our enemies, like they do in the movies and on tv?
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  159. Not just a fudge but a cheap fudge. If it were me I would consult Maggie Oliver and follow her advice; a statutory enquiry with the power to force witnesses to appear, to give statements under oath and with the authority to further prosecutions of the complicit and the guilty, preferably promptly.
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  160.  @VittamarFasuthAkbin  I'm not sure if Brexit isolated the UK, certainly we struggled without access to the single market at first but we have started to increase exports lately. Meanwhile we have had record numbers of Indian, Nigerian, Pakistani, Bangla Deshi, Ghanaian, Middle Eastern and North African immigrants over the last three years. Add to that tens of thousands of Chinese students each year. Not exactly splendid isolation, more like open borders in all but name. We have seen Net immigration of over 700,000 each year, requiring a new city the size of Birminham to be built every two years to accomodate them. As for 'strong man' policies, our prisons are currently so over crowded we are now officially allowing prisoners to be released after serving only half their sentences. Out illegal immigration population is costing over £8m per day to accomodate them in hotels, hostels and privately rented apartments. Shop-lifting and burglary goes unpunished, only 2% of rapes are successfully prosecuted, benefit fraud is increasing and tax avoidance by the wealthy is endemic. Thatcherism has much to answer for in that our publicly owned utilities were all privatised and now we receive much more expensive but lower quality, poorly regulated services, but the real culprits are the successive Tory governments that under invested in our country over the last 14 years and have pretty much bankrupted us. We now have the highest tax burden since WW2, rocketing National debt, the lowest GDP per capita in decades, low growth, social decline, sectarian division all propped up by enforced mass immigration, which the Tories specifically promised to limit and then didn't.
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  161. Is that the best the the anti Brexiteers can come up with?
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  162. KK simply saying what everybody is thinking. A shameless betrayal of all UK residents but particularly women, by an elite who seem to favour the rights of the uninvited visitors rather than the residents and hosts. It is so disappointing that the all-female panels on the various BBC taking shops don't see how their 'compassion' for asylum seekers and migrants of this type puts everyone at risk but especially women. One could say the same of the naive Christian clerics who assist in the process, or the sympathetic lawyers who represent people like Azidi, the law makers who have decreed that being put on the sex offenders register is not sufficient reason to be deported and the civil servants who do such a poor job of processing applicants, screening them and deporting those who should be deported. But once again, they are part of an elite progressive group who don't share the public's views and are sufficiently removed from reality to not suffer the consequences of their ultra liberal policies. The forthcoming election could be an opportunity for this to be addressed, if not resolved, but somehow I doubt it. Meanwhile we have to console ourselves with a media who won't call it out, politicians who mischaracterise the problem and a system that protects them not us.
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  163. Don't let the door hit you in the arse on the way out.
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  164. Not deleted yet, Well said!
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  165. When JD Vance becomes the next POTUS I would like to see Tulsi Gabbard as his VP.
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  166. Excellent content Joe. Keep it up mate, your compassion is much needed.
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  167. Its a shame JC has been forced to the periphery of British Politics. He would have made such a refreshing change from the self serving, corrupt, sociopathic narcissists we are currently enduring. He was rather compromised by his position on Brexit but otherwise I'm sure he would have made a positive contribution. Oh well...judging by the popularity of BJ and now apparently Starmer, this country gets the politicians it deserves.
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  168. Matt is one of the few academics speaking sense at the moment. Reasons for the protests: 1. History of Islamist violence going back to 2005. 2. Enforced mass immigration, despite electoral promises by both main parties. 3. The cost and anti-social threat posed by iillegal migrants. 4. The ‘woke’ progressive agenda undermining British history, culture and freedom of speech. 5. The mainstream media demonising, dismissing and mischaracterising the English working classes and those who speak for them (TR). 6. Two Tier policing. 7. The blatant imbalance of the PM and Home Secretary’s response. 8. The emergence and threat of 'political Islam'. 9. The rise of knife crime, grooming gangs, acid attacks and sexual violence on the streets of English towns. 10. Huge religious/ethnic ghettos, the failure of multi-culturalism and increasing lack of trust in national institutions, 11. Weekly Pro-Gaza marches and associated civil disobedience. 12. The housing crisis and cost of living crisis. 13. Imported foreign conflicts leading to disorder on English streets. 14. Finally and most significantly: three innocent little English girls brutally and senselessly murdered by a second generation immigrant.
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  169.  @davidbetts9332  Thankyou. Reads like a miserable old sod venting but that's probably what I am!
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  170. Great content Andrew. Great guest.
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  171.  @xb2856  Of course there is a lack of new homes but the increased demand for housing caused by mass immigration makes the situation worse, just as increasing the labour supply depresses wages. The extra demand for public services, healthcare, school places and benefits can only put extra pressure on the already inefficient and underfunded infrastructure. Add that to cultural divisions, sectarian politics and a low trust society and it begs the question how does mass immigration actually benefit the UK?
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  172.  @BritishLandeur  Couldn't agree more. Would you want Rachel Reeves or Shabana Mahmood deciding anyone's fate?
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  173.  @ThisVids4U-c2w  He says all the time that he's not British, he is just trying to defend what he sees as British values. He can get away with it precisely because he isn't actually British and so no one can accuse him of being racist, far right, white supremacist or an ethnic nationalist etc etc.
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  174.  @SSODP  I think perhaps it is typical of a masculine style of debate vs a feminine style of complaint.
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  175. I think it has already started, particularly in Germany, Sweden and Denmark. There are already emerging identity movements in Holland, Portugal, France and Italy as a response to uncontrolled mass immigration. The only countries not effected are Poland and Hungary and guess why...?
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  176. If you try phoning in to any discussion show on LBC or on the BBC etc. to express your concerns about mass Immigration (the socio/political economic phenomena, not the individual people involved in that process) just see how quickly the host dismisses your concerns, suspecting that you must be a racist. To even be concerned about such a thing, they think, you must be full of racial hatred and therefore a ‘bad person’ not worthy of having an opinion. So they don't let you express it or belittle you for doing so. Try expressing the opinion that the 'asylum seekers' are economic migrants or that they are breaking the law by unfairly jumping the queue and you will be told that they have the right to seek 'protection' anywhere they choose, especially in the UK, with its shameful history of colonialism, even though those guys rarely come from former British colonies and have passed through many safe countries on their way to ours. If you go so far as to say that those unskilled young men from war torn, unstable, failed states (such as Somalia, Syria, Afghanistan, Libya, Sub Saharan Africa etc. etc.) may not share our cultural values, or that they do not even want to share them, or may not even be able to integrate into our society, but instead they intend to take advantage of our system and do, you will be told that to deny them those benefits would be to infringe upon their human rights. The implication being that morally the cost of respecting their human rights comes before the needs of UK citizens. Try pointing out that recent ONS statistics indicate that some immigrant groups (specifically those called MENATs: Middle Eastern, North African and Turkish) represent a net loss to our economy; claiming more benefits for them and their dependents, than the net value of the taxes they pay . This has also been found to be the case in other European countries who have done the same analysis. You could add statistics concerned with the pressure this whole process places upon housing, rents, school places, hospital beds, policing, prisons and add a few local and national crime stats. If you were to point all this out, despite the fact that this is based upon government statistics, you will instantly be closed down. Some facts are just too unpalatable. If you were to point out that the most productive immigrant groups come from the Anglo-sphere (Australians, New Zealanders, Canadians and Americas etc.) and that perhaps this is because they share our culture and values, that they do not come to this country to claim benefits but rather to work and contribute, this would be dismissed as a toxic interpretation of the data. Try suggesting that multi-culturalism seems to create ethnic ghettos and that this is not in fact surprising, as nationally we have no mechanism (or 'rubric' as J.P. calls it) for ensuring that immigrant communities are encouraged, or made, to integrate so, on the whole, they don't. You will certainly be dismissed as 'far right'. If you were to express the concern that not all cultures seem 'equal', as some may have values that are undemocratic, misogynistic, homophobic and religiously intolerant, you will certainly be told that your concerns are needlessly extreme and prejudiced. In other words, motivated by an underlying racism. It seems that the young liberal political elite think we have ‘magic soil’ that somehow convinces new-comers to instantly exchange their values upon contact. Don’t try questioning that naive point of view either. Don't even try to suggest that English culture, history, language, law and social customs may be something we can justifiably feel proud of and want to protect. That will be dismissed as nationalistic rhetoric or a right wing dog whistle. God forbid if you were to point out that the rise of Islamism represents a threat to our British traditions, you would of course be given a lecture about how 'diversity is our strength' and that Britain was 'built by immigration', neither of which are factually true. The irony is that people who host radio phone-in shows are more than happy for other national, ethnic, racial groups to protect their identity, their culture, their language, their flags, their customs, to seek to further their own political and social influence and to demand that their religion is treated with extra respect. But they don’t like it when English people ask for exactly the same rights and respect. In fact, is there any platform, other than posting comments on YouTube, where English people are allowed to discuss this in public, without being shut down, dismissed or gas lit? Even then, be careful what you write folks, half your comments will be removed. It occurs to me that we have to either redefine what these dismissive terms mean, like progressives have done with words such as; racism, diversity, equity, inclusion, harm, hate and violence, or simply own them, embrace them and shrug them off.
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  177. The problem is that, currently, we rarely seem to have ministers with any experience in their field. Therese Coffey is a good example of this or the fact that Rory Stewart was never given any opportunities to use his great insight into foreign affairs before he was forced out of politics. Our government is made up of ideologues, narcissists and ambitious careerists...and people who hold a certain opinion on Brexit of course. Samantha would probably be put in charge of transport or agriculture rather than having any opportunity to put her experience and good sense to good use!
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  178. The dedication shown by sincere and devout Muslims can be quite inspiring, especially when you travel around Islamic countries. To witness societies that are not enrirely governed by commercialism and consumerism can be quite refreshing. Concepts such as Zakat (charity) the Haj (pilgimage) and Ramadam (the yearly fast to remind the faithful of how it feels to be poor and vunerable) are quite admirable. However the hatred, disrespect and predjudice with which Muslims are taught to treat non-muslims (especially Jews) is extremely shocking when you are first exposed to it and realise the full depth of it. Muslims tend to deny this when amongst people of other faiths or in the secular world, but in private they don't feel ashamed to admit it. On the contrary, they consider it part of their obligation to Allah. Visit any Wahabi mosque and listen to what is being taught behind closed doors and you soon see how deep this hatred and suspicion goes. Witness the persecution of Christians throughout the Islamic world. Read the doctrine of any of the proscribed terrorist groups. The fact that Islam produces so many violently extremist groups, dedicated to 'Jihad' and the Muslim brotherhood at the expense of all else, is obviously a great concern too. The Quran is certainly not a book of peace, it teaches a methodology for overcoming and conquering other faiths. Islam teaches that women are chattels owned by men, it accepts slavery especially of non muslims, it ecourages polygamy and demands homophobic behaviour from its adherents, it also disregards the notion of an age of consent for women and contains within it the entirely illiberal notion of Shariah law. It does not value 'diversity' and specifically teaches against 'inclusion'. There is no concept of 'equality' with non muslims in Islam. It does however encourage matyrdom amongst the faithful in the pursuit of an Islamic world. In fact, if you had to choose a religion to be phobic about, it would indeed have to be Islam. However I would say that, from a Western liberal point of view, it is entirely rational to be critical of Islam and the fanatics that find it so appealing. It's spread in the West brings with it all kinds of dangers regarless of how many liberal, modern muslims deny it or attempt to diminish the fact.
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  179. There is a homelessness/housing crisis going on in this country and it's any port in a storm for most suffering the effects. Right now homeless people have very few safe options. We need local councils to build more affordable homes and for the public to not just tolerate homelessness but to lobby their MPs and councils for practical solutions. If you don't like the situation then help change it.
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  180. Excellent points. The problem is: our government has no intention of acting in the way you suggest, our civil service has every intention of countering effective policies to stop illegal immigration and the large body of left wing lawyers is committed to countering any attempt to prosecute or remove people from the UK. Incidentally, when he was a QC, our current Prime Minister specialised in protecting terrorists from extradition and having restrictions placed upon their movements. He also defended murderers of women and children and people on death row in the Caribbean. He was not a man who sought to protect victims against criminals so it is hard to imagine him being trully committed to 'smashing the gangs' let alone stopping illegal immigration.
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  181.  @sirrathersplendid4825  Actually I was surprised how muddled he seemed, I started to wonder if he was being a bit dishonest, he certainly moved away from the point a few times when KK tried to pin him down. I'm pretty sure Christopher Hitchens would not have been so wishy-washy.
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  182. I am currently planning to establish a cult of my own so this content was very useful. Thanks guys!
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  183. I'm worried, are Triggernometry deliberately creating a confirmation biased, feedback looped, echo chamber that just caters for my opinion(s)? Should I stop watching before I agree with myself too strongly?
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  184. KK is a master of this kind of questioning, what a shame that the other guy makes it a pointless exchange.
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  185. Very much like listening to my Dad in the eighties. Many areas where opinion is more important than analysis, many opinions based on lack of detailed knowledge of the facts. However, at least he is owning his opinions and being honest enough to admit he has them. Even if they are unashamedly reactionary.
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  186. Please provide examples...?
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  187. It does a journalist no harm to have a detailed understanding of a specialised area of study. Like economics, law or even political science. Admittedly if you're interested in a career in opinion based TV broadcasting, studying is a poor substitute for on the job experience. Just as opinion is a poor substitute for knowledge and understanding..
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  188. Farage could have distanced himself from TR without having to slag him off. The fact that he did reinforces the idea that he doesn't support him for personal reasons rather than because of any ideological differences. TR is a hero to most Reform voters and Farage should at least be able acknowledge that his stance on r.gangs etc has been pivotal in bringing it to the British public's attention.
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  189. Additional info for the ever-growing arsenal of evidence against this govt. Well researched and well presented. Thankyou for your excellent content.
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  190. Why oh why does our so-called 'government' not realise that by raising taxes to buy their way out of COVID they are simply delaying the inevitable? Surely it would be better if we just went straight to the bit where jobs and services have collapsed, the rule of law has failed, mobs of starving people fight over scarce resources, the rich withdraw behind gated communities and the poor have lower and lower standards of living, foreign invaders steal our natural resources and, with our sewage and refuse no longer being processed, we all die of a plague?
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  191. I struggle to support Farage and Yusuf but I'm quite happy to support the ordinary rank and file Reform members. If we could change the way the party is structured and the senior leadership I would be much happier though. I'm still with Rupert Lowe and Ben Habib ideologically but 'it is what it is' as people say...
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  192.  @duffman1863  And by slagging TR off we're all starting to wonder what exactly is it that the Reform Party stands for? They each could have closed down this discussion by agreeing with the principles TR stands for, while distancing themselves from the man himself. Then they wouldn't have to slag TR off and by extension, everyone who agrees with him. What they are doing is unnecessary and lacking in class. Rupert Lowe is the only Reform UK MP who I still have any time for now.
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  193. Absolutely outstanding content from DM. He speaks so well on behalf of all of us.
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  194. Tim, armed response officers have every right to use whatever force they see fit to protect their firearms, their colleagues and the public, all of which were at risk in this particular incident. As well as attacking the policewoman, breaking her nose, the man who was kicked then attacked the male officer from behind, in the process appearing to snatch at the officer's sidearm. Under those circumstances the police officer had every right to seek to incapacitate the perpetrator as quickly and as thoroughly as possible. If you had been there I feel sure you would have expected him to protect himself, the public and you in this way.
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  195. You didn't mention that they 'retire' Tennant's character off (rather than killing him off) to a loveless life, sitting in a garden with the bi-racial couple, the annoying mother-in-law and the trans kid, as the lonely, 'male presenting' uncle, sipping tea and content never to travel time and space again...because previously it had made him all anxious and stuff. Woeful, shameless and pathetic stuff.
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  196.  @fatboymisk  Thanks, the spelling makes sense now I think of it. I heard it as being 'sure' of the supply route rather than being related to the 'shore' (like off shore banking). Should it have a hyphen too, as in 'home-shore'?
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  197. Teaching is a profession in which women often predominate, particularly at primary level. Male teachers have to 'tip toe' around the issue of their masculinity and are subject to being unfairly characterised as 'toxic'. It results in boys having fewer authentic masculine role models, which can be particularly detrimental to boys from single parent families. It is shocking that a young teacher, clearly taking great pains to discuss this intellectually at a philosophical level, should be hounded out of his home and profession because of the complaints of one female colleague.
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  198. @BritishLandeur  And now we discover Gordon Brown was implicated in 2008 and of course Starmer himself back in 2012. A catalogue a corruption and failure ending up with Labour Party favourites Andy Burnham, Sadiq Khan, Yvette Cooper and Jess Phillips. Ed Balls was on GMB this morning doing his best to dismiss the need for a national enquiry...I wonder why?
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  199. Excellent content Jimmy. Balanced and informative. I was caught in the middle of the Clapham Junction riot and knew quite a few of the kids involved, a few days later I was witness to the aftermath in Croydon. As you suggest, the causes were complicated but from what I could tell most of the participants were opportunists and not politically motivated at all. Most of the violence was simply the stupidity of the various mobs that formed. In this respect it was very different from the Brixton riots of 1981 and 1986, both of which I also witnessed. But the social conditions shared by most of the youths and the subsequent clamp down were totally political. The government's economic policy of 'austerity' had really started to bite and the continued frustrations people felt at how they were policed made a lot of young people very frustrated and very volatile. They probably still feel that way today. What lessons were learned remain to be seen.
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  200.  @asmirann3636  A very interesting point because the Angles, the Saxons, the Normans, the Danes were all violent invaders not immigrants. You could add the Romans to that list. Despite reletively small numbers of Protestant French Hugenots, then Irish Catholics and Eastern European Jews, Britain has only been a 'nation of immigrants' since the second world war, with numbers increasing slightly in the sixties with African Asians and then again in the mid nineties, when the Africans and Middle Easterners you mention began to arrive in significant numbers. In the last three years those numbers have been multiplied tenfold, creating an enforced mass immigration cultural/social/ economic time-bomb never before seen in this nation's history. The point is, England has never been a 'nation of immigrants', not until reletively recently and those immigrant communities that did arrive did so in sufficiently small numbers to be assimilated. That is clearly not the case now.
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  201. Well done Ed, you have surpassed yourself. Take a selection of terrible sounding comments out of context, ask the general public to virtue signal by expressing their disgust and then you have proved your point! You even did the 'bloke kicks a dog' example! I'm surprised you couldn't also find an example of a Reform candidate who likes strangling kittens. Straight out of the Hope not Hate playbook: shock horror, people have expressed nasty opinions you don't agree with! What a wonderfully biased appeal to emotion and sentiment concluding with you 'othering' any people who might vote for Reform. Set aginast the very selective evidence you provided they'd have to be maniacs wouldn't they? But still they are gaining support. I wonder why? Certainly no answers in this piece of content. Why not try actually interviewing people who might vote Reform and see what they actually think before you monster them all with grossly over simplistic generalisations and very selective, out of context quotations?
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  202. If this is a trend I would be very interested in any other car camping channels that have got into 'nonsense extremism'. Perhaps you could provide links? Sounds good.
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  203. I watched that Politics Joe interview when it came out and thought exactly the same thing. Why should that guy have to be so defensive and defend his own opinions so strongly? Because he knows; working class white people are denied a voice and made to feel ignorant, racist or just simply wrong when they say what they see, think or feel. The middle class liberal elite control the narrative and, when viewed through their lens, anyone who doesn't share their values is without virtue and therefore shouldn't be given a platform. We have spent years having to worry that, if we say what we think, we will be monstered as racist or ignorant. It is because those who control the media do not share our values, do not value our opinions and do not want us to have a voice. Maybe with the rise of Farage and Reform all that may begin to change?
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  204. Well done Andrew, your show has been an invaluable part of our side of the argument. Good luck in your future endeavours.
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  205. Oh well, I suppose it was inevitable you'd have to go back to the squalor eventually Joe! It needs to be seen though, otherwise people wouldn't believe it. Well done for staying overnight mate, but you should try it for a few weeks next time!. Keep up the good work mate. Show the UK how it really is.
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  206. Blimey, she really did tear Andrew apart and what's more he deserved it! How refreshing! I may start following Katie instead of heretics now!
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  207.  @davepike7546  I've argued the same things many times: most of the second and third generation British Muslims that I know have far more liberal values than the previous generations. But, conversely, many of the Muslims who were radicalised online and became Jihadists were actually second or third generation youngsters, born or at least brought up in the UK. Alienated, disenfranchised young men searching for a meaningful identity make easy targets for the Muslim Jihadi groomers just like alienated white working class young men make good targets for far right ideologies.
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  208. So now we are all left waiting for Ben Habib and Rupert Lowe to create a new political entity that people can actually trust and respect.
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  209. In time Cressida Dick's period in office will be seen as a huge failure, not just to improve the ethos and working practice of the Met but actually allowing it to degenerate. She was used as a figurehead to suggested to the public that the Met was becoming more progressive, but under her watch exactly the opposite was allowed to happen.
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  210.  @sirrathersplendid4825  I only used Hitchens as an example because both he and Fry famously once stood together against the extremes of religious bigotry, particularly the spread of radical Islamism. I imagine Hitchens would be even more concerned if he were around today, whereas Fry seems to be less so.
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  211.  @cafsixtieslover  Someone else in the comments said it was a sh*thole, which makes me feel a tiny bit less annoyed about it's current occupants. But even if it was horrible, the Home Office pays for brand new matresses, new tables and chairs, the bedding is cleaned every four days, the food is hot and nourishing and served three times a day, the heating is always on full blast, the showers are nice and hot and there are pool tables, table tennis and tv. FOR FREE. Various charities provide new shoes, new clothing and bicycles.The guys can come and go as they please, they get a certain amount of pocket money, they all seem to be able to afford cigarettes and they all have mobile phones.
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  212.  @Adam-sd2ow  Couldn't agree more, its okay for him, his wealth and his privilege protect him from the realities of London life. As you say, most normal working people have either left or they are stuck there waiting for a chance to leave.
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  213. Joe, your content is so valuable, plus it is getting more and more professional. Keep it up my man, you're doing excellent work.
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  214. As well as having some of the most beautiful police women you also have the wonderful Tomas Soucek and Vladimir Coufal! The English should move to Prague?
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  215. It does seem like a luxury holiday resort doesn't it? I could do with an all expenses paid extended break, maybe I'll go too?
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  216. The problem in Barcelona is Air BnB effectively removing affordable rented accomodation from the market. This has decimated local communities and forced working class Spanish people out of the city. Obviously the multiple occupancy sh*t holes remain and so obviously they get crammed with migrants, asylum seekers and illegal immigrants, but young Spanish people see them as a symptom of the problem not the cause. The same thing is happening all over Western Europe.
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  217.  @ezioauditore3128  He is currently in solitary confinement, 24 hours a day, and will remain so until his 18 month sentence has been completed. Not for a criminal offence but for a civil offence,which would usually allow for the sentence to be served in an open prison with early release or straight forward bail conditions. This is not him 'playing the martyr', this is state persecution and a blatant abuse of his human rights.
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  218.  @thegenius8817  it reminds me very much of the squat/traveller scene in England in the seventies and early eighties, before Thatcher and the Tories found ways to make it illegal or impossible. If local councils don't have the funds to redevelop empty properties and are prepared to turn a blind eye to the various health and safety legislation being ignored, what harm does it do? You can at least take people away from sleeping rough in city centres and you may just end up with vibrant, creative communities like Christiania. Either way, with the huge numbers of migrants, asylum seekers and refugees being added to those who desperately need housing, something positive has to be done to avert this crisis.
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  219. Simon was allowed to ramble, it would have nice if you guys could have organised the questions to structure how he developed his philosophy rather than letting him randomly jump from point to point. Once again (Rachel Aberstadt) it would be nice if you had pushed back against him a little bit. Why shouldn't the German model of 50 +1% fan ownership of clubs be employed? Why shouldn't under represented communitites be fast tracked in sport management? How do we change the 'landscape' to one where national institutions are taken away from corporate ownership and moved towards independent governance? Should players' wages be capped? Should finances be shared more fairly throughout the game, if so how? How can clubs with mega debt be made financially secure? How can agents be stopped from leaching wealth from the game? Should football own its own platform for viewing and what would that look like? How should clubs represent and support their local areas? Sorry but I felt like you guys hadn't done your reasearch, you should have led the discussion more.
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  220. Chris Rock deserves an award for not pissing himself with laughter at how pathetic and ineffectual Will Smith's slap was and for managing to carry on, make a joke and retain his dignity.
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  221.  @subcitizen2012  You have entirely missed the point. This is not about bigotry, unless you are referring to the bigotry with which Islamists regard all other religions. It is about reacting to the perceived threat of daily violence (that English people quite rationally feel) coming from undocumented, asylum seeking young men (who mostly come from troubled Islamic countries) and radical Islamists (who come from our own country, but are of a distinctly different culture). It is also a reaction to the undemocratic, unparalled mass immigration, enforced by the Tories over the last three years (despite Johnson promising to do the opposite in 2019) and the way in which it threatens to destabilise the country in ways so far unheard of. It is also a reaction to the phenomena that most violent Islamists seem to come from second generation immigrant backgrounds, even though their parents and wider community may be moderate and well intergrated into British society. It is not bigoted to see these groups and these social phenomena as a threat to civil cohesion and safety in the UK. Simply look at the stats, if not the incidents I mentioned in my first comment. It seems a rational response to me. The problem here is not bigotry it is that people have responded to this perceived threat with civil disorder. This will create no solutions and only lead to public condemnation. However, I think people have taken to the streets because they feel they are without a voice: in central government, in local government, in the mainstream media and in the national conversation lead by the university educated, woke liberal elites. Even the Reform Party refuses to consider their concerns. So far the only people who have tried to understand why this violence has broken out and speak on the protestor's behalf are alternative media Youtubers and the odd GBNews presenter. Unless this changes things will only get worse. By the way, if you want to see bigotry, look into the bigotry of the newly formed Islam/Muslim Defence League before you make your next disparaging comment. Or the beliefs of the Islamic Brotherhood or the teachings of the Wa'habi philosophy which are currently being taught in UK mosques. Check out what Anjem Choudary and his followers have been teaching and promoting internationally for the last twenty years. Check out the Hamas Charter and then imagine what British Muslims who support them must have in their hearts.
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  222. The absence of what religion? (She means an exclusively Christian religion, probably Catholic?) The absence of what kind of family? (She means the nuclear family) With whom in charge? (She means a partiarchy) Why is divorce a bad thing? (She means it flies in the face of her Christian values) Why should unhappy marriage partners be forced to remain together? (She clearly has little sympathy for people in violent, dysfunctional or abusive relationships) Should dissent and protest be banned because it may be emotional? (She means anti establishment = bad, complcency or compliance = good). Why is contraception bad? (She means women shouldn't have control of the reproductive cycle, the church should, or rather traditional male elites should) its such an outdated perspective has become so because modern society doesn't conform to her presumptions any more...even if it wanted to. She is harking back to Victorian values of church, state, heirachy and paternalistic power. For better or worse Western society is more complex nowadays, that stuff doesn't work. We now have much more ethnic, cultural and religious diversity, the political and social liberation of women, gays, trans people plus a greater expectation of autonomy. You can't force that toothpaste back into the tube madam. This woman is deeply socially conservative and I'm disappointed you guys didn't push back against her a bit more. Raise your game FF and KK!
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  223. Russian bot, 118 subscribers and no content? Do me a favour.
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  224. Good recommendations,. If you haven't already, check out 'Values, Voice and Virtue' by Matthew Goodwin, it is just as convincing as Murray's stuff.
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  225.  @Newbmann  UK teachers eventually voted not to strike because the British educational system, the school buildings, the school budgets etc are already in crisis, with record truancy since lockdown and low achivement across the board. British state schools are in crisis at the moment and subsequently teacher's salaries have been depreseed for about a decade. Somehow the teachers unions were still prepared to accept a below inflation wage rise spread over two years. However, on the bright side, fee paying private schools, like the one attended by Boris Johnson, George Osbourne, David Cameron, Rishi Sunak etc are doing just fine. Funny that?
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  226.  @ryanbale2416  Of course. And now we share the same problem: that our political elites are using mass immigration to prop up failing economies without any kind of democratic mandate from the citizens. We now both risk having our cultures dilluted, our values ignored, our ethnic identities denigrated and our protest gaslit as being 'far right', 'fascist' or just good old fashioned 'racist'. I see the Irish and the Brits as natural allies in this situation.
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  227. She doesn't understand, she doesn't see the problem.
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  228. ​ @BritishLandeur Agreed. What a total disappointment they seem to be, not just in the underhand way they have mistreated Rupert Lowe and Ben Habib, not just in this confusing Zia Yusef business (a man of dubious character himself) and the backroom deals that are clearly being done on his behalf, behind the supporters' backs, but mostly in the abiding suspicion that Nigel Farage is not a man of principle or good character, but just another venal, self-publicist in obvious pursuit of power for power's sake. It appears that they are about to utterly waste a unique opportunity to reshape this country's future.
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  229. You can't 'rebuild trust in our communities' when one particular community uses the implied threat of violence and of insurrection to visibly disregard the law, while another has it's most significant representative continually harassed and bullied by the law. Even the suspicion that there is 'Two Teir Policing' at work is enough to destabilise community relations, and let's face it, recent events in Leeds and Rochdale would suggest that it is more than a suspicion.
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  230. Q1: Adult human female. Q2: Social group made up of people who mostly work in unskilled or semi skilled occupations. Also known as 'blue collar' workers.
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  231. My 'ten points to use when arguing with a communist' became nineteen after listening to Prof JP. 1. To view human history as an economic struggle underestimates the complexity of human struggle. Its more than that. To say otherwise is reductive. 2. Hierachies are inevitable in nature as well as in human society and psychology. They are not necessarily limited to capitalist systems and not necessarily unproductive or 'evil'. In some cases effective human co-operation and progress depends upon hierachical structures. 3. Human hierachies are not primarily predicated on power. They may have other purposes and may be productive or oppressive for other reasons. 4. The exploited and the exploiters are not easily divided into the binary groups of 'the beourgeoise and the proletariat'. Most people in most societies have more than one identifying characterist, hence 'intersectionality'. 5. You can not assume that all of the 'evil' and all of the 'good' can be attributed to one group and not the other in this binary characterisation just because of their position in the hierachy . 6. You can not presume that, given the opportunity, the dictatorship by a proletariat elite would not be as 'evil' as the bourgeoise elite they have replaced, particualry with the use of state sanctioned violence and the repression of individual thought and freedoms. 7 You can not assume that the capitalists have no skills or productive value. Nor can you presume that the proletariat will be able or skilled enough to replace them. The beorgeoise may be competent in many areas that the proletariat are not. 8. Profit is not necessarily 'theft', it may represent a necessary reward for productivity and success. It may be necessary for economic growth. It may be a constraint upon wasted labour. Human beings require more than ideological reward. 9. You cannot presume that, with power and equity so centralised, there will be no corruption just because the new elite is drawn from the proletariat. Particularly when transition to a communist state depends upon the use of violence and coercion. 10. There is no explanation of how the necessary 'hyper-productivity' necessary to support a socialist utopia will be produced and sustained to utimately provide for all society's needs. 11, There will never be an end goal that is universally accepted by all. Some might even prefer the challenge of inequality and instability. Some may prefer violence. Communism underestimates the complexity of human intellectual need and creativity and aims for a general state of inactive indolence. 12. There has never been a better system for the production of an excess of wealth than the capitalist system. Other systems are less productive but still retain the inequality. Historically capitalism has tended to reduce the rate of absolute poverty better than any other system. 13. All ideas are wrong and need to be critically assessed. The communist manifesto is no exception and cannot be accepted without critical analysis. 14. Humans are intrinsically flawed and will fall back upon traditional psychological, individual, social and political tropes which will always be counter revolutionary. This requires the state to constantly and intrusively oppress and govern the individual. This is a very inefficient way to harness human creativity and labour. 15. Communism requires an enormous and largely inefficiant state to administer itself creating its own self protecting elites and hierachies. 16. Communism requires the continual 're-education' or indoctrination of the masses to retain its revolutionary 'zeal'. It absorbs or destroys the individual's personal purpose and therefore is at odds with human nature. 17. A huge part of the revolutionary zeal necessary to bring about a communist revolution comes from an anti-establishment, iconoclastic urge to demolish and destroy the past and present power structures. This urge is very hard to reign in post revolution and can create brutal and violent forces within the state. 18. In any system that puts the collective above the individual, individual human life necessarily becomes devalued. This inevitably leads to great cruelty, oppression and even genocide. Morality becomes relative not absolute. 19. Communism ignores the spiritual/religious aspect of humanity and necessarily has to surpress and persecute it as counter revolutionary.
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  232.  @ShelleyOtter  Yes, and that is exactly why I think he is part of the problem not the solution. Despite being the epitomy of 'Britishness' he feels deeply uncomfortable with patriotism. I think this is because he feels threatened by it and sees it as 'illiberal'. Once again, I think being too liberal is part of the problem.
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  233.  @ijustwannaleaveacommentony6511  That comment is entirely unnecessary. You have lowered the discussion by making it.
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  234.  @ShelleyOtter  Absolutely right. The implication of Stephen Fry's philosophy is that, no matter how much we are manipulated into accepting various forms of cultural, economic and political erosion in the UK, we should not complain or protest too loudly in case it offends others and makes people like him feel uncomfortable. That would be okay if it was twenty years ago but in the meantime we, as a nation have: been betrayed over Brexit, had uncontrolled mass immigration forced upon us without ever having voted for it, our borders have been weakened, we have had our system of healthcare ruined and exploited by others, had our universities captured by ideologues and our schools under funded and made into places of indoctrination, had our housing supply shrunk, we have had our rents raised and house prices become unaffordable to ordinary people, we have been saddled with a record burden of taxes while have a record national debt, our woke civil service captured by a globalist, liberal ideology, our law courts biased and turned against us, our police instructed to prosecute us for our speech while no longer expected to catch criminals, our prisons made overflowing while we release sex offenders, wife beaters and burglars to make space for people prosecuted for hurty words in tweets, our pensioners have been betrayed and our farmers robbed of being able to pass their farms on to their children and a whole generation of retiring women swindled. But let's not make too much of fuss in public, it might offend someone or upset the globalist, liberal elites, such as Mr Fry.
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  235. If Farrage can indeed attract conservatively minded Zoomers and convince those youngsters (who are currently totally disillusioned and disengaged) to get involved, we might just see something exciting. If UKIP and maybe even SDP are prepared to roll over for him too, we're in business.
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  236. Interesting that, like Shabnam Nasimi a few weeks ago, he implies that what would have worked in Afghanistan is a long term colonial project by the West. Perhaps Afghanistan should have been made a British protectorate? Or encorporated into the British Commonwealth eventually? What wonderfully old fashioned and currently unpopular thinking! I don't imagine that the Chinese will be as reluctant to assert their influence. They will probably fill the power vaccuum very quickly and effectively, offering inward investment and minimum political interference in return for access to markets and global positioning ...which will be nice.
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  237.  @davidcooks2379  I don't see Reform as the answer, they've already unselected a couple of candidates because Hope Not Hate stitched them up as having the 'wrong opinions'. We need something much more unapologetic and much more anti-establishment,
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  238. If words are violence, KK is a ninja. An informed and unvarnished anaysis.
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  239. Not one word to say about Hamas? Do they not share some responsibility for this human catastrophe? They could protect innocent Palestinian civilians by surrendering and the whole terrible thing would stop. Couldn't they at least seek a ceasefire?
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  240.  @turnipspickled9192  in the movie the comet is a metaphor for climate change and to a leseer extent, for our response to the COVID pandemic. But you probably know that already. Just as you probably know that climate change is not imaginary. If you are not convinced, try looking into the circumstances surrounding the melting permafrost in Russia, Canada and in Alaska? The facts are deeply concerning.
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  241. KK killing it as usual.
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  242. How refreshing to have some good news for a change. I credit Trump for turning the tide on this issue, he has allowed ordinary people to raise their voices in defiance of the progressive lobbyists. Let's see how long it takes for our universities, the civil service, the HR Departments and the mainstream media to follow suit...the fight's not quite over yet.
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  243. Sadly this is not a new phenomena. Throughout the sixties and the seventies Che Guevara posters adorned the walls of every left wing student's bedsitter, a murderer who thought nothing of employing torture, assasination or political violence against non-combatants but was loved by young lefties because the iconic poster made him look like a rock star. Before that the left loved Mao, Stalin, Trotsky and Lenin, all of whom were genocidal psychopaths.
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  244. The most annoying podcast ever. You guys really need to do some research prior to interviews like this, so you can push back when it sounds like horse apples. He may well have a made an accurate point or two but you let him talk some right bollocks unchallenged!
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  245. Great content guys
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  246. It's a funny quote but what it describes is globalism and its effect upon consumerism, not culture. Any modern Western country could be accused of the same dependence upon cheap foreign imports. However, most of the things mentioned in the comment have nothing to do with culture (except possibly the food and drink) but have everything to do with global capitalism and consumerism. If the Brit in the analogy did try to buy a British made car, such as a Jaguar or a Land Rover, they'd find them all owned by foriegn corporations and probably assembled somewhere else in Europe. He could try finding British made furniture, clothing or tvs but they don't really exist at scale because our manufacturing sector was decimated in the eighties by cheap foreign imports and shrinking markets. Because of this the few products that are still produced in the UK tend to be comparatively expensive. The closing of those factories and workshops (and coal mines, steel works, shipyards etc) was actually a tragic and destructive blow against working class British communities. People fought to protect them at the time but global capitalism is a mighty force to try and oppose and ultimately we lacked the solidarity and the political will to win. By the way, most peoples of the world prefer their own culture, it is perfectly normal. It's only progressive people on the left who tend to be ashamed of their own nation's culture and prefer almost any alternative. Most human communities favour the in-group, for some reason progressives always favour the out-group.
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  247. Well done Jimmy, you found evidence of a far right/ultra nationalist militia folded into the Uirainian army Eastern Europe is full of them by the way. Bear in mind while trying to establish a post Iron Curtain national identity many of the previously Soviet states have struggled to establish Western style liberal democracies. It just isn't part of their political culture, whereas nationalism is. Far right groups and their boasting leaders are just a fact of life in nations like Ukraine. Hence the bs spouted by the guy you use as an example. Of course much of what he says is not entirely accurate, but that is par for the course with far right leaders. He claims his movement to be much more significant than it actually is. Unfortunately Putin will use this as justification to be 100 times more brutal and much more effective in forcing his own nationalistic agenda upon the Ukrainian civilians. Whatever the internal political character of the Ukraine and its dodgy political history, it does not justify indiscriminately bombarding their civilians, besieging their cities, denying them water, fuel and food and causing over a million refugees to flee their homes. And this is only the start. Putin has reasons for his actions but none of them justify them and you should try harder to make that point before you find evidence to support his narrative. Beware of appearing to spread propaganda on his behalf, he doesn't need your help.
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  248.  @BritishLandeur  Suggested topics for group discussions: 'how to avoid excessive clutch wear and excessive immigration'. 'How to make savings on fuel and foreign aid budgets.' 'Staying awake at the wheel or staying a woke at the wheel, which is more important?'
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  249. East London is still great, if you can speak Bengali. It's a vibrant and exciting place with colourful Palestinian flags flying from every lampost. Plenty of women dressed modestly, young religious men who care passionately about their prophet and lots of lovely South East Asian cuisine available to all. Can't possibly imagine why you think the people are horrible, unless you mean the groups of young men who use cutlery to settle their disputes?
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  250. Case in point, Grooming gangs national enquiry, discussed on all platforms in January, forgotten in February, back in vogue this month, forgotten next month.
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  251. Great content guys, nice to hear a balanced debate regardless of ideology. It would have been good if you had pressed Aaron on identity politics though, it would've been interesting if Aaron had been forced to define his position and see if it differs from his colleagues like Ash Sakar at Novara Media.
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  252. Like a breath of fresh air. Calvin is an erudite, insightful and brave guy. Ve4y glad to have listened to this episode. Well done guys.
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  253. Excellent content as usual Joe. Keep showing it like it is mate.
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  254. What next? 51% ownersip by fans/community groups, an independent body overseeing the PL, wage caps for players (and agents), proper provision for Sky/BT/Amazon broadcasting revenues to be shared by the whole football pyramid. Also, let's bring down UEFA and make it an elected/representative body, answerable to the national leagues that similarly ensures broadcasting revenues are shared fairly. While we're at it why not reform FIFA along similar lines? Football is currently financially broken, Barcelona, Real, Inter, Totenham, Man Utd are billions in debt. The only clubs not carrying huge debts are the German 50+1 clubs like Bayern Munich. The billionaire owners think they can solve this by fleecing the fans agan and again, eventually doing so with a global streaming, American franchise model. Football fans must sieze the moment before they take our beautiful game away! COME ON YOU IRONS!
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  255. People fall back on ad hominem attacks when their argument has failed. Most Tories are in this position now, sad that Mercer has reduced himself to this stuff.
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  256. Jack Symes seems to think that we all need more RE lessons to understand Islam. What about Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Rakib Ehhsan. Ed Hussain, Ben Habib, Son of Hamas, Maajid Nawaz? Do they not know Islam? I suspect it is Jack that doesn't really understand Islam. Perhaps he should listen to more Muhammad Hijab? It's so easy to do ad hominem attacks on TR, he is after all a very complicated and compromised, working class man who expresses himself crudely and does not have the intellectual finese of a Douglas Murray or Christopher Hitchens. But how about dealing with the actual issues related to the rape gangs: their motives, their excuses, those who protected them, the institutional corruption and incompetency that surrounded them and MOST importantly: the victims?
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  257.  @jackhamilton5250  I did hear him say that but I didn't hear him suggest a 'robust' way in which it could be done. Instead he implied that to overtly do so would be embarassing and 'un British'. I'm not sure I entirely agree with what he describes British values as being if they involve such feelings of self-consciousness and shamefulness whenever they are openly expressed.
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  258.  @CristiNeagu  He even thinks having leaders that openly express Christian values in government is un-British.
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  259.  @importantjohn  I'm sorry but, as inspiring as your comment is, that kind of quiet and stoic national strength has been abused, exploited and undermined for decades. The British, their history, their heroes, their language, their customs, their culture, their religion are all being hollowed out and marginalised by those who would see them in decline and that includes their own political leaders. It would be so convenient to believe that as a nation we really don't need to do anything but be tasteful and polite, to avoid any show of emotion, to keep a stiff upper lip, a square jaw and a straight bat, but those days are long gone. We have slowly been undone by holding on to those very characteristics and while we quietly tut and frown instead of protesting and fighting back , those who would hasten our decline use our reticence and probity against us.
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  260.  @Hoganply  l don't think the issue is celebrating 'Britishness', especially not the kind of apologetic, self conscious, effete type of 'Britishness' that Stephen Fry espouses. I think the issue is how British people should defend themselves against those who are deliberately undermining their institutions, eroding their rights, undermining their safety and limiting their freedoms. Defending not celebrating. For that reason I think Fry has nothing to offer but hand wringing, self-doubt and apologies. He's not even witty anymore.
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  261.  @benfisher1376  I tend to agree. Being 'British' is a kind of catch-all term that has been adapted to include anyone who wants to appropriate the name. Being English, on the other hand, is an ethnicity (just like being Scottish, Welsh or Irish is) but, unlike all the other ethnicities in the UK, expressions of Englishness are considered toxic and problematic, especially by our liberal, metropolitan leaders and people like Stephen Fry.
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  262. George Orwell summed up people like SF many years ago when he said, 'England is the only great country whose intellectuals are ashamed of their own nationality' and 'they would feel more ashamed of standing for 'God Save The King' than of stealing from the poor box'. He also said in the same essay, 'If you were an intellectual you sniggered at the Union Jack and regarded physical courage as barbarous'. This is the kind of man I think SF is and has been throughout his public life. If he is now implying that he is starting to change his outlook I do not believe him, certainly in this interview he was unconvincing. Orwell also said that the 'spread of a shallow leftism' had hastened the process of stagnation in England. I think this is precisely what SF has indulged in most of his life and that it may now be too late to undo the erosion that people such as him, who hold that philosophy, have at best ignored at worst allowed.
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  263. Well done Andrew for finding someone foolish enough to appear on national tv and try to defend this nonsense. Obviously his opinions sounded ridiculous but it didn't seem to bother him. By the way, Tommy Robinson is not a racist, there is no evidence to support that accusation, so chanting his name is not in itself racist.
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  264. Will it eventually become a mosque?
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  265. At last, I've wanted to see this happen for ages. Now its happened do it again please, I want more?
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  266. Interesting. Google's reluctance to give clear definitions about what their expectations are in case it can be used in the public sphere to alienate their customer base. Profitable and hypocritical at the same time. Clever.
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  267. Interesting that Peter didn't mention the UK. I'm presuming he puts us in the same group as Germany, Netherlands, Belgium etc. Of my group of mates from school in the 70s and early 80s only two have chosen to have children and one of them only had a single child. By far the majority of us chose, for one reason or another, not to have children.
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  268. Can't wait to see DM in a head to head debate with Robin DiAngelo!
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  269. I tested a polythene bag on the Mrs, but it seemed to make her unhappy. She calmed down eventually.
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  270. Actually, I'm quite happy to wear a face mask, especially when I'm working. But then again, I am a bank robber, so it kind of goes with the territory!
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  271. The problem is that the moderate Muslim majority needs to constantly reassure everybody else in Europe that they are capable of controlling the radical Islamist minority. Islamists keep committing violent crimes all over Europe and represent a constant threat to Western liberal, democratic, secular values. So it falls to moderate people like Baroness Warsi to step up, show courage and positively lead her community, not get the hump and chuck it in because she encounters insults and discouragement. It's hard work, but people like her need to do it. The 'sipping from a coconut' meme doesn't help, that is a hurtful, racist trope and she should know better. Meanwhile her complaints about the treatment of Muslims sound more and more like an appeal for Islamophobia/blasphemy legislation, to restrict criticism of Muslims as well as debate about and analysis of the Islamic faith in general. Dodgy ground in my opinion. You can not ignore or excuse the grooming gang scandals, you can not ignore support for terror groups like Hamas and Hezbollah in the Muslim community, you can not ignore the regular violent terror incidents, the anti-semitism, the rhetoric of people like Muhammad Hijab etc and nor should you be legally compelled to. It is not 'racism' to be concerned about these issues.
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  272. Still can't agree with Jimmy. Austerity is stopping integration? Yes, austerity has certainly degraded the quality of life in the UK since 2009. But, having to compete with unparalleled numbers of newly arrived immigrants for shrinking public resources has made things much worse for ordinary working people in the last three years. It doesn't matter if you blame the increased demand upon the system that mass immigration represents or the woefully poor supply of services by the inefficient and poltically stagnant state? None of that matters. You can't even blame the super rich and their globalist corporations, sucking capital out of the system and into their off-shore bank accounts, their share holder dividends and the senior execs salaries. None of this is relevant, ALL of these economic arguments are peripheral to the issue at hand; the riots were sparked by violence NOT economic conditions. The protestors took to the streets because three little girls were senselessly killed in yet another knife crime incident. People are protesting because they don't feel safe in their own communities, because their daughters, sisters, wives and mothers are facing the daily threat of violence. Most people believe they are being denied the right to make this very simple statement because the authorities do not want to address who is actually responsible for creating this threat of sexual and sectarian violence. Who are they? Simple. The community that does NOT WANT to integrate, sees no reason to and would violently resist if forced to. The people who use knives, bombs, grooming gangs, rape and chemical attacks to make their point. The community that calls for death to apostates and subjegation for its enemies. The community that seeks to make kafirs into dhimmis. The community that calls for Shariah law and Jihad and has now created it's own self defence league, modelled on the non-existant EDL. The community that has absolutely no intention of moderating its presence in this country but calls for all other communities to protect it as it expands. You all know who I mean.
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  273.  @JoefishJ  My pleasure mate. Your content stands out from people like Backpacker B and Mr Bald because of the compassion you show for people on the streets and your empathy with their plight.
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  274. Rarely prepared in hygienic conditions.
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  275. True, the boys do like to discuss toxic American culture, especially when it seems like it is worming its way into UK politics, but Dr Ebsan applied almost all of his arguments to the UK?
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  276. An absolute legend. COYI
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  277. Let right be done,
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  278. Matt, I'm half way through 'Values, Voice and Virtue' and I'm already encouraging my more politically minded friends to read it too. Thankyou for your clarity and your willingness to hammer away at the doors of the liberal, metropolitan elite. I'm positive you are having an effect. Keep up the good work.
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  279. Excellent content. Anything that quotes Scruton is always worth a listen, thanks for posting.
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  280. Certain views and opinions are simply not voiced in the mainstream media in the UK, usually those of the majority of white working class Brits and, as most people know, they are not necessarily liberal. The liberal and left wing metropolitan elite have effectively silenced them by linking values to virtue; if you have the wrong opinions you have no virtue and so you can have your platform taken away or be dismissed as 'racist', divisive, stupid or just simply wrong. It has been this way for many years and it has allowed a certain progressive ideological perspective to be promoted through the media unchallenged. The assumption that everybody has embraced the politics of of Diversity, Equality, Inclusion, of trans rights, gay pride and multiculturalism. It has also effectively silenced those who do not agree with these liberal assumptions. It has not reflected the views of people who hold different, more traditional, culturally Christian values. The majority. Farage is simply trying to reflect what most people think but are not allowed to say, and the media hate it. Even if he's factually wrong (and most of the time he isn't) or he has the wrong priorities (and most of the time he hasn't) he still has the right to express his opinions, but people who control the media see it as their ideological obligation to discredit him and denigrate his perspective. Failing that they can side-line him by blaming him for the failures of Brexit. They simply can not let him establish his narrative because, unlike their own, it is what most working class people think and what often they simply know to be true. Even Trevor Phillips, who was one of the first mainstream commentators to highlight the fact that multi-culturalism in the UK was failing, simply can not appear to sympathise with Farage or he would risk losing his job. However, the normal people of the UK know exactly what Farage is referring to, we has seen the data, the surveys and the signs of division. We know there are Muslim extremists who do not share our democratic values, they killed two of our MPs, Joe Cox (Labour) and David Ames (Conservative). We know that many MPs have their lives threatened on a daily basis for taking the 'wrong position' over Gaza. We know many MPs have now been forced to resign by this continual pressure from the 'religion of peace'. We know that Parliament has been directly effected by this, as have schools, town halls, the police and public spaces and yet the media pretends that threat isn't real. Statistics show that some communities of immigrants share British values and some don't. We know some communities mostly speak English and some don't. We know that some take pride in British history and culture and that some resent it. People are well aware that some communities contribute more than they take and some don't. We know some people come to settle and prosper and some are simply passing through. We also know that record increases in legal immigration in the last three years have effected; house prices, rents, the availability of hospital beds, GP appointments, dentists, school places, that these demographic changes have led to the UK courts being overwhelmed, the prisons full, hospitals filled to capacity, shockingly high crime figures, increased incidents if rape and record levels of chemical attacks. We all know that there have been some extremely violent incidents involving immigrants and asylum seekers from the Middle East, Afghanistan and North Africa. We know they represent a growing problem in our towns and cities. We are aware that it is costing UK tax payers over £8m a day to house and feed asylum seekers and illegal immigrants while British families are made homeless through ‘no fault’ evictions. We also know that the situation in Gaza has radicalised some Muslims, that winning candidates in recent local elections said they were standing for the people of Palestine not necessarily the local constituents, that many towns now have Muslim mayors and senior administrators. We have all noticed key political figures specifically pandering to Islamic groups in the build up to the forthcoming election. We can see that traditional British Christian cultural values are being been eroded by Islamic culture, because we have seen the recent calls to prayer in town halls and the Houses of Parliament, the Ramadan messaging on train timetables, the streets lined with Palestinian flags, the prayer in public spaces or simply the proliferation of new mosques being built. The crescent and star is ubiquitous in UK towns and cities now, you can not fail to notice. People are also well aware of the rise of anti-Semitism on our streets, in our schools and in our public spacesnand we will have seen how any debate about this worrying development can be effectively closed down with accusations of ‘Islamophobia’. We re increasingly aware of how the progressives have sided with Muslims because of Gaza and how they seek to protect this minority group from the ‘oppression’ of being properly policed. We are well aware of how this has led to accusations of ‘two tier policing’ from white working class people who have had their marches, rallies and demonstrations met with authoritarian policing methods. Meanwhile the police tolerate the desecration of memorials, hate speech, anti-Semitism, calls for Jihad and intifada from the regular pro-Gaza marchers. We see the inconsistency. Sikhs, Hindus, African Christians and especially Jews are becoming increasingly concerned about this cultural shift toward the promotion of and protection of an increasingly intolerant Islamic perspective. People are frightened of its violent undercurrent and resentful of its increasing presence in public life. The BBC simply can't acknowledge any of this but thankfully Farage can.
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  281. 'London is great'. Is living in London great? Try being part of a traditional white working class community being squeezed out of your own neighbourhood by a combination of gentrification and mass immigration, shopping at local shops where you are served by people who can't talk English, who no longer sell the products you want, where you are treated with suspicion and sometimes outright hostility because of your race, religion or ethnicity. Try holding on to your traditional cultural values when, not only the people surrounding you don't share them, but they are being denigrated in local schools, by local councils, by the media and the broader community. Try getting a council flat. Try finding a fair rent. Try buying a house. Try having your house regularly burgled, or your bike stolen, or your car broken into, knowing that the police will do nothing. Try finding someone who is prepared to be a witness when a crimes occurs, even in broad daylight. Try walking around at night when you are constantly at risk of being mugged, having to avoid gang related drug and knife crime, random violent attacks, imported ethnic conflicts, two tier policing and anti white racism. Try objecting to a Palestinian or Rainbow flag being strung up outside your house. Try complaining about your Nigerian neighbours' anti-social behaviour to your Nigerian local council housing officer. Try driving around London regularly, trying to avoid all the parking restrictions, bus lanes, cycle lanes and traffic flow restrictions. Try to avoid getting a parking ticket or an extortionate Transport for London driving fine Try objecting to Ramadan and Eid being observed and celebrated, to the exclusion of Easter, in your work place. Try asking for help if you are elderly or disabled. Try getting an appointment with your local dentist or GP. Try getting a place for your kid at the only decent school in your neighbourhood. Try spending some time in any average London Secondary School or listening to their pupils talking on the back seat of a bus Try riding on the tube or a night bus late into the night. Try talking to a stranger in a shop or in a neighbourhood you do not know. Try ignoring the constant background noise of dissatisfaction, frustration, friction, bad manners and hostility. Try avoiding the discarded hyper dermic needles, the litter and the homeless winos when you go to your local park. Try finding a way through the Eastern European pick pockets, the professional beggars and the fraudsters in the busy shopping streets in the West End. Try finding a swimming pool, a library or local pub that is still open. Try finding a pint that does not cost a fortune. Try protecting your children from all the casual violence, the verbal abuse and the discourtesy everyone is constantly exposed to in public spaces. Just try asking for directions and you'll see the social disconnect that currently exists in London: it seems like no one knows the city beyond their own ghetto, no one speaks the language properly, no one knows the social history of their own area and most depressingly, no one cares. London is great when you are a millionaire celebrity or a high earning professional, not so great for everyone else. Most people living in London do not take pride in it, they do not see the area they live in as belonging to them or see their future there. They are passing through, on their way to somewhere better; somewhere less chaotic, less aggressive, quieter, more functional. The rest of the people living in London are those who are stuck there, through no fault of their own and are unable to find a route out. This especially applies to the white working class people who have remained despite the ‘white flight’. They are now like an embattled minority, clinging to the idea of a community that disappeared years ago, unappreciated, anachronistic and out of place. It feels like giving up, coming to the conclusion that London is lost, but equally, it’s hard not to.
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  282. ​​ @randomhuman2595  And yet you, a person who leaves anonymous comments on YouTube without consequence, is entirely honest and can trusted.
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  283.  @Art-is-craft  You may well be right. I was just pointing out that, in this case, the UK does not fit the picture Peter is painting. I know he is talking in very general terms and I am being very specific but I enjoy gently pushing back against the narrative because I think it adds detail to the discussion. The UK enjoys slightly different weather patterns to mainland Europe because we get the benefit of the jet stream, which warms our coastal waters and raises our average temperatures. Our problem is continued unseasonably high levels of rainfall. The subsequent flooding of people's houses, town centres and agricultural land, the sewage spills and polluted coastal waters, infrastructural damage and interruption to local and national services effects people's lives in the UK much more than dropping temperatures.
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  284.  @gtr371  I had to report myself in the end, I was thinking such horrible things. Particularly, what I would do to a Tory rapist minister if I had one tied up in my sex dungeon. Kindly, Youtube told me I was actually quite normal and most people felt the same.
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  285.  @josefk332  Yep, I unsubscribed too. Not sure if I can trust him on subjects I know very little about if he's so far off track on a subject I actually know something about.
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  286. Middle distance races have better emotional intelligence than the sprints, but the marathons are well known for being better at problem solving.
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  287. I'm convinced people such as you Carl and Matt Goodwin have been pivotal in convincing Farage to go for it. Content providers like: The Lotus Eaters, Triggernometry, Douglas Murray, Andrew Gold, Richard the 4th, Paul Joseph Watson's Modernity, Andrew Doyle, Winston Marshall, John Anderson, Chris Williamson, Tousi TV, Calvin Robinson even The Critical Drinker have provided us all with an alternative analysis. There is a momentum behind this intellectual shift. People see that they are not alone in their rejection of the values of the metropolitan, globalist, liberal elite. They have seen that there can be virtue in not being progressive and neo-liberal. They are being reassured that wanting to uphold your own shared cultural values is not despicable, valuing your own institutions over those of others is not without merit, understanding your own history rather than denigrating it is vitally important. Upholding evidence and empiricism over lived experience and 'feelings' is legitimate. Rejecting the progressive left's narratives of race, sexuality, gender and intersectional victimhood is allowed despite what the mainstream media might imply. Most importantly, our undemocratic exclusion from our own cultural/political conversation has to end. Farage isn't perfect, nor is Reform, but it is pretty close to our only option at this point. We need a voice in the political mainstream to give our values validity. Obviously it hasn't been The Conservatives for over a decade so perhaps Farage may actually be it. I hope so...
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  288. Reasoned, well researched and sensible. Why do most of K. Stock's detractors have such a simplistic and ill informed view of what she says and represents? Could it be that they haven't really done the background research or that they don't really understand what she says? Or is it that they don't really care? After all its much easier do de-platform someone than to sincerely debate with them.
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  289. Hasn't halved inflation, hasn't grown the economy, hasn't reduced debt, hasn't reduced waiting lists hasn't stopped the boats. Meanwhile immigration is at record levels, homelessness, food poverty, fuel poverty, low wages, high interest rates, unaffordable rents, not enough new homes being built, bankrupt local councils, underfunded services, dangerously low police numbers, over stretched courts, overcrowded prisons, underfunded schools, military budgets slashed, Islamist marching through the capital every weekend and it just gets worse each week.
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  290. @AlanBrown.  Employment could be promoted and directed towards economically deprived areas by central and local government offering businesses tax concessions, regulatory freedoms, improved infrastructure, government contracts, internal investment. Maybe even promoting our exports and limiting or taxing foreign imports? In Sunderland, right next to the Stadium of Light, they are building a massive group of film studios, employing thousands and revitalizing the local economy, with all sorts of tax incentives that attract investment from abroad, Why not in South Wales? Alternatively they could use the abandoned buildings to house the thousands of illegal migrants; employing them to refurbish the town, clear the refuse, repair buildings and repaint houses?
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  291.  @AlanBrown.  In my opinion Thatcher, Major and Blair could have kept the mines going if they had wanted to, by using the kind of strategies I mention above. They chose not to for political reasons and because they were globalists. The same can be said of our recent Conservative governments and their destruction of the steel industry. Sometimes its not about profitability, its about the social benefit of having communities where everyone has work, dignity and community cohesion. We just need a government that is prepared to see it that way.
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  292. Exactly what I thought. Douglas Murray could use this video as evidence in his next book. And yet out of all the recent party manifestos only one is suggesting solutions, and we all know which one.
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  293. I think FF was thinking of the BBC's football pundit Alex Scott who had a similar revelation on 'Who do you think you are'. I think the pop performaer Marvin Haghes experienced a similar thing too?
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  294.  @isabelclinton9229  Couldn't agree more. Stephen Fry is speaking from the perspective of someone who still thinks we are in 2004. He hasn't noticed the changes. He's either not concerned, too protected and insulated to feel it or too cowardly to acknowledge it. He seems unaware of how much our society has been deliberately changed in the past decade and how much our political culture has been shifted by events since 2016. Because he is instictively wary of what he sees as 'right wing' politics he doesn't seem to realise that even moderates are now regulalrly dismissed as far right for holding views and opinions that were mainstream ten minutes ago. He needs to catch up. Perhaps he should watch more Triggernometry.
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  295.  @jake.t.t7236  For some reason Youtube wouldn't let me reply directly so I have left another comment above...
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  296. Well done Katherine. Vindicated despite the smears and misinformation.
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  297. Good question. I agree with you, I think its more likely that they are simply conformists, with one eye on their salary and the other on what their superiors in the MSM are currently endorsing. As well as this, they are all drawn from the same university educated class, live in expensive London suburbs and are entirely sheltered from the effects of the opinions they hold. In other words they all endorse luxury values. They love a controversial race-baiter like Narinder Kaur or Dr Shola Mos-Obamimu, despite all the evidence of their racial biases, but despise TR and his supporters, despite having no evidence to prove their's. They openly mock Farage while allowing representatives of the progressive ideologies to go unchallenged. They are not ashamed to voice their own poorly thought through opinions because they think that those opinions prove their virtue. They trully believe that people from minority groups are inherently virtuous while simultaneously believing that white people, with different values from theirs, don't deserve a voice. They are therefore happy to ridicule them on or off air and deny them a platform. And finally, as you point out, they are not especially well-read or well informed, despite their university degrees. When pressed their opinions usually falter.
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  298.  @rainchopper898  I have never used AI in my life. I am quite capable of writing long rants on my own.
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  299.  @OrangeNash  I keep trying to leave a comment agreeing with you but for some reason YT keep removing it. Housing and rented accomodation is currently in crisis in the UK. People don't realise it until they need to find somewhere to live. I bet many of the rioters had friends or family experiencing it right now. Migrant hotels are just the tip of the iceberg.
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  300. The Dalai Lama is not someone you should go to if you want rationality or impartiality. Nor is a second generation Asian immigrant who wants to discuss mass migration into Europe for the BBC.
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  301. Now we know why Batman always wore a cowl and cape!
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  302. A brief history of the Anglican Church: In the sixties it was trendy, hippy vicars, in the seventies it was Marxist vicars, in the eighties it was African vicars, in the nineties it was female vicars, then it was gay vicars, in the last ten years it has been woke vicars who believe in non-binary gender fluidity, preach about climate change and want to pay out billions in reparations for slavery. Most worryingly we now have vicars and senior church leaders who find belief in God an anachronistic inconvenience. But, belief in the liberal progressive ideology is of course compulsory. Check out the story of Calvin Robinson. The Church of England is entirely captured and has been so for quite some time.
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  303. I'm a bit disappointed that you guys didn't push back against such a socially conservative view that rests upon so many massive assumptions: that non secular society is preferable to secular (she is ignoring non-Christian examples) that the nuclear family is preferable to any alternatives, that divorce is destructive, that contraception is damaging and makes women 'unhappy', that disfunctional families are products of the welfare state not mitigated by it, she doesn't acknowledge the influence upon individuals of class, education, social opportunity, environment etc etc. Should we all be living in wolf packs?
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  304. Ed likes to mischaracterise people like this as ill-informed and irrational so he can dismisses their concerns. This is quite typical of modern Labour Party supporters. But most of them seem quite measured and sensible, they simply want to protect the British people from uncontrolled mass immigration, defend their culture, their Christian values, their institutions, language, culture and history. Ed's comments at the end reveal his total lack of journalistic impartiality, he's actually disappointed they didn't kick off. He would be better off trying to disprove their conerns with facts, data and evidence rather than sarcasm, but being patronising is so much easier isn't it Ed...
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  305.  @aslamobaid1824  Thankyou very much for replying. I thought perhaps you were a bot or someone just trying to close down the discussion. As you sensibly point out, in all the chaos of a civil war it must be almost impossible to say exactly who did what, why, when and where. It is entirely possible he has attributed certain actions and events inaccurately, I am happy to accept that. But most of what he describes is factually correct or at least possible to corroborate. For that reason I am not ready to throw the baby out with the bath water.
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  306. Just a small detail, Truss was interviewed by Connor Tomlinson, not Carl Benjamin and by the way most of what she said simply confirmed what an insignificant and irrelevant political figure she is (was).
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  307. Fantastic analysis, thankyou. JD Vance's speech was brilliant but the clip of the second Iman was horrifying and the guy on GBNews was terrifying. Let's hope it's not too late for the UK.
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  308. Thankyou Tim, excellent analysis.
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  309.  @eriktracy8578  i understand the difference between 'equity' (equal outcomes) and 'equality (equal starting points). That is the point I'm making; the first seems to have replaced by the second. I just want to know when that illogical ideological objective of equity captured instituions that depend upon competency, professions that matter, such as medicine?
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  310. No need to play clips at X2 speed when its Shapiro.
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  311. Or possibly Alan Partridge?
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  312. We need a Charlie Kirk in Britain. He's always out there, putting the arguments forward, making sense and taking no prisoners.
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  313.  @adtastic1533  Many of the people who are striking in the UK are public servants, paid by the government or local authorities with tax payers' money. Their jobs: nurses, postal workers, ambulance drivers, railway workers, doctors, teachers, lawyers etc etc, can not be out-sourced to places where labour is cheaper. Nor should they be. Plus, in the UK we recently had a Prime Minister (Liz Truss) who favoured reducing workers' rights, lowering wages, deregulation, weakening terms and conditions of labour etc in favour of globalist, supply side, neo liberal, economic theories and she didn't even last two months. Even the UK Treasury thought her measures were dangerous and unworkable. She almost bankrupted the country and made the cost of government borrowing go through the roof. This then caused interest rates to go up meaning even middle class people with mortgages became hopelessly in debt with only negative equity. Cost of living crisis part II. A nation should value and protect its own working people, not undermine them in favour of a labour force on the other side of the world. If the government doesn't see it that way then it falls to the unions to represent their workers, defend their conditions and protect their rights.
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  314.  @BritishLandeur  I would attend that meeting! You could discuss 'The Strange Death Of Europe' while, at the same time, planning the best routes to avoid witnessing it!
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  315. Zeihan usually steers clear of the culture wars but after Kelly Jay Keane's treatment in Aus and NZ recently you would hope he would have a perspective worth sharing.
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  316. Brilliant content guys. A fantastic illustration of how difficult it is to talk sense when a conflict is so toxic and long standing. Youssef is passionately arguing with 'narratives' that stretch back decades, KK and FF are trying to get him to be dispasionate and logical. It just doesn't work. Youssef can not imagine a peaceful solution, I suspect he doesn't want one and that kind of thinking is party what led to October 7. He can not acknowledge what Hamas' objective is (to use Palestinian civilians as a human shield and to use their deaths as matyrdom) nor what their endgame is (to use Israeli brutality as a way of mobilising international opinion against them). He blames the West, their media as well as Israel, but he can not acknowledge any crime committed by the Palestinian's representatives and the terrorist groups that claim to represent them. He wants Palestinians to be exempt from consequeces for their actions during this conflict, no matter how violent. He wants Islam to be seen as separate from the Palestinian struggle, but Hamas has made the two inseparable. He uses historic examples, none of which are relevant or helpful. He constantly focuses on the past and has difficulty describing any kind of possible future. For example; if the Oslo Accords are the solution, why did the Palestinian's representatives almost immediately reject them? He deflects the role of Iran in destabilising the region preferring always to focus on the US. In fact he pretty much descends into conspiracy theory with all the 'third temple' stuff, "Look it up, its on the internet". Not helpful mate. I'm glad I had the chance to hear his side of the issue but don't feel as though I have learned anything or had my opinion changed at all. He didn't win me over. I feel like KK, its depressing that he couldn't provide a single practical solution.
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  317. Imagine selling the most sophisticated armaments to the Saudis, despite the Wahabi religious hatred for the West being rife in their culture?
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  318. I'm getting tired of this narrative that CRT is 'left' and to oppose it is 'conservative'. CRT has little to do with democracy, socialism, liberalism or even Marxism as I understand it. Its needs a new characterisation. Obviously to use 'words' would be inherently hurtful and only reflect the post modern discourse of power, but perhaps we could say it is 'downward facing' and to oppose it is being 'upward aspiring'? Or 'destructionalistic' vs 'constructionalistic'. Or 'Hateful Abstractionism' vs 'What normal people think'? Suggestions please?
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  319. I am not an 'anti-vaxer' but I have made the following observations: At first we were assured in the MSM that if you got vaccinated you couldn't contract Covid. We now know that is not true. We were also told that all age groups had an equal need to be vaccinated to make us all safe and protect the NHS. We now know that younger people are much less vunerable to Covid and vaccinating them did not protect elderly people, as it was the government putting infected people in care homes that represented the greatest risk to the most vunerable. We were assured that you couldn't spread Covid if you were vaccinated, hence the necessity for less effected age groups to get vaccinated. We now know that isn't true either. On the basis of those assertions we were encouraged to think we would all need regular boosters. We now know that not to be true as boosters do not stop you contracting Covid, suffering with it and in some cases even dying. We were given very little acces to discussions around these assertions, to the point that people who did platform discussions expressing concern or scepticism were subject to virulent mainstream condemnation by the media. ill informed celebrities even waded in with their essertion of the dogma. Neil Young vs Joe Rogan comes to mind. We were not told that Pfizer had bought the intellectual property of the vaccine (developed at public expense) to then sell it back to those countries who paid to develop it at a huge profit, not at cost and not in the least bit subsidised for third world countries and those in desperate need. Pfizer are now one of the most successful Corporations in the world who's shares have soared despite a very shady past and many ongoing outstanding legal problems. We were never warned that the public would eventually only offered the Pfizer vaccination and that the provider of that vaccine actually had a huge influence over the MSM, through advertising and direct investment, and cculd control the debate over their obvious monopoly. We were not told that Pfizer researchers and even the BMA were concerned that data collected during trials of the vaccine 'lacked integrity' and that the discussion of these concerns would be removed from platforms such as Facebook and Youtube. We were not told that unqualified employees of various media platforms such as Facebook and Youtube would have the power to close down and remove the discussion of these kind of concerns without explanation, justification, debate or the opportunity to a defence. We were not told that without a vaccine you could be discriminated against to the point of requiring an identity card or that your bank accounts could be frozen by the state if you were to actually demonstrate against compulsory vaccination as in the case of the truckers in Canada. We were not encouraged to think of it as the state taking control of our bodies or to question the necessity of that situation. No one expected the right to freedom of speech and expression on this subject to be limited or your right to independently research the facts relating to this circumstance to be limited of directly censored. We were not warned that there may actually be more than one valid way to view this whole situation and more than one orthodoxy, even in the science that supports the vaccine's use. We were lied to, manipulated and made to accept some very fundamental rights being undermined. But apart from that the vaccine is okay.
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  320.  @BritishLandeur  It would be very ironic indeed if it was the ECHR that ended up protecting Tommy's rights. Obviously I'm not holding my breath in the meantime. By the way, I don't necessarily see TR as on 'the right' given that the primary target of his attentions (wink wink) are just about as intolerant, undemocratic and authoritarian as you can get.
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  321. Joe, how about checking out the town Prince Charles built: Poundbury in Dorset. Its supposed to be the perfect English town with modern classical architecture etc. Might be an interesting contrast with all the places you've been to so far?
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  322. Just when you thought the cabinet couldn't get any worse up pops Therese Coffey!
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  323. @BritishLandeur  There are two separate groups at work here; those individuals who are deeply and unaccountably motivated by their religious beliefs (I would include Mayor Sadiq Khan in this group) and those who have been indoctrinated or captured by 'the woke mind virus', in which I would put many senior police officers, civil servants and judges. You could probably find significant members of both groups in The Home Office or the BBC for example.
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  324. Great content Joe. I went there in the eighties, my main memory was of chaotic drug tourism and petty crime. A lot Hells Angels and junkies basically. Seems quite quiet now in comparison, maybe because it was so cold on the day you visited? Try it again at night in the height of summer, see if it's still so mellow. Great choice of subject mate.
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  325. Another excellent piece of analysis. When we still had Liz I used to wonder to what extent the royals were told what to say in public so that they didn't betray their real motives or objectives. Clearly with Charles he's been waiting for his chance to change the script for ages and now we get to find out how he really feels. And what a surprise! He's revealing that the Royal family is just another British institution that no longer serves the interests of British people any more, if indeed it ever did! Add it to the ever-growing list!
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  326.  @ah-sf8kp  Are you saying that if a hostile power attacked the UK we couldn't expect UK Muslims to help defend it? But they would be able to fight to defend Pakistan or Saudi Arabia etc? Is this not a perfect illustration that British Muslims do not share British values or have I missed the point?
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  327. Some might argue that Moldovan reunification with Romania would be a terrible drain on the fragile Romanian economy. I presume they would be able to ask for economic and political support from the EU, to help bring Moldova up to scratch economically and politically, but whether they would get it would remain to be seen. It is quite likely there might also be a stubborn rump of pro-Russian agitators in Transnistria, the smugglers and the black marketeers etc, though bandits in the mountains wouldn't be a new phenomena in that part of the world! However, If Moldovans want reunification with Romania and the Romanians agree, they both have the right of self determination whatever the drawbacks. Plus it would be another nail in Putin's coffin. Bring it on.
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  328. Not sure she was sacked for being right. I think it was because she was seen as disloyal and self serving, possibly even because she was attracting such toxic reactions from the mainstream media on a daily basis. The comment about homelessness being a lifestyle choice didn't help either. She has been burning her bridges within the cabinet quite deliberately for some time and now she has been pushed out of government it will help identify her as a suitably right wing replacement for Sunak at the next leadership contest. I'm not sure to what extent she is a politician of principle or just a self serving opportunist. Cynically I think probably the latter.
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  329. @jake.t.t7236  I resent the word 'perhaps'. Why is there any doubt? Why has he not always been prepared to robustly defend of British values?
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  330.  @jake.t.t7236    Thanks for the reply. I suppose the reason why I'm being so fussy about this is because I don't think he was being entirely honest in the full interview. I think he kept evading the point when KK tried to pin him down and as much as he might have agreed with a general, woolly liberal concern about 'defending freedom of speech', he repeatedly distanced himself from or avoided talking about all manner of other concerns because he thinks, if he were to acknowledge them, he would appear as 'right wing' and illiberal. As I said in an earlier comment, being too liberal has been part of the problem and now we need people who are prepared to brutally honest, brave and probably quite stubborn.
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  331.  @AA-yc8yr  I think I did comprehend what he said, I also noticed what he cleverly avoiding saying. If you think he is about to start robustly defending British values from his liberal, cultural elite friends you're kidding yourself even more than he is.
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  332. @Dubjaxfilms  When you say 'we' who are you speaking for?
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  333.  @Dubjaxfilms  You didn't answer my question but I'll answer yours anyway. The problem is, as George Orwell said, 'England is the only great country whose intellectuals are ashamed of their own nationality' and 'they would feel more ashamed of standing for 'God Save The King' than of stealing from the poor box'. He also said in the same essay, 'If you were an intellectual you sniggered at the Union Jack and regarded physical courage as barbarous'.and that the subsequent 'spread of a shallow leftism' had hastened the process of stagnation in England'. If you can tell me one aspect of British life that hasn't stagnated or been eroded (political, cultural, economic, social) over the last twenty years or so, I'll accept that there isn't a 'problem'. In the meantime you could answer the question; who are the 'we' of which you speak?
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  334.  @Dubjaxfilms  I notice that you didn't (or couldn't) give me an example of an aspect of British life that hasn't stagnated or been eroded. Also you didn't say who the 'we' you are speaking on behalf of might be. My whole point is that Britain has undergone a prelonged period of decline which has been ignored or facilitated by those who only want to take a 'reserved attitude' towards defending it or fighting for it's preservation. I notice for example your first instinct is to mention that Britain's colonial past is 'nothing to be proud of'. I think of that as the 'shallow leftism' that Orwell refers to; there are many things in our colonial past we can be proud of, not the least of which is choosing to put an end to slavery in our empire and elsewhere at great cost of blood and treasure, the first great empire to even conceive of such a thing! But you choose to focus on the negatives, perhaps because you are a little bit ashamed? Are there other nationalities that feel the need to issue an apology when describing their national identity or expressing pride in their collective past? By the way, things can't have changed that much since Orwell wrote that essay as evidenced by your dislike of the National Anthem. It is a boring tune I agree, but the singing of it is supposed to be symbolic, it's not supposed to be a top ten hit. Now try to answer my original question....
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  335.  @Dubjaxfilms  I've just checked out some of your content and I must say I love the old British movies you post. But even they are an indication of the cultural erosion we are suffering in the UK, when films such as those are broadcast on tv (increasingly rarely) broadcasters seem to think that they have to carry a warning stating that they might carry 'old fashioned values that might upset modern viewers'. Why? What is so unpalateable about our traditional British values and attitudes that makes them unacceptable to modern, polite company? Who are we censoring for or on bahalf of? Not me, not you, so why must we undermine what once seemed so normal and secure? Just a thought...
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  336.  @Dubjaxfilms  Agreed, but not all change is progress and if things must change why not fight to ensure that the change is for the better? I know you think I hve an axe to grind but I object to leading British intellectuals, like Stephen Fry, accepting our cultural, political and economic decline because they are too reserved, polite and tasteful to effectively fight to stop it? I can see you are doing your bit from your content.
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  337.  @Dubjaxfilms  It isn't that hard to be objective, just examine the evidence and draw a conclusion...go on, what got better?
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  338. @agingflowerchild  i think that is exactly what SF is thinking, "We shouldn't be too patriotic in the UK because it is just so vulgar! Just look at how they do it in the US! We wouldn't want to be like them, they are so tasteless and embarassing!" This is a view held by most members of the British metropolitan, liberal elite. That is why you get Donald Trump who is prepared to go to bat for Americans and why we get Kier Starmer and King Charles who want to defend everyone but the native population.
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  339. We used to give 'have-a-go heroes' praise and public acclaim. Now we accuse them of racism and threaten them with prosecution .
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  340. There is nothing 'supposed' about two tier policing, particularly in the case of TR. The police authorities and the institutes of the state understand only too well the risk of violence from radical Islamists and find it far more convenient to crush those who may either deliberately or accidentally provoke them. Often there is also a clear intention by the authorities to discredit people like TR and his supporters by provoking them into violence. Everyone on the rally yesterday knew the significance of whether the police were wearing riot gear or not, as it happened they were not and things went off peacefully. On another day they might get kettled and then the media are encouraged to broadcast images like the ones from Remembrance Day. These tactics are not employed against Islamic protests, gatherings or meetings because the authorities know they will be much more easily inflamed. TR has a particularly incisive view of Islamic fundamentalism and has been warning of it's spread for many years now. He should be allowed to discuss it in the mainstream, but instead he has deliberately been monstered by the press, victimised by the police and unfairly treated by the courts. The support he received yesterday only goes to show that his message resonates with ordinary people because they are now starting to realise that perhaps he may well be right.
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  341. The very essence of collectivism vs individualism. Coming from and having rejected the USSR, K.K. is obviously biased in favour of the latter and who can blame him? His criticism of and reservations about the former lies in what he sees as the incoherence of inter-sectionality, race communism and identity politics. I tend to agree with him.
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  342. The various muppets on the Jeremy Vine show discussed this subject without once acknowledging why it may actually be a problem. They seemed to be at a loss to identify why it was necessary to bring in changes to the law. Of course, in reality, they knew the truth, they just found it too uncomfortable to discuss it frankly. It's interesting that the independent MP who defended the practise was from Batley. We all know why that town has been in the news recently.
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  343. Notice how she can't seem to control her left arm? It remind me of Doctor Strangelove.
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  344. Blimey, Chris Evans has let himself go!
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  345. If Zara is going to make predictions that 45 million people will soon be in poverty, she needs to at least cite her evidence or supporting data, otherwise it weakens her argument. She doesn't strengthen her argument by swearing either, its juvenile and makes it too easy for conservative critics to dismiss her. It might indicate passion, but it doesn't strengthen her position. Describing the transition to public ownership of utilities as 'simple' isn't very honest either. Its like saying Brexit 'just needs to get done'. Come on, let's be realistic. The argument for nationalisation hasn't been won yet. The process of nationalisation will require huge costs to the state, buying companies and their assets off ruthless capitalist oligarchs. It will be a long and nightmarish transition, requiring huge public support. So let's not imagine we won't have to continually convince people that the transition is worth the financial pain to the public purse. I know Zara was preaching to the choir amd understand that she is trying to mobilise support among the crowd but let's remember that there are many who simply don't see the problem, let alone accept the solution. The general public will need to be persuaded that a radical re-setting of the economy is a necessary and will be a positive thing. That won't happen if we are imagining that the argument has already been won. I like Zara, but she needs to start sounding less like a student and more like a potential government minister. Leave the swearing and the unprovable statements to the Tories.
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  346. I'm so relieved, I thought it was 'The New Norman' and I was going to be forced to experience re-vamped Norman Wisdom routines. I'm glad its only a viral pandemic.
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  347. I find myself constantly making the same criticism of so called journalists, politicians and the ubiqitous commentators like Piers Morgan, Julia Hartley Brewer, Tice, Farage, Stephen Fry.
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  348. Well done, you managed to edit out the bits where he called concerns over the rape gangs as 'spreading far right poison', that calling for a national enquiry was 'jumping on the far right bandwagon' and that discussing this issue threatened 'the rule of law'. At least someone is being circumspect over what the PM says.
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  349. Nice to know that, to Welsh local councils, the rules and regulations are much more important than the community's mental health, creativity and civic pride. Maybe they'd rather he did a Banksy and spray painted on a wall so they could remove it and sell it off?
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  350. Amazed to find out Jimmy Carr turns out to be so sensible.
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  351.  @jenspetersimonsen4235  Agreed but were they not able to predict that Israel would retaliate when they authorized Oct 7th? If they were to return the hostages wouldn't that help the situation? Hamas could have taken measures to protect civilians but they chose not to.
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  352. Not funny. Just tragic. Watching his supporters standing at his side, smiling and egging him on as he crashes our country into crisis after crisis, scandal after scandal, blunder after blunder. A blithering sack of vicious custard.
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  353. I'm amazed, Bastani agreed with Matt! I bet Ash Sarkar wouldn't have, whatever the subject was! Keep it up Matt, if you keep getting Bastani work you might even get a guest spot on Novara Media!
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  354.  @markb1487  That's kind of what I was thinking.The establishment tend to protect each other, especially when they're all in the same political party. They also protect the system by taking years before any legal action is taken, usually when the guilty have retired or moved on. Look at the Post Office scandal: everyone knows what went wrong, who was a victim and who was to blame and yet still, over twenty years later, it has not been resolved.
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  355. @SelwynRobertson I totally agree. I would like to see Rupert Lowe at the helm with Matt Goodwin playing a much greater, central role and bring in people like the Carl Benjamin & Connor Tomlinson to help develop policy. If we stick with Farage he will need a Trump style team to dilute his personal influence. Reform must not solely rest upon his personal appeal.
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  356. @sparkesman1980  I take your point but I still think Reform should not solely rely upon Farage's personal appeal. They need a team who can inspire confidence like Trump did with JDVance, Tulsi Gabbard, RFK, Musk etc. Plus they need to more than double the 4 million votes to get a majority, that will involve winning over at least a few remainers and some of the the MSM, who mistakenly still blame Nigel for Brexit.
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  357.  @contessa.adella  Still preferable to living in a high rise council block in a concrete jungle.
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  358. As well as using Jews and LGBTQ+ vs conservative Muslims as an example of people from different backgrounds not rubbing up against each other particularly well in London, how about: The two factions of Eritreans who had a riot with each other on the streets Camberwell a few months ago, The Sunni vs Shia muslims who had a riot with each other on the streets of Swiss Cottage. The Muslim men who rioted in Southall, West London, to celebrate the end of Ramadan. The Islamists who intimidate and bully teachers and children in various local schools to force them to toe the Islamic line. The BLM supporters endlessly pushing CRT ideology to politically attack white society and the police. Criminal migrants gangs pick pocketing and scamming shoppers and tourists in Central London. Random muderous attacks on the public by Islamists. Prominant politicians receiving death threats on a daily basis. The black youths using social media to rob West End shops en masse, sell drugs as well as the standard muggings, phone theft, car theft, bike theft, burglaries etc. Human trafficking gangs using houses of multiple occupancy in quiet suburban neighbourhoods as brothels and to accomodate their victims. Jamaican Yardies intimidating vunerable people into using their homes as grow houses. Muslims vs Christians values, or Muslims vs Sikhs, or Muslims vs Hindus. Middle Class Progressive Leftists vs conservative working classes. LGBTQ+ vs 'hetro normativity', the Trans lobby vs TERFs, Gay Pride vs conservative Christain values. Environmentalists vs everyone else, Car drivers vs Cyclists. County lines drug gangs vs the police and local communities, Newly arrived immigrants vs traditional communities, Traditional London communitites having to deal with; rape culture, gang culture, gun culture, post code knife crime, FGM, honour killings, grooming gangs and general social distrust. The liberal political elite dismantling the disenfranchised white working class communities with hostle housing policy, high rents, impossible house prices and more generally through the denigration of white working class cultural values. The liberal metropolitan elite don't feel it so they don't just fail to acknowledge it in the media, they actively create the narrative that nothing is going wrong, 'Nothing to see here, everybody's fine,' They simply haven't got a clue.
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  359. The situation is not made easier by so many state sponsored Russian 'bots', with no content on their own accounts, making comments defending Putin and his regime.
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  360. He obviously finds it uncomfortable to talk frankly about his childhood, it is almost as though he has never been asked to be objective about it before. He must have grown up constantly trying to re-shape the narrative to seem positive and to normalize his experiences rather than admit to the pain and acknowledge the dysfunction. How fascinating: you could almost say exactly the same thing about his political career. Well done Steven, possibly the most revealing interview with the man, without you having to be hostile or combative. He obviously prefers to show a carefully fabricated front to the public and you managed to get behind it.
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  361. Distracting from one problem issue by pointing at a different separate issue is not a particularly convincing argument. Let's put things into context: Estimated value of UK assets owned by the US=£1,000bn. Estimated value of UK assets owned by Germany =£149bn, France=£104bn, India=£42bn, Australia=£22. Estimated value of UK assets owned by Russian oligarchs=£18bn. Meanwhile: there are currently no Russians living in houses of multiple occupants in my town, none taking up school places for their kids, none taking GP appointments at my local health centre or using up beds in my local hospital, none getting free dental appointments at my local dentist, none claiming benefits, raising rents, depressing wages and making ordinary properties in ordinary towns more expensive. Most importantly, no young Russian men are currently living rent free, with free food, tv, clean bedding and private health care in various luxury hotels all around the country. Oh yes, and the Russian oligarchs don't cost the country £8million per day as far as I can tell. Having never been interested in multi million pound mansions, luxury yachts, designer clothes and super cars, I must admit the oligarchs don't really bother me.
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  362. Poor old Stelios, he looked like he was having a nightmare, imagining super-modern, driverless taxis, with intoxicated idiiots puking in the back, on their way to yet another soulless, Tinder asignation. Admittedly it does sound horrible. On a wider scale; the thought of a frictionless, transaction-based, automated, convenience based life-style sounds even more miserable and pointless. We are faced with a dangerously dystopian future, where corporations will be able to take away the purpose of day to day living while convincing you that they are making your life easier. In the case of Amazon, who have been operating this disruptive model for years, the unintended costs are now quite clear: empty shops, empty high streets, urban decay, more traffic, huge amounts of wastage, environmental damage and less social cohesion. Of course it will throw up opportunities to invest in the companies creating the infrastructure, that is what will drive the changes, but it will also hollow out human life and make it sterile, empty and miserable. Look at how Deliveroo sponsors obesity, illegal immigration, traffic chaos and delinquency. The unintended costs always outweigh the benefits. I doubt if that will make any difference in the long run.
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  363.  @alanwilliams3677  I knew somebody would reply with a comment like this. I'm not trying to a propose that money is a solution to urban decay and social alienation. I'm trying to explain that racism is not the sole cause of inequality. I'm not suggesting that money is the solution either, although money can certainly solve some problems. But if you want an argument about whether or not disadvantaged communities should be allowed fair and consistant funding because you resent them being given ping pong tables, how about just allowing them public libraries, public swimming pools, playing fields, a decent public housing stock, decent schools, roads that are not over crowded and filthy, repairs and renewals to public facilities done promptly and properly, access to further education and a generally more pleasant environment. By the way the underfunding I am referring to was in education and housing. Compare it with boroughs like Westminster, Kensington and Chelsea, Hammersmith and Fulham and you will see what I mean. In those boroughs you can clearly see the benefits of living amongst communities who refuse to be marginalised.
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  364.  @gillianbarker2663  I'm not sure what you mean. I wasn't suggesting that we should help the world. I was suggesting that the problems in Peckham are not limited to racism, that they have more to do with class distinction than racial predjudice. I don't mind our own government helping our own citizens, especially if they are genuinely disadvantaged. Not sure about who the 'uncivilised' people are, or whether they need our help or not, but I'm sure we have pressing problems at home right now, especially in our inner cities, and I would argue for those to be addressed as a priority.
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  365.  @1012-v9r  I didn't say that 'black people' are disadvantaged. I was trying to suggest that working class people in places like Peckham share certain social disadvantages regardless of the colour of their skin not because of it. What was it I said that made you think otherwise? By the way I have read and listened to a lot of Thomas Sowell's work and I largely agree with him. For example I also think people should be prepared to overcome their disadvantages through their own agency and not to rely upon the state. I also think race is only as much of a disadvantage as you let it be. I also deny the legitimacy of the 'victim mentality' and the systematic institutionalised racism narrative. I see class as the great distinction, not race. But I differ from him in one respect. The degree to which the state should protect and serve those who can not provide for themselves. I would press for more social support not less, although I know Thomas Sowell sees this as undermining people's motivation to help themselves. The fact is sometimes a particular racial group may indeed be disadvantaged, even if their race is not the reason for their situation. Corellation is not necessarily causation. Doesn't stop them being disadvantaged just because they share a racial identity though. By the way, what were the lies I said?
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  366.  @drmontague6475  I think working class people were disillusioned by Labour's stance on Brexit and how they appear to be a liberal/metropolitan elite who concern themselves more with 'social justice' and 'identity politics' rather than fighting for working class communities. I also think that when a Tory government discuss left of centre political policies the mainstream media depict that as a sensible response whereas when the Labour Party propose the same strategies its seen as ideological extremism. 'The left' are used a a weapon against the Labour Party which is why I like to listen to people like Ken Loach who can represent left wing views in a sensible and coherent manner.
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  367. The 14 Year Tory legacy Name one institution that is better now than it was fourteen years ago. Are wages fairer than they were 14 years ago? Have normal people enjoyed a rise in their standard of living? Are we safer, more secure, healthier or wealthier? Have we built back better? Have we levelled up? Have we ‘got Brexit done’? Are the rich richer? Do the wealthiest have more sense of moral duty to contribute or reinvest their wealth in this country, do they pay more tax or less. Is it easier for wealthy individuals to find tax loop holes? Do the large successful corporations such as Amazon pay more into the exchequer or less? Are dividends higher? Are the salaries of top executives fairer? Is the wealth of the nation being reinvested back into our own economy or is more of it going to China, the Saudis, the Americans, the French or simply off shore tax havens? Is it easier now to own your own home? Is it easier now to afford your rent? Are rents fairer? Is there more social housing? Is there sufficient social housing? Is there more or less homelessness? Is the NHS better run and more efficient? Are health outcomes better or worse. Is our life expectancy longer or shorter? Are there more beds or less. Is your local GP’s service better or worse? Are junior doctors or nurses better paid? Are there fewer staff shortages now or more? Is there even sufficient numbers of doctors and nurses? Is treatment easier to receive, and mental health issues better managed and more promptly dealt with? Is it easier to see a dentist? Is private health insurance more or less necessary to secure adequate care and treatment? Is there more obesity, heart disease or diabetes are they being better treated? Is the ambulance service better or worse? Are better without the Community Health Council? Are waiting lists longer or shorter?Do people have more or less control over the treatment they receive? Are there less drug misuse deaths? Is the police force better than it was? Are there more successful prosecutions and convictions than 14 years ago? Are prisons better run and less overcrowded? Do we feel safer or better served by the police service? Are women safer on our streets? Are the elderly safer in their homes? Are the courts more efficient? Is legal aid better and easier to secure? Are sentences fairer or more proportionate? Do shop lifters and other petty criminals get caught, prosecuted and punished more or less. Are burglaries investigated more thoroughly or less? Do we have more or less illegal migrants? Are we paying for more illegal migrants to be housed or less? Is immigration lower or higher? Is our national security better served by our army, navy, air force, border patrols, customs? Do we have sufficient weapons to support our allies and equip our own forces? Are ex service people better cared for? Do we have more crimes committed by asylum seekers and illegal migrants or less? Do those of them who commit crimes get deported more easily now than they did 14 years ago or less so? Do we have more public order issues with protesting interest groups now or less? Do the police discriminate against UK citizens more now or less? Is our power supply, food supply chain, our commodity supply chain more or less secure? Is our position in the world stronger or weaker? Are our dealings with foreign powers more ethical or less so? Is public transport better? Are the services more efficient than they were? Are there adequate numbers of bus routes? Are there more services? Are they easier to use and cleaner? Are the railways better run and more efficient? Are schools better? Are pupils leaving school better equipped for the work place. Are pupils better prepared academically. Are there more and better teachers. Are teachers better motivated and better supported? Do teaching salaries attract good prospective teachers. Are children healthier? Are there sufficient opportunities to receive vocational training or skills, apprenticeships or mentoring? Are there more opportunities for young people now? Are prices fairer? Is there more or less entrepreneurial opportunities? Is it easier to start your own business? Are there more local shops in our high streets? Is it easier to find qualified staff to fill job vacancies? Are there less rules and regulations to govern businesses and services. Are our rivers and waterways cleaner? Is our food healthier? Do we have more wind farms and renewable energy sources? Are weather extremes better prepared for? Are our farmers enjoy more support and less administrative restrictions? Do farmers have more or less bureaucracy governing how they manage their crops, their livestock, their fields? Are rural economies stronger ore weaker. Is it easier for young people to stay in their local areas and find meaningful work or harder? Are there more food banks? Are there more industrial disputes? Is the need for ‘warm banks’ greater or lesser than 14 years ago? Are there more libraries, more parks and green spaces, more public swimming pools? Have our taxes been more sensibly spent and invested? Track and trace, furlough payments, seven vaccines per citizen (money that goes straight into the pockets of Pfizer). Are we better at reclaiming public funds when they have been paid out to fraudsters and misappropriated? Have standards in public office been raised or even maintained? Do we trust our Parliamentarians more than we did twelve years ago, do we expect them to tell the truth, stick to their promises or even complete the tasks they set out to achieve with our money (HS2)? Donthey deserve their constant salary increases more now than they did 14 years ago? Are there more bankrupt local councils? Is there more public service debt? Have public services got better or worse? Do street lights have to be dimmed to save money more now or less? Does your local high street look more successful and welcoming now than it did 14 years ago? Would Labour do any better? Couldn't do any worse could they? Convince me I’m wrong, please comment below, I need a laugh!
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  368. Betrayed by our leaders, betrayed by the media, betrayed by the police and betrayed by the uninvited visitors to our country. When you deny an entire class a voice and the ability to dissent all that remains is unfocussed rage. Can't see this stopping soon.
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  369. Have a good break mate. You've earned it.
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  370. He may be the real world's Tony Stark but I won't start worrying until he starts developing Skynet.
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  371. Fantastic content Guys. This is what Triggernometry should be doing more of, spectrum street epistemology, challenge the narratives. Keep it up guys.
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  372. Joe, your content seems to be getting more and more professional as you incresingly deal with the nitty gritty of homelessness. Keep it up bruv, your documentaries are dealing with issues the mainstream media can't be bothered with or distort the facts to suit their own agendas. Keep the stats and keep the interviews with the people who know what they're talking about. In years to come this will be a valuable social record.
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  373. What a wonderful post. I can't say how similar my experience has been. Only last night my nephew loudly 'outed' me in a crowded restaurant because I wasn't left enough (I was crticising Kier Starmer). The progressive left have made discussing politics quite difficult nowadays and the woolly liberal intellectuals, like Stephen Fry, who would prefer not to examine the fault lines, have let us all down by not standing up to the nonsense.
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  374.  @Percole   @Percole  Thanks for the reply. In the UK we have the far left (Revolutionary Communists, Socialists, SWP, Greens and Radical Progressives) the moderate left (Labour Party, various unions, Fabian Society) the centrists (Classical Liberals, Social Democrats, Liberal Democrats) the right (Conservatives, Reform UK) and the far right (which could include fascists, ethno-nationalists and radical libertarians). It is a spectrum or it at least it used to be. First of all Brexit caused fractures amongst each of those groups, then the 'woke' agenda and the trans ideologies started cut across those dividing lines too. Populist politics also. The conflict in Gaza has split the left and political lslamism seems to have taken over the Greens. Nationalist sentiments can be found in amongst many of the ideological groups both right and left. Now we have 'woke' conservatives, nationalist/populists and globalists on both the right and the left. The one thing you can sure of is everybody hates the moderates in the centre! Probably because they are not solely informed by ideology, tend to be led by logic and evidence and can see sense on both sides of an argument. I consider myself to be in that group, but you never know, if you ask my nephew, I might be a fascist! Who knows? Thanks for the reply.
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  375. This is the kind of content we need, wonderful positivity. Let's hope we can all revive our towns and cities and reclaim the future. Excellent content Mr Turnip.
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  376. Great content guys.
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  377.  @dcnative1618  Yes indeed. In the UK, Amazon warehouse workers have fought for the right to unionise themselves and have indeed recently mounted a couple of strikes to protect their wages, working conditions and to create tighter regulation on their employers. And who can blame them?
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  378.  @T1tusCr0w  It was not exactly a general strike. Some of these interest groups have now resolved their disputes. The teachers eventually chose not to continue their dispute as it was likely to have a hugely detrimental effect on already suffering pupils. Nurses and ambulance drivers did likewise for the sake of their patients. I believe the baristers (attorneys) have also now accepted an offer as the British law courts are in a backlog crisis. Meanwhile Junior Doctors, Senior Medical Consultants and the railway workers are still finding it impossible to find a settlement. In the case of the railways, it is because management want to close ticket offices, make junior workers redundant and continue to restrain wages. In the case of the doctors it is because the Government want the NHS to fail so that they can justify selling the profitable parts of it off to American Private Healthcare Corporations.
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  379.  @jesinbeverly  From what I understand many Ford workers have been on temporary contracts for up to four years now, meaning that their wages have been supressed, their contractual terms and conditions have deliberately been made very poor and their job security is constantly undermined. To my mind they have a very stronng case for industrial action. Ford could easily afford to pay their employees properly and provide them with secure contracts but it chooses not to. I support the workers and the strike if it becomes necessary.
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  380.  @villhelm  I heartily applaud your sentiment, but I would add a note of caution: for every 25× great grandfather you can trace there will be literally tens of thousands of others who you are also descended from and it is more than likely that many of them did not live in or originate in England and even worse, some might even have been French!
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  381.  @villhelm  I salute you Sir, long live our unique blend!
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  382. Believe it or not, even towns and cities in penniless ex-Soviet countries are better looked after this. Why do people have so little civic pride nowadays?
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  383. Excellent content Andrew.
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  384. I'm not especially keen on GL but surely him complaining about untreated sewage in our rivers and on our beaches isn't a political opinion or statement, it's justified idignation. Only a stubborn ideologue would resent Gary Lineker's right to his anger? Everyone else would agree with his sentiments. Konstantin clearly has no objection to it so why does Dan Wooten?
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  385. Well done for the interview chaps. Well done FF for pushing back by stating the obvious implications of what she said, no one had ever done that with her before, It's all very well her being frank now but, when she was in power she never gave a straight answer to a question, she endlessly repeated her pre-prepared talking points, she communicated in ideological catch phrases, she refused to acknowledge the problems her predecessor had created and now she won't take personal responsibility for her own failures. Let's not forget she was more than happy to back Cameron, May and Johnson, all of whom have done untold damage to our national institutions as well as not putting right any of the things they complain have restrained their progress. You can't blame the 'economic establishment' for that. If 'things don't work and there's something wrong.' who's fault is that? She was never intellectually capable of being a Prime Minister and those who selected her clearly did not have the nation's interests at heart. We have been betrayed by the system, yes of course, but let's not forget how recklessly she endangered the economy and the lasting damage she has caused. She is a product of the 55 Tufton Street lobby groups who put theory above reality and we are all better off without her anywhere near the seat of power. Let her return to the obsccurity she deserves.
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  386. Excellent content Jimmy. How about a future video being about poverty in the rural economy? Or even the economic decline of the English seaside towns?
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  387. People used to laugh at the meglomaniac villains in James Bond movies because they were unrealistic and their narcissistic schemes ridiculous. No one's laughing now.
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  388. Why oh why does our so called 'government' not understand that Britain is too great. That is why ecomonic migrants are willing to risk our filthy, English Channel to live here. We have the best history, that is why we lead the world in flags, memorials and statues. Our NHS is the envy of the world, that's why you can always hear tourists saying how jealous they are of it. Why do people come over here to steal our jobs? Because we have the best jobs. We have nicer food. We have Coronation Street. Even our gays, like Alan Turing or Stephen Fry, are better than the foriegn ones. Americans like our politicians, like Nigel Farage, Boris Johnson and Michael Gove. Perhaps we should all concentrate on making Britain less great? Not Wales though, obviously, that's a horrible place.
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  389.  @jarofspanners3523  alright mate, don't get carried away. You are just proving my point.Britain is too great for its own good. Like a smug, high achieving head boy it needs bringing down a peg or two. High time the so called 'government' started making things more crappy like British Leyland did.
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  390.  @isabelclinton9229  i can't help but feel that you are missing the point. It is important that our so-called 'government' assuage our national guilt by making us look less great in the eyes of the jealous outside world. They could, for example promote Little Mix as our trade envoys .They could promote Ant and Dec as diplomats. They could encourage Alan Titchmarsh to run our agricultural policy. Wallace and Grommit could be in charge of industry and we could have Harry and Megan as the king and queen. Piers Morgan could be Prime Minister and Harry Redknapp could do our Brexit negotiations.
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  391. Interesting that many hundreds of thousands were murdered by the Assad regime, 40,000 in one week in the city of Hama alone, but there were no protest marches in the streets of London (every weekend) declaring it to be a 'genocide'. The human rights of many Syrian ethnic groups were denied or ignored but no one desribed it as an 'apartheid state'. I wonder why not?
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  392. Amazing! I thought I'd give 'The Rest Is Politics' a try and In the first few minutes alone this podcast managed to misrepresent the facts multiple times. The newspaper cut-out quote shown says TR is in prison for 'fraud and violent criminal record'; he's in prison for contempt of court, which is not a criminal offence. TR is described as 'far right'. He has repeatedly distanced himself from far right movements throughout his activism. He is not anti-Muslim he is anti-Islamism. One is a group of people with various beliefs and attitudes, the other is an ideology. He has 'Links' with football hooligans; he has not been 'linked' to a football hooligan gang since he was a youth. Despite Rory implying otherwise, In Rotherham, Rochdale, Telford, Oldham and over 50 other UK cities and towns, it has been repeatedly proven that Pakistani men (muslims) in organized gangs have been sexually assaulting underage English girls. The cases being discussed are not from 20 years ago, they are ongoing. Some maintain the abuse is still occuring to this day. The men in question (not Asian but Kasmiri Pakistanis) did not 'make friends' with their victims, they intoxicated them with drugs and drink, and it was not in 'parks' it was outside their schools and in many cases outside care homes. It is not a 'far right' stance to consider these men a threat to English girls or to question the value system they may hold that allows them to commit these crimes. At that point I gave up. I shouldn't be surprised, neither of these two men have ever taken a stance on behalf of the abused girls in the past so why should they now? They much prefer to make ad hominem attacks on individuals like TR and EM. Can I just add, the issue should not be Elon Musk passing comments or TR's patchy personal history, it should the necessity for the guilty (including senior police officers, labour councillors, community leaders) to be brought to justice on behalf of the victims. I notice neither men are interested in talking about that.
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  393. I am overwhelmed with what God is asking me to do in this world, to act like an upset teen queen, to assault unprepared people by slapping them round the face, to refuse to see the funny side, to use violence to express my narcissism, to act out every self indulgent urge, to use my physical and financial power to force my entitlement on others, to snivel and cry like a little girl, to express my hypocrasy with reference to God and get paid fortunes for doing it. Good ol' God, He is the gift that keeps on giving...what a wanker Will Smith trully is?
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  394. One thing Mr Moyes could have said was that he is successful 'at the moment' . One of the things that he must have observed over the years is that things can change very quickly in football. It is very easy for the wheels to fall off overnight. So his biggest achievement at West Ham has been to establish a degree of consistency. This has led to a degree of success more than anything. Of course a 'hard work' ethos amongst the team and staff helps and establishing a style of play that everyone understands and buys into helps. He seems to communicate that very well and that may be assisted by an excellent backroom staff that he has assembled around himself. The players trust him and welcome his input. But there are limitations to his approach. Over the past few years he has navigated the transfer windows quite poorly, admittedly not wasting money, but not investing it especially wisely either. He has allowed very expensive players to leave at great loss to the club (Haller and Anderson) without properly replacing them. He has brought in new talent cheaply (Soucek, Bowen, Coufal, Lingard) but not always successfully (Yarmolenko, Banrahma, Vlasic, Kral). Developing a better scouting system must be one of his current concerns and to be seen to bring in top quality players who can improve the team by not being afraid to spend. This summer will be pivotal if he is to move forward as many of his stalwarts are coming to the end of their contracts or their careers (Noble, Ogbonna, Fabianski, Cresswell, Fredricks etc). Also, he rarely makes use of the talent from the under 23s academy who currently have an excellent crop of promising youngsters (Alese, Chesters, Okoflex, Forson, Perkins etc) He also seems reluctant to use players on the bench, preferring to rely on a very small group of trusted individuals who always get picked to start. This works well until they become injured or when the fixtures pile up. Michail Antonio is a case in point who has no obvious replacement and has commented that he would like more competition for his place to motivate him to raise and maintain his standards However, as far as representing his employers, the club, the players and the fans, he does a fantastic job. He embodies a common sense, down to earth and humble philosophy really well. He seems somewhat old fashioned by modern media standards, but that only serves to improve his profile. Never too happy, never too miserable retaining his dignity. No controversial soundbites but lots of common sense. He has shown great ethical standards too. People like him. People respect him. But the real test of David Moyes will be whether he can leave a lastng legacy of achievement: silverware, glory. Improving West Ham's level in the Prem year on year is important, European competition is important. Great games at the stadium create wonderful memories. But to be considered as a trully high achieving British manager he must win trophies! He must bring home silverware! So far nothing. Fingers crossed. Come On You Irons!
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  395. Well said. Much more to the point than anything Fry said.
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  396. Depressing that we're actually talking about potential naval conflict. Has the recent progrss in Sino/US diplomacy achieved nothing?
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  397. 'Yoga for the ladies'. Right on!
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  398.  @isabelclinton9229  How about...we no longer have 'Little Britain' on tv?
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  399. Why can't wets like Gordon Rayner accept that what Tommy Robinson has been saying (for almost twenty years) was spot on, without making a point of slipping in their 'moral' judgement of his character. In actual fact Tommy Robinson is a hero for ordinary English people and, unlike most politicians, has stood steadfast at great personal cost. Well done Rupert for not throwing Tommy Robinson under the bus!
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  400.  @Lino78-p3x  I am already quite familiar with Timothy Winter and Peter Oborne and I have now checked the other converts you suggested and I remain unconvinced that The West has no reason to be critical of Islam. With the exception of Oborne and Ward (who I would describe as apologists) the others are involved in Dawah, which makes them unreliable witnesses, able to use Taqiya in pursuit of the Deen. For example, I don't see any of the people you mention coming out to criticize or condemn the Pakistani rape gangs. For that reason I do not consider any of them to be objective. I would add that being critical of Islamism as an ideology (Deen) should not be described as Islamophobia, especially not when that criticism is based upon facts and evidence.
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  401.  @SubjectRandom21  Thankyou.
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  402. @КурочкаКрашена  Interesting choices, let me push back a little. Democracy: Labour got 9.7m votes in the last election, 33% of those who voted, 411 seats. Reform got 4m votes, 14% of the vote, 5 seats. Meanwhile the Lib Dems got 3.5m votes, 12% of the vote, 72 seats. Doesn't seem very representative to me. Meanwhile Boris Johnson, who won in 2019, by promising Australian style 'high skill, low numbers' immigration delivered mass immigration on unprecedented levels for three years. This is a typical example of 'Offer the voters one thing deliver another' type democracy, just as 'stronger borders' were specifically promised but not delivered after the Brexit vote in 2016. Another example: every UK political party since the 1960s that has mentioned immigration in their manifesto has promised to limit or lower it. Despite people repeatedly voting for this, it has never happened. Doesn't seem very democratic to me. Dignity in public life? The Tories pretty much destroyed that with the Pattison scandal, the Pincher scandal, Michele Mone, Party Gate, Hancock, Dominic Cummings breaking Lock down restrictions, preroguing Parliament, lying to the House, lying to the Queen, leaking emails, cheating on tax payments, cheating on expenses, accepting gifts, wallpaper, dresses,, the list is very long... Party Donations: in the 2024 election alone the Conservatives received £10m from Frank Hestor, £10m from Lord Sainsbury, £5m from Mohammad Mansour, while Labour recieved £5m from Gary Lubnor, £2m from Fran Perrin, over £5m from David Sainsbury and his wife and £13m from other assorted individuals. All our political parties depend upon party donations. Some might say this opens the door to unfair influence and possibly corruption. Talking of which... Politicians' Personal Wealth; Blair £60m, Sunak £651m and rising, Johnson made £5m in the last six months of his term in office alone, Farage's personal wealth has risen to £4m since taking up his seat in the House. All our politicians make money in addition to their salaries as a direct result of their position as an MP, buying or being gifted shares in companies they have favoured while in office, receiving government contracts or even just inflating their expenses and receiving unsolicited gifts. Authoritarianism: The Conservatives introduced the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 and the Public Order Act in 2023 to significantly increase state power, police power, to potentially criminalise peaceful protest, including creating laws to cancel expressions of protests that are 'too noisy'. The British public has never been so carefully surveilled, monitored and recorded, our on line speech, our movements, our medical records and our bank accounts are all vunerable to state or corporative intervention. However since lockdown it has become aparent that the British actually embrace authoritarianism and would happily adopt vaccine passports, digital ID, voter ID on top of the ubiquitous face recognition software used in shopping precincts and housing estates all over the UK. I should point out that none of this has ever received a democratic mandate but seems to mostly be adopted entirely without public debate. Meanwhile the Labour Government, without any mention of their intention to do so in their manifesto, has ramped up 'non crime hate laws', is criminalising on-line speech as well as applying substantially increased custodial sentences for those involved in events like the recent Southport protests. Seems increasingly authoritarian to me. You mention our legal system but It is now widely believed that there is a highly politicised two tier policing and justice system operating in England. Non political prisoners are freed to create space for political prisoners. The rich, like Prince Harry can pay to get justice while the poor, such as the grooming gang victims, the infected blood victims, the Post Office post masters, wait decades for paltry compensation. The establishment rarely get brought to justice, like in the case of Hillsborough or the grooming gangs, while ordinary people get punitive sentences to 'set an example'. Meanwhile illegal migrants get free legal advice and legal aid from human rights lawyers and refugee charities. The police no longer operate 'without fear or favour' as demonstrated by the grooming gang scandal and the differing approaches adopted by the Met to the policing of the weekly Pro Gaza protests or the post Southport protests in Whitehall. Seems like quite an unfair system to me and it seems to be getting worse. Academia: UK Universities were considered so politically biased, with nine out of ten academics identifying as left wing, that they were in 'a free speech crisis'. Cancel Culture, no platforming, deconstructing or decolonizing the curriculum (for example; considering Science or Classical Music as tools of colonisation and introducing native 'ways of knowing' as an alternative) became so concerning that the previous government attempted to introduce laws to ensure that ' reasonable steps' were taken to promote free speech on campus. This has now been cancelled by the current government who felt it would 'cause harm and appalling hate speech' on campus, despite Jewish students enduring both those things on a daily basis. UK Academia has long been lost to the long march through the institutions and it was captured long, long ago. Dignity, Respect and compassion for citizens; tell that to the victims of Islamist terror, or the freezing pensioners, workers who are forced to use food banks, those who are forced to endure the street crime, the stabbings on the bus, the victims of Pakistani paoedophile rape and torture gangs, organized gangs of beggars, the county lines drug gangs, those who experience homelessness, those who have to use A&E and are placed in corridors in our hospitals, those who use the railways or the buses, the post office, the police, the ambulances, the GPs, the dentist, the prison service, social services, parole officers, council housing officers,. Tell that to those who can't afford their rent, who can't get on the property ladder, those who suffer no fault evictions, with no libraries, no public swimming pools, refuse in the streets, deserted high streets, abandoned industries, migrant hotels, month-long Pride celebrations, local councils paying for Palestinian flags to be waved from lamp posts and rainbow traffic crossings, weekly Pro Hamas marches ....I could go on but I'm sure you get the picture. British values are not as robust as they used to be, the country is less unified as to what those values should be and is becoming increasingly less confident in defending them. The liberal, metropolitan elite establishment want our values to be the embracing of diversity, tolerance and inclusion. They want us to believe that we always believed in those things and that there is virtue in those values. They also increasingly want those people who do not share those values to be publicly vilified, mischaracterised and excluded from the body politic. Meanwhile they are becoming more authoritarian in their efforts to stop us questioning whether or not these particular values actually serve our interests. We are encourged to think we should not put our national interest first, but to consider the planet instead, we are asked to favour other cultures over our own, to protect minorities within the UK rather than the majority but to consider the global majority as so virtuous and authentic that we should despise and relegate our own national identity, and like Stephen Fry, to be uncomfortable and slightly ashamed of ourselves while we do it.
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  403. Exactly.
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  404. "Its the wrong BREXIT!".....I don't remember anyone warning the public in 2016 that, if we did indeed go for Brexit, there would be so many ways it could go wrong through being poorly implemented? Oh, hang on, yes they did and it was all dismissed in the press as 'project fear' from 'remoaners'. By the way, we now control our borders (no improvements there), control our legislation (no improvements there), control immigration (numbers higher now than three years ago), we are now free to make trade deals with countries outside of the EU like Japan, NZ and Aus (no improvement there, in fact for farmers for example, we are worse off) and we are now free to exercise our soveriegnty (higher taxes, poorer public services, depressed wages, poorer working conditions and record levels of public debt). More restrictions on trade, crossing borders, Northern Ireland, freeeom of movement, markets being closed to us and no way of directly influencing the French and Germans in relation to the war in the Ukraine. Can't seem to think of any benefits at all at this point...perhaps Jacob Rees Mogg could, but I can't. So how long is Farage now encouraging us to think we have to wait until we get the right Brexit? Is it after we get rid of this pro Brexit Tory government and elect a largely Brexit sceptic Labour Party? Or after we have dumped all the remaining EU laws, safeguards, regulatiions and rights? Will we be more competitive when we have done away with all the EU employment law, environmental protection and regulation of standards? Or should we wait until inflation and fuel prices come down? Or when global trade returns to its pre-Ukraine levels? Or when COVID 19 disappears? Should we be pursuing stronger trade links with the US or the CCP or both? Or should we just strike all Eu law and regulation regardles of how sensible, appropriate or necessary they are? Of course that will also exclude us from any kind of trade with the European single market which will bankrupt many small businesses or force them to relocate, taking their jobs, products and taxes with them. Is that what we are now waiting for? Like a race to the bottom of the barrel? Less wealth more unfairly distributed, less international security, less opportunity, less social mobility, less control over the country's destiny, less food security, less energy security. Precisely the opposite of what Farage encouraged us to think we would get if we supported BREXIT. Do you ever get the feeling you've been cheated?
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  405. I am horrified, after the forced departure of Ben Habib, Lowe was my man. Where does this leave those of us who saw Lowe as a necessary stabilising influence on Farage? He was the only reason why we could be reletively sure democratisation within the party would happen. What are we supposed to do now the Reform party HQ has again revealed itself as petty, underhand and corrupt?
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  406.  @isabelclinton9229  The limited support offered to homeless people discriminates against English people because the system used by councils believes that by being English they are less vunerable than other ethnic or cultural minority identities. Even having a proved history of mental or physical health issues is no longer a guarantee of promptly getting permanent housing.
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  407. Always classy.
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  408.  @ahmedhabib442  How do you 'end' a nation state with seven million inhabitants?
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  409. You can't imagine how any one can justify it, but apart from Reform I don't see anyone even acknowledging how damaging it is.
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  410. Its important to recognise the difference between a manager's personality and the outcomes of their actions. Mr Moyes is clearly a charming bloke with great knowledge, insight and experience. But, at the moment, he is clearly failing and this interview will look extremely ironic if he ultimately gets sacked next week. He has been responsible for a couple of years of reletive success, breaking many club records, but for many months he has stagnated and he seems unable to address the slide into mediocrity. He is known for 'dithering' and, unlike his mentor Sir Alex, being very slow to recognise the need for timely intervention. He has shown a certain stubborness, not being willing to drop his favourites even when they are clearly struggling. He undermines the confidence of certain fringe players and does not bring through promising prospects from the youth academy. He has failed to recognise that his tactics now appear to be flawed, he is always unnecessarily defensive, predictable and easy for opponents to overcome. Subsequently West Ham have slipped into the relegation zone and Mr Moyes does not seem to have the neccessary tools to turn things round. Nevertheless, of course, he is a charming chap and deserves respect for what he has done in the past but if I was a share holder of an exec on the Board of West Ham PLC I would be pressing for his replacement.
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  411. You are equating 'being British' not only with being a royalist but also being daft enough to stand in the rain outside Buckinghsm Palace. I am neither but I'm still white and British. By the way, if you want to see second generation, non-white immigrants, who lament the loss of the Queen, look at the front bench of Liz Truss' new government. If nothing else, at least they have the sense to stay out of the rain.
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  412. To be fair to the government its much more important right now to recruit more nurses than it is to actually pay them properly. It is really hard to recruit nurses, especially because they're paid so poorly!
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  413. I came across Dr Peters and the chimp paradox years ago. Revealing, insightful and very influential. Great choice of interview guys.
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  414. Thankyou KK for sticking at it until Bassem finally admitted that he hasn't a single practical solution to offer, just historic grievances and a thirst for revenge. He suggested nothing that would allow this conflict to end nor any positive vision for the future. If he trully is representative of the Palestinian people I feel sorry that they seem to lack a single achievable objective. Perhaps we need to hear from someone honest enough to adnit to what the solution really looks like from the Palestinian point of view? Perhaps 'Son of Hamas' would have a better understanding of what their real objectives are? Bassem either doesn't know or he doesn't want to admit it.
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  415. Are we surprised at this man's reaction? Islam, and more recently Hamas, have been deliberately brainwashing Palestinian civilians into acting like fanatics for ages. Any man who would let his children die for his own convictions, religious or political, is not sane or compassionate.
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  416. Thanks for the clarification.
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  417.  @Michaelw777.52  I'm a massive fan too and certainly wouldn't feel well informed enough to disagree with his data or his analysis. I know from various long form seminars of his that have dealt with demograhic change that the UK firmly falls within the group with an aging population (the upside down pyramid analogy) with the final wave of 'boomers' now moving into retirement without sufficient numbers to be replaced in the work force. I'm interested in Peter's take on the UK because we have relied upon immigration to counter this demographic trend since the sixties but of course we now, post Bexit, have had a seriies of governments that have placed themselves against the principle of immigration on cultural grounds while continuing to allow immigration on economic grounds (often without fully owning that fact in public). It would seem that we don't want immigrants from Europe, despite how useful they may be to our economy and society, but continue to rely heavily upon economic migrants from Africa and S.E. Asia. I would be interested to know how Peter thinks the UK could deal with this obvious dichotomy. Germany, with their aging population, take in millions of migrant workers and asylum seekers each year, while here in the UK we are encouraged to think of them as 'the enemy' by the popular press and a scourge that has to be stamped out by at least two of the last Home Secretaries. We know that concern over immigration was a huge part of the pro Brexit vote and yet we now find many of our businesses and public services simply can not find sufficient labour to function properly, especially the NHS. What is the answer? Is immigration a necessity to a country like ours or is there another way that our political leaders and economists are unaware of or ignoring?
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  418.  @Michaelw777.52  It is interesting that you should suggest India as a possible economic/immigration partner for the UK. We have a long tradition of immigration from the Indian subcontinent in the UK, especially in the sixties and seventies. Most of the children and grand children of those immigrants are now a fundamental part of our society just as you describe in your previous comment. Our current PM, Home Secretary, Mayor of London are all part of that diaspora. The list is quite extensive. However in more recent times India has quite consciously positioned itself, politically and economically, quite separately from the UK. For example the Indian government has failed to support sanctions against Russia and still involves itself in various economic relationships with China which the UK is becoming increasingly suspicious of. In many ways India is asserting its global independence now and has turned away from its traditional links with the UK. Instead we have an ever closer relationship with Bangladesh, Pakistan and certain West African nations such as Ghana and Nigeria. In recent governmental statistics on immigration by far the majority came from those countries. This in itself is very ironic as most anti immigration sentiment in Britain before Brexit was not actually directed at the Poles, Czechs or Romanians who were entering Britain because of EU freedoms, but rather the African communities but especially the largely muslim Pakistani and Bangla Deshi communities that were seen as dangerously anti Western in their ideology and religion. Thisnis of course was a narrative that was widely promoted by the right wing mainstream press and was instrumental in the anti EU sentiment prior to the Brexit referendum..however misplaced that logic may now seem. In other words, the UK was very sensitive to issues surrounding immigration and continues to be. Those issues always include a distrust of other races, religions and cultures and the fear of being 'replaced' culturally and socially. Once again, very ironic considering our history of immigration from our empire, Ireland, Eastern Europe, Protestant France etc etc, We are a nation built on immiration going back to the Romans, the Celts, the Vikings and the Normans. I won't bother mentioning the prehistoric 'beaker people'. Its almost like a running joke. This is my question to Peter. Given that British people have always been quite reluctant to openly embrace immigration, particularly from other ethnicities, how can we possibly address our population drop off? On a lighter note check out this link, it says it all much better than I ever could, https://youtu.be/1cgeXd5kRDg
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  419.  @perrywidhalm114  My point is that you can't just assume that 'traditional' models of church, state, family and society are going to fit with modern, multi cultural, multi ethnic populations and be better than all modern social institutions. You can't assume Christianity is best. You can't assume women would be 'happier' without contraception. You can't assume removing social welfare produces more robust families, you can't assume that forcing unhappy marriages to stay together produces better adjusted children. You have to prove it. Look at societies beyond the West where those values are more prevalent. Are they better, more functional, more socially cohesive than our own. Were societies in the past, like those in Victorian or Georgian times, more functional than our own, without unrest, without riots, without police brutality or racism? Of course not. I know enough about history and anthropology to know conflict has always existed and so has disfunction, despite the so called 'traditional values'.
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  420. Damn...now I don't know who to agree with or who to disagree with? Can someone please tell me what I think?
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  421.  @isabelclinton9229  Are Reverb Rooms worse than Echo Chambers?
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  422.  @isabelclinton9229  Do Echo Chambers Anonymous have any meetings in my area?
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  423.  @jhegre  I am suggesting that the leaders of both sides share the blame. It may well be 'hasbara' but how is it BS?
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  424.  @isabelclinton9229  Good points. Why are Hamas excused for not trying to lessen the misery of the situation?
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  425. So Phillip Hammond publicly admits the logic behind the Boris wave. Now we know what they were really thinking, despite having promised the opposite in 2019, shame it didn't so the slightest bit of good....
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  426. Individual responsibility with communal support, systems of mentorship, productive, safe outlets for masculine physicality and realistic, flexible attitudes towards gender roles and biological differences producing competent, gentle, productive and well adjusted men? Wouldn't that be better for men and women? That's basically what Peterson has said in the past, as I understand it. It seems pretty obvious to me. Meanwhile we suffer: pornography, drugs, criminality, absentee fathers, the war against the patriarchy, the decline of two parent families, marginalised isolated single men and young men without appropriate masculine role models, young boys without access to stable male influence and a general anti-male narrative expressed through the media. Peterson has discussed all of these and much of this is based upon uncontested empirical evidence. He has stated that he thinks this produces a society that is mysogynistic and resentful to women in the home, in the workplace and in broader society. But he has also stated that it also supresses and opresses men, denying them avenues to safely and productively express their masculinity. He acknowledges rape and mysogeny as a political issue as well as a social, biological, psychological and cultural one. He acknowledges it crosses class divisions, geographical distance and social conventions. None of that seems unfair or untrue to me. So why the rabid hatred for Jordan Peterson? Is it because he challenges the dogmas of the mainstream or because he challenges individuals to improve themselves? Or is it because he doesn't seem to be tied to a particular ideology? Which part of the above (forget the stuff about God and Jesus) is wrong or even inaccurate? Just a question...
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  427. As a jounalist I think Peter imagines that if the mainstream media were to focus more fairly upon suffering caused or contributed towards by the West it would actually make a difference? It would have been very ironic if the British Government, encouraged by an informed British public, had insisted upon a no fly zone over Yemen, considering that most of the Saudi fighter bombers were sold to them (and maintained) by British Aerospace. Most people who give a damn know about it and are powerless to effect it politically. Meanwhile, in the UK, our involvement with the Saudis is entrenched. We find ourselves pleading with the Saudis to sell us more oil (and to buy our football clubs) if we are to boycott Russian fuel exports, regardless of very well documented human rights violations and 80+ executions hurriedly carried out prior to BJ's state visit. Our very valuable arms exports are inextricably linked to the Saudis and their cruel regime. Subsequently, not only does the rest of the world suspect that the West (and more specifically the UK) is entirely lacking in any kind moral or ethical consistency (Afghanistan, Palestine, Syria, Libya, Iraq) but most informed Westerners see it too (Oman, Quater, Saudi Arabia etc) and struggle to find any way to influence that situation. Despite how well or ill-informed they may be by the Western mainstream media. But to describe our values as being explained by 'racism' isn't entirely fair. If that were true, why were we not concerned when the Russians originally invaded the Dombas region, the Crimea, South Asetia or Chechnya? Could the important factor be geographical proximity? Could it be the extent to which the agrressor threatens our own stability? Could it be that some geopolitical crises are simply easier to explain to the public? Sometimes the causes of the struggle are not clearly understood. Yemen is a good example, it is an inter Islamic religious conflict in essence. Understandably Western audiences are loathed to make judgements in such situations and don't fully understand the disputed issues. Hence the lack of interest from news editors. Its not that Westerners don't care or because they are 'racist'. Of course the Western mainstream media is biased as to which narratives it choses to promote. But so are the Arab, Chinese, Latin American, South East Asian and of course the Russian news outlets. The Chinese are currently promoting the idea that Putin is a charismatic ally who has legitimate security concerns through their own state controlled media outlets . They are not focusing upon the Ukrainian suffering because it would not serve their narrative. The Indian mainstream media is similarly refusing to denounce Putin because of their own percieved 'neutrality'. Even the media outlets in Turkey and Israel are steering clear of making overt moral judgements about the Ukrainian crisis. However, they all report upon the USA and the West on a daily basis with great disdain and critical scrutiny (not entirely inaccurately). Why do we expect the Western media to have a different modus operandi when it comes to issues relating to our own stated allies and enemies? Media coverage doesn't lessen the suffering of the oppressed peoples of the World and only journalsists expect it to? It has never significantly improved the situation for Palestinians, it is not doing any practical good in Myanmar and international awareness of the plight of the Uighars in China is not helping them either. Mass media coverage even serves to trivialise suffering sometimes and we all know it can sensationalise or even diminish armed conflicts when it becomes complacent. My point is that; it is a lazy argument to suggest we don't focus upon certain global conflicts because we are racist.The Ukrainian crisis is getting wall to wall coverage because it may just be the most important event in European and global politics in a generation. It demands coverage and analysis because, like 9/11, all our notions of political order, global politics and economic certainties are being destroyed by it. Yemen, Myanmar, The Uyghars, Afghanistan will all be overshadowed by this unfolding event. Even with meticulous coverage by the Western media, we will all be helpless as we watch it unfold, unable to minimise the suffering of the ordinary people involved in it.
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  428. Can't take him seriously after his various snogging sessions with Trump. Goodness knows what depraved acts he consented to in the back room of the White House?
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  429. I just watched this professor's video in which he lays out his 'simple economics' analysis. It just goes to prove that economic theories often don't match up with reality. He say that farmland is artificially valueable because millionaires have been using it as a tax dodge. True. He says farming is artificially unprofitable because the supermarkets control prices. True He thinks taxing the rich guys will bring down the value of the tax dodgers' land and so they will sell it, real farmers will buy the land and everyone will be happier. False. What he doesn't acknowledge is, because the inheritance tax threshold is so low, if you inherit even a small farm you will have a large tax bill and no way of paying it (farmers are asset rich but cash poor. Farms struggle to make profit because of restrictive regulations and the unpredictable weather). You will have to sell off some of your land or your stock or your equipment or the buildings you own, to pay the inheritance tax. Small holders will simply have to sell the lot. Farmers will not want to buy the rich guys' land because it will increase their tax liability. Land ends up getting sold to the mega-big, international, globalist agriculture corporations because they can offset and mitigate their tax liabilities. As the young farmer inbthe clip points out, farms will get sold and food production will move into the hands of the international corporations and the agri-giants. Meanwhile all our British rural traditions, culture, links to the land, animal husbandry, protection of wildlife and community involvement get sold off to faceless forces of global capital. The exact people he's trying to penalize. Brilliant.
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  430. He is not British, he is Russian and says as much all the time. But despite that, he defends a spectrum of British values and attitudes, not just ideologically liberal values,. We should all be prepared to do the same. What is most important is, he is an ally in the bigger cultural debate, not an enemy.
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  431. @wavell14  Sensible comment mate, cheers.
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  432.  @jonclark1091  We're not squabbling sir, we're having a civilised and necessary exchange of views about the future of the Party both of us hope will form the next government, as civilized Englishmen! We have to accept there will be some disagreements about the fine details as we progress, but we both agree upon what the end result should be. Thanks for the reply.
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  433.  @mickey4125  Thanks mate. Nice to know someone got it.
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  434. Why oh why does our so-called 'government' not ENFORCE the singing of 'Land Of Hope and Glory' in schools, hospitals, town halls, universities, high streets and police stations. Force people to take pride in our national strengths: our respected position on the international stage, our history of military might and empire, our royal family, our class system, our brilliant economy and our cultural superiority to all the foreign countries (especially Scotland, Wales and Ireland)...Also it would remind people how pretty our flag is!
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  435. Why oh why does our so called 'government' not just get rid of the BBC and all it's rubbish 'woke' agenda. Let's just have more channels like ITV, with more 'Love Island', and Keith Lemon. Or Dave with lots of Jeremy Clarkson repeats. Or even Yesterday with their many WW2 Hitler programmes. Or we could have Ch5 concentrating on dole scroungers and debt collectors. Or Ch4 with endless 'Four in a bed' or 'Come dine with me'. More Challenge with their classic eighties' quiz shows or 'E' with plenty of make-over/fat shaming shows. Don't forget ID and Crime Investigation with all their lovely murder porn and serial killer shows. And the best thing of all, lots of adverts for fast food, sugary snacks, gambling web sites and cosmetics.
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  436. Absolutely right. I wonder how long it will take to get to the bottom of the grooming gangs scandal?
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  437. Interesting that there is such a consensus about compensating the victims and prosecuting the negligent and the guilty in the Post Office scandal, but not so much agreement about the need for a national enquiry into the grooming gangs. Perhaps the nation needs a better fact based drama on TV?
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  438. Happy Christmas and all the best for the coming year. I'm really glad I came across your channel, I have high hopes for you in the future. Keep it up mate!
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  439.  @catherinehume9193  Exactly.
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  440. In 1984 George Orwell wrote that the last instruction from The Party was 'to ignore the evidence of your own eyes and ears'. That's what Starmer wants us all to do. Pretend the protestors are 'far right' when we know they are not. Pretend they have no legitimate concerns when we know they do.Pretend that mass immigration and the unlimited illegal migration of 'asylum seekers' has no detrimental effect upon our communities, which we all know it does. Pretend that the Islamists do not threaten us with violence, which they do. Pretend that the government seeks to understand our concerns and protect us, which it doesn't. Pretend that there isn't a glaring difference between they way working class English people are treated, especially by the police, and all the various minorities, which there is. Pretend we have a voice, which we do not.
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  441. What annoyed me was the way Emily Maitliss constantly put Tate and Peterson in the same category, as promoting 'toxic masculinity'. Anyone with a passing aquaintance of the two would know they are far from similar in their philosophies. As for promoting toxic masculinity, I have never heard JP espouse anything but the need for men to choose their words carefully, take responsibility for their choices and to have some self discipline.
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  442. As much as genetics create the potential at the outset of an individual's development, environment can facilitate or frustrate that development. Nature and nurture go hand in hand but oportunity and guidance are the gate keepers. Even diet, exercise, access to educational support, housing conditions are significant and of course familial/community support systems have a huge influence. We all know that a charismatic teacher can have a huge influence on how a individual can develop. Of course if you don't have the genetic tools to do the job it doesn't help, or if you have inherent medical concerns or inherited mental illnesses. But environment can set the parameters of development. In my experience genetic privilege gets trumped by environmental disadvantage most of the time just as individuals with limited genetic potential can flourish in supprtive surroundings. Just look at Boris Johnson. It was his environmental advantages that were responsible for his rise, but it will it be his nature that will bring about his downfall. Hopefully.
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  443. Especially if there were a load of Welsh people in attendence?
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  444.  @Flunkbox  I know the stats are hard to come by. The ONS and the Home Office will refuse to supply them if requested. They also don't like to provide data on which ethnicities claim the most state benefits. This is part of the problem. Ordinary British people, particular young girls, feel it and see it every day as they pass through areas where young asylum seeking men congregate. Anecdotal evidence suggests this kind of violence and sexual assault is much more prevalent than the media is prepared to acknowledge.
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  445. We absolutely do not have free speech in the UK, we have confined speech which is why we have such a long tradition of English political philosophers trying to define the parameters and justifications for free speech. Half the reason why British non-conformists went to settle in America was to escape the legal restrictions upon their rights of speech, association and religious expression..
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  446. How naive to imagine that professional politicians are not ambitious, self-serving narcissists! Across all the parties. Look at how many drop away when they realise they will no longer hold high office.
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  447.  @Jason-fm4my  Just saying what I see. Not saying I approve, just trying to suggest why people like Farage are popular.
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  448. This is so reminiscent of the eighties. A huge divide of wealth, opportunity and representation. I expect similar social unrest and division to ensue. We are continually cheated by our representatives, lied to by our politicians, distracted by the media and disregarded.
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  449.  @sambucca1817  I entirely agree. Modern 'activists' seem to concentrate their activities on social media, publishing and the human resources departments of large public organisations. You rarely see them providing practical support the communities they say they are representing.
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  450.  @markkavanagh7377  CRT underpins a lot of this, but as Dr Ehsan points out, you can make a very lucrative income out of representing CRT in the media, the workplace or social discourse. Much more lucrative than the old class conciousness angle. It is not so much about middle class guilt as being opportunistic or pragmatic. The fact that it is so divisive and leads to a very questionable conclusion doesn't seem to matter at this moment in history, particularly not to its evangelistic devotees.
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  451.  @davideldred.campingwilder6481  What facts? I still don't get it? Let's get it clear, I'm saying identitarians rarely involve themselves in local community politics or civic responsibility, instead they profit from negative, unsubstantiated criticism of British politics, society and culture in the MSM and through social media. They espouse a problematic and contradictory philosophy that moves our society backward. I could provide evidence if you need it?
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  452.  @JR-iw8du  I'm sure things were better in the old days, no crime, no teenage pregnancy, no poverty, no poor health, no poor housing, no alcoholism and no exploitation of the poor by the rich. But is that a reason to deny people protection against those things today?
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  453.  @farvatron  I was being sarcastic, I thought that was obvious.
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  454.  @alanwilliams3677  Great point. Social conditions have improved since Victorian times, consumerism has provided more comfort and nicer household conveniences, we are generally healthier, better fed and longer lived. Children are not forced to go up chimneys and we no longer have the poor house or the debtor's prison, we have state pensions, state education, sick pay, worker's rights and even women can vote. So why do you thinknthings are worse? This idea that all our social woes stem from multi culturalism, I believe is a falacy. Victorian London did have a multi-cultural aspect, especially in East London. In an area like Whitechapel you would find Eastern European Jews and Gentiles, Oriental communities such as the 'Lascars' and the Chinese, Portuguese, Arab, Indian, West and East Africans, West Indian and Middle Eastern communities. That's not to mention Irish catholics, Scottish protestants and straight forward old English working classes. It was the centre of an empire after all. The original melting pot, with different religions, languages and dress. As far as levels of violence is concerned I'm not convinced. Obviously the Metropolitan Police was in it's infancy for most of the Victorian era and statistics are hard to find or corroborate. But if our society is more violent nowadays I still don't accept that it is as a consequence of only multi culturalism any more than it is only as a consequence of poverty, poor education, poor housing conditions, cost of living, tv violence or video games etc etc. It is a consequence of all those things combined. Plus nowadays we also have social media, American pop culture, the glamorisation of violence in movies and tv and of course knife crime. They all feed into the picture in my opinion. I think our country is less racist, more tolerant and has more liberal values generally, but I don't think that this has made us more violent, I just think we are made more aware of violence because of the news media and so on. American society is much more violent than ours and levels of violence in places like Brazil and South Africa make the UK look much safer.
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  455. By the time we get to next General Election they will have established their own party to represent their own concerns. It may be in disguise; like the Green Party or The Workers' Party or it may be confident enough to reveal what it really is. Either way there is no chance of people like Jess Phillips winning their seats again.
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  456. Those who live amongst Muslim communities understand that there is a huge difference between moderate and 'culturally Muslim' people and the tiny minority of radical Islamists. The problem is that the small minority are hugely influential in those communities and the moderates are very poor at speaking out against or standing up to them, so they tend to set the agenda. They are, more often than not, young men and hold views that are entirely undemocratic, illiberal and some might even say fanatical. Any right minded Western, liberal minded person would be well advised to recognize this and gaurd themselves against them.
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  457. I'm still furious with Ed for the ridiculous video he did about how successful multi culturalism is in Leicester. A city that had nightly race riots between Pakistani and Indian youths less than a year ago. A city which is divided from West to East on religious/racial grounds. Do some content about the record numbers of legal and illegal immigration over the last two years, how the Tories have lied about immigration since David Camron's tenure and stop gaslighting working class people's legitimate concerns about it. The left need to provide direction or Reform will take the lead in the debate. Still angry with Ed.
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  458.  @django3422  Clearly its hard to tell the whole story in one short Youtube comment. But the self appointed community leaders you mention still needed three days to come to grips with the cultural/ethinic/sectarian violence in the Leicester community. Doesn't sound very successfully intergrated to me. My point was that Ed's puff piece deliberately set out to suggest that public's concerns over the social/economic costs of accomodating large numbers of asylum seekers plus record levels of recent immigration (legal and illegal) were unfounded. He trivialised a very serious debate. Politics Joe shouldn't be doing it. It will be a major factor in the next general election and the left need to define what they have to offer to deal with it, not to simply ignore it and gaslight the many people who are justifiably concerned about it.
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  459.  @django3422  'People' are not saying that they are satisfied with levels of migration/numbers of asylum seekers/the failures of multiculturalism at all, only the carefully selected group chosen to be in the Ed's video. In fact it is quite the contrary, and has been since the Cameron era and especially during the whole Brexit debate, which is why I am suggesting Ed's video was obviously biased. People like Politics Joe need a frank and honest debate from the perspective of the left, not a puff piece saying "Everything's fine, nothing to see here...think about all them lovely restaraunts and move on"
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  460.  @django3422  Blathering? I thought I was being quite coherent. If you require evidence to support the proposition that UK citizens are concerned about record levels of migration I would point you no further than reactions to the recent figures published by the Home Office across the mainstream media, tv, radio, social media and conference debates. I naturally presume that whoever is engaging in this comment thread would be aware of the background of the debate. Recent surveys show that after the economy and health, immigration is the third biggest concern of the UK population, with 43% saying its their biggest concern. Here is a link to a quite politically balanced analysis of the numbers and the law, which includes both government data and some statistical analysis. We can call it my evidence, as I can't exactly cut and paste graphs from the ONS into this discussion thread or include data from The Home Office. You probably wouldn't want to read it even if I did. https://youtu.be/_ZhuZOuECOE?si=YkcDprZJKgdxSw8S My point was that the video was biased. The evidence was the video itself. I could go to Leicester and get vox pops to support my contention myself, but I suspect it wouldn't convince you even if I did. But if I did I would at least try to do a full and frank report rather than a snow job like Ed did.
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  461. And don't forget, many of the courses have been deliberately designed by 'acredited educational entities' to attract foriegn students (and their fees) by promising visas while not requiring any significant amount of study or attendance. Also, many foriegn students do not even attempt to complete their courses, dropping out but remaining indefinitely in the country.
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  462. @BritishLandeur  I don't know why but Youtube keep immediately deleting my replies. I was trying to say that I agree with you and that the situation you describe was also the case in the seventies, with the Bader-Meinhof Gang in Germany and the Brigado Rossi in Italy as two examples. Ridiculously unrealistic and unachievable demands lead to extremely violent tactics, all the while being romanticised by foolish young left wingers. It is very worrying when people start justifying and celebrating extremism. No one benefits from the actions of fanatics.
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  463. Certainly Blair ramped it up, but Cameron continued it and May too. But let's not overlook the fact that it was Boris Johnson who turbo charged it. In 2019 he promised highly qualified, highly paid Australia style immigration. Then, post COVID, without consulting the public, he went against that to introduce the most liberal system we have ever had. He even removed the rule that jobs should be advertised in the UK before elsewhere. Sunak has made a pathetic attempt to raise the minimum salary threshold under his watch, but the last two years have seen the highest levels of mass immigration in this country's history. We went from tens of thousands each year to well over a million, leaving net migration of around 750,000 in each of the last two years. Blair certainly can be blamed but let's not let the Tories off the hook, they have been much, much worse.
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  464. The same kind of emotional blackmail was used on Channel 4 news last night. The narrative was that the migrants are like children and should be cared for and protected. The implication being that they are not responsible for their own actions and if they are not treated well then we (The British) are abdicating our duty of care. They also had an item suggesting that the Irish authorities should have the right to return unwanted migrants to the UK. They said that the Rwanda Scheme had frightened them so much that they all felt thwt they had to move on. The implication was that this was unfair. Ten minutes later, ironically, they had an item about the current record levels of homelessness amongst children in the UK, totally failing to make any kind of link between the two stories. As long as the Rwanda Scheme is in operation I suppose we can expect a lot more of this kind of news coverage?
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  465. Not sure why you felt it necessary to post this in addition to the full length interwiew. Wish you hadn't!. Sadly I find I'm mostly in agreement, my God its depressing.
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  466.  @simonj5615  I preferred it when it was run with the workers included in its management rather than excluded, under-paid and undermined. I preferred it when the postal workers were paid a fair wage. In their defence, Post Office workers have never blocked progress and have never sought to hang on to inefficient working practises. If the Post Office was inefficient and was loss making that lies with the senior execs, not the workers. The postal workers have always been non-militant and progressive. If it is indeed true that that the Post Office will always require subsidy (and that is by no means proven, given the eye watering large bonuses paid to its senior executives, the huge profits made year on year since 2013 and the huge dividends paid to share holders, all of which is revenue that leaves the exchquer never to return) I would still support it. This is because it provides a traditional role in British life that is important to local communities, to its workers and to its customers. Some things are worth it. I am reminded of the expression 'knowing the price of everything but the value of nothing'? Some of our institutions are worth hanging on to because they are more valuable than the accountants seem to realise.
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  467. It's hard to take Gove at his word after his party's 14 years of failure. Why was there no Ntional statutory enquiry, specifically into Pakistani grooming, rape and torture gangs, under the Tories? It wasn't just failures at local government level, it was quite obviously also central government and Whitehall as well as senior officials in regional police forces. They should all be exposed and brought to justice. Let right be done.
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  468.  @jarofspanners3523  I identify mostly as a bastard with an slight element of dotard. Sometimes I wear a leotard while bathing in custard.
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  469.  @jarofspanners3523  I got the Mrs to eat a winkle once. She didn't like it one bit.
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  470.  @jarofspanners3523  Bournemouth beach was so packed yesterday there was literally nowhere for economic migrants to come ashore. Plus there was enough crap on the beach to put off anyone!
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  471. A very disappointing bit of virtue signalling and fluff from the once erudite Mr Fry. He doesn't seem to understand how far our political culture has shifted in the last twenty years or so. He's still concerned about authoritarian threat of 'the right', of Farage or Reform, of Thatcher or Mary Whitehouse. He thinks the words that are being restricted are swear words, that trans kids need to be protected from being the butt of jokes, that blasphemy laws relate to old fashioned Christian sensibilities and that 'the liberal elites' are not a real thing, certainly not something to be concerned about, he doesn't think we should express our hatred. He doesn't seem to have noticed that we are no longer allowed to. He doesn't seem to understand that it is the left that are the authoritarians now, that the language has being stolen by ideologues, that the capture of the institutions is not an abstract concept, that Trump is not an evil entity but perhaps the media that lies about him may be, that we don't mistrust the leader of Hungary, we might actually be interested in his independence from the globalists. He also doesn't seem to understand how irrelevant his style of woolly liberal Englishness is and how redundant and endangered it has become. 'Fair play' only applies to certain 'oppressed' groups and his feeling of shame and embarassment at expressing pride in Britishness is half the reason why we got here. Sadly he has very little to offer.
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  472. As a product of a failing comprehensive I am very upset that I can't expect to enjoy any white privileges. I was hoping for at least getting more pudding or not getting beaten up by the local police.
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  473. How can the owners sustain so many empty retail units? Often planning permission is granted to huge businesses (Sainsburys or Tescos have especially taken advantage of this model) to build apartment blocks (very lucrative) as long as they provide 'the community' with something in return. So they design the blocks of apartments with 'retail units' on the ground floor. There is very little demand for these units so they can remain empty for years. The best you can expect is a Tescos/Sainsburys Local convenience store. The company in question doesn't mind having these units empty because the financial rewards from the apartment spaces above the property are so huge. Because of this they can ofset huge business rates. In most cases, if the retail space is empty, the business rates don't even apply. In this way these corporations dominate the high street with small convenience stores or empty units, depressing the high street footfall and trade, taking it away from independent traders who cannot afford the extortionate business rates. Meanwhile the apartments are sold at unimaginably high prices and/or let with huge rents. They destroy shopping areas and saturate town centres with unaffordable housing. It is a model that has been happening for over a decade so we are now seeing the long term effects.
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  474. Richard Madely's gasps of disbelief reassured me that he is the sort of man who disapproves of workplace sexist banter. He's probably a kind of saint.
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  475.  @Voting-does-nothing  The reality is: no one gets 118 subscribers without posting any content, regardless of their views about Enoch Powell. If you care so much about 'truth' and 'freedom' you should take the time to check the facts and then you wil be free from disinformation. I would add that the USSR respected Stalin too, and he was Europe's greatest mass murderer, so that's hardly a recommendation is it? Your comment doesn't make sense. By the way, I don't watch TV, I watch Joe Fish content. Obviously.
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  476.  @Art-is-craft  Politically no, geographically yes. You are being silly.
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  477. This is an on-going stain on our national character. We have become victims of an autoritarian state by stealth. No one voted for this, no one agrees with it and no one wants to be subject to it, yet here we are. I wonder if this comment will be used against me at a later date? Probably worth 18 months or so?
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  478.  @ILikeFreedomYo  The UK government is currently trying to force through legislation that would obligate 'key workers' to provide 'minimum service' during any industrial action. No one is exactly sure what 'minimum service' actually means and who the 'key workers' would be but it is clear such legislation would be taking away the right to strike from certain workers. Previously this kind of restriction has only applied to the army and the police etc. This is part of a long history of anti-union laws which go right back to the Margaret Thatcher era. Personally I think that a responsible government should be redressing the reasons why people need to strike, rather than restricting their rights when they do so as a last resort? I could be wrong though, it does seem an idealistic sort of thing to believe and probably not a sentiment shared by many in the US?
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  479.  @SignalCorps1  It is sad if unions are 'a waste of time' in the USA. I'm not sure how it works from state to state in the US, but in the UK, unions provide workers with a means of 'collective bargaining'. That means no individual worker can be punished or intimidated for seeking to protect themselves when in conflict with their employer. They do not only represent you in negotiations on wages but also in disciplinary matters, providing legal advice and legal representation. They can protect your working conditions and working practise as well as consulting with management over contracts and regulation on your behalf. They can even lobby for companies to be sanctioned or regulated by government on behalf of their members. They can provide workers with training and education and even career advancement in some cases. They can provide hardship funds during disputes and can link with other associated unions to provide support and solidarity during prelonged strike action. In the UK they have been traditionally linked to the Parliamentary Labour Party so they can also provide a route to the legislature, effecting policy and shaping the national debate. Some union activists have eventually taken up seats in the government. They have even brought down a government or two! In most Scandinavian countries they are an essential part of industrial, economic and social policy making. Its not just about wages, its about giving you representation, fighting to make sure your work place is safe, to make sure you are treated with dignity and to make sure you are not exploited by your employer. There is strength within a union.
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  480.  @SignalCorps1  Yes, I get the feeling from some of the comments above that unions in the UK and in the US are two entirely different things. Certainly ours don't have these traditional links with organised crime but they do have links to very left wing politics including a traditional sympathy for the USSR era Russians.
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  481.  @ILikeFreedomYo  in the UK we don't have a constitution just a complicated set of historic statutes.Education budgets are set by a combination of the Chancellor and the Exchequer. The same applies to healthcare, the police, the army etc etc. These budgets are then paid to local and municipal governments, regional health authorities and regional police authorities, who can then allocate the money as they see fit. Some are better than others at doing this, some have different priorities. All of them have been experiencing lower budgets i(n real terms, when taking into account inflation) probably since 2008. Subsequently many local education authorities have put constraints on education spending for many years, this is reflected in salaries and the working conditions. Similarly in hospitals have had to pay staff less and cut back on repairs and renewals. The police and the army have severely cut their numbers. Public sector workers have had the right to strike and have had it for over 100 years. Obviously they don't feel they should give that right up, so successive governments have restricted what they can do through the law. The general public in this country are split about the degree of freedom unions should have, while public sector workers have some of the strongest and well supported unions in the country. They also have some of the most poorly paid and under valued jobs. With professions like nurses and teachers there is a historic reluctance to strike, with the police and the army it is simply illegal. But also in these occupatiins there is a reluctance to leave the profession (because it is seen as a vocation) and this may explain why they are often so under valued and poorly paid. Meanwhile the government has allowed their terms and condiions to deteriorate for almost a decade, subsequently there are some that want to strike but also many who see they have no choice and are reluctantly leaving the professions. If you want good services provided by competent professionals you have to pay them fairly and value the work they do, otherwise you get very poorly delivered services, industrial disputes and societal disharmony. That is what we are currently experiencing in the UK. The strikes and the urge to strike are a symptom of the maliase, not its cause. The cause is over a decade of austerity, shocks to the economy, Brexit fall out, poor government oversight, ideological conflict, a cost of living crisis and declining standards of living.
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  482. Should have put a chick into it and made her gay!
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  483. I've had plenty of Muslim friends and colleagues over the years and, with one or two exceptions, if you were to press them on any subject, by far the majority would reveal themselves as quite anti-semitic, very intolerant of homosexuality and generally inclined towards conspiratorial narratives of western oppression of Islam. When pressed on Islamic thought and belief they are usually defensive and strangely unwilling to go into details or publicly criticise other muslims with more extreme opinions. This is because moderate westernized muslims know their position is not considered legitimate by traditional Islamic belief and practise, and are a little unwilling to explain to non-muslims what the doctrines of Islam trully are. I think the woman on LBC is correct, Westerners should talk more to their muslim friends and neighbours and try to get a better understanding of what they think and believe. Rather than allaying their fears, it would go some way to overcome the institutional Islamophilia this country suffers from and the ignorance of most liberal westerners about what Islamic doctrine trully involves. Ask them, for example, what they think of Zionism and what exactly should happen to Israel and the people it currently contains. Ask them their attitude towards homosexuality and what should be done with gay men. Ask them what they think about liberal, democratic values in general. Ask them what they think of America and what rights women should be 'allowed'. Ask them what the age of consent for women should be or how many wives a muslim man should be allowed and whether it is acceptble for those men to sexually assault girls from other faiths or even their own wives and daughters. Ask them if its acceptable for a middle aged man to have an arranged marriage with an underage girl. Ask them if it is okay to marry your cousin. Ask them what they think about 'honour killings. Ask them what they are taught should happen to muslims who choose to reject Islam. Ask them how Christians and Jews who live in Islamic countries should be treated and what their status should be. Ask them whether the UK would better or worse if it was to adopt Shariah law. Ask them if they would be happy living uner the Caliphate. Ask them if they would ever be prepared to fight for the British Army if we were to go to war with a muslim country. Ask them if muslims are allowed to lie to non-muslims or ask them why Muslim men don't like to shake hands with westerners particularly women. Ask them if their religious identity comes before their national identity. Ask them what they think will happen to non-muslims on the day of judgement. Anyone who doesn't already know what the answers to those questions are likely to be, really needs to talk to some honest muslims. Good luck...
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  484.  @Giovanni_B9  I wish I could listen to the multitracks then, you hear stuff you've never heard before, it's magical.
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  485. As soon as he started talking about London, saying how great it is, he lost me. London is a dog eat dog world with not enough dog to go round. We are not all the children of immigrants, nor are we surrounded by high agency individuals purposefully pursuing their life goals. It is not a melting pot, it is series of ghettos with very little integration and very little social cohesion. Mostly London is a range of separate identity groups and separate ethnic groups, following entirely separate agendas; competing against each other for a shrinking pool of resources and services, treating each other with distrust, hostility and resentment. Try being part of a traditional white working class community, who have lived in a certain area for generations, being squeezed out of your own neighbourhood by a combination of gentrification and mass immigration, shopping at local shops where you are served by people who can't talk English, who no longer sell the products you want, where you are treated with suspicion and sometimes outright hostility because of your race, religion or ethnicity. Try holding on to your traditional cultural values when, not only the people surrounding you don't share them, but they are being denigrated in local schools, by local councils, by the media and the broader community. Try spending some time in any average London Secondary School. Try getting a council flat. Try finding a fair rent. Try buying a house. Try having your home regulalrly burgled, or your bike stolen, or your car broken into, knowing that the police will do nothing. Try finding someone who is prepared to be a witness when a crimes occurs, even in broad daylight. Try walking around at night when you are constantly at risk of being mugged, having to avoid gang related drug and knife crime, random violent attacks, imported ethnic conflicts, two tier policing and anti white racism. Try objecting to a Palestinian or Rainbow flag being strung up outside your house. Try complaining about your Nigerian neighbours' anti-social behaviour to your Nigerian local council housing officer. Try driving around London regularly, trying to avoid all the parking restrictions, bus lanes, cycle lanes and traffic flow restrictions. Try to avoid getting a parking ticket or an extortionate Transport for London driving fine Try objecting to Ramadam and Eid being observed and celebrated, to the exclusion of Easter, in your work place. Try asking for help if you are elderly or disabled. Try getting an appointment with your local dentist or GP. Try getting a place for your kid at the only decent school in your neighbourhood. Just try asking for directions and you'll see the social disconnect that currently exists in London: no one knows the city beyond their own ghetto, no one speaks the language properly, no one knows the social history of their own area and no one wants to help a stranger, even if they can. Try riding on the tube or catching a bus late at night. Try talking to a stranger in a shop or in a neighbourhood you do not know. Try avoiding the needles and the homeless drunks and junkies when you go to your local park. Try finding a swimming pool, library or local pub that is still open. Talk about luxury values; he hasn't got a clue. London is great when you are millionaire celebrity Jimmy Carr, not so great for everyone else.
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  486. Brilliant, the only interview you've done where the guest simply couldn't be arsed to answer the final question!
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  487. Why oh why does our so-called 'government not understand that it is high time they got rid of the BBC with their lying 'woke' agenda. Antiques Roadshow never actually shows a road, Eamon Holmes never gets hit by a hammer in Homes under the hammer. There are no cheap fox hunting opportunities in Bargain hunt. Song of Praise have no song based compliments, Gardeners do not rule the world. Escape to the country has no prison breaks from city prisons. Do they think we are stupid? I'm not, I know better than to expect Question Time to deal with how arbitrary the concept of 'time' is, Countryfile never shows abrasive rural tools and why has The One Show not been shown only once?
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  488.  @jarofspanners3523  Bloody BBC and their waking up old ladies agenda!
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  489. At the start Kevin tries so hard to re-frame the facts to cover himself: suggesting that everything possible has already been done, asserting that the only reason why this issue has resurfaced was because of an 'ill-informed Elon Musk' (not the British people's justified and on-going anger), implying that the previous national enquires had already adequately covered grooming gangs, blaming Tory MPs but never Labour councils, even describing offenders as mostly white! Meanwhile, we all know it's an absolute national scandal, way beyond the Post Office scandal, the Hillsborough cover-up, the contaminated blood scandal and we all think that heads should roll! I wonder why Kevin doesn't see it that way?
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  490. Why oh why does our so-called 'government' not realise that by cancelling Christmas they are playing into the hands of all the other religions that don't believe in Jesus. And don't mention the flipping atheists, they get Christmas presents even though they don't even believe in Jesus, or God, or the Holy Ghost!
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  491. Oh dear. This guy continues to fall at the lowest of hurdles. No wonder the narcissistic sociopaths in the Tory Party continue to get away with it.
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  492. This is a really interesting topic. Having British values does not make you British that much is clear and you are right, British values are probably most easily defined by what they are not rather than what they are? You know when you see it.
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  493. I was blocked the very first time I left a comment on Novaro, about four years ago. It was an item about how, at the Labour Party Conference, Starmer was ignoring the demands from Student Unions to be more left wing. I simply commented, 'What do you expect? Get real kiddies!'. I have never been able to leave a comment since. It's funny really.
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  494. I'm wondering if the hostility towards Roger Hallam is because people don't accept the claim that the climate is in crisis or that he presents the case so poorly? Or perhaps people just don't like him as a person? If the climate changing is trully a crisis it seems a shame that we are being warned by someone so ill equipped to convince us of the need to recognize it or to influence us to do something to avert it.
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  495. As far as patriarchies are concerned, does having a female Home Secretary and a female Head of the Metropolitan Police after so recently having our second female PM count for anything?
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  496. Excellent content Andrew.
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  497. Well done for getting Kathleen Stock guys. Very timely.
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  498. I think you are spot on. London and many other historical cities in Europe can not keep expanding without destroying historical, geographical and social assets. Cities like Toronto and Houston are surrounded by empty rural areas. He also ignores the social cost of city expansion as traditional communities are moved out by more afluent incomers lese linked to the area and more likely to be economically less tied to the location. Plus the value of the newly built properties inevitably attracts investors not sustainable locally based economic growth, hence developments alongside the Thames or around Stratford Olympic Park etc are still largely empty having been bought by foreign investment capital not by people who want to live in them and develop lives lived in the local areas. To me its all about who has the wealth, influence and tools to take advantage of demand for more accomodation and what their ultimate objective is. If it is dominated by foreign (Chinese) investment, there is no need to protect communities only to make profit, which is then invested elsewhere. It is happening all over the world (New York, Paris, London even Moscow) at great expense to local culture and community and Prof. Hicks should be aware of that in detail. That is why we don't let a Philosophy Professors plan Housing Policy.
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  499. Talk about logical inconsistency: the hypocrasy at Glasto is legendary. They call for 'no borders' while the fastival site is surrounded by a fence that would perfectly suited to surrounding the Gaza strip. They claim to support 'Diversity' while the audience is almost entirely middle class and white. They go on about Inclusivity but are more than happy to exclude anyone who can't afford the entry fee and ruthless in removing anyone who hasn't paid the £400 to attend. They spout love and compassion while cheering on hate speech and acts calling for the 'death of the IDF'. They imagine themselves as the 'counter culture' while entirely matching and conforming to the values of the ruling progressive, liberal elite. The stupidity is mind boggling.
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  500. If a picture of a man looking like that appeared in a book, depicting a fictional evil character intent on violence, it would be called an unacceptable racist stereotype and the book would instantly be withdrawn. Reality is now much more politically incorrect than fiction.
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  501.  @BritishLandeur  it reminded me of something I may have seen in an Enid Blyton children's book I read as a small child. Obviously those kind of books are no longer available in the UK nowadays. Perhaps if they were, people would learn to recognize an existential threat when they saw one.
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  502.  @NimbleBard48  Of course, and your observations are useful and interesting. I know about Polish winters, I visited Krakow and Zakopane for New Year in the nineties. It was COOOOOLD! We do not get conditions like that in the UK, we just have floods with pollution funning into rivers caused by overflowing sewers. So we won't be having a white Xmas, we will be having a shite Xmas.
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  503. Not far right. Not racist. Not violent. Not drunk. Not football hooligans. It wasn't even a protest, it was a celebration of national pride. Nice to know that Sky News is batting for the other side though, makes it easier to ignore their biased reporting.
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  504. Simon's description of Bridgerton as 'really grotesque' because it features non white actors is very revealing. It is a historical fantasy drama, and not intended to be seen as historically accurate. No one thinks there was a black Queen in Regency times. It is simply a device to not exclude black and Asian actors from tv historical drama, they deserve to earn a crust too don't they, or should they only be allowed to play drug dealers and gang members in modern urban settings? Bridgerton is not supposed to be realistic. Its supposed to be entertaining. Most people think it is and enjoy it for its superficiality, like a Regency 'Keeping up with the Kardashians'. Personally I don't like either show, but not because of the melanin in the skin of the principle characters. But I suspect that is the reason why Simon doesn't like it. As for the complaints that he continually receives, I think that is because his views are always race critical, gender critical or in some way at odds with the social justice agenda. Whether they are based upon any historical analysis or not, they are always reactionary and anti-progressive.. His resentment of the modern SJW influences in society overwhelm his analysis and inform all of his opinions He resents public figures (such as Emma Radicanu and Lewis Hamilton) who he sees as not being 'properly British', clearly because of the colour of their skin and not because of any defecit in the quality of their character or their competency. He describes education as indoctrination but he clearly has very little understanding or experience of what teachers actually do in classrooms, what the curriculum demands, how teachers relate to the times they live in or how they approach multi cultural pupils in multi ethnic schools. I suspect that all he knows about modern teaching practise and content is what he gets from the right wing reactionary press. "Our history is becoming propaganda!" How does he know, has he visited schools to see how it is taught, has he sat in on any lessons? Of course not. If the teaching of history in British schools was really just the indoctrination of the woke agenda wouldn't OfStEd, the Ministry for Education and the Conservative government be strenuously opposing all that? It is a myth perpetuated by the likes of Simon and the reactionary right wing newspapers he reads. He likes to characterise British history as 'under threat' from being taught in a particularly narrow way. But that is precisely what he does, or proposes should be done, ignoring race, gender and class from his analysis. Never question historical figures or the value of their actions. Never prosecute the past for injustice unless it has no bearing on race, gender etc. Never be sceptical of what the previous generations have taught as the orthodoxy and never undermine historical institutions. Sounds very authoritarian doesn't it? Needless to say, most professional historians would not approve of such restraints. Nor should they. He describes British culture as 'high culture' implying that it is above every other or at least suggesting that other cultures are 'lower'? He thinks 'great literature' should never be re-evaluated by new generations, even if it embodies values that are no longer held or reflects societies that are deeply flawed. He resents modernity and pop culture and believes it has no merit. Perhaps because it is so often informed by non white influences. He speaks for people who can not speak for themselves, but in many instances what he says should be very carefully unpacked before its taken as gospel. He likes to characterise his views as what most people think but dare not say. Most people do not think like him because they are not on a one man campaign to fight a race critical battle against modern culture through the use of the internet. Most people in Britain want to be tolerant and open minded, get on with their neighbours and make the best of it? Not enforce their culture on others. He knows a fair bit about history but he is very selective about his choice of supporting evidence and quite deliberately biased in many cases. He exagerates and distorts facts to draw simple conclusions. Usually to support a race critical conclusion. For example, children are not taught that there was a 'black' Roman emperor who died in Britain. Responsible teachers teach that Severus was a Roman citizen who came from a Roman province in North Africa. Draw your own conclusions about how dark his skin was. Because of all this Simon is a very problematic old chap. I suspect, however, he probably really enjoys the notoriety that he now enjoys? If not, he would pack it all in. Enoch Powell enjoyed notoriety too, didn't he? As did Sir Oswald Mosely. I could go on... Of course there are those that admire him, but I wonder whether they support his analysis of history or rather support his problematic take on race and modern British social culture? I personally think he is smug and very unsettling. But that's just me, I'm a bit smug and unsettling myself. Trolls, you may now begin...
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  505. They had Aaron Bastani on two months ago, a left wing Palestinian supporter.
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  506.  @freedone.  Exactly the kind of comment this ignorant, ill informed debate needs. Detailed, well researched, historically accurate and irrefutable. Now watch how many people ignore it to put forward their entirely emotional and poorly argued points of view.
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  507.  @freedone.  Thanks for the reply. There is this terrible crisis in Gaza and israel, it is disgusting and abhorent to normal people. However, in the great rush to take sides, not only are people ignoring the facts to support their own bias, but people are excusing the horrendous actions taken by both sides of the conflict. I include the IDF and Hamas in that. Your comment was an example of how to use historical fact to cut through the bs. No one is in the right if the innocent must be slaughtered but equally I haven't heard anyone come up with a convincing, non-violent solution of how to bring it all to an end. So let us at least be compassionate, balanced and objective if not wise .
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  508.  @BritishLandeur  Agreed. You can just hear them muttering under their breath behind each other's back "Come the glorious day brother, you'll be first up against the wall!"
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  509. It would appear that Reform are just as easily used as a vehicle for non native ethnic, religious and sectarian manipulation, as all the other parties. Are those who run our political parties really so gullible or are they simply entirely withoout integrity? Talking of which, if Ben Habib can get Rupert Lowe to team up with him we may be in business...
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  510. Miles wasn't as technically accomplished as Wynton but created and guided at least two complete styles of jazz that are still influential today. Has to be Miles.
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  511. If indeed a national enquiry (with or without statutory powers) is ever held, it will be the end of the Labour Party as a credible option, in local or national elections, for all but diehard lefties. That is why the current government will never allow it to happen.
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  512.  @stephenwilliams9950  I don't remember him being mentioned in the manifesto, or Boris' wife Carrie for that matter and yet apparently they both shaped policy and influenced the government. I'm not defending the civil service, I think they are the most undemocratic and unrepresentative element of our political system, I'm just saying it's ironic Dominic Cummings is complaining that unelected individuals have all the power behind the scenes. That is exactly what he aspired to be.
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  513.  @Fosterwongzzz  I think that's what Dawkins wss saying. Even Christopher Hitchens would probably agree with that sentiment, I certainly do.
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  514. Rock bands that could still do a half time show: Foo Fighters, Chilli Peppers, Pearl Jam?
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  515. Best Triggernometry ever.
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  516.  @Demonstrably  Well spotted. At least you read the comment. After the Brentford fixture I had a lot of concerns and this seemed the best way to vent my frustrations!
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  517. As usual: a sober assessment of the realities rather than an ideologically biased advert for a set of idealistic principles. Keeping the facts at the front of the dabate.
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  518. For Starmer's information: reasons for the protests: 1. The history of Islamist violence going back to 2005 2. Enforced mass immigration, despite electoral promises by both main parties to limit or reduce numbers. 3. The cost and anti-social threat posed by iillegal migrants. 4. The ‘woke’ progressive agenda undermining British history, culture and freedom of speech. 5. The mainstream media demonising, dismissing and mischaracterising the English working classes and those who speak for them (TR). 6. Two Tier policing. 7. The blatant imbalance of the PM and Home Secretary’s response. 8. The emergence and threat of 'political Islam'. 9. The rise of knife crime, grooming gangs, acid attacks and sexual violence on the streets of English towns. 10. The huge religious/ethnic ghettos, the failure of multi-culturalism and increasing lack of trust in national institutions, 11. The Pro Gaza marches with all the associated anti-Western rhetoric, anti-semitism and civil disobedience. 12. The housing crisis and cost of living crisis. 13. Imported foreign conflicts leading to violent disorder on English streets. 14. Finally and most significantly: three innocent little English girls brutally and senselessly murdered by a second generation immigrant. Ignore the narrative about fake news, online disinformation and misinformation being deliberately spread. It is a minor detail. Ignore the narrative about extremist agitators coming in from outside, if they exist at all they are on both sides of the divide.
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  519. If people think that crime carries no effective consequence nowadays could it be because the police, the courts and the prisons have been rendered no longer fit for purpose?
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  520. Sam and Eric don't actually disagree: Hamas are fanatics who believe in Jihad, Israel faces an existential threat from them and their supporters, the conflict between the two is inevitable and unavoidable, thousands of Palestinian civilians will get killed in the crossfire while most in the West don't know what they're talking about when they take sides and propose 'solutions'. Far more importantly, neither have a peaceful solution. Instead this is simply a debate about how violently and precisely should Isreal (and in Sam's case the US) exercise military power to quell Hamas. Neither have a solution for the civilian slaughter. Back to square one?
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  521. Thankyou for an excellent and thorough breakdown, so much more insightful and informative than the clips shown on the MSM.
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  522.  @mrbeat7405  Mr Fry is like a national treasure in the UK, it is a though he belongs to all of us, so we all feel we have the right to reflect upon his words. He would expect no less, even if we are critical.
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  523. Excellent content, balanced and informative. Can't see remigration happening without a huge social shift that somehow by-passes the civil service, all the left wing human rights lawyers, the MSM, and all the myriad left wing activists determined to undermine the UK. But it's a nice idea.
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  524. I would love to see Kane go to City and watch Pep get the England team's stars ready for the World Cup?
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  525.  @ProfessorTimWilson  Whether TR is a nice chap or not is rather beside the point. If it were just a question of the media misrepresenting him and his message that would be reletively unremarkable. What is most disturbing is the way that the authorities seem to be determinef to use the law (clumsily and without much self regard) to limit his voice, his movements and his actions. It is made even worse by the fact that TR seems to want to defend what he believes are traditional British values; those of 'cultural Christianity', of societal plurality, of policing without fear or favour, of equality before the law, of freedom of speech etc, while those he is against (who certainly do not share those cultural values) seem to be disproportionally receiving the state's protection.
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  526. If you listen to the dialogue in a 1940s movie like Noel Coward's wonderful 'This Happy Breed' you realise how differently we now speak. So many colourful expressions we no longer use...and no mistake!
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  527. People trust the conservatives to run this country...into the ground.
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  528. @garyshotter8802  For that very reason I would describe it as an entirely undemocratic element of our political system. We are asked to just trust that our betters, 'the great and the good', can be relied upon to pursue our best interests, not their own. Like the Arch Bishop of Canterbury protected the interests of all those abused youngsters not his colleague. It's blatantly and deliberately undemocratic.
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  529. Lord Hermer (the Attorney General) the Sentencing Council and The College of Policing are at the root of this. All three, and the Home Office also, are ideologically opposed to normal British values. The police have become political tool of the progressive left.
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  530. Andrew, you need to get Steven Edginton on to discuss the extent to which the progressive agenda has captured the Civil Service. Considering we are in a cost of living crisis with massive national debt, stagnant GDP, low growth, bankrupt local councils, food banks and stagnant wages; people need to know how many progressive programs have conveniently avoided austerity cuts and are now squandering hundreds of millions of pounds (of tax payers' money) in government funding, local council initiatives and academic grants. The system has been captured and people need to know how much it is costing us all.
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  531. Excellent comment. Well said.
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  532. Thanks for posting Carl, glad you're back.
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  533. Who are these people, these simple minded consumers that alliow consumerism to give them their values? Who lose their moral imaginations and disconnect from their communities in favour of the mindless consumption of empty products designed to only briefly satisfy. Do you know any of them? Can you give examples? Isn't it a bit patronusing to dismiss everyone as geing so facile? Are you one of them Mr Monbiot?
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  534. @RenegadeContext  You have just exposed my racial bias!
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  535.  @isabelclinton9229  My incontinence problem is much worse than it was twelve years ago. That's because I've given up on bladder controls, I'm thinking if the corporations aren't regulated properly why should my bladder be?
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  536. Human migration will characterise the next few decades as vunerable and disadvantaged populations chase security, resources and economic opportunities. Nation states will either deal with that reality in a humane, ethical way: efficiently processing, accomodating and employing migrants, or become high security gated communities, at war with the inevitable flood of human traffic from less developed regions. Those that chose the latter will necessarily develop dramatic and brutal disincentives to migrants and refugeees, severely penalising those that get caught trying to enter illegally and sending out a propagandist narrative to their own populations of security and protection. They may even describe this brutality as 'fairness' as Priti Patel did last week. International law protecting migrants will inevitably begin to change to favour the developed nations. Treaties protecting the rights of the vunerable will be increasingly minimised or simply ignored. Once one nation begins to distance itself from international conventions others will gladly follow, like Denmark seem to want to follow the UK's lead and we want to follow Australia and Isreal. International law in the future will not protect human rights, but rather the rights of soverign states to protect their own borders in whatever way they choose. Probably violently. Citizenship will become as valuable a commodity as housing and employment. Those without citizenship will experience terrible hardship, persecution and will be vunerable to exploitation. The state will develop laws that retain the right to remove citizenship from individuals and groups, for a range of reasons, social control being one, economic policy being another. The wealthy and the influential will enjoy the security of full citizenship and all the benefits that brings while the poor and vunerable will live in fear of their citizenship being withdrawn or limited as a punitive measure of social engineering. Places like Rwanda will be only too willing to exploit this situation for their own economic and social reasons. Human rights and humanitarian issues will not be a priority and the developed nations, exporting their surplus human cargo, will be happy to turn a blind eye to these concerns. This will be the social policy for migration and displacement in the dystopian future of scarcity and cruelty, with the likes of Priti Patel as the architects, cheered on by hate fuelled mainstream media outlets and misinformed populations believing their countries are 'full up' despite the job vacancies and skill disparities. With climate change. wars will be fought over resources such as oil, gas, food and water and those conflicts will create further waves of refugees and economic migrants. Will racism effect policy? Yes. Most countries make little effort to disguise their own ethnic, religious and cultural bias and this will of course feed into which populations are seen as 'good' migrants and which are 'bad'. Skin colour may be a factor but so might caste, ethnicity, religion, language, heritage or the nature of the conflict being escaped from. Like the differences we see in the UK in our response to refugees from Syria, Afghanistan and The Ukraine. In the end we will all have to decide how we wish our own nations to proceed and hold our leaders to account. Otherwise people like Priti Patel will proceed, believing that they are serving the will of the people by being cruel and inflexible. I'm sure her plans for exporting people to Rwanda, like some kind of grotesque parody of a human trafficker, will not ultimately proceed. But I also think her plans are an indication of what the future may hold if we do not guard against it. Otherwise we may end up simply launching unwanted people into the Sun on one of Elon Musk's privately owned space craft!
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  537. Watch Jim criticise the SJW identitarian woke agenda while being careful not to lose his job by actually criticising those who believe it and are forcing it upon the world.
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  538.  @BritishLandeur  Thanks for the reply.
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  539. Historically the 'left' have always had difficulty getting the ordinary people to care about what matters to them. Now more than ever with their obsession with id politics, sectionality and SJW. What they really should be addressing is who they will represent when multi-national corporations introduce technology that strips people of their working roles, when nation states have no influence over the global economy and when the public live longer lives increasingly dependent upon a state that receives less and less tax revenue. Just saying...
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  540. Great content.
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  541. Why are Nicola Sturgeon's feet not touching the floor? Is it an optical illision or she really one of the Crankies? I have long suspected the latter.....
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  542. It seems obvious that female officers are useless in these situations.
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  543.  @jarofspanners3523  its a fair cop guvnor.
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  544.  @inquisitive.lurker  i was talking generally not specifically about Daniel Perry's case. However I don't condemn him either.
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  545. Have to say I would have liked the other guy to shut up so we could hear what Joe wanted to say. Firstly, Will Smith doesn't punch like a man he slaps lke a teenage prom queen. What a jerk. Chris Rock takes it without losing a beat and then makes a joke about it, what a legend. Smith goes on to be celebrated and rewarded and cries like a little school girl. What a wanker. He should take the humiliation of having a cheating, balding wife like a man! But narcissistic, self indulgent, pampered Hollywood stars like Will Smith do as they like and still get approval. Smith's sense of entitlement is palpable! Chris Rock should be celebrated for not pissing himself with laughter at how pathetic and ineffectual Will Smith's slap was and how well he took the whole incident in his stride without resorting to name calling.
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  546. Corbyn reepresents a useful scapegoat for the Labour Party. As long as they distance themselves from him they can appear more 'electable' in the eyes of the MSM and the centrist general public. Meanwhile his 2019 manifesto looks more and more sensible, unlike Mr Starmer's inconsistentcy and manouevering away from his origimal leadership pledges. I think he deals with his 'pariah status' with dignity. Perhaps because he now sees how it could be a useful device for ushering in a Labour Government which, after all, would be better for all of us?
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  547. The reasons for the protests: 1. The history of Islamist violence going back to 2005 2. Enforced mass immigration, despite electoral promises to reduce numbers by both main parties. 3. The cost and anti-social threat posed by iillegal migrants. 4. The ‘woke’ progressive agenda undermining British history, culture and freedom of speech. 5. The mainstream media demonising, dismissing and mischaracterising the English working classes and those who speak for them (TR). 6. Two Tier policing. 7. The blatant imbalance of the PM and Home Secretary’s response. 8. The emergence and threat of 'political Islam'. 9. The rise of knife crime, grooming gangs, acid attacks and sexual violence on the streets of English towns. 10. The huge religious/ethnic ghettos, the failure of multi-culturalism and increasing lack of trust in national institutions, 11. The Pro Gaza marches with all the associated anti-Western rhetoric, anti-semitism and civil disobedience. 12. The housing crisis and cost of living crisis. 13. Imported foreign conflicts leading to violent disorder on English streets. 14. Finally and most significantly: three innocent little English girls brutally and senselessly murdered by a second generation immigrant. Ignore the narrative about fake news, online disinformation and misinformation being deliberately spread. It is a minor detail. Ignore the narrative about extremist agitators coming in from outside, if they exist at all they are on both sides of the divide.
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  548. I particularly resonate with the argument put forward by Mary that the 'progressive gender agenda' does not favour working class men and doesn't particulalrly address the interests of working class women either. Those who support it don't feel the friction and are not in the spaces where it becomes problematic. Invented and developed by the beourgiose left to be 'forced' uopn the working classes, it is 'top down' social change based upon utopian thinking. But once established, having been introduced into the public discourse, adopted by institutions, co-opted into law and perpetuated through assertion by the liberal media, it is almost impossible to undo, adjust, dissent from or even openly criticise.
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  549.  @OrangeNash  Yes, good point. Let me illustrate the effect mass immigration and illegal migration is having upon housing in most towns and cities in the UK . If you, your partner and your kids were unlucky enough to be made homeless (through a no fault eviction for example or an unaffordable raise in the rent) over the last three years, in any area of the UK with a large number of newly arrived immigrants and/or migrants, you discover that there is literally no suitable accommodation available. Not in the private rented sector or provided by the local authorities. You can not apply for help from the council in advance of being evicted, so if you are given prior warning by the landlord that you will be evicted, it is pointless approaching local councils for help until the actual day of the eviction. In other words they force you to become homeless before they will consider helping you. You can not stay with friends or family as this will mean you are no longer technically homeless. Even staying in a tent in a friends garden will mean you are technically no longer considered homeless. Emergency accommodation may possibly be provided in a  'half way' house, usually some distance from where the applicant usually lives, sometimes in a different town or county. This will be the kind of accommodation ordinarily provided for newly released prisoners, drug addicts, prostitutes and street sleepers etc, it is probably provided by a charity. This kind of accommodation does not allow residents to stay in the building during the day meaning most of the day you are forced out onto the streets. Keeping any personal affects or property is discouraged, to avoid theft. Children may sometimes be accommodated in the same building as known sex offenders. Why is the awful situation a consequence of mass immigration? Because cheap rental accommodation in most UK cities and towns is now extremely scarce, if not non-existent. Landlords do not like renting to families, deposits are very high and many landlords now use a 'bidding' system, encouraging interested parties to offer to pay extra rent to get ahead of the queue. Most rental accommodation is now made up of 'houses of multiple occupants'. This is mostly intended for singles, rarely for couples, and very rarely meant to include children. This is the most profitable model for landlords as accommodating children or families involves much tighter regulation and raises various health and safety concerns. Affordable social housing provided as part of a property development or by a charitable trust has to bid for online, usually with up to 250 applicants or more bidding for each property when it becomes available. This process happens monthly creating lengthy and frustrating delays, it also requires access to broadband/wi fi for long periods and an appropriate device. The very small number of council houses available are allocated by a points system related to need. White, English speaking families do not score enough points to be considered a priority. Points are awarded on the basis of racial minority status, sexual identity, religious identity, disability, mental health issues and vulnerability. For this reason, newly arrived immigrants are considered a higher priority than those people already established in the borough, subsequently the system specifically discriminates against English people.  B&B accommodation is usually unavailable too. Landlords of B&Bs will often have private arrangements with employment agencies to provide recently arrived migrant workers with accommodation. These are usually occupied by workers in care homes or from the NHS. They are over crowded and unsanitary and rent is often significantly higher than it should be. It is an exploitative system but very profitable for landlords. Hotels (anything up to and including 5 stars) are entirely taken up with illegal migrants now. Lately even student accommodation and luxury private property developments have been turned over to companies such as Serco to accommodate illegal migrants/asylum seekers/refugees. It is also very profitable for landlords as the Home Office (via private companies such as Serco) is able to offer long term contracts, completely occupying buildings as well as offering money to refurbish properties when contracts end. Recent contracts offered have been for up to nine years. Local people are not consulted when these deals are done. For all the above reasons many ordinary English people and their families have fallen into homelessness, are living in unsuitable temporary housing or have spent long periods between stable housing situations. Obviously mass immigration puts increased pressure on the availability of housing and this is happening in almost every area of England. But finding accommodation in areas where there is work available is especially difficult, in other words, in those areas where immigration is at its highest. Most people in the UK are unaware of how serious this situation has become over the last few years. You will not hear pundits on the BBC or Chanel 4 discussing it because they have the privilege of  owning their own homes, or they live in 'nice' neighbourhoods unaffected by this situation. However, I would bet that most of the rioters have friends or family currently experiencing housing difficulties of this nature or are involved themselves. Migrant hotels are simply the tip of the iceberg. Is it any wonder that ordinary people feel threatened, undermined and unsafe by the advent mass immigration and the migrant crisis? Of course the stock of housing could and should be increased as (Jimmy the Giant) always points out but what he does not acknowledge is how the current situation unfairly discriminates against English people and how the private sector is financially incentivised to perpetuate this unfair system.
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  550.  @OrangeNash  The effect of mass immigration and illegal migration upon housing in most towns and cities in the UK . If you, your partner and your kids were unlucky enough to be made homeless (through a no fault eviction for example or an unaffordable raise in the rent) over the last three years, in any area of the UK with a large number of newly arrived immigrants and/or migrants, you discover that there is literally no suitable accommodation available. Not in the private rented sector or provided by the local authorities. You can not apply for help from the council in advance of being evicted, so if you are given prior warning by the landlord that you will be evicted, it is pointless approaching local councils for help until the actual day of the eviction. In other words they force you to become homeless before they will consider helping you. You can not stay with friends or family as this will mean you are no longer technically homeless. Even staying in a tent in a friends garden will mean you are technically no longer considered homeless. Emergency accommodation may possibly be provided in a  'half way' house, usually some distance from where the applicant usually lives, sometimes in a different town or county. This will be the kind of accommodation ordinarily provided for newly released prisoners, drug addicts, prostitutes and street sleepers etc, it is probably provided by a charity. This kind of accommodation does not allow residents to stay in the building during the day meaning most of the day you are forced out onto the streets. Keeping any personal affects or property is discouraged, to avoid theft. Children may sometimes be accommodated in the same building as known sex offenders. Why is the awful situation a consequence of mass immigration? Because cheap rental accommodation in most UK cities and towns is now extremely scarce, if not non-existent. Landlords do not like renting to families, deposits are very high and many landlords now use a 'bidding' system, encouraging interested parties to offer to pay extra rent to get ahead of the queue. Most rental accommodation is now made up of 'houses of multiple occupants'. This is mostly intended for singles, rarely for couples, and very rarely meant to include children. This is the most profitable model for landlords as accommodating children or families involves much tighter regulation and raises various health and safety concerns.) Affordable social housing provided as part of a property development or by a charitable trust has to bid for online, usually with up to 250 applicants or more bidding for each property when it becomes available. This process happens monthly creating lengthy and frustrating delays, it also requires access to broadband/wi fi for long periods and an appropriate device. The very small number of council houses available are allocated by a points system related to need. White, English speaking families do not score enough points to be considered a priority. Points are awarded on the basis of racial minority status, sexual identity, religious identity, disability, mental health issues and vulnerability. For this reason, newly arrived immigrants are considered a higher priority than those people already established in the borough, subsequently the system specifically discriminates against English people.  B&B accommodation is usually unavailable too. Landlords of B&Bs will often have private arrangements with employment agencies to provide recently arrived migrant workers with accommodation. These are usually occupied by workers in care homes or from the NHS. They are over crowded and unsanitary and rent is often significantly higher than it should be. It is an exploitative system but very profitable for landlords. Hotels (anything up to and including 5 stars) are entirely taken up with illegal migrants now. Lately even student accommodation and luxury private property developments have been turned over to companies such as Serco to accommodate illegal migrants/asylum seekers/refugees. It is also very profitable for landlords as the Home Office (via private companies such as Serco) is able to offer long term contracts, completely occupying buildings as well as offering money to refurbish properties when contracts end. Recent contracts offered have been for up to nine years. Local people are not consulted when these deals are done. For all the above reasons many ordinary English people and their families have fallen into homelessness, are living in unsuitable temporary housing or have spent long periods between stable housing situations. Obviously mass immigration puts increased pressure on the availability of housing and this is happening in almost every area of England. But finding accommodation in areas where there is work available is especially difficult, in other words, in those areas where immigration is at its highest. Most people in the UK are unaware of how serious this situation has become over the last few years. You will not hear pundits on the BBC or Chanel 4 discussing it because they have the privilege of  owning their own homes, or they live in 'nice' neighbourhoods unaffected by this situation. However, I would bet that most of the rioters have friends or family currently experiencing housing difficulties of this nature or are involved themselves. Migrant hotels are simply the tip of the iceberg. Is it any wonder that ordinary people feel threatened, undermined and unsafe by the advent mass immigration and the migrant crisis?
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  551.  @BritishLandeur  I'm finding it impossible to continue this discussion in the comments, Youtube keep instantly deleting my replies no matter how carefully I phrase my observations. Someone doesn't want this topic to be discussed.
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  552. I noticed Ch4 have a two part documentary on the fake grooming scandal on tonight. Absolutely nothing on the thousands of genuine cases, just a massive promotion of the one false one. I wonder why? Will they mention how TR eventually exposed her lies and came out in support of the falsely accused guy? I doubt it.
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  553. Pay cuts, pay restraint and proper regulation on profits for privatised state assets amd a return to piblic ownership? Not until we get rid of this government and change the leader of the Labour Party?
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  554. Well said.
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  555. Oh the irony!
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  556. We now have a chronic lack of stable male role models in our society. This may be because men have a much less defined role in the work place, less of a role in the family as the 'bread winner', are unwelcome in various modern administrations and undermined in the media. All without having a clear or appropriate alternative. Masculine traits are decreasingly valued or useful in industry and sometimes even discouraged in the commercial world? Men are no longer even essential in procreation. Women are encouraged to believe they don't need men to be happy, to raise children, to help create domestic balance let alone to shape our society. All those situations are dismissed as patriarchal or sexual oppression. Subsequently young men grow up alienated, discouraged and disenfranchised. Left to guide each other on social media as to how to 'be a man', unsure of the role they are supposed to play in society and in relationships with women. As a society we are so terrified of toxic masculinity we are quite happy to tolerate toxic feminimity, particularly in the culture and media. The prevailing narrative is that Women are, and should be, strong and independent, men are weak and venal. Female superheroes trump flawed, male weaklings. Look at movies and tv shows, when did you last see a competent, assertive well adjusted male character that was masculine and not the antagonist? Men are the enemy and they will be made to know it. Ultimately we are producing young men who lack of confidence and competency, feel deligitimised and struggle to feel comfortable in themselves. They are encouraged to think that their masculinity has to be mitigated and they convince themselves that they will find more acceptance if they affect a kind of metro sexual, passive sexlessness. Is this good for women? Obviously not. Is it even what most women want? Doubt it.
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  557. Everyone seems very certain that Zionism is the root cause of the current catastrophe. Is it worth also mentioning the subject of Hamas? Here are some undisputed facts, supported by a large range of international, objective sources. Hamas fire missiles aimed at civilian targets, missiles which often land on their own side of the boundary, killing Gazans. Hamas have failed build any civilian bomb shelters, preferring civilians to meet the missiles 'with their bare chests'. Hamas refuse to allow civilians to use their complex of tunnels as bomb shelters. Hamas have, on many occasions, refused to allow civilians to evacuate when warned of missile strikes on their homes. Hamas have, on many occasions, appropriated food and drink provided by NGOs, refusing to allow it to go to civilians but giving it to their fighters instead. Hamas fighters have used civilians as human shields and have used civilian buildings (such as schools, hospitals and civilian homes) for military purposes, making them targets for the IDF. Hamas fighters do not distinguish themselves from civilians by the wearing of military uniforms. Hamas committed atrocities against civilians on Oct 7th, filmed them and broadcast them on social media. Hamas have stated that they would commit simililar acts repeatedly if they could. Hamas have taken hostages and still refuse to release them even though this would probably shorten the conflict and civilian suffering. Hamas leaders have prosecuted this conflict from the safety of Doha in Qatar while the civilian population of Gaza has suffered the repercussions. Hamas have used international aid, intended for the relief of civilian suffering, to further their military objectives. Anyone would think it was Hamas who are waging war against the civilian population of Gaza! Is their objective of resisting and destroying 'Zionism' worth all the suffering? After all, 2 million Muslim Palestinians are currently living in safety within Israel's borders and some have even joined the IDF to defend their homes against Hamas and Hezbollah.
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  558. Thanks for posting Mahyar, that was absolutely delicious!
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  559. I enjoyed this item enormously. How refreshing to have someone as sensible and coherent as Andrew Doyle up against that racist, mysogynist Yasmin Alibah Brown. She reveals herself as the epitomy of all the things Doyle describes the woke as being: bullying, intolerent, hectoring, claiming authority based upon emotion, outraged by disagreement, incapable or unwilling to address facts or logic, attempting to bully those who disgree with her into silence and seeing herself as being more vituous and moral at the same time. She feels justified in being entirely biased against white men and doesn't mind saying it. If only Andrew Doyle could have had more time to deal her nonsense. Why not have him host the show?
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  560. Sadly Reform are now revealing themselves as not the alternative to the mainstream that we all thought.
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  561. Its all very well have dissenting voices in the Arts or culture, but without a political party to effectively represent them in the government and the law then its all window dressing.
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  562. Balkanisation.
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  563. Why oh why does our so-called 'government' not realise that they should be making the BBC sing more British songs. Make it compulsory? Start off with 'Ging Gang Gooley Gooley Wotcha', then 'Boom Banger Bang' . School kids should be taught the words to 'The Ying Tong Song'. Prisoners should be forced to sing 'Lilly the Pink'. Police should sing 'The laughing Policeman' when they arrest people. Teachers should sing 'Another Brick In the wall' and tv chat show hosts should all be forced to sing 'The Wanker Song' by Ivor Biggun.
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  564. I remember this phase of American foreign policy, in which the US supported the Afghani rebels against the Russians, celebrating their deep faith in God and their courage in waging a guerilla war against a super power in an effort to assert their own social and moral values. There was never any mention of what their values actually were, or how different their interpretation of what 'God' expected of them from the 'Christian' values of the West. That all came later, after the Taliban had defeated the Russians and turned on their own civilian population.
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  565. Excellent analysis Matt. You continue to make much better sense than the mainstream media pundits (BBC, ITV, CH4, Sky etc) who seem to find Farage's rise infuriating and inexplicable. It seems obvious to anyone who has being paying attention since 2016, Farage is not only the logical choice for people on the right, but also for working class people in the centre. A future Labour government and a thorough Conservative defeat will simply drive people closer to Reform in the long run.
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  566.  @susanwestern6434  Good point. How about Islamic schools spreading anti-Christian, anti-Western hate-filled rhetoric and attempting to enforce their view upon secular English schools by intimidating teachers? I'm thinking Batley Grammar and Katherine Birbal Singh's School.
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  567. Well done KK for sticking at it and well done FF for patiently waiting for KK to get the guy to land. Not sure how qualified Bassem is to debate this issue in a balanced way given that he simply came out with the standard, stock statements of every pro Palestine advocate: the situation didn't start 7th October, you are forgetting previous Iraeli atrocities, civilians are now being killed as a subsequence of Israeli violence. Rather than accepting that: Hamas deliberately escalated the conflict on 7th October having been firing missiles into Israel for years without achieving any particular goal. Hamas has now deliberately chosen to focus the conflict around its own civilian settlements, using the Palestinian people as a human shield or canon fodder. Hamas embraces civilian casualties as they see any Israeli aggression as strengthening their argument in the eyes of the World. They see the dead civilians as martyrs not casualties. Wouldn't it be refreshing if commentators we prepared to be balanced instead of racing to attack one side and blindly defending the other?
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  568. Why oh why does our so-called 'government' not understand that getting A levels and going to university is a waste of time? It simply gives you an air of intellectual superiority and the expectation that you deserve a good job, based on all the pointless studying you've done. Much better to educate these soft as shite, woke, snowflake millenials at the school of hard knocks. Much better preparation for a future of COVID restraints, no high street shops, zero hour contracts, no Eurocrat protected working conditions, overwhelmed NHS cutbacks, exploitative trade deals with the US, tax dodging multi nationals, technology undermining traditional occupations, no social mobility etc. What good is a university education in that cluster-fuk?
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  569. Dear Gary, I tried virtue signalling by parroting the woke, liberal talking points and for some reason I wasn't given a cushy job, millions of pounds in wages and twenty year old models. What am I doing wrong? Should I try harder by talking about issues that hardly effect me, expressing concern about people I'm never going to have to meet in person and demanding that tax payers should shoulder the burden of my endless compassion?
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  570. Finkelstein keeps referring to 'the children'. Is there an argument to say that the reason why so many children have been victims in this conflict, regardless of the real numbers, is because Hamas have deliberately chosen to fight this fight in their own neighbourhoods? Is there any validity to the view that Hamas are deliberately using their own children's deaths as a form of matyrdom, to gain international support and expose Israel's military action as inhuman and ruthless? Is there also a case in saying that children in Gaza have been taught to see themselves as combatants in the on-going struggle to destroy Israel ever since Hamas took over the Palestinian schools in 2006/7. Why are children targeted? Because they are potential participants, Hamas make sure of that. The recurring problem in this debate is that the role of Hamas in shaping and designing the suicidal, self destructive nature of this conflict is so often ignored. Their responsibility for their own children's deaths seems to be deliberately overlooked. KK tries to suggest that the conflict could be resolved by Hamas agreeing to a ceasefire that involves freeing the hostages and giving up the terrorist who were responsible for Oct 7th. That might stop children getting killed, but apparently their lives are not valuable enough for Hamas to seriously consider this solution. Or that the children dying is preferrable to them living in 'that concentration camp' under the previous staus quo . Obviously if these solutions are unacceptable to Hamas, and people like Finkelstein, the only other outcome is for isreal to fight until Hamas and all 'the children' have been utterly dastroyed. Remember, Hamas have stated that they love death more than you love life. Presumably this includes the deaths of their children? KK tries to address this by asking 'What else can Israel do?' and there is never an answer. KK asks "What is the solution?" Finkelsein pretty much says 'Revenge'. FF made a good point about trying to remove the emotion when seeking a solution to the conflict and Finkelsein pretty much says the opposite, that he 'can't intellectualise the problem'. If that is the case, he shouldn't even be talking about it, why should anyone care what he thinks or says. Also, anyone who thinks the protesting American university students are "the most intelligent people in the World" has obviously got a screw loose anyway. Mosts annoying interview for ages, but very revealing of how the pro Hamas apologists think.
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  571. The actual problem: 1. Islamist sectarian violence going back to 2005, the emergence of 'political Islam'. 2. Enforced mass immigration since Tony Blair's era, but particularly over the last three years, despite electoral manifesto promises to reduce or limit numbers by both major parties. 3. Tens of thousands of Illegal migrants being housed and fed at tax payers' expense during a cost of living crisis. 4. Blatant two tier policing. 5. Woke institutions undermining British culture, history, language and free speech, in favour of foreign born minority communities. 6. Mainstream media constantly demonising and mischaracterising the English working classes and those who speak for them. 7. The PM, Home Secretary, police etc de facto and stated bias in favour of Islamic communities and other minority groups. 8. Knife crime, grooming gangs, acid attacks and sexual violence on the streets of English towns. 9. Huge religious/ethnic ghettos and increasing lack of trust in national institutions creating societal breakdown 10. Pro Gaza marches and all the associated civil disobedience. 11. The housing crisis and cost of living crisis. Finally and most significantly: three innocent little English girls brutally and senselessly murdered by a second generation immigrant.
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  572. You absolutely hit the nail on the head! I have various well-informed friends who remind me that Reform, for better or worse, are our best bet. But when I hear Anderson, Tice and Farage refuse to support Tommy, I can't help but have reservations. Why is he a distraction? Why does he not have the right to join the party of his choice? Would they back me if I was being persecuted by the state for having the same opinions or if I got a ridiculously long sentence for protesting about Southport? If Douglas Murray, Jordan Peterson and Elon Musk can square this circle why can't they? It makes me doubt their integrity, ideologically and worry that there is a certain amount of class division at work here.
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  573.  @jasonhaven7170  A lot of people agree with the Reform UK stance but just can't stomach Farage. It may well become necessary to force him to move over if they're going to get enough votes to form a government?. Personally I would prefer Rupert Lowe or even Ben Habib. Then again I would vote for Tommy if I had half a chance.
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  574. Agreed: Richard II, Magna Carta, The Peasants' Revolt, The English Civil War, The Levellers, The Glorious Revolution, The Chartists, Trade Unionism, etc but how long will it be before Prince Andrew has to answer for his sex crimes, Tony Blair answering for the shitshow in Afghanistan or BJ for giving all the COVID contracts to his mates.
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  575. I thought 'Big Brother Watch' was the companion show to the old tv favourite, probably hosted by Russell Brand or Ryland. Turns out its much more serious, but probably just as pointless, if the powers and freedoms will never be given back?
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  576.  @hughoxford8735  She assumes that a non secular society should only be of Christian values doesn't she? I think that assumes an awful lot in a multi-cultural society, but even if it embodied Christian traditional values, would it be Catholic, Eastern Orthodox or Protestant? Baptist, Methodist or Mormon? You can't assume that, by introducing religious values to law etc that those values are shared and if not, do they have to be enforced? And who by? My point is that theocracies are usually very inflexible and repressive why would she assume her's wouldn't be?
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  577.  @isabelclinton9229  I feel much better now, I don't know what to think. Thanks you guys.
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  578.  @xle4087  They could surrender and the whole thing would stop.
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  579. A great documentary and a wonderful evocation. I think I would have loved to have lived in pre-Roman Petra.
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  580.  @BritishLandeur  the economic gains are insignificant compared to the socio-political costs.
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  581. And Farage thinks this justifies trying to destroy the man's reputation and career. Good luck getting my vote Nigel.
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  582. Paul, most of us steer clear of London already. It is a hostile environment most of the time.
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  583. Joe's alright, he's not on drugs, he's on a mission.
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  584. How can we continue to support Boris despite the facts? Distort the facts! Better yet, let's discredit the procedure, the committee, the evidence, the individuals, parliament, the law and not even bother to investigate him! Hurrah! Then we can bring back the vicous sack of lying custard and let him have a second go at ruining the country!
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  585. Love this one Rick, enthusiasm and recording techniques, who needs more...
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  586. @BritishLandeur  The scandal is no longer just the poor girls and the hateful things that were done to them, it is also the institutional corruption and complicity. Clearly our institutions have been corrupted and have not been working for English people's best interests for some time. It is hardly surprising when Westminster Council are allowed to openly discriminate against white job applicants and state that they will favour applicants from the 'the global majority'.
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  587. As a Brit looking on from afar, I would say the Dems lost credibility by lying to the US people for months, defending Biden's cognitive ability. Then they only admitted the truth when it became blindingly obvious he wasn't fit for office. That in itself seems like a disgrace and a national scandal or at least a shocking betrayal of the electorate. Then they installed, without a mandate, what appeared to be a DEI appointment. Too late for the primaries and too late for them to get their story straight about why she was taking over from the obviously frail Biden. Then she denied that he was too frail for office, thereby proving that Dems must think everyone's dumb? Then she appeared to take up the paradoxical position of defending all the policies of the previous four years while simultaneously saying she was going to bring about fantastic changes. The only part of her record in office that could actually be assessed was the abject failures at the border. She could only speak in very general terms about what she stood for, she endlessly repeated meaningless platitudes and often simply made no sense at all. She traded on the abortion issue, an issue that doesn't concern the majority of voters, and her supporters in the media resorted to hysterical name calling. She used Hollywood celebs to convince the public to support her when she should have used sound economic policies and finally her team started insulting the opposition, some of whom were actually in her own camp. The Dems also totally misunderstood that the majority of people were not going to vote according to their racial or gender identity but instead according to their concerns about the economy, immigration, crime and the cost of living, issues that unite both men and women amd the various ethnic groups. Basically Trump would have had to be absolutely useless not to win under such circumstances. Personally I'm glad he did.
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  588. The on-going systematic betrayal of UK citizens by an unelected, ultra-liberal, progressive elite who don't suffer the consequences of their own policies. You can't out vote an elite group, if no one voted for them in the first place. So what's the answer? Answers on post card please...
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  589. Excellent content. Well said.
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  590. Just for the sake of clarity, The man commonly known as Tommy Robinson came to prominance as part of an organisation committed to spreading the idea that militant Islamists among the British Muslim community, particularly those being groomed on-line as jihadis and those attending W'habi schools, were being taught that Sharia law was prior to British Common Law, that liberal values were corosive to Muslims and that British secular society needed to be fought against, to achieve a kind of Islamic state. The MSM potrayed this message as racist, but in essence, what was being promoted was the idea that the UK needed to understand that it contained a significant minority who were actively working against mainstream British values with the intention of achieving a global caliphate. TR has denied being a racist or even a Islamophobe but over the years he has curated anti mulsim ideas and arguments, presenting them whenever he gets the opportunity to speak. It is easy to characterise him as anti Islamic. He has often said he has no problem with moderate muslims who identify as British. Unfortunately the media has a problem with him and fear that his campaigns lead to Islamophobia. He would argue that he advocates that British people become aware of a fanaticism in their midst, of which they were not previously aware. Since the various terror outrages in this country (London Bridge, Manchester, Borough Market etc) he has been proved right be events somewhat? Triggernometry has interviewed many people who have presented a similar view, not just moderate muslims like Dr Ehsan, but those who stand against multi-culturalism, like Trevor Phillips. But the boys remain careful not to allow themselves to be linked with TR because of the obvious risk of being similarly accused of being racist and further marginalised by people who are not prepared to examine evidence. It is refereshing to hear Muslims address these issues without the whole debate being closed down as too toxic and racially problematic. These are discussions that must be heard, as Islamist fantaticism remains ever present internationally, issues such a teaching liberal pluralism in schools remains problematic amongst some Islamic communities, as is the teaching of tolerance for homosexuals and women's rights over their own bodies. Some Islamic leaders and radicals continue to challenge 'British values'* and many Muslim communities increasingly exist in an unofficial parallel society, in which Sharia law is consulted and applied rather than British Common Law. Grooming gangs remain a reality as does FGM. If we can not discuss these issues, such as 'what are British values'* without being accused of racism we are at risk of allowing them to undermine us. If the media potray TR as simply a racist who must be ignored, then the concerns he voices get ignored too. Shouldn't we be able to talk sensibly about the values we all share in the UK for our multi-ethnic society to function productively? Just asking...
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  591. Quite clearly not only rocket fire, but 'squib' charges planted in advance of the conflict by Mossad. This was planned to destroy a whole neighbourhood not just 'Hamas military intelligence'. It took out residential apartments, Associated Press offices, shops and of course family homes. There are now hundreds homeless even more convinced of their hatred for the Isreali state. Resistance will continue but sadly so will Israeli brutality. Ground conflict next?
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  592. @Rich-bb5gp I can take or leave Tice. I would have preferred Ben Habib but for some reason that was made impossible. Losing him was a waste of talent.
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  593.  @enidmarsh9142  Good question. Time will tell.
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  594. Certain views and opinions are simply not voiced in the mainstream media in the UK, usually those of the majority of white working class Brits and, as most people know, they are not necessarily liberal. The liberal and left wing metropolitan elite have effectively silenced them by linking values to virtue; if you have the wrong opinions you have no virtue and so you can have your platform taken away or be dismissed as 'racist', divisive, stupid or just simply wrong. It has been this way for many years and it has allowed a certain progressive ideological perspective to be promoted through the media unchallenged. The assumption that everybody has embraced the politics of of Diversity, Equality, Inclusion, of trans rights, gay pride and multiculturalism. It has also effectively silenced those who do not agree with these liberal assumptions. It has not reflected the views of people who hold different, more traditional, culturally Christian values. The majority. Farage is simply trying to reflect what most people think but are not allowed to say, and the media hate it. Even if he's factually wrong (and most of the time he isn't) or he has the wrong priorities (and most of the time he hasn't) he still has the right to express his opinions, but people who control the media see it as their ideological obligation to discredit him and denigrate his perspective. Failing that they can side-line him by blaming him for the failures of Brexit. They simply can not let him establish his narrative because, unlike their own, it is what most working class people think and what often they simply know to be true. Trevor Phillips, who was one of the first mainstream commentators to highlight the fact that multi-culturalism in the UK was failing, simply can not appear to sympathise with Farage or he would risk losing his job. However, he knows exactly what Farage is referring to, he has seen the data, the surveys and the signs of division. He knows there are Muslim extremists who do not share our democratic values, they killed two of our MPs, Joe Cox (Labour) and David Ames (Conservative). He knows that many MPs have their lives threatened on a daily basis for taking the 'wrong position' over Gaza. He knows many MPs have now been forced to resign by this continual pressure from the 'religion of peace'. He knows that Parliament has been directly effected by this, as have schools, town halls, the police and public spaces and yet he pretends that threat isn't real. He has to, it's his job. Trevor Phillips knows that some communities of immigrants share British values and some don't. He knows some communities mostly speak English and some don't. He knows that some take pride in British history and culture and that some resent it. He would be well aware that some communities contribute more than they take and some don't. He knows some people come to settle and prosper and some are simply passing through. He also knows that record increases in legal immigration in the last three years have effected; house prices, rents, the availability of hospital beds, GP appointments, dentists, school places, that these demographic changes have led to the UK courts being overwhelmed, the prisons overcrowded, hospitals filled to capacity, shockingly high crime figures with increased incidents if rape and record levels of chemical attacks. He knows that there have been extremely violent incidents involving immigrants and asylum seekers from the Middle East, Afghanistan and North Africa. He knows they represent a growing problem in our towns and cities. He will also be acutely aware that it is costing UK tax payers over £8m a day to house and feed asylum seekers and illegal immigrants while British families are made homeless through ‘no fault’ evictions. He also knows that the situation in Gaza has radicalised some Muslims, that winning candidates in recent local elections said they were standing for the people of Palestine not necessarily the local constituents. He will have noticed how many towns now have Muslim mayors and senior administrators. He will have noticed key political figures specifically pandering to Islamic groups in the build up to the forthcoming election. He knows that traditional British Christian cultural values are being been eroded by Islamic culture, because he will have seen the recent calls to prayer in town halls and Parliament, the Ramadan messaging on train timetables, the streets lined with Palestinian flags, the prayer in public spaces or simply the proliferation of new mosques being built. The crescent and star is ubiquitous in towns and cities now, you can not fail to notice. He would also be well aware of the rise of anti-Semitism on our streets, in our schools and in our public spaces. He will have seen how any debate about this worrying development can be effectively closed down with accusations of ‘Islamophobia’. He will be well aware of how the progressives have sided with Muslims because of Gaza and how they seek to protect this minority group from the ‘oppression’ of being properly policed. He will be well aware of how this has led to accusations of ‘two tier policing’ from white working class people who have had their marches, rallies and demonstrations met with authoritarian policing methods. Meanwhile the police tolerate the desecration of memorials, hate speech, anti-Semitism, calls for Jihad and intifada from the regular pro-Gaza marchers. Trevor Phillips would also be aware that his own West Indian community, as well as Sikhs, Hindus, African Christians and especially Jews are becoming increasingly concerned about this cultural shift toward a promotion of and protection of an increasingly intolerant Islamic perspective. People are frightened of its violent undercurrent and resentful of its increasing presence in public life. Phillips will be aware of all of this, he just can't say so. Luckily Farage can and let's hope he continues to.
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  595. Peter, I appreciate the analysis very much and follow your posts closely, but sometimes you seem a little flippant about the conflict. 'Duking it out' is a bit inappropriate, bear in mind that means thousands of young men and women get to die? Sometimes it is valuable to remind yourself that its not a game of strategy or some kind of sporting competition, it is an awful and deadly conflict that has and will cause immense suffering, particularly for the innocent Ukrainian civilians. Just saying...
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  596. Notice how often Western systems are described as oligarchies lately? It seems people are increasingly able to infer it from the evidence. The owners of the corporate media, big pharma, big tech, the military industrial combine, the top bankers, the hedge fund managers, the land owners and the landlords; all serving each other's interests and intrinsically linked. Out of touch and out of reach, unelected and unaccountable. You can see the evidence of their hands on the steering wheel more blatantly at the moment, with huge energy profits while people live in fuel poverty, food poverty, housing in crisis, taxes rising, benefits falling, inflatiion rising, war, conflict and struggle. And yet there are some that are still making profits. Even the COVID crisis has made some people much wealthier. Wealth going to the wealthy while the poor slip into inescapable poverty. Time for a change.
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  597. Hollywood and the whole going to the cinema thing is a thing of the past. The future is streaming platforms like Netflix and Amazon Prime. However their content is just as much likely to be green lit by audience analysis software and less out of a sense of pushing boundaries?
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  598.  @danielcunningham6727  I live in SW4 you plumb!
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  599.  @F_Name  As my original point indicated, all those things you mention are FAR more likely to already be owned by Americans (healthcare), Germans (car production), French (power), Indians (steel and car production) or Australians (Thames Water). The Russian oligarchs are yesterday's news mate.
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  600.  @davothedon  Couldn't agree more. Imagine what the UK would be like if we were to build sufficient houses to accomodate the three million or so who have arrived since COVID. Not only would otherwise small cities have to build new high rise estates in all the brown field sites, small towns forced to sprawl out into the green belt, all these new developments would require new roads, motorways, sewers, power supply, shops, parking, public transport, offices, petrol stations etc etc. And who would be living in all these lovely newly built developments? Not English people, their birth rates are shrinking. So effectively we would be accomodating immigrant communities who were not born in the UK and who have never contributed to the exchequer, at unprecedented rates never before seen in this or any other country's history. Why? What would be the benefit to the UK? Can anyone please explain why we need to do this and why there is no alternative?
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  601. Dan Hodges' stuttering illustrates how unsure he is of how to defend Nigel Farage's dishonest and underhand tactics. The general public may not be familiar with Rupert Lowe but Reform voters are and they were increasingly of the opinion that he represented their views much better than Farage does. Farage has not 'done the right thing' he has thrown a decent bloke and an excellent representative of his constituence under the bus.
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  602. Why is anyone surprised that a Tory governmemt with a massive majority should take the opportunity to pass repressive bills that limit civil liberties? Its exactly what Thatcher did and what any self respecting home counties Conservative MP got into politics for. They would feel that they missed an opportunity if Priti Patel didn't introduce public order laws such as these at this time!
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  603. For Starmer:'s information reasons for the protests: 1. The history of Islamist violence going back to 2005. 2. Enforced mass immigration, despite electoral promises to limit numbers by both main parties. 3. The cost and anti-social threat posed by iillegal migrants. 4. The ‘woke’ progressive agenda undermining British history, culture and freedom of speech. 5. The mainstream media demonising, dismissing and mischaracterising the English working classes and those who speak for them (TR). 6. Two Tier policing. 7. The blatant imbalance of the PM and Home Secretary’s response. 8. The emergence and threat of 'political Islam'. 9. The rise of knife crime, grooming gangs, acid attacks and sexual violence on the streets of English towns. 10. The huge religious/ethnic ghettos, the failure of multi-culturalism and increasing lack of trust in national institutions, 11. The Pro Gaza marches with all the associated anti-Western rhetoric, anti-semitism and civil disobedience. 12. The housing crisis and cost of living crisis. 13. Imported foreign conflicts leading to violent disorder on English streets. 14. Finally and most significantly: three innocent little English girls brutally and senselessly murdered by a second generation immigrant. Ignore the narrative about fake news, online disinformation and misinformation being deliberately spread. It is a minor detail. Ignore the narrative about extremist agitators coming in from outside, if they exist at all they are on both sides of the divide.
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  604. I have played the bass since the early eighties and I have always preferred to stand with the drums on my left, possibly something to do with keeping my eye on the drummer's foot on the kick drum? I now get quite severe tinnitus, mostly in my left ear. I blame it on the cymbals I have endured over the years. Its especially annoying that the particular drummers I have worked with started wearing ear plugs years ago and I passed them up, thinking that they were for 'light weights' and 'softies'! I just didn't see the point. Now they all retain great hearing and I can still hear their fucking cymbals ringing weeks after a rehearsal or gig! I notice it particularly in the mornings. Like most things that develop with age, you have to just put up with it, although I must admit that its nice to be reminded that I'm not the only old git who suffers with it! Old rockers don't die they just go mad with the constant ringing in their ears!
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  605. @isabelclinton9229  Oooh! Brutal!
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  606. And embrace Iranian Shia Islamism or revolutionary communism?
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  607. Am I allowed to suggest that, to prove their loyalty to the UK, the rubber boat boys should be invited to go, or is sending fighting aged blokes too ridiculous?
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  608. @roboi2241  i don't care about Andrew Tate but I would love to ask Emily Maitliss what it is exactly that she so strongly objects to about JP. Because his work appeals to men? Are men to have nothing to inspire them but independent strong female figures in her philosophy? Or perhaps it is because he refuses to be bullied into going along with the feminized discourse and values that modern progressives expect everyone to blindly accept?
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  609.  @roboi2241  You are probably right. If you were to ask her for evidence or quotes to support her view of him, she would probably struggle to come up with anything substantial, but that won't bother her or anyone who follows her.
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  610.  @jarofspanners3523  We know, we don't like you either and we don't even know you.
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  611. The mainstream media want to hold Israel solely responsible for the civilian deaths in Gaza and now in the Lebanon too. The IDF have undoubtedly committed many atrocities in The Gaza Strip and delivered a terrible death toll upon the civilians in that zone. Nobody in their right mind would argue otherwise. However, why can they not also accept that it is the intention of Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houtis and the Iranian regime to do exactly the same things to all Israelis? If it were not for the ‘Iron Dome’ all these brutalities would be equally inflicted upon the Israeli settlements if not worse, especially in the North, near the Lebanese border. Why can they not con sider who else is responsible for these innocent civilian deaths. Knowing the Israelis would attack their strongholds in response, Hamas authorized the most brutal terrorist attack upon a civilian target since 9/11. NOT a breakout from a 'prison' and not and act of 'resistance' but a brutal act of terror. Fully knowing the Israelis, in response, would seek out their bunkers and weapons caches they hid them beneath buildings full of civilians, such as hospitals and schools. Since the carnage began Hamas have not allowed civilians to shelter in their various extensive tunnel complexes, nor have they built bomb shelters with the money raised and given to them by the international community. Similarly they have chosen not to share most of the food and water supplied by NGOs. The truth is, most senior Hamas leaders are currently living in luxury in Qatar, paid for with money syphoned off from aid given to the people of Gaza, some are even living safely in London. Despite all the subsequent destruction caused by Oct 7th, the civilian deaths and the misery, Hamas leaders are on record as saying they would repeat such acts regularly if they were able. This is because Hamas believe that their own civilian casualties are a means to bring shame upon Israel and gain support from the wider international community. They have no regard for their own people's lives or safety, indeed they use religious rhetoric about martyrdom to justify their being cruelly sacrificed. The same could be said of Hezbollah and their relationship with benighted Lebanese people. Those who amplify this message, that 'Hamas has no guilt in this situation and that the blame only lies with Israel' are simply useful idiots, advocating on the terrorists’ behalf. With this in mind, Israeli's actions are described as 'genocidal' and 'indiscriminate' and yet compared to other similar conflicts, especially those fought in urban areas, the civilian death count is extraordinarily low. Out of a population of 2.2 million we are currently told (by Hamas, who clearly have an interest in inflating the numbers and conflate combatants with civilians) that there have been 42,000 civilian deaths over this past year. It actually seems a remarkably low number, considering the difficulties in fighting a war in a densely populated urban setting. We also know that the IDF have taken significant steps to restrict civilian causalities. For example, they warn civilians to evacuate before bombs are dropped on particular targets, yet we also know that Hamas positively and sometimes violently discourage people from evacuating those buildings and neighbourhoods targeted. Hamas have even (possibly accidentally) destroyed buildings, with civilians inside them, themselves. If the Israelis truly sought the genocidal destruction of the Palestinian people why is the ratio of civilian casualties against combatants only 2/1, rather than more like 16/1, as it has been in other similar wars and conflicts? Why, if the Israelis seek the annihilation of Palestinians are they not murdering the 2 million Palestinians currently living safely within the Israeli borders? For a nation so well equipped for war, are they not doing a very poor job if they really do seek a genocide? I'm not trying to defend the I.D.F's brutality, but I find myself wondering what any other country would do under similar circumstances? Would you not expect the UK to do the same if brutally and unexpectedly attacked by a continually hostile neighbour? If a group of radical Mexican terrorists crossed the border and raped, murdered and kidnapped Texan communities, would you not expect the US to react in the same way? Why are the Israelis expected to do any less, to be ‘proportional’, to allow ‘off ramps’ or be answerable to their other enemies in the UN? Why should the Israeli civilians not be protected and defended as completely as possible by their own government and military? Why should the Israelis tolerate being attacked by their neighbours? I'm just pointing out that it seems, in this bloody struggle, the BBC and other mainstream media outlets want to blame one side but not the other. No one wants to accept the reality of the situation: BOTH sides of the divide hate each other and there is no possibility of a peaceful solution while each side represents an existential threat to the other. Also, in an asymmetrical conflict such as this, where one side is significantly better equipped for warfare than the other, many civilians are inevitably going to be killed. It is a tragic consequence of one side caring significantly less for their own civilian population than the other. It also reflects the utter impossibility of Israel finding a peaceful settlement or even having a ceasefire with such a fanatical opponent. Meanwhile, ALL the ordinary people suffer, not just the Palestinians in Gaza, and both sides are responsible, not just the Israelis.
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  612. Boris Johnson is not part of the aristocracy. He may be entitled, abhorant, narcissistic and immoral but he is not an aristocrat.
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  613. Why oh why doesn't our so called 'government' understand that we, in the North West, are that hard, that COVID 19 deoesn't bloody frighten us. We would much rather have our civil fukkin liberties our kid: the freedom to go down the pub and shout at each other, the freedom to not wash our bloody hands and most of all, the freedom to wear no t shirt in the freezing rain. Its only soft Southern shites like Owen Jones who die of COVID...oh yeah and my Nan.
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  614.  @Intreductor  I was refrring to Chega in Portugal, The PVV in Holland, the DPP in Denmark and the Social Democrats in Sweden. They all have similar nationalist, popularist agendas and they have all become more significant poiltically in their respective countries recently. Just a generalisation but nevertheless a valid observaton?
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  615.  @davideldred.campingwilder6481  So it would seem. Perhaps political activity is something most easily pursued through social media nowadays? The real world has a tendency of not conforming to idealogical certainties!
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  616.  @BritishLandeur  It was worse than that, they allowed a young female journalists, of Afghan heritage called Nellifer Something or other , dismiss the story as both sexist and unimportant, after which the ever irrelevant Jeremy Vine was more than happy to quickly dismiss any potential concerns and move swiftly on to a story about cycling. Problem solved!
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  617. You can't tell working class communities that they are institutionally racist, sexist, mysogenistic,, homophobic, trans phobic, that their history is shameful and their culture toxic, that their opinion doesn't matter and they shouldn't expect the left to represent them unless they 'enlighten' themselves, without that narrative forcing working class people towards right wing rhetoric that appears to defend and represent them? The left's metropolitan liberal elite need to overcome their distaste for the working class and their inconvenient opinions. Working people are not essentially left wing and will stubornly reject the left's aganda of SJW while it continues to alienate and denigrate them.
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  618. This kind of thing is happening all over the UK: go broke or relocate to somewhere more stable. Brokxit.
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  619. The first map was sideways? Took me half the video to work out what I was looking at.
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  620. Excellent points. I have lived in Lambeth, Wandsworth and Southwark and have seen exactly the same process gradually emerge.
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  621.  @django3422  What people? The young African guy who thinks white people all imagine he likes rap music, the elderly Indian lady who wants Sunak to be more like Modhi, the young man who thinks everyone in the world has the right to seek their fortune in the UK, the man with the tattooed neck who can't imagine an ethnic group that might not share Western democratic liberal values? Of course they are not concerned, they are precisely the groups for whom immigration is not a concern: first or second generation immigrants. I would suggest that as a demographic they are probably not the most suited to being the most objective. Their age or how recently they have arrived in the UK makes them less likely to have observed the long term changes that high levels of immigration may have brought to their own or any other local community. But nevertheless they were treated with respect in the edit, while the two middle aged, bald white guys were edited to look as paranoid, reactionary and ill informed as possible, with the potential racist implications of anything they might have to say put in mind from the outset. Its what's known as a stitch up. Its not balanced. The two white guys were gaslit, the others (even the mad old Indian lady) were not. Go back and have a look.
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  622.  @django3422  Perhaps you didn't understand my point. I never said it was the most important, its only third in the list of national concerns, but to those who expressed concern about levels of immigration, 43% said it was their biggest concern and after all, that was the focus of Ed's video... Are you saying that it's not an issue worthy of fair and frank discusiion then? Or simply saying I am wrong to expect Politics Joe to discuss it fairly?
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  623.  @django3422  Good point. I am indeed complaining about the video's bias because it doesn't fit my perception of the issue in the UK in general or in Leicester more specifically. That is exactly why I thought it was a puff piece and exactly why I'm defending my opinion. I also felt that it spoke to a sentiment amongst the young left that discussing the economic/social effect of two years of record levels of legal immigration, record levels of illegal immigration, record numbers of asylum applications etc is a 'right wing' talking point and in some way racist or shameful to acknowledge it. My main point is that if the left can not confront this issue (whether local people in Leicester care about it or not) it will always weaken their analysis and electoral appeal. They should be capitalising upon successive Tory failures, not ignoring them.
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  624.  @django3422  In normal times you would be absolutely right, but if you had looked at the data in the link I sent, you would be aware that these are not normal times. Take note of the word 'record' in 'record levels of..'. l would urge you to look at the data.
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  625.  @django3422  Its not hitherto unseen, its all in the public domain. That's my point. The implications might require a degree of teasing out but I'm sure you can connect the dots.
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  626.  @django3422  That's a bit rude. Possibly you have forgotten: my point was that Ed's puff piece deliberately set out to suggest that public's concerns over the social/economic costs of accomodating large numbers of asylum seekers, plus record levels of recent immigration (legal and illegal) were unfounded. The data suggests he is trivialising a very serious debate. You would know that if you looked at the stats. But your responses suggest that you're happy to trivialise the debate too. Go on...leave a glib comment and prove me right.
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  627. Yes that may well be true but Romania would be able to ask for economic and political support from the EU to help bring Moldova up to scratch. I think the problem might be a stubborn rump of pro-Russian agitators in Transnistra, the smugglers and the black marketeers, but all that remains to be seen. If Moldovans want reunification with Romania and the Romanians agree, they both have the right of self determination. Plus it would be another nqil in Putin's coffin. I hope it happens.
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  628. Batya is excellent. Her analysis is spot on. Her book 'Second Class' is an excellent read.
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  629.  @barbarahalkyard1901  But why are they all 'Turkish barbers' ?
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  630. Protecting Islamists against all those far right terrorists?
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  631.  @BritishLandeur  I see your point. When leftists' political aspirations are extreme or unrealistic they often resort to extremist methods, like the Bader Meinhof gang or Brigado Rossi did in the seventies. If the UK or any Western European country were to experience a national populist government in the near future, one that firmly pushes back against the liberal, globalist agenda, you can pretty much guarantee that there would be this kind of reactionary backlash.
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  632. If you hadn't had Kashmir in DADGAD as no1 I would've unsubscribed!
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  633. What a fantastic idea. How about Speaker's Corner John and Aayan Hirsi Ali too?
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  634. Wonderful content, I was expecting it to be proper grim but it was actually quite moving. 'Once proud productive, industrial land.' You could be describing the whole country at this point.
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  635. Well said Matt, shame they keep having to interrupt you before you've even finished making your point, even bigger shame that the interruptions are dangerous nonsense. The idea of directly importing tens of thousands of Hamas supporting, Western values hating, violently antisemitic, religiously indoctrinated Islamists seems almost like a form of national suicide. You only have to look at the Danish experience of taking in Palestinians to see the obvious folly.
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  636. The mainstream media are at pains to discourage the public speculating about the murderer's identity and motives. Given the awful nature of the attack, is it surprising that people are drawing their own conclusions? We're not stupid, we all know who these senseless knife attacks are usually perpetrated by, so who can blame us if we join all the dots and think the obvious?
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  637. An excellent and balanced assessment Peter. Your conclusion that things are about to 'crack and break' seems to be true both in the region and internationally. This conflict is radicalising, dividing and mobilising people in most of the Western democracies, and seems to be on track to continue that process. It is creating sectarian division, a political generation gap, civil and political unrest on a par with the anti Vietnam War/civil rights protests in the sixties. Perhaps the division at the moment is even worse thanbthe sixties because it involves sectarian division as well as political/social and cultural. In the UK, especially in London, we have seen the weekly protest marches create a system of two tier policing, with pro Gaza marchers being allowed to publicly voice support for Hamas, use hate speech, express violent anti semitism, deface monuments: while anti Islamist/nationalist marchers are treated much more ruthlesely by the police and also vilified in the media. We have also seen blatantly biased and inaccurate reporting of the conflict in the mainstream media with the BBC unable to even call Hamas terrorists. Media platforms have provided 'bad actors' with opportunities to spread disinformation and media coverage is often openly biased. We have had Parliament process derailed because MPS were being bullied by fanatics, MPs lives threatened forcing resignations and the subsequent rise of political Islamism in our local elections. We now have a whole range of politicians who believe they were elected to represent Palestinians rather than their constituents. Clearly this situation has enraged the right wingers and simultaneously radicalised and mobilised those who believe in Islamic political ideology. In general everyone has an opinion, usually poorly rearched and lacking historical accuracy, no one considers the other side moral or compassionate enough to consider debating with them in good faith and no one is seeking to find common ground. This conflict is influencing our general election, local politics and dividing opinion on a par with the whole Brexit debate. We now debate Israel more than our own domestic social/economic/political problems and are obviously unable to do a thing to to influence the situation either way. Things are indeed cracking and breaking.
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  638. I don't think the public is on the right. I think Truss' latest budget, cost of living crisis, low wages, poor public srevices, housing crisis, health crisis, schools' budget crisis, continued increases in immigration, shit in the rivers and on beaches, eye watering corporate profits, senior execs getting massive bonuses, rising interest rates, the pound plumetting, pensions trusts losing their value, IMF warning of economic crisis etc etc is driving the public towards a more 'stable' and 'fiscally responsible' Labour Party.
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  639. Despite the woke values constantly being promoted football matches are still the only places left where working class men can let off steam, express some love and some hate, even wave the cross of St George and express patriotism, without being called a mysogynist, far right thug.
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  640. Don't be in any doubt, the Gaza conflict has radicalized young Muslims, the Pakistani grooming gangs scandal has put them on the front foot and the unpopularity of the Labour Party has motivated them to consolidate and define their political aspirations. They are well aware that the UK (and the West in general) is weak and divided and so they are now prepared to see what happens if they give independent political influence a try. This is highly unlikely to end well.
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  641. In the UK the progressive, globalist left is so enbedded in the civil service and all the other government institutions, that a Trump like figure would need an extraordinary mandate to sweep them away and all the legal impediments they would no doubt create to block radical change. We have such a man in Rupert Lowe (bringing back Ben Habib wouldn't be a bad idea either) but he would have to secure such a massive parliamentary majority to be effective I'm not sure if that's likely. Maybe Trump will inspire our country and it will wake up a populist, nationalist movement? Stranger things have happened.
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  642. It says that 251 comments have been left on this post but less than half of them are visible, including the comment I just posted. Is Youtube censoring? If so, what are their criteria? I left a considered comment that read as follows: From the Israel government's point of view, if they do not enter Rafah and entirely remove Hamas, the whole terrible conflict will have been for nothing. A ceasefire only allows Hamas to re-group, any peace deal must include the release of hostages and any future settlement must include the dismantling and prohibition of Hamas and any similar fanatical, anti-semetic group. I also added that, from a Palestinian point of view, people should be asking for the same thing as Hamas has only brought them misery and hardship for decades. I concluded that it was a shame that the 'useful idiots' in the West do not seem to understand this, or they know it and are deliberately ignoring these facts for ideological/religious reasons. I shall now post this comment and see if it gets immediately removed.
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  643.  @coopergates9680  Not sure what American women or native Americans have to do with my comment. i was talking about the decline in UK manufacturing. Also not sure how you concluded I must therefore be a Nationalist? Perhaps it was what I said about left wing out-group bias. If you really do think working class people have more in common internationally than with 'the ruling classes' of their own culture, you could try putting that to the test. Spend some time with some workers from Albania or Hungary or Poland, then you could try Libya, Morocco, the Sudan, Somalia, Syria or Afghanistan. Failing that spend time with workers from India, China, Singapore, North Korea or Uzbekistan; see how much you have in common culturally. If the reality matches with your ideology I will happily pay for your return flight and arrange for you to spend some time with some people from the ruling classes of your country, to see how very different you all are! I wonder in which situation you would feel most comfortable? What you should have said is; workers from liberal Western democracies share much in common. Could this be because of all the other cultural baggage they share, not just their membership of the poor, exploited, urban proletariat? Do they have to be solely defined by their class distinctions? Could factors like religion, race, sexuality, gender not just as easily unite or divide them? Of course you weren't going to miss the chance to blow the old 'far left dog whistle' by mentioning 'global capitalism'. Maybe you could explain the difference between that and 'globalism'.
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  644.  @logoutofmyaccountweirdo  Yes, in the West we are free to buy into or check out of aspects of our culture. Not so elsewhere in the world. I'm not sure what gave you the impression I was only talking about 'white' British culture in manufacturing, I don't think there ever was such a thing and if there was, that's not what I'm talking about. Race has no significance in my thinking. British manufacturing declined because of global and domestic market forces as you said. But abandoning manufacturing to global, market forces was the big mistake of Thatcherism. It doesn't have to be like that... Protecting and promoting domestic manufacturing (or industrial production of anything) needn't be undemocratic or paid for by tax payers either. On the contrary, domestic manufacturing could be be helped by tax breaks, improvements in infrastructure, cheaper energy, less regulation, the awarding of government and public contracts, technological developments, international promotion of exports, limits and taxes upon imports. Of course, a boom in manufacturing would also require a well trained, well paid, well motivated, healthy and happy workforce. I'm not proposing a return to sweat shop conditions, we have a regulatory system to protect workers against that sort of thing, nor am I necessarily proposing low wages. I'm talking about meaningful jobs for communities that currently lack them. In other words; central and local government, industry and workers working together towards a common objective; prosperity and growth. In Scandanavian countries it is known as 'the tripartheid system'. Hope this clarifies my position.
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  645.  @coopergates9680   Thankyou for the reply. I understand what you meant in the previous comment a bit better now. To tell the truth I don't really know what a 'dog whistle' even means in this context. Is it some kind of hidden signal that you have certain political opinions or something that triggers a particular response from people who hold certain opinions? I think of globalism as a philosophy that puts global economic planning and other global strategic concerns above that of soveriegn nations. In other words having no loyalty to the nation, it's workers, it's system of taxation or it's legislative and regulatory systems. Despite being critical of globalism, globalization and the forces of global capitalism I don't consider myself a nationalist or alt right, but it is hard to tell nowadays, possibly I am both?
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  646. Freedom is better than constraint. The freedom of the individual should be defended against the tyranny of the collective. The individual's property and rights should be protected by the law. Sounds like pretty basic liberalism to me KK!
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  647. Surely our current government are responsible for current policy, legislation, law and how it is applied and have been for over a decade or have I missed something?
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  648. People who were never slaves demanding reparations from people who never owned slaves? It sounds like a scam doesn't it? It would take a right plonker to fall for that one...We're being represented by David Lamy? Oh dear, we're f***ed!
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  649.  @Percole  Thanks for the reply. In the UK we have the far left (Revolutionary Communists, Socialists, SWP, Greens and Radical Progressives) the moderate left (Labour Party, various unions, Fabian Society) the centrists (Classical Liberals, Social Democrats, Liberal Democrats) the right (Conservatives, Reform UK) and the far right (which could include fascists, ethno-nationalists and radical libertarians). It is a spectrum or it at least it used to be, we now have four independent MPs who seem to represent Islam. I'm not sure where they stand politically but they support cousin marriage and want the re-introduction of blasphemy laws. They also advocate for more severe legal penalties for 'Islamophobia', which they want to be in charge of defining. We also have Scottish nationalsts, Northern Irish Protestant Nationalists and Irish Catholic Republicans (separatists. who get elected and then refuse to attend the UK Parliament). First of all Brexit caused fractures amongst each of those groups, then the 'woke' agenda, then the trans ideologies started cut across those dividing lines too. Populist politics, like the kind Donald Trump espouses, are now a source of division too. The conflict in Gaza has split the left and political lslamism seems to have taken over the Greens. Irish republicans are very pro-immigration and multi-culturalism, as are the Scottish Nationalists! More traditional Nationalist sentiments can be found in amongst many of the ideological groups on the right, particularly linked to the lowering of immigration and strengthening borders, while the left strongly defend multi-culturalism and unopposed mass immigration. The most confusing of these groups are the 'woke' conservatives who support identity politics, do not seem to want to conserve anything of British culture and have much more in common with the globalists on the left. Talking of which, you can now find both nationalists (pro Brexit) and internationalists (anti Brexit) on the left. I should mention we also have a progressive, liberal cultural elite (which includes the Church of England and the BBC) who support all green issues (like net zero) and are fiercely pro-minority, anti-populist, hate Trump, very critical of the working class indigenous population but very pro-trans, pro Palestine, anti-Israel, pro-LGBTQ+, defensive of Islam and who advocate for BLM, DEI. They also seem to approve of the various authoritarian, legal restrictions on freedom of speech, such as our 'non-crime hate speech' laws. Because they are a wealthy, priviledged and sheltered elite, they are rarely troubled by the negative consequences of their positions, such as street crime, low wages, high house prices and social disfunction. As George Orwell once said, they would rather steal from the poor box than stand for the national anthem or salute the flag! Nowadays they are very ashamed of Bitish history and want to 'de-colonize' everything they can. It's a complicated patchwork of cultural and political divisions. The one thing you can be sure everyone agrees about, however, is everybody in the UK hates the moderates in the centre! Probably because they are not solely informed by ideology, tend to be led by logic, facts and evidence and can see sense on both sides of an argument. I consider myself to be in that group, but you never know, if you ask my nephew, I might be a fascist! Who knows? Thanks for the reply.
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  650. Compassion? Even Jesus would agree that there comes a time when flags and borders and national self interest are much more important than helping economic migrants out of rubber boats on compassionate grounds, especially if they are all healthy young men who could swim back to France if they were forced to. And to make it worse they are sometimes Albanians, at least the African ones can play football. Let them all swim for it or better still make them pay for inflatable water wings and then swim for it. We could all watch on tv a put bets on which ones would drown. Compassion? What a load of woke!
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  651. Her criticism of the Rwanda farce is fair enough: it will be expensive, flawed and will ultimately make no difference. But her 'debate' about illegal immigration was pathetic. Unable to provide evidence to support her opinion amd yet she will be shaping UK law based upon that ill-informed position. There is a clear difference between immigrants and asylum seekers who enter the country illegally yet she can not see it or accept that others might. Our system seems to be biased in favour of the 'new and uninvited visitors' rather than the UK citizens and she seems to be instrumental in this flawed and dangerous system and determined to perpetuate it. What hope is there for ordinary people in this country if people like her are making decisions on our behalf?
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  652.  @Voting-does-nothing  The USSR respected Stalin too, that hardly makes it a good recommendation, nor does it make it 'reality'. Your comment doesn't make sense 'bro'. Slava Ukraine.
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  653.  @russianprincess3673  Just as I suspected. Slava Ukraine.
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  654.  @russianprincess3673  I am not a Leftist, nor am I a Progressive, what gave you that impression? Are you jumping to that conclusion because I correctly called you out for being Russian bot, because I called you out for using your comments to express pro-Russian, anti Western propaganda? In that respect your comment doesn't make sense comrade. However, I am sure that in your country you do repress leftists (surely the USSR was the definition of leftist or have I missed your point?) and progressives, just as you repress democracy, the free press, political opposition, journalism, dissent, comedy, music and every other form of free speech. Slava Ukraine. In the West we have the choice to be stupid or not, it is a shame you don't.
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  655. Toxic femininity.
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  656. Same with Politics Joe.
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  657.  @allanchapman7986  Nigel Farage would love that!
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  658.  @DieFlabbergast  I put it down to thirteen years of Tory government, Austerity, Brext, Covid, Liz Truss' delivering 'growth' through extreme supply side economics crashing the economy, anti union legislation, cut backs in services, highest taxes since the war, cost of living crisis, health care crisis and finally an absolute liar as a Prime Minister being replaced by a billionaire playboy. Incompetence and deceit. The only way forward is an overhaul of our electoral system, our national institutions, our economy and the type of people we elect to lead us. I know what you are thinking...what a dreamer!
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  659. @beatonthedonis4726 Agreed.
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  660.  @davidmarkmann6098  We still produce Rolls Royce, Jaguars, Range Rovers, Minis, Mitsibishi cars etc in the UK, but all the companies are now owned by combinations of foreign corporations such as BMW and Tatra. Globalism in action. There are still niche car and motorcycle manufacturers in the UK like Morgan and Triumph but because of automation they employ small numbers of highly skilled workers. They are generally unionised and are very well paid. Most of these car producers are very proftable and their cars sell all over the world. Check out Formula 1 International Grand Prix car racing. Most of the companies that compete in F1 are based in the UK and employ UK engineers and designers. The UK government is currently setting up a massive electric car and battery production factory in co-ooerattion with the Indian company Tatra.
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  661.  @chrimbus71  Yes, how ridiculous is that? The NHS has been one of the most diverse workforces in the world for decades but somehow that's not enough for the old Diversity, Inclusion and Equity hucksters. There are probably still too many middle aged, middle class, hetrosexual, cis-gendered, white men (doctors) who need weeding out. Thankfully, because the money is so bad in the UK, they're all going to Australia anyway!
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  662. How come there is a vocal harmony on "Quietly turning the backdoor key, stepping outside she is free." 5.20 that isn't in the original mix? It is wonderful. Come to that, so are the low cello parts. How come they are so much more distinct in this video Rick?
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  663. So sorry about your treatment at the hands of our authorities Paul. Scandalous. Meanwhile this latest chapter in the Reform story is an absolute disgrace. They have ruined their own reputation and finally revealed themselves to be underhand and corrupt. Groan...what are we supposed to do now?
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  664. This is what all university under-graduates looked like in 1973. Until I saw the tv hosts I thought it was an archive clip of some young fogey about to join Harold Wilson's government.
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  665. Brilliant content guys. If you are going to provide an alternative to the MSM's biased and propagandist narratives you need to be prepared to get out of the studio and do reports from the front lines...just like this. Most of these people seem very well intentioned but it is Interesting how superficial their understanding of the issues is. They don't understand what the police are doing either and they certainly have never considered or simply don't understand the arguments against their own cause. Nice to know.
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  666. Ollie and James; separated at birth or father and illegitimate son?
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  667. As usual America is five or six years in advance of the UK. Biden has proven he is incapable of resisting the progressive left and that has created huge problems for the US. Meanwhile we are just about to elect a similarly weak, ideologically fluid Labour Party with a leader who is likely to double down on the anti-racist dogma , the lgbtq+ pronoun trans ideology, the sanctuary city chaos, with weak borders, uncontrolled immigration, protected identities, hate speech vs free speech legal wrangling with the continued undermining of crumbling national institutions, bankrupt local government, low growth, high tax model. We should be looking at Biden's failures and trying to skip to the next stage?
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  668. Why is she so patronising? Her lived experience and the conclusions she draws are not universal. Racist attitudes exist all over the world but not necessarily with whites against blacks. In Saudi Arabia both blacks and whites are seen as inferior. In China whites are seen as second class citizens etc. She is talikng about the UK, where increasingly large numbers of BAME individuals achieve positions of Political, Social, Ecomomic distiction, who reject her 'woke' agenda, preferring much more conservative values. Especially in her own West African community. Are these individuals all 'gate keepers'? Prove it. Does she really speak for the Caribbean, West African, Chinese, S.E.Asian or East African communities? For all women if colour? For muslim women? For the trans community? For the gay community? She acts as though she does, but i think she primarily represents herself. Also, in my experience, Black women have far more power than she admits, they are rarely victims of their skin colour and more usually inspiring, loving, hard working, spiritual matriarchs. Sorry Shola but it would help if you were able to support your arguments with empirical evidence rather than lived experience. Like Social Scientists are supposed to.
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  669. Coronyism! Brilliant! What a surprise, opportunist, influential capatalists with close ties to government are usuing their positions of privilege to secure lucrative deals to provide shoddy, over-priced products and services to fight the virus. You might almost expect them to want the virus to run wild, killing tens of thousands, just to ensure a healthy profit before it is finally negated by vaccines. Like manufacturing bullets during war time and hoping that the peace talks fail.
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  670. @BritishLandeur  I couldn't agree more.
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  671. London is great when you are a millionaire celebrity or a high earning professional. The liberal elite love it, mostly because they are largely sheltered from the reality of it. It is not so great for everyone else. Most people who live in London do not take pride in it, they do not see the area they live in as belonging to them or see their future there. They are passing through, on their way to somewhere better; somewhere less chaotic, less aggressive, quieter, more functional. Presumably they aspire to living in 'The Shire' as you put it. It seems only logical that aspirant minority groups, abitious immigrants and optimistic migrants want to get out of London too, after all, it's just as unpleasant, chaotic and dangerous for them too. Of course they would now have their eyes on areas outside of the M25 and if that is the case, why should they not 'prepare the ground'? The rest of the people living in London are those who are stuck there, through no fault of their own and are unable to find a route out. This especially applies to the white working class people who have remained despite the ‘white flight’. They are now like an embattled minority, clinging to the idea of a community that disappeared years ago, unappreciated, anachronistic and out of place. With that in mind It feels a little like capitulation, coming to the conclusion that London is lost, but equally, it’s hard not to. We have to face the facts, with four more years of Mr Khan, it is unlikely to get any better anytime soon.
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  672. The best bit was right at the end when Douglas began to talk about his reservations with some more right wing belief and thought. I've not heard him get drawn out on that before and was very interested to hear what he woukd say. Then it ended!
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  673. Everyone does not have their right to 'celebrate their own culture' if their culture involves practises that are illegal in this country. Not all culture are 'equal', or more accurately, not all are compatible with our own. For example, some believe in slavery, patriarchy, homophobia, the death penalty, fgm, enforced arranged marriages, honour killings, no age of consent for girls, the murder of apostates etc etc. This should be entirely obvious, so why are the muppets at Politics Joe pretending it is a controversial statement? If you met a person who's religion called for the persecution of another you wouldn't tolerate it would you?
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  674. I'm glad the Tories keep wheeling out Chris Philp. He is so obviously out of his depth and incapable of giving an honest answer he is a perfectly appropriate choice to represent this current government. He represents the government's incompetence and deceit quite accurately.
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  675. Why oh why does our so called 'government' not develop a policy that properly deals with the fact that an ageing population represents an increasingly serious drain on the public purse. Oh...they just did.
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  676. Well done Ed, you resisted the temptation to portray all the patriotic English people as idiots. This video even seemed unjudgemental and balanced by Joe standards. I'm sure some of your subscribers would have preferred you to do a smear job, well done for not quite doing that. More importantly, do the people in the video have a point? Are English people having their culture negated by multi culturalism? Are White English people policed differently from minorities? Is mass immigration a cause for concern? Does the St George's flag represent the wrong values? Do the English have leaders who prioritise minority concerns over the majority? Are white English people racist just by being white? Should English people be ashamed of being English? Is TR actually speaking on the behalf of average English people or does he have some other thuggish, 'hate filled' agenda? Answers on a post card.
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  677. Is it the case that they (or their previous generations) came for economic/educational opportunities, took advantage of the freedoms and security that the host nation provided and, having fulfilled the expectation that they and their families should become elevated financially and professionally, they are now free to move on to better circumstances? Does this not support the proposition that immigrants are never as fully committed to the host country as the indiginous population? They bonds of place, language, history, culture are not as strong when there are fewer opportunities?
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  678. I still can't understand how they think winning a local election in Bradford (for the Green Party?) will have any effect whatsover in the fight to 'free' Palestine. Rejecting Kier Starmer and the Labour Party for their role in the Gaza conflict seems even more irrelevant. Describing them as Zionists, after all their recent issues with anti-semitism under Corbyn, is bordering on the surreal! I suppose it simply demonstrates how deranged these people are that they think (as Greens) their primary concern is people who live thousands of miles away, not the people of Bradford. I suppose it also shows how religiously partisan the people who voted for them must be. I suppose we must now look forward to a prelonged period of sectarian division. At least the Irish people will be on our side this time.
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  679.  @isabelclinton9229  Atheist don't believe in Santa either. Or elves. Or pixies, hobbits, goblins, trolls, unicorns or magic talking dragons. Madness!
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  680. Oli, you can't take pride in a system you have no control over, are denied access to, which belittles and ignores you. You have accurately described the circumstances: the Junior doctors leaving the profession because they are over worked and under valued. The same could be said of nurses, care staff, ambulance drivers, consultants as well as teachers, police officers, prison officers, social workers etc etc. We all know why: stagnant wages losing pace with inflation year after year, underfunding by central government, the selling off and privatisation of profitable elements of the NHS to private corporations that extract wealth from the exchequer without returning it in tax, record demand for services, bankrupt local authorities and inefficient, uninspired management, the exit of European health workers and the subsequent reliance upon low wage immigrant staff. The reliance upon privately owned companies to provide care staff drawn from global employment markets is deeply flawed. The companies exploit and under pay their foreign staff, they extract wealth from the exchequer and NHS budgets while providing minimum standards of care. The system is being constantly fed upon by parasitical privately owned companies. Meanwhile the rich have been getting richer while the average tax payer, families, the poor all politely foot the bill. The list of failures is like a Jonathan Pie routine. Its been going on since 2009 and it will continue regardless of who wins the next election. The British economy, society and politics are falling apart. A country once known for stability experiences one shocking upheaval after another. Self inflicted wounds dreamt up, instigated and brought about by a liberalized, globalized ruling class elite drawn from a small, culturally and economically privileged, university educated elite. They have been allowed to freely espouse and pursue their luxury beliefs for well over a decade. All ghe time they do not experience the detrimental effects of these policies and upheavals. They draw virtue from their campaigns and are unconcerned that ordinary people don't benefit. While they are politically influential and financially secure enough to insulate themselves against; declining services, empty high streets, rocketing rents, unaffordable housing, record levels of immigration, lack of police on the streets, homelessness, food poverty, fuel poverty, job insecurity, low wages and poor mental health everyone else if left to deal with it as best they can. Meanwhile ordinary people are unheard, their values ignored, their virtue denied. They are told their history is shameful, their culture is irrelevant, their institutions are inherently racist, they have failed all the oppressed minorities in the past (despite their best efforts) and their future necessarily involves accepting unlimited immigration until the minorities become the majority. Their communities are fractured, their institutions hollowed out and their culture constantly undermined and brought into question. Everybody else's culture is better, everybody else's rights are more important and more enthusiastically defended. Their educational institutions, their popular media, the adverts on tv, even the police and councils continually endorse this message. You don't count. Everybody else does. Under such circumstances, what values are the people you refer to supposed to unite around? What are they supposed to take pride from? I know you want to see some kind of light at the end of tunnel for the people in your video, but 'pride'? You're even criticised if you wave your national flag and sing 'Land of Hope and Glory' at the Proms or elsewhere else for that matter. How can you take pride from that? Ordinary UK citizens have no voice, they have no virtue and the political elites don't share their values. You can't take pride from that.
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  681. Why are you only concerned with the rights of people on the left being attacked? It may have escaped your notice but draconian custodial sentences were issued to people on the other side of the political fence, including four months and counting of solitary confinement for a civil offence.
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  682. Meanwhile Russian forces are building up again on the Belorussian border. Tough times ahead.
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  683. Apart from the fact that the Conservative Party spent 14 years hollowing out our institutions, our economy and our culture, the Tories are unpopular because they represent the same liberal elites as those on the left. We need a political option based upon national interests not globalism and the Tories do not get that, they see it as illigitimate. They are terrified of accusations of nationalism, racism, sexism, transphobia, misogyny and patriarchy because they are playing by the radical liberal rules. That's why the ordinary people now reject them.
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  684. For Starmer:'s information reasons for the protests: 1. The history of Islamist violence going back to 2005 2. Enforced mass immigration, despite electoral promises to limitor reduce numbers by both main parties. 3. The cost and anti-social threat posed by iillegal migrants. 4. The ‘woke’ progressive agenda undermining British history, culture and freedom of speech. 5. The mainstream media demonising, dismissing and mischaracterising the English working classes and those who speak for them (TR). 6. Two Tier policing. 7. The blatant imbalance of the PM and Home Secretary’s response. 8. The emergence and threat of 'political Islam'. 9. The rise of knife crime, grooming gangs, acid attacks and sexual violence on the streets of English towns. 10. The huge religious/ethnic ghettos, the failure of multi-culturalism and increasing lack of trust in national institutions, 11. The Pro Gaza marches with all the associated anti-Western rhetoric, anti-semitism and civil disobedience. 12. The housing crisis and cost of living crisis. 13. Imported foreign conflicts leading to violent disorder on English streets. 14. Finally and most significantly: three innocent little English girls brutally and senselessly murdered by a second generation immigrant. Ignore the narrative about fake news, online disinformation and misinformation being deliberately spread. It is a minor detail. Ignore the narrative about extremist agitators coming in from outside, if they exist at all they are on both sides of the divide.
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  685. Why oh why does our so-called 'government' fail to understand that pubs represent an important venue for cultural education and reflection. Both adults and children should be allowed, or indeed encouraged, to gather in such places and have informed debate and exchange cultural values. At the top of their voices. Like we did during the war. I was brought up down the boozer and its done me no harm. After all COVID 19 is mostly found in hospitals and elderly care homes, not pubs. Cheers.
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  686. Blimey, it was supposed to be a joke!
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  687. ​​ @randomhuman2595  well in that case you must certainly be virtuous. Innocent Grandads must never be called cre eps under any circumstances and if that is indeed what TR has done, then certainly his reputation has been irretrievably besmirched. Thankyou for bringing it to my attention.
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  688. Not sure how much we can trust Farage at this point. I suspect he will slowly move closer to the liberal middle ground, to attract one nation conservative voters and MPs, rather than trying to drag the Overton Window further over to the right.
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  689. It's like she is talking directly to Novara Media. I wonder if Ash Sakar saw this video...
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  690.  @derrickbell24  Derrick, thanks for the challenge, seriously. My comment was intended to be sarcastic, but I can see how I may have left myself open to the criticism that I don't know what I'm talking about, by my flippant comments. I was trying to reimagine ways of renaming the schism between those who see themselves as 'progressive' and those who do not. Anyway, I appreciate your comment as it wasn't easy for me to answer the questions you put forward without a bit of checking,.. Okay...here goes.. 1. CRT is a body of legal and academic thought based upon a study of how the American legal system was failing racial minority groups, specifically the black community. 2. The Nazis would have hated CRT because it seeks to find legal protection for racial minorities in the face of a racist and hostile legal system. The Nazis sought to place the Aryan race above all others in law, seeing other races as inferior and therefore not deserving of equal rights or recourse to law. 3.The legal problem that prompted the movement in the 70s was the failure of Civil Rights legislation to provide any perceived material improvement for the black community. 4. It was inspired by the work of Derek Bell who brought attention to this shortcoming in the Civil Rights legislation. 5. The Convergent Dilemma describes how the interests of the black community will only be served if and when it serves the white community's interests. 6. When Derek Bell eventually resigned, similarly enclined academics provided an 'alternative course' to the one that was being offered by the white academics. 7. Academics such as Kimberle Crenshaw, Richard Delgado and Cheryl Harris. 8. Crenshaw coined the phrase 'Developments in Critical Race Theory' knowing that there had been none and that the academic discipline didn't, at that time, even exist. They wanted to use Critical Theory to make an analysis of structural racism through the lens of black experience. 9. It was a verb but obviously now it is used as a noun. Language has changed since then. 10. Some important tenets of CRT are that it involves the use of 'Intersectionality' (oppreseed minorities have a complicated relationship with the power structures that oppress them), 'Standpoint Epistemology' (personal experience and story telling can be used as evidence) and 'Structural Determinism' (Society's structure can have unexpected, unwanted outcomes, like pluralistic liberal values may not create equality). I think the issue here is how 'CRT' is being applied, it is used and abused in the current discourse on race. Interestingly CRT even questions the notion of race and accepts that individiuals are more than just their racial identities, but this is often ignored nowadays. I know it gets a bad rap but who the Hell checks the facts nowadays? (Sarcasm). My point was that instead of calling it neo Marxist or postmodern it might as well be called downward facing (like the position in yoga) or upward aspiring (like a good song in church). Anyway, thanks for the challenge, I hope I passed the test?
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  691.  @derrickbell24  i think that's too simple. CRT upsets liberals because it suggests that, historically, antiracism activity has not been effective because the system is institutionally racist. It upsets academics because it doesn't seem empirical. It upsets anti racists because it defines people by their immutable characateristics. It upsets the right because it talks about reparations. It upsets traditionalists because it questions Western history, philosophy, culture, politics, educational practises, Westen Capitalism , etc etc. Europeans resent an American model of racism imposed upon European political, legal and social systems. I personally think that the proliferation of identitarian burearocrats, educators and those who operate in the media, who can be seen as financially benefitting, even at the expense of their own communities, from promoting this philosophy. They do CRT the greatest dis-service. Partly because they can not satisfactorarily describe the society they want to achieve (only what they don't want) and partly because it doesn't describe the experience of other non white communities, Asian, African, Mexican, Chinese etc etc? I also think the lack of debate about its implementation, like an 'imposed' orthodoxy of thinking, makes people feel that CRT is being 'forced' upon them and if they don't accept it they must be racist. People are frightened to outwardly philosophically question it. To them it feels like it has been institutionally passed down to them, without their consent or even without them fully understanding it. Finally, it upsets white people by telling them to identify their whiteness, feel guilty about it and thereby work against the interests of themselves and their familes. That aspect alone will be the most difficult to sell as humans never work against their own interests and if forced, tend to rebel?
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  692. Can't see the point of discussing this. If they have broken the law previously they should not be allowed to enter the UK, if not and they go on to break any of the very extensive hate speech laws while they are here, arrest, imprison then deport. If they can do it to Brits for what they write on Facebook why not Islamic hate preachers?
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  693. Fundamentalist Jihadis yes, but not necessarily all Muslims, particularly not the ones I know.
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  694. Seems rather counter intuitive for the West to support a losely organised group of war lords who overty work against the values of the liberal, secular, materialistic West? It may well be the kind of inspirational approach that difuses the hatred, but it is extremely unlikely, given our current economic situation, don't you think?
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  695.  @samirabenalia6473  There was no 'time of Adam'. Whatever you think it may be, it is at best a mythological concept. Homo Sapiens originated in Africa through the ongoing process of evolution. They then spread throughout the continents over many thousands of years. There is DNA evidence and the fossil record to prove this. You should try not to base your opinions on fairy tales.
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  696.  @samirabenalia6473  When you say 'we' who do you mean? The earliest records show occupancy by the Canaanites. Are you one of them? There is no such thing as 'the time of Adam' and most of the occupants of this region throughout history were not Muslims. In fact those who did convert to Islam probably did so because they were not given a choice. Islam has been the predominant religion in the region for a total of 1,238 years, but Judaism was there for 1,197 years and Christianity for 410 years. The longest period of occupancy was that of the Romans 683 years, the Judahites for 414 years and the Ottomans for 410 years. No one has an obvious and straight forward claim to the land, the past is too complicated. Any lasting peace will be based upon compromise, co-operation and tolerance not religious dogma and predjudice.
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  697.  @samirabenalia6473  Those that lived in the region in the past were indeed different ethnicities. The Greeks were not Arabs, nor were the Romans, the Persians, the Christian Crusaders, the Seljuk Turks, the British or the French. Even the ancient Egyptians were not ethnic arabs as they share very little DNA. But we now know from studying DNA that a person's ethnicity is more like a spectrum than one simple set of characteristics so it is more than likely that the 'Arabs' of which you speak are partly Greek, Roman, Persian, East African and even Indian in their ancestry. Unlike you I prefer to learn history from objective sources based upon scientific evidence, therefore I can be pretty sure there was no such person as Adam, no Noah who lived at a time when the whole world was flooded, no Abraham and even no Moses. When you talk of them you are not talking about history you are talking about religious mythology, there is no historical evidence for any of them.
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  698.  @samirabenalia6473  There we have it. Your view of reality is based upon belief, mine is based upon knowledge. You use your religion as a tool of understanding, I use a scientific, rational examination of the facts. You believe in miracles, I believe in scientific principles. You learn history from a book written in the 7th century I learn it from historians who have used scientific research and academic methodology. Thankyou for your comments.
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  699. @samirabenalia6473  Thankyou for your reply. I have read parts of the Qu'ran, although I could never read it completely as I do not have the time or the inclination. However I have visited many Islamic countries, I have some very close friends who are muslims so I think I have a good knowledge of your religion, better than most English atheists at least. Even if I were to read the Qu'ran and all the Hadiths from cover to cover I could never believe it's contents because it's teachings involve believing in too many things I think of as unproveable, improbable and downright impossible. For example, I do not accept that The Prophet split the Moon in half, nor do I accept that water flowed from his fingers any more than I think a winged horse took him up to Heaven to meet all the other prophets or that he flew from Mecca to the mosque in Jerusalem and then back, all in one night. I do not want to disrespect your belief system but it seems strange that not only do you allow yourself to believe in devils and djinn, but you also believe that Satan sleeps in your nose each night. I wonder what other fairy tales you believe in. By the way, I feel the same way about Christianity if it makes you feel any better. For example I don't believe a man came back from the dead after being crucified. Nor do I believe in a man walking on water, turning water into wine, casting out devils, making blind people see, making the lame walk, curing leprosy and raising the dead. I would not trust an adult who sincerely accepted such things. Atheists require proof, the faithful are happy with nothing more than belief even when the subject of their belief is obviously nonsense.
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  700.  @samirabenalia6473  Thankyou for your reply Samira. I would like to respond to your comment, allow me to take one point at a time. 1. I did not for one moment suggest that all things have to be seen or touched to be believed or understood. That is not what 'science' means. Science can prove all sorts of processes, forces and energies by means other than seeing or touching them, for example we all agree that gravity exists: Sir Isaac Newton managed to describe it, predicts its affects and measure it using maths, without ever being able to see it or touch it. 2. The way a foetus grows in the womb is not the work of any entity other than the mother. it is a scientifically provable process of cell division, each cell being assigned a function by the DNA it contains. The reason why this seems miraculous is because it is a process that has developed over thousands of millions of years, becoming more complex through evolution. Try reading 'Climbing Mount Improbable' by Richard Dawkins. 3. Of course animals have perception (sensory awareness) and cognition (conscious understanding). An animal species without those qualities would become extinct very quickly. Of course there are lesser forms of life that may lack cognition but that is because they don't need it to exist and multiply. Try reading 'The Selfish Gene' by Richard Dawkins. 4. Modern communication devices (or any other aspect of modern life) did not come about because of miracles. They came about through incremental technological developments based upon some original (and often quite simple) scientific discoveries and understanding. The mobile phone did not spring into existence fully formed any more than homo sapiens did. 5. The fact that primitive people from the past would find modern technology miraculous does not mean it is miraculous. It just means technology has developed beyond their understanding. Rather like a modern person attributing a complex medical procedure's success to a divine intervention, when it's success is entirely due to a long process of medical developments, techniques and principles being taught, learned and added to by many generations of hardworking, brilliant doctors. 6. I too believe in death but I have no reason to believe that a living organism continues some kind of conscious life after their physical shell has ceased to function. I certainly don't believe that after a good man dies, God chooses to reward him with a 72 virgin wives and 80,000 servants, in fact, to me, that sounds terrible, more like a curse! Despite this, my heart is open and so is my mind, I just choose to reject superstition and primitive beliefs based upon ancient mythology. 7. I am not asking you to do anything for me, so don't worry, if it turns out you and all the other muslims are right (and all the billions of other people who have ever lived and I were wrong) I shall ask God why, if he wanted me to be a believer, did he in all his wisdom choose to make me an atheist.
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  701.  @guidovaughan3096  Thankyou for your response. Of course many ancient cultures understood that gravity existed but Newton was the first to explain, describe and predict it using mathematical principles. 'Western' Science has always acknowledged the contribution to human development made by pre-existing ancient cultures, such as the ancient Chinese, Indians or Greeks; universities still teach Socratic method and the logic of Aristotle for example. But ancient 'ways of knowing' are not, and have never been, an equivalent to scientific method or scientific understanding. As far as zero is concerned; the Babylonians and Mayans first used it (as a place holder) in the 7th century BC or before, but you are correct in as much as it was first used as an actual number in the 5th century by Indian mathematicians. That numerical system came to Europe via Persian and Arabian mathematicians. By the way, just to reassure you, there is no such thing as 'Western' Science just as there is no Southern, Eastern or Northern Science, there is just Science. It may have been developed in the West at one time or another but scientific knowledge is not owned by 'the West' and is free to be studied, understood and applied by all humanity. My sadness is that people from certain cultures (see above) choose not to use it or are prevented from doing so because of a culture of superstition and ignorance.
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  702. In places where life-threatening wildlife is common, women tend to appreciate the protection that men can provide. However, women who live in cities, who do not come into contact with deadly wild animals, have to be wary of men simply out of necessity and self-preservation. Considering how low the numbers of successful rape prosecutions are in the UK, the high numbers of reported domestic and sexual abuse, the numbers of incidents of wives being murdered by husbands and sexual abuse in general, who can blame young urban women for being distrustful of men? I ceratinly teach my daughters to be.
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  703. Good point. The West, particularly Britain, is fair game, after all, we are responsibile for ALL the world's ills aren't we? The J.S.O. mouthpiece on the Jeremy Vine tv show this morning admitted as much when he accidentally let it slip that Just Stop Oil are concentrating on the Anglo-sphere this summer. I wonder why? Because they wouldn't dream of protesting against the pollution produced by China, India or the Saudis because of colonialism, capitalism and 'historical exploitation' or 'oppression'. Because the world's worst polluters are absolved from guilt because of their ethnicity. But the British, their icons and institutions are asking for it, aren't they? Because we produce 1% of the global green house gas emissions, but our colonial past means we have 100% of all the white guilt! Simple.
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  704.  @unicron2109  Pedantic and Irrelevant, the above commenter is talking about the historical lack of a de facto Palestinian state of any description,. In any case, whether it be de facto or de jure, their point is still valid.
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  705.  @23strawbale  Some hold up better than others, obviously, but that doesn't stop the previous comment being both historically accurate and relevant. If you can't claim a historic, de facto state or a historic legally sanctioned state you can only claim a 'spiritual' state, like Hegel proposed. This is of course much more difficult to assert or prove when contested by a similar counter claim. Isn't it? Who has a right to the land from the river to the sea? Neither, both, depends upon how you look at it, don't know...so, shall we try to resolve the whole stinking issue with a peacefully arrived at compromise, with compassion and wisdom or just carry on killing each other's chikdren?
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  706.  @johnwong5317  Not only do Hamas discriminate against Jews and Christians, they have irreconcilable differences with the PLO, the authorities on the West Bank, Hizbullah, and even some other radical Islamist groups. The Palestinian civilians are being cruelly exploited by their fanatical leaders and allowed no democratic process to get rid of them. This is one of the reasons why this conflict has been so intractable for so long.
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  707. Sky did a similarly biased job of reporting on the Remembrance Day counter protestors. Shockingly one sided.
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  708. Why oh why does our so called 'government' fail to understand that the real threat to our security, freedoms and peace of mind is being trolled on social media platforms. It is much more dangerous than being a victim of a so-called 'real' crime, like GBH or burglary, because it hurts our feelings and offends our sensibilities. If fact being mugged or robbed is so unimportant in comparison, that the police, quite rightly, hardly investigate it any more. The sooner they concentrate solely on investigating cyber bullying the better. Then we can all feel safe in the warm glow of our pcs as we type out our bile, resentment, mysogyny and bitter reactionary views.
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  709.  @jarofspanners3523  Oh yes....Why oh why does our so called 'government' not recognise how potentially dangerous these trolleys are nowadays? Coming over here, taking over our shopping centre parking spaces, lounging around in our canals, encouraging juevenile delinquency and veering off to the bloody left (bloody Trotsky again!) Something should be done.
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  710. I tried it. No decent jobs, minimum wages, no rental accomodation, no 24 hour petrol stations, no busses, no railway stations, no public libraries, no 24 hr super markets, no restaraunts, no public swimming pools, no cinemas, no music venues, no dentists, over subscribed GPs, no hospital within 40miles, every green space privately owned without public access, no nearby secondary schools, rivers and streams polluted, no decent football teams, unwelcoming pubs and worst of all loads of racist, homophobic bigots staring at you in the street.
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  711. The shops are used as a front for money laundering. They only accept cash so they don't declare their takings to avoid paying tax. They employ undocumented immigrants from Kurdistan, Turkey, Iraq and other Middle Eastern countries and pay them less then minimum wage. They usually provide the workers with digs as well, in houses of multiple occupants, taking the rent directly from the wages. It is a massive organized criminal system making use of peoole trafficking, drug importation and tax avoidance. They do cut your hair though.
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  712. Possibly by building in accountability and trust for example?
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  713. I really enjoyed this one. A bit of robust historical analysis based upon proper objective research does everyone good. 'Kids these days' should take note.
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  714.  @isabelclinton9229  So from the river to the sea certain people should be free, but on the other side of that river, forget about it, we don't care!
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  715. If you are watching this and you do not recognise the group that Matt Goodwin is describing, it is probably because you are one of them.
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  716. Could this situation be helped by Hamas returning the hostages and laying down their arms? If, in this way, Israel's justification for the conflict was taken away, it would force Israel to cease fire and start the process of rebuilding Gaza. UN agencies would then be free to distribute food and medicine, international NGOs would be free to enter the region to rebuild essential infrastructure and Israel would have no justification for hindering them. Is this not the simplest possible solution to this terrible situation?.
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  717. Lubna, you are wonderful. Remember, if it wasn't true they wouldn't bother coming at you. Keep doing your excellent content.
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  718. Is it a coincidence that this dramatic rise in homlessness coincides with the recent unprecedented rise in legal immigration?
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  719. From 'The Lavender Hill Mob'?
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  720.  @JoefishJ    Years ago there was a quite violent war between various Scandanavian biker gangs and organised criminal gangs, involving the control of the drug trade, the illegal importation of Harley Davidson motorcycles via Portugal and (after the various violent struggles in the former Yugoslavia) unlicensed weapons coming up from the Balkans. There were various murders and well publicised violent clashes all over Northern Europe. Neutral biker gangs were coerced into taking sides. Christiania was a focal point for a lot of this, so you can see why the locals were so dead-set on removing that threat within their community. It was an extremely dark time for the 'alternative lifestyle' communities as, for a long time, the police seemed to be powerless to stop it all escalating. I'm very happy to see that the people of Christiania have finally succeeded in moving on from this era of chaos. Well done Chritiania and well done you for having the guts to go there and see first hand what is going on now. Keep the good content coming mate, especially the alternative lifestyle stuff, you're doing a great job. Maybe try Stone Henge for the Summer Solstice?
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  721. Sorry Matt, you need to have a much better understanding of Tommy Robinson, who he is and what he stands for. You imply that his influence is regretable. He has been constantly mischaracterized by the mainstream as an equivalent to Nick Griffin. He is not, he is a working class hero. He has stood against the tide for twenty years at great personal risk, he has said what the mainstream won't let you say. He warned against the very processes that you now warn against, long before you dared to speak out. He will probably endorse Reform despite Farage, Tice and yourself not having the courage to endorse him in return and by doing so he will get them more votes than any party political broadcast ever could. Meanwhile he will fight the tide and inspire ordinary people while you just talk about it. You should be embracing him and defending him, not dismissing him.
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  722. 'Mad as cheese'? You're not Jonathan Pie Andrew!
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  723. I love that they find their ignorance so funny. Laughing all the way to the idiocracy?
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  724. Well argued. So Mr T is not a fascist, not a racist, not a misogynist, not a white supremacist. But it's funny how, failing to provide a decent argument to prove those assertions, it always end up with that same old tired, illogical, 'Trans debate' and if all else fails: "I've got ADHT." so don't expect me to make sense. Clearly it's all about belief, not facts, logic, data, critical thinking or sound political analysis. More evidence that progressive politics is more like a religious cult or a mind virus than an actual ideology. Infantile and illogical. By the way, talking of being infantile, what does it actlually mean to 'say no' to major political issues? Do they imagine that by 'saying no' they are representing a cogent argument? Infantile and pointless.
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  725. Simple question: What could Hamas do to make this situation better? Does anyone has any suggestions?
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  726. @BritishLandeur  I watched, half falling asleep for the first 40 minutes and then with my jaw dropping for the rest. I thought Zelensky was quite rude. He obviously has become used to being able to talk big without much pushback when in these situations, he is probably tolerated if not encourged usually? The body language wasn't good, nor were the interruptions and the sullen muttering. I thought J.D.Vance had stepped up (quite understandably) to check the disrespect, back up the boss and defend the US. Whatever you may think of Trump (he acted a bit like he was back on 'The Apprentice') the whole exchange illustrated how inflexible and unrealistic Zelensky's expectations are. Trump probably thinks this will justify keeping Zelensky out of the diplomacy loop when deciding upon the terms of the peace deal, after all Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill didn't consult the leaders of the nations they decided the fates of when they were carving up Europe after WW2....
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  727. This is so evil. If it is real, it pretty much amounts to a soviet style, authoritarian thought police or possibly even Gestapo tactics: grass up your neighbour when you suspect they are flirting with the wrong ideology, bring in the armed response unit to remove them for re-education and if all else fails, imprison them? Who decided County Councils should promote or encourage such dangerous restrictions on freedom of thought, expression and speech? When did that happen? Did I miss the memo? Is this Starmer's work or is it a hangover from the last shower?
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  728. You've only got Yousef to blame mate.
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  729. Who do you think should be telling the working classes what to think then? Only state educated, working class conservatives? Or possibly home schooled upper class socialists? I prefer classless anarchists who didn't bother going to school?
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  730. London Road in West Croydon is a fuckin nightmare after dark. The 'recently arrived' Middle Easterners hang around outside their various shops and harass anybody they don't know as they pass by, particularly white females. It takes very little for it to spark into violence. You simply never see any police and local people steer well clear. On most days it is more like the backstreets of a squalid middle eastern city than a once peaceful and afluent suburb of London. It has become like that since the end of the Tony Blair era and has got significantly worse over the last 15 years or so. . During the Croydon riots, some time ago, it was mostly Afro-Caribbean youths taking advantage of the chaos, to see what damage and mayhem they could get away with. For example, as well as setting a long standing, traditional, family owned local furniature store on fire (for no apparent reason) some stole expensive guitars from the music shop and then used them as axes to break shop windows and steal items of much less value. It was mindless and largely opportunist criminal spite. The police were unprepared and ineffectual then and are even more so nowadays. There was no particular urban decay or deprivation that would have justified such action in Croydon, simply a large community of newly arrived young and potentially violent men. In fact there were no inner city issues in Croydon at all until it became a dumping ground for asylum seekers, illegal immigrants and skilless migrants. Now it is mostly middle eastern, Afghanistan, Syrian, Kurdish and West African young men with no investment in the town, the community or British values. It is an absolutely perfect example of the failure of multi-culturalism in the UK. Lots of foreign owned fast food outlets though and plenty of 'Turkish' barbers of course. Most of the people I know who once lived in West Croydon have long since moved themselves and their families away, just like those who once lived in all the other suburban neighbourhoods of London. Those who have remained have only done so because they can't afford to relocate. These areas are now lawless and hostile. In nearby Camberwell there were recently running street battles between rival groups of Eritreans and only last night in Southall there were riots involving muslims celebrating Ramadam and police trying to keep some kind of order. Knife crime is a daily fact of life and so most young people arebforced into gangs. Let's not even mention the grooming gangs. As English citizens we all see it all the time but we seem powerless to stop it. The government have increased immigration to record levels since lockdown, despite Boris Johnson promising to do the exact opposite, and the media call you 'far right' or racist if you complain about it, especially the BBC or LBC. London is now only 43% white British and most council housing in most London boroughs is now occupied by people born outside of the UK. Why is anyone surprised that these areas are now so dysfunctional?
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  731. Why are the BBC using research done by Hope Not Hate to deliberately undermine Reform candidates and their supporters? Because they are worried. They are finally beginning to see that there is a great re-set approaching. The progressive, liberal, metropolitan elite are losing their control of the narrative. Their endless virtue signalling, woke dogma and luxury opinions are simply not working any more. People are rejecting all of that stuff and the insufferable BBC progressive liberals who broadcast it. Let's start with Nick Robinson who did his disengenuous best to mischaracterise Farage and his various political positions in the recent tv interview. He tried his best to reframe various Farage quotes, he quoted Reform candidates entirely without context, he interrupted Farage's replies and denied him the time to fully defend himself by claiming "time is short". At times Robinson was both dismissive and rude and this was deliberate, not accidental and entirely pre-planned. By linking him to Trump, Truss and Putin he implied that Farage admired 'illegitimate' political figures and therefore held unacceptable opinions, making him appear toxic by association. Robinson then accused him of 'wriggling out of it' whenever Farage tried to clarify his position. In conflating immigrants with the process of immigration it was both deliberately defamatory and dishonest, by mischaracterising Farage's criticism of Sunak the explicit implication was that if Farage isn't a racist then his supporters certainly must be. So many unsubstantiated presumptions. Robinson was performative and virtue signalling, not balanced or fair. It reminded me of Maitliss vs Prince Andrew; it was intended as a political ambush. However, in this case it didn't work, it simply exposed the BBC's blatant bias against Farage, Reform and their supporters. To his credit Farage seemed to successfully deflect most of it and came away with his reputation entirely intact. The same can't be said of Robinson or the BBC, they both simply reflect the metropolitan, liberal elite's globalist agenda and the extent to which the mainstream media seeks to control the narrative. In this case it didn't work. Vote Reform and let's dismante this elitist cabal.
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  732. But if you follow the narrative in the newspapers, or on the tv, you would be forgiven for thinking the police are helplessly standing by, able to do nothing and therefore need extra powers to break these protests and deal with the protestors. The closer you look at this issue the more you realise that climate protestors are being demonized (like asylum seekers, unions and the EU) so that we are inclined to ignore the failings of our political system.
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  733. Needless to say Morgan had hardly done any research and had only childish, poorly thought through questions, and even then he hardly let poor old Dawkins answer them before he shouted out his next zinger. As regards the war against the wokies and their attack on logic, speech and scientific fact Dawkins is a wonderful warrior in the battle.
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  734. "We are in an existential fight for the soul of the human race!"..and by not voting for Starmer in Holborn and St Pancras you can stop genocide in Gaza, end lies and usher in an era of empathy and equal rights for all but especially Palestinians. What a grandiose and ridiculous wa*ker. Was he drunk?
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  735.  @BritishLandeur  Farage vs Charles at the next election? I'd love to see that! But imagine all the wrong 'uns who'd be falling over each other to contribute to Charles' campaign funds.
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  736.  @BritishLandeur  Sadly I think you may be right.
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  737.  @bungabening3530  That's exactly what I said in the comments too. Ed likes to characterize people who want to stop mass immigration as ill-informed, racist or just wrong. It is a common tactic: make someone's views seem without virtue and then you can justify silencing or dismissing them. There is a perfectly coherent argument for the restriction of immigration from the perspective of both the left and the right, Politics Joe are reluctant to investigate either because they want to signal their virtue.
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  738. The amount of Trump derangement syndrome in the UK MSM today and yesterday was amazing! The descriptions of madness, meglomania and dictatorship flowed and predictions of doom and destruction were everywhere. Some even suggested that Trump is secretly planning to 'pass the Presidency to his son' in four years time to avoid relinquishing power! Like a tyrant king or dictator! They just hate him, even the so called 'Conservatives'. They are frightened of his American exceptionalism because they think we in the West should be constantly apologetic and humble, for our past transgressions or as atonement for our many successes. They can't stand his ambition because they are all much more comfortable discussing the managed and 'inevitable' decline of our economy, society, culture. They resent his popularity and constantly try to belittle his supporters, calling them deranged or at least misinformed. They fear his self confidence because they are full of doubts and uncertainty. Trump seems to imply that politics can be inspirational and they find that terrifying. 'What if all our politicians started to offer simple solutions to all those problems that are too difficult for our liberal elites to even discus, let alone solve? What if our politicians started actually delivering on those promises instead of betraying the people who voted for them? What if our politicians had a destinct and inspiring vision for our future? It would be a kind of revolution and we can't have that! Not in Britain! When he said he plans to take back the Panama Canal (a strategically sound objective) you could almost hear them wincing and squirming in their seats. When he said he intends to re-name the Gulf of Mexico 'the Gulf of America' I imagine some of the BBC journalists probably needed counselling for anxiety in the nearest safe space. Imagine their discomfort at his deliberately hurty words, They must have been asking how he could be such a bully towards those who were hired for reasons of Diversity not merit? How could he not want equity but just want prosperity? How could he want to remove those who have entered their country illegally over the last four years? What a brute! How dare he want a better deal for Americans and not for those who are not? How dare he be so biased towards the majority and not prioritise all the poor, oppressed minorities? They must be in such a state of existential discomfort at the BBC and Sky News. What our political pundits utterly fail to understand is that he is simply doing exactly what Americans have demanded of him. To fight for them and no one else. To 'go to bat for them' and in doing so, present a tough and confident attitude towards the rest of the World. To threaten to squash their many enemies and out compete their ubiquitous rivals. To cut the crap and act like the leader of the free world should; like a strong man, a tough male role model, a patriarch, a leader. Under such cicumstances our media are almost obliged to hate him. They simply can't understand him and they never will. What they also fail to comprehend is how much we need such a leader in this country. Someone to fight for our cause instead of siding with those who would hollow us out, undermine us and erase us. Good luck to the Donald I say and let's all hope we get someone similar in the UK some day.
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  739. The liberal globalists in government, in the media and in our civil service know that mass immigration creates cheap labour and more demand, which is effectively a cheap fix for lack of economic growth. They will say it keeps taxes down (not true, as we all know) and of course it also provides huge demand for homes and property, which they have invested in. It also keeps rents high, which they also profit from, and it creates enough economic activity to make it seem like the GDP is going up. Of course per capita, more people sharing no extra wealth, means that we actually all worse off. Ordinary people can see this clearly, the political elites, not so much. The university educated progressives also believe that they are redressing centuries of 'white supremacy', Western colonial 'oppression' and therefore they see immigration as morally correct too. They also see immigrants as morally virtuous, like innocent children, that have to be protected by the state. Much more than the white English majority. Let's be honest, they also seem to have an ideological hatred for anything to do with the 'capitalist' Western societies. They don't mind too much if it all gets dismantled bit by bit or even ultimately destroyed. Hence the obsession with diversity, inclusion and equity. Of course, none of these elite groups really feel the social costs of mass immigration, so they can dismiss the concerns of those who do as 'racist' or 'far right'. To them it is a kind of virtuous, moral pass-time.
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  740. 'Horrendous Crime'. Which one do you mean? Hamas' surprise attack, murdering, kidnapping and raping civilians, or the IDF bombing civilians, cutting off fuel, water and food to root out Hamas terrorists who deliberately use their own population as a human shield? It seems to me that there is more than one set of horrendous crimes going on here, why must we only focus on one and not the other?
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  741.  @SelwynRobertson  Absolutely. I can't see it playing out well over time.
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  742. David Lammy must be squirming right now! Oh well, we can always get Dianne Abbott to take over as Foreign Secretary?
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  743. Wonderful, bit of positivity for change! Hope it all goes well chaps.
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  744. Notice how few passers-by were actually English? When no one has an any real or meaningful attatchment to the public space or any kind of investment in the culture, it is possible to deliberately degrade the environment (even at the public's expense) and nobody will object. It's bad enough that public art and modern architecture is ugly and alienating, but much worse when no one really cares. We are all interchangeable economic units in the hyper-liberal, globalist utopia. No culture is any more meaningful than any other, tradition is retrogressive and rejecting the past (Christian) values is progressive. Pride in the nation, the city or the neighbourhood is unwanted and unnecessary, unless it represents diversity, equity or inclusion. Progressive anti-values beat tradition everytime, especially when it comes to beauty versus ugliness, meaning vs meaninglessness and alienation vs belonging. Why not create icons of ugliness and immorality that break with tradition and mock the moral values of the past? No one cares. Nothing can stop the rootless, vapid passers-by as they just ignore how empty it makes them feel as they go about their drab, daily rituals. They didn't even notice it. It should be torn down and someone should be held accountable, but we all know that will never happen.
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  745.  @johnfused8281  He's immune to it, he must be, he lives in London.
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  746. Rick doing a Peter Zeihan! Cool.
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  747. We need more figures in the media who can challenge the liberal elite's intellectual, centralist bias and communicate a different narrative. People who can represent normal working people with a left of centre voice, as clearly the Parliamentary Labour Party no longer sees this as their responsibility and does not provide this anymore? Mick is brilliant at cutting through the bias, the predjudice, the stupidity and the lack of balance. He has endured some shockingly rude, dismissive and biased interviews (Kate Burley on Sky was an all time low in unbiased presntation of the facts) and still provides clarity and good sense grounded in real world experience. His rise to prominance has highlighted how utterly dismissive the mainstream media is of ordinary people and working class concerns. They mock him and his colleagues as stupid because of their working class accents, they repeat the same ill informed tropes ( higher wqges = inflationary spiral), they set one group against another (Nurses vs Rail workers), they deny the right of working people to collective bargaining calling them 'greedy' if they ask for more than they are being offered, and mostly they mischaracterise industrial action as 'holding the nation to ransom' in an effort to demonise unions. One interviewer on GMB even asked Mr Lynch was a Communist Revolutionary! Insulting, patronising and dismissive. Every time Mr Lynch speaks on a UK tv or radio outlet he highlights the need for organisations such as Double Down News.
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  748. Lets not imagine the Wagner soldiers are the good guys. They are violent criminals and mercenaries. Most of them are international war criminals. Mr Prigozhin is angry that the war against Ukraine has being so badly prosecuted. He is angry that his troops have been poorly supplied and that his men have been unnecessarily sacrificed at the front lines. But he does not want to end the war. He wants to fight it better. Also, he has blamed the military top brass but not specifically Putin. Its rather like the Waffen SS rebelling against Hitler because the war is beng lost. This may be the beginning of the end of Putin, but not necessarily the war in Ukraine. Political instability and social chaos in Russia. Things will get worse before it gets better.
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  749.  @Kalus_Saxon  You two should get together and decide upon what right wing reactionary fantasy you both agree upon. Is the government operating like the Gestapo or like the KGB? Are we being run by Trots or Fascists? Are we being attacked in our beds by Africans or Paeodophiles? Is the sky falling on our heads or are we falling on our arses?
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  750. This is evidence that nothing will actually change under a new Labour government. Starmer doesn't need candidates who have links to local neighbourhoods, who represent people they actually know, who understand the needs of their communities. He needs party functionaries who will not move away from the authodoxy or question his authority. More of the same then...he might as well select Ian Duncan bloody Smith!
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  751.  @wavell14  I never said I defend Badenok, I never said Kissin was British. I support his attempts to defend British values. The more the merrier. By the way I'm much older than you think.
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  752. Brilliant, wish I'd thought of that!
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  753.  @paulgriffiths9824  Couldn't agree more, the wealth gets sucked up into some offshore account, deliberately designed to make it unreachable by government and taxation, leaving only debt, charity and taxes to fund our services and infrastructure.
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  754.  @stephenthomas3085  Says a lot that you have to go back twenty years for the last time anybody thought about regenerating these kinds of communities, let alone actually tried it.. it needn't cost a lot to get ball rolling but if it does then the local or central government need to think of innovative ways to foot the bill. The problem is that you can't evaluate the social benefits in monetary terms.
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  755. Clearly if you are British and struggling to find appropriate accomodation for yourself and your family at the moment, you should go to Dover and join the queue of young lads getting off the next rubber dingy. You would stand a much better chance of getting something, or even anything, unlike if you go through your local authority.
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  756. Waters has been performing this clumsy metaphor of an individual's decent into madness and far right ideology since 1979. It is strange that 'modern audiences' are incapable of understanding the difference between his various ill-considered and poorly expressed political opinions about Israel and his satirical parody of fascism? The message of 'The Wall' is hardly nuanced; its bloody obvious. Meanwhile, does his criticism of the state of Israel make him an anti-semite? Modern audiences must be really dumb to conflate the two?
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  757.  @gibidygubidy  I am well aware of the homeless on the streets of London, I live and work alongside them. I know some people prefer a tent, sometimes it is a safer option to a bed in a hostel, plus many of the ex servicemen prefer to be independent. There are occasionally people who do it who don't need to, but they are a tiny minority compared to those who have little to no alternative. That's not the point. The point was how toxic, ill-timed and poorly received her comments were. It all adds to her narrative, that she 'says the things that the moderates won't' and damn the consequences. And in this case, the comment was stupid and unnecessary. By the way, yesterday morning the refuse men cleared hundreds of tents from the streets of central London. Most of the people inhabiting them were stopped from interfering by the police. In most cases their belongings went into the dustbin lorries with their tents, not just bedding but ID, food and personal possessions. You can see footage filmed by various homeless charity workers on-line. That action was as a direct response to what Braverman had said in the press and after she had discussed it with the head of the Met on Friday. So if they were indeed 'chosing' to stay in tents, as you suggest, they ceratinly didn't have that choice last night.
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  758. I now like Beau even more. COYI
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  759. As bad as the Tories were, we all knew Labour would be worse. They will dismiss ordinary British people and seek to deny them a voice. They deny the facts, gaslight the nation by calling for telerance and diversity and then condemn the subsequent disorder. It is a recipe for disaster, just look at what happened tonight in Whitehall tonight. They want to imprison us all.
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  760.  @КурочкаКрашена  What British values do you mean?
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  761. I agreed with your comment until you got to the wrecking ball metaphor.
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  762. Idiocrasy becomes real.
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  763. Why am I not surprised?
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  764. Firstly, this 'no need to pay NI contributions' arrangement already exists for dozens of other countries. Secondly, don't forget, temporary workers from Commonwealth countries also get to vote in UK general elections. Thirdly, obviously, unlimited visas granted for foreign 'service providers' also means unlimited dependents can come with them. Foreign companies therefore would have absolutely no incentive to hire Brits, filling all positions with foreign workers on an on-going rolling basis. The party of British working people? Absolutely not. The party of working people from everywhere else? Probably.
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  765. For Digital IDs to solve the problem of illegal immigration it would require the state and the authorities to actually want to apprehend and deport illegals. We all know that is not the way the system operates at the moment. Tracking criminals at borders and in public areas would be fine until you consider who might be considered criminal and for what reason and by whom. As for missing people, you would need a huge system of check points, barriers and covert observation for the ID system to identify people who didn't want to be found and track their movement. Say goodbye to freedom of movement, freedom of association, freedom from state interference and freedom from oppression. Don't expect the adoption such a system to be a democratic decision. Like the recent changes to the abortion laws, it will come out of nowhere and be presented as a fait accompli. Once brought in, no government will want to dismantle it, as it will serve any unpopular government and the need to suppress public dissent too well. It will authoritarian, undemocratic and overtly oppressive.so Starmer is bound to want it.
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  766. Can I just mention that KK did great? He makes a great moderator. Perhaps he and Triggernometry should be doing more of this public debate stuff.
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  767. Is it possible that, over time, non-white, immigrant demographic groups become more conservative? Especially if successive weak, liberal governments undermine the economy, raise taxes, make the populace feel less safe, increase homelessness and crime, undermine the stability of national institutions such as the police and the judiciary? Surely even newly arrived migrants want the state to be at least functional? Or am I being naive.
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  768. It is really interesting when English people who grew up in the seventies or eighties talk about the Muslims they knew and grew up with. They seem to have held very different values and seem to have been much happier to integrate. Modern muslim youth is not like that, and they have no intention of trying to pretend they are. Second or third generation muslim immigrants tend to be far more radical than their parents and much more keen on a return to traditional muslim values.
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  769. Connor Tomlinson says what Farage doesn't dare say. Unfortunately young men like him, TR, Carl Benjamin, Calvin Robinson, Lawrence Fox etc simply get demonized, mischaracterized and smeared by the mainstream media (usually after having been targetted by Hope Not Hate) and their opinions declared illegitimate. Mathew Goodwin sums it up quite accurately in his book 'Values, Voice and Virtue'; you must have the 'correct' values otherwise you are denied a voice and potrayed as without virtue. People like Tomlinson are denied a mainstream platform in an attempt to silence them, just like the protestors after the Southport stabbings. You will not see him, or anyone like him, invited to sit opposite Ash Sarkar on the BBC's Question Time, mostly because he is a young white, English male and unapologetic about it. Farage knows this and is trying to walk the tightrope between speaking the truth and saying what the media will allow him to say. This is not the case with the European populist leaders like Kurt Wilders, they are now speaking freely. Perhaps we need things to get worse before our politicians will do the same? In the meantime we rely upon people like yourself, Douglas Murray and the Lotus Eaters.
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  770. Liberal interventionsim is a lie. We cannot impose our values upon others through the use of force, we can not make religious fanaticism disappear, we can't change hundreds of years of patriarchy, tribalism, regionalism, ethnic division with twenty years of occupying a couple of key cities. Meanwhile the military industrial complex and corrupt local officials makes billions. The reason why everything collapsed so quickly was because our influence was exagerated, mostly limited to Kabul, with a corrupt government, army and incredibly fragile infrastructure. Lives wasted, time wasted, money wasted. Very sad.
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  771. When history proves you right, it gives you no pleasure but just a resignation that the whole cycle of violence will continue, fuelled by the media, the military industrial complex and the willingness of individuals to participate. Is this an end to liberal interventionism? Doubt it, there's too much money to be made, and if we don't do it the Chinese or the Russians will! Hey ho, o o oh what a lovely war...
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  772. I think you are quite right but I also think there many aspects of the SJ Movement that have similarities to an evangelical religious movement, it is unforgiving, dogmatic, rigidly limited in its interpretations of orthodoxy, judgemental of others and their flawed thinking. Ultimately it offers a 'promised land' of social justice that doesn't bear close scrutiny? It hounds out dissenters and hates debate, especially when based upon logic or evidence, its followers are like evangelist preachers.
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  773.  @ericadler9680  Nietzsche also said he who fights a monster might take care lest he become one. That particularly applies to the SJ warriors, but most evangelical thinking runs that risk. I hope for movements of moderation, but expect the idiots to rush in?
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  774. What a fascinating, informative and revealing session. Well done guys.
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  775. English Academy schools are one of the few success stories from the last 15 years. Unlike the more tightly state controlled schools in Scotland and Wales, they have consistently raised standards year on year. However I have seen various interviews with Katherine Birbalsingh (the Head of the Michaela School, one of the most successful state schools in England over the last three years) lamenting how little she and other excellent Academy Heads have been consulted as regards these structural changes to the Academy system. She is very scathing of the new minister, Bridget Phillipson and her team, describing her as a Marxist and noting that she had not actually visited any successful schools like her own before developing this new policy, nor had she even shown any interest in finding out how they had become so successful. This seems more like a choice than an accident Katherine Birbalsingh, and other inspiring Heads like her, should be at the heart of policy making. Instead Labour are choosing to entirely ignore them for ideological reasons. I do not expect these changes to raise standards nor will they attract new teachers or persuade ex-teachers to return to the profession. As well as discouraging schools from emplying non-teachers for their expertise (Music, Maths, Science, Engineering or Sport for example) the proposed changes will also potentially reduce the amount of money schools like Michaela can receive by strategically reducing their school roll, passing on pupils to less successful, neighbouring schools to 'even out provision'. As a rule the more the state involves itself in education the worse things get, but these changes seem to have been dreamt up to deliberately spite successful Academies and inspiring teachers. It may well be necessary to tightly conterol the curriculum, dictate policy and proscribe educational styles for failing schools but why limit those that are clearly flourishing? Rather than seeking to raise all boats the government seems to want to sink to the lowest common denominator.
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  776. I'm disappointed with Matt. The interruptions were rude enough but the deliberate refusal to understand what Habib was saying is a bit sad. The party needs to be more than a vehicle for Farage, it needs to be democratised and it's policies need to reflect those held by it's supporters.
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  777. Good ending to this video! Roll on the advent of the future popularist, nationalist conservative party! We just need to get through a few years of Labour making it even worse first. (It's just like waiting for viewers to get thoroughly sick of the new Doctor Who so we can all get back to someone more like Christopher Ecclestone!)
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  778. The first English slaves were Cornish smugglers exported to the West Indies as bonded servitude. They were the ones who eventually taught the Africans English, hemce the Jamaican accent; claart for cloth etc.
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  779. Exactly. He just doesn't get it.
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  780. I get that she has been briefed to challenge his assertions on the basis that they seem 'anti women' and she steers him towards the most 'offensive' conclusions that seem to arise from them but blimey, what a frustrating sequence! She constantly restates his observations incorrectly, moves so quickly away from his answers when they refer to empirical evidence, she puts words into his mouth, but wont accept it when he re-phrases carefully correcting her deliberate misunderstandings, she challenges his conclusions on the basis of her opinion and anecdote rather than the intellectual rigour that informs his conclusions, she shifts to accusing him of being simply a 'provocatuer' when her attacks don't seem to stick and at the end he charmingly laughs and says 'My pleasure...'.
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  781. What an absolute pair of muppets. Have they not noticed the pro Hamas marches every Saturday? Have they not noticed the Green candidate proclaiming his recent election victory was for Palestine? Have they not walked down a high street in a muslim neighbourhood? Have they not noticed the rise in anti-semitism? Have they not noticed the recent stabbings and the chemical attacks on women? Have they not heard of the grooming gangs? ITV should be ashamed of this clip not posting it on YT.
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  782.  @ahmedhabib442  I can't see Israeli Jews being allowed to live peacefully under Palestinian rule and its hard to imagine them going 'back' to countries most of them have never even seen, like Poland. You are lying to yourself if you think that by simply denying their legal right to a homeland and self determination you will end this catastrophe. The solution lies in compromize not fanaticism.
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  783.  @kevinstreeter6943  Can you name an Arab country that is a 'true democracy'? I think you are being very naive.
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  784. A fascinating perspective from one of our European cousins: the elite project lumbers on whether you're in the EU or not, whether you voted for it or not, whether you like it or not, whether you speak out against it or not. Oh well, we can always move to Poland or Hungary...
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  785.  @JimmyTheGiant  Excellent point. The extraction of wealth from our economic system by international corporate entities, their senior executives' bonuses and shareholder dividends has been endemic for decades. The Thames Water Authority is a good case in point. It results in a lack of investment and less money in the exchequer.
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  786. Really enjoyed Stella's style. Excellent content guys.
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  787.  @markscript5746  I'm simply expressing how I feel, and I'm probably not the only one. If pressed i would say I want a political movement that unapologetically seeks to 'drain the swamp' as Trump puts it. Clear out Paliament of the liberal political elite, remove the civil servants indoctinated by the woke progressive ideology, remove the UK from the ECHR andnother restrictive international conventions and treaties, remove Blair's Equalities Act from the statute books, do away with the Supreme Court, take away the indepedence of the Governor of the Bank of England and the Office of Fiscal Responsibilty, freeze legal immigration for at least four years apart from the high skilled and the high waged, remove all progressive ideology from the national curriculum and reintroduce a curriculum that celebrates British history, language and culture, abolish the quangos, do away with 'hate speech' laws and any laws that favour minorities over the majority, do away with state funding for gender affirming clinics, do away with state and local council funding for all religious organisations, do away with the public funding of gay pride month amd any other ideologically motivated organisations such as Stonewall, gut the C of E of all progressive ideology, legislate to protect freedom of speech in universities, defund those that don't comply, tighten up student visas and disallow dependents, send illegal migrants back to France or their nation of origin and close down all the places that are currently accomodating them. Ban DEI in all public institutions, legally protect jobs being awarded on merit. Reintroduce Community service, apprenticeship schemes, vocational training, prioritse UK citizens for social housing, healthcare, NHS dentistry, take back public ownership of energy, utilities nd public transport, subsidise inmovative British start ups, give tax breaks to businesses based in Britain that employ and train young UK citizens, protect UK farmers, support British industry, manufacturing and services. Remove all non-dom tax loop holes and end tax relief for public schools. And that's just for starters...
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  788. Couldn't agree with you more mate. So much of the culture, traditions, institutions, community strength and cohesion of our country has been eroded over the last twenty years. Bitter? Too bloody right I am.
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  789. Are there any examples of trans activists being silenced or cancelled? Just asking...
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  790. It would be interesting, if compulsory military service was made a prerequisite for leave to remain, how many people would leave the country. The whole system could be cleared inside of three years...
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  791. Not all the people who are furious about illegal economic migrants are racist but all the racists are furious about illegal economic migrants.
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  792. Fascinating. The 'pro-Boris' 'race apologist' Tony Sewell turns out to be insightful, analytical, citical and, amazingly...quite humourous! Such a shame that his blend of objectivity and experience is going to be consigned to the waste paper basket of history. Stephen Lawrence's Mum was wheeled out specifically to dismiss the report, despite the fact that she clearly hadn't read it and was unaware of its proposals. Ash Sakar, Dr Mos Shogbamimu etc should watch this interview?
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  793. What a wonderful discussion. Two massive intellects from very different backgrounds finding intellectual common ground while informing and entertaining all us lesser mortals. Loved it!
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  794. So obviously 'telling' these young men how they are now expected to behave in a friendly briefing, delivered by a well-spoken, middle-aged black lady is bound to undo being socialized in a war zone or a failed state, or a religious autocracy, their culture, their religion and customs. Let's check back in a year's time and see how it all works out for the residents of Weathersfield...
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  795. The BBC is like 'the high street', we all love it in principle, but nobody actually wants to use it? Doomed to represent more and more niche interests until the big tech giants provide a more profitable alternative.
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  796. Once again, a fresh perspective. Not a narratieve you hear in the UK but probably the most objective and realistic prediction of what lies ahead for us. We are currently experiencing endless reassurance from conservative voices that say 'all we need is stability' while totally ignoring the fact that the BEXIT they all fought for, has been the source of all our instability. It is also, by the way, the equivalent of sanction ourselves. Subsequently our political clas seems onlycapable of making the situatio worse. We are yet to hear a coherant or honest economic philosophy from Boris Johnson, Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak and still we stumble on....in the UK we get the leaders we deserve.
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  797. How wonderful to know that Nigel Farage is out there spreading the message of freedom, individual responsibility and scepticism about governments' fitness to pass laws after he did his damnest to break the UK Parliament's link with the only international body that could actually moderate it, through legislation, regulation and convention. Yes, the EU! He fought for Parliament's sovereignty in 2016 and then in 2020 refused to comply with the governmental COVID guidelines. You can't have it both ways Nige! Then he criticises Matt Hancock's hypocracy for breaking his own lockdown guidance while he admits to deliberately breaking the lockdown rules himself. If Hancock is a useless sock pipsqueak what does that make you Nige? He attempts to demonise the 'agenda' projected through the MMS while he actually enjoys uninterrupted access to broadcast media to spread his own message, through his own program on GBNews and constant participation on tv, on the radio, in newspapers and in podcasts. He has a bigger platform than most government ministers. He's taking the piss if he says that the media distort the truth or don't reflect his narrative! This guy claims to be a conservative but he has gone on record to state how much he now hates the British Conservative Party. He fought for Brexit stating how it would revitalise the UK economy and now it hasn't happened he says it was 'the wrong kind of Brexit', He demonises asylum seekers, refugees and illegal migrants and used them to justify Brexit, ignoring the fact that the laws obliging the UK to respect asylum seekers have nothing to do with the EU but come from the European Court of Human Rights' Convention. Otherwise he hasn't got a single practical solution as to how to deal with the issue. He prefers to simply stoke the fires of anger, fear and resentment. Question: Where does Farage really stand? Answer: Wherever he can occupy the spotlight. Question : What does he stand for? Answer: Whatever gets him in the spotlight. What else?
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  798. He is trying to explain the complicated situation in Syria in a context that Euros/Americans can relate to, in other words 'ideology'. What you are saying is that it is more to do with nationalism and tribalism which, to be fair, he did touch on also. However, he also explained that those tribes do not necessarily share the same belief systems, which brings us back to ideology. Nationalism in itself is an ideology. What vocabulary would you rather he used? By the way, in English the expression is 'mind your own business'.
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  799.  @ניביעל  Agreed, he's talking about tribalism, nationalism, sectarianism and power: lots of 'isms'. To be fair, I think he did a pretty good job of explaining that very complicated fact, even if he did do it from a Western perspective?
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  800. Good question. I think our 'conservatives' are wary of what they call 'populism' because they see it as a threat to their position of power and influence. They are right too, it is! They know that deep down they are part of the same globalist, liberal, metropolitan elite as those on the woke left and as such are a target for the populists. They are part of the establishment and have absolutely no interest in undermining that liberal consensus as it provides them with position and status. Trumpism, on the other hand, represents a rejection of that complacent conformity. He threatens to throw the liberals out of the institutions and deconstruct the places where their power hides. He reflects ordinary people's belief that the elites do not serve their interests any more, that they actually work against our communities and culture by seeking to radically alter us without our consent. He rejects their values, does not seek their approval and knows that his strength lies in the populace not the elites.
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  801. Finally! A victory against Islamism in a British Court. As if it isn't hard enough to teach in inner city schools, this kind of chaos just makes it worse. Remember, this disruptive and bullying child's parent took the excellent Michaela School to court, demanding to put one single muslim child's rights to prayer ahead of the rest of the whole school community. An amazing multi-cultural, multi-ethnic school, achieving amazing results, while not giving in to the whole woke agenda nonsense. The school has no space available and no staff to supervise private prayer during the break times. Instead the school values secular lunchtimes with a particular menu in which all pupils can eat together regardless of religion. It is a policy of intergration, rather than separation. The muslim child demanded to be allowed to pray separately, where and when they chose, and bullied other muslim pupils to do the same to strengthen those demands. Most of the other muslim students (and their parents) did not support this demand. Islamic provocateurs from outside did however get involved and tried to bring negative attention to the school and the Head Teacher as the issue developed. The Head teacher tried to keep the whole thing out of the public eye but the courts denied her that right. The claimant, by the way, was later suspended for bringing a knife to school. The head teacher, Katherine Birbalsingh, and other teachers involved were issued with death threats as a response to standing up to this child and the parent's demands. Journalists from the national press misrepresented the whole case and attacked the head teacher as an Islamophobe. She has now redeemed her reputation but continues to attract criticism for not giving into pressure from the Islamist community. After the whole Batley Grammar fiasco this story is a welcome change from the usual narrative Islamists bullying and winning.
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  802. Yes, another example of a well loved IP getting a thorough kicking by the woke revisionists. In this case, doubling down on the franchise bashing. You didn't mention the fact that because the 're-booted' Dr Who is now mostly funded by Disney, it means Russell T Davies and the writers no longer consider themselves connected to the legacy of the intellectual property. From now on they will be free to pursue the various progressive agendas with impunity in an effort to 'reclaim' the iconic tv series. After all, they trully believe that what the world needs is for Dr Who to be 're-imagined' for 'modern audiences' and Disney will actively encourage them to do so. With Disney at the helm they will have bigger budgets and bigger audiences whatever they do, so why should they worry about what the 'conservative' traditional legacy audience thinks? Why even worry what audiences think at all, given Hollywood's current obsession with what the Critical Drinker calls 'The Message'? Going broke is not a problem as long as you are sufficiently woke, look at what they have already done to Star Wars, Marvel, Disney's own legacy IPs and even Scooby Doo! Christopher Eccleston has already distanced himself from the whole franchise, so too have fans of his and the previous incarnations. I predict that in a couple of years even Disney and the BBC will realise that they have ruined the whole thing and dump it. Then, hopefully, the traditionalists will reclaim it?
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  803.  DM-ur8vc   @DM-ur8vc  A home made mini castle in a field is hardly the same as a poorly built housing estate or allowing a road to be built through an area of natural beauty. Bureaucracy, red tape and over-regulation, blindly enforced by petty-minded, inflexible bureaucrats may well protect the 'social structure' but it does very little for smaller communities that aspire to be creative and create new sources of pride in themselves. In this particular case the guy was a veteran suffering from PTSD who had been offered nothing by the local council to support him in his struggles to return to civvie street. A local land owner gave him permission to use the field and in building the castle structure, through great physical and mental fortitude, he was able to go some way towards healing himself and others. For this reson he became the source of a certain amount of pride to his local community. His structure became the focus of something quite unique and special, especially to those who used the continued building of it as a tool to deal with their mental health issues. Give me one reason why this should not be continued or even encourged.
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  804. Starmer wants a new, undemocratic, unrepresentative, one party state. Legal restrictions to limit dissent and autocratic police powers to criminalise ordinary, working English people. Two tier policing endorsed by the mainstream media.The scenes outside Downing Street are a sign of what's to come.
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  805. This is awful. The thought that this speech was what BoJo thought was appropriate for the CBI is beyond laughable. What an utter shitshow.
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  806. The Mainstream Media react to the protests... What a surprise, the liberal metropolitan elites want to advocate for protecting the religion of peace and the rubber boat enrichment boys by clamping down with 'the full force of the law' on the protestors. Of course they do, because in the minds of the middle class, liberal, ultra-woke broadcasters ‘diversity is our strength’. Even when it results in three small girls being brutally murdered. They’re not actually too bothered about the justifiable grief and anger felt by the public after the three little girls were murdered in Southport, or the people forced to endure the riots in Leeds two weeks ago. They’re not too bothered about the British Jews intimidated and threatened by the pro Hamas marches every weekend. They won’t mention the British soldier stabbed fifty times on his own doorstep last week, or David Ames, or Lee Rigby. They won’t refer to the 20 dead at the Manchester Arena bombing, or the 52 killed by the Central London bombing in 2005, or the five killed in the Westminster attacks in 2017, or the two victims of the London Bridge stabbings in 2017 and then the other two killed in the same place in 2019. They won’t remember the five victims of the Russell Square stabbings, or the 3 killed in the Reading stabbings in 2020, or the three victims of the Nottingham stabbings a few months ago. They won’t have seen the CCTV footage of the postman being pushed under a tube train two days ago. They won’t be mentioning the Londoners terrorised by the actions of Abdul Azidi a few months ago, or the three British police officers attacked at Manchester airport. They certainly won’t want to refer to the thousands English girls raped and abused by the grooming gangs that existed with impunity in so many British towns and cities. Nor will they want to refer to the various British working class communities swamped by asylum seekers. Perhaps they are not aware of the imported conflicts that enforced mass immigration brings with it; like the rioting Bengalis in Whitechapel, or the rioting Eritreans in Camberwell, or Green Party candidate Mothin Ali declaring that his local election victory in Leeds was in fact a victory for Gaza. Perhaps they don’t know about the Muslim mob outside the Manchester police station, threatening violence against the whole country unless the men who attacked the airport police officers were allowed to go free. They probably won’t mention the machete wielding thugs in Southend and at The Notting Hill Carnival either. No, the media are just worried about the 'far right' and that is why they were not in the least concerned about the blatant two tier policing, such as that which occurred in Whitehall only three days ago. The Far Right...whoever they may be...with their 'nefarious intentions'. They don’t see these people involved in the disorder as ordinary British subjects. They can not bring themselves to consider that they are angrily protesting because they have been denied a voice, denied by precisely those people who broadcast in the mainstream media. Denied a hearing because they don't share the liberal globalist values of the metropolitan university educated elites. The media don’t care if English people want their children, their sisters and wives to be safe from outsiders because they feel it is their responsibility to represent the poor oppressed outsiders. They have no sympathy for people who want their own country to represent and protect them and not the millions of uninvited visitors. They certainly don’t care if British people feel threatened by the hostile and pervasive presence of a woke ideology that hates them and seeks to undermine them at every turn, because that is precisely what these commentators are there to do, every day. If English people no longer recognise or feel safe on their own streets and in their own communities that’s just too bad. They are simply the wrong community of people. No, the media would rather instantly close down any discussion and disregard these concerns as ‘right wing talking points’, as ‘racist’ and as fascist. They see those who hold these concerns as without virtue and therefore not deserving of a voice or a hearing. They’re quite happy to dismiss these people as supporters of the EDL, a Nationalist Group that doesn’t even exist and hasn’t for over a decade. Most importantly they are happy to ignore the long list of outrages that have led us all to this point. So let the Muslims complain about how unsafe white working class people make them feel when they call them nasty names. Because, after all, words are hurtful and much more dangerous than the actual physical violence that UK citizens are now faced with on a daily basis from the malevolent presence of Islamists, undocumented adventurers and grooming gangs in their midst. So let’s get the Muslim London Mayor to spend more money on protecting mosques and helping Muslims spread their religion of peace. Let him bring in and house some more undocumented young men from troubled Islamic countries and let’s not worry if they throw chemicals, molest and predate on British women. Let's turn a blind eye to the Islamic hate preachers, like Anjem Choudary as they spread their message with impunity in mosques in British towns and on the internet. Let's give more of the tax payers’ money to shadowy Islamic groups that support Hamas and Hezbollah, with our police officers taking the knee and assisting the protestors while they deface British historic figures and monuments. Let’s undermine and devalue the indigenous culture, language and history. Let's deconstruct the UK's Christian legacy by flying Pakistani flags from Westminster Cathedral, by projecting Palestinian flags on the Houses of Parliament and by having call to prayer in our Town Halls. Let's celebrate Ramadan not Easter and bully English people who do not observe the fast. And if the police use batons, riot shields against English people, kettling them, dragging them out and arresting them on trumped up charges, don’t worry about it. They don’t count. It is the ‘victimized’ Muslim communities who Two Tier Keir thinks should come first, after all, most of them still vote Labour. The white working class don’t. They know the Labour Party, just like the mainstream media, hates them. Multiculturalism is failing right in front of our eyes. Enforced mass immigration on the scale the UK is currently experiencing is both unsustainable and intolerable, economically and culturally. Allowing thousands of undocumented people to enter the country illegally threatens everyone’s safety. It is not ‘Islamophobic’ to be wary of radical Islamism It is not racist to draw these conclusions. It is not ‘far right’ to want to do something about it. It is not immoral, unethical or cruel to want to be protected from those who threaten our way of life and do not share our values.
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  807. Good point.
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  808. If you are British it is considered very unfashionable to voice the opinion that Britain has contributed anything but evil to the world. It seems widely accepted now that the British, throughout history, have been responsible for a deeply flawed, racist, colonial conservatism that ideologically, religiously, economically and physically enslaved millions throughout recent centuries. Even previously beloved figures such as Churchill are now considered flawed or misguided if not hateful mysogenistic and racist. The British are Britain's biggest critics, of its history, its society, its political systems, its economy and its institutions. It is very unusual to hear that the British have been responsible for promoting anything as universally valued as freedom or wit, art, literature, constitutiinal democracy, common law, scientific progress, innovative engineering or even good music and comedy? Perhaps it takes an outside observer, such as Prof Peterson, to remind the British that they are not as crap as they think they are? They probably wont believe it though. After all, we were responsible for all the slavery, all the economic disparity, all the social ills and all the civil strife in the world today, weren't we?
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  809. 46.50 Newly arrived immigrants, both legal and illegal, should be inelligible for benefits. They should not be able to send for family and dependents unless they can support them without benefits. Foreign students who discontinue their studies should be inelligible for benefits and so should their dependents. Anybody living in the UK who claims benefits should be able to prove that they have contributed for a certain amount of time before being elligible for benefits or the vote.
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  810. Excellent content chaps, a wonderful guest.
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  811. @jasonhaven7170  It might sound far fetched at this point but it may well emerge over the next four years that nationally Farage carries too much baggage to be elected as PM. It may become clear that voters do not want someone so divisive and so closely linked to past follies? A lot of people agree with the Reform UK stance but just can't stomach Farage. It may well become necessary to force him to move over. Just a suggestion. Personally I would prefer Rupert Lowe or even Ben Habib. Then again I would vote for Tommy if I had half a chance.
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  812. @jasonhaven7170  He might not get a choice. Lots of people like Reform's policies but can't stand Farage. Making him move over might be the only way to win an election and form a government?
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  813.  @jasonhaven7170  They will probably need another four or five million votes to get a majority. Those votes will have to come from Lib Dems and Labour as well as disgruntled Tories. I'm thinking Farage himself may be the sticking point, too much baggage? I may be wrong, let's see...
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  814.  @jasonhaven7170  Too much baggage to win votes off Labour and the LibDems.
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  815. Try being a primary school teacher, you have to do both manual and intellectual labour at the same time for eight hours a day and when you get home you still have work to do. Or try being a nurse, or a police officer or a social worker. Etc etc etc. None of which are as well renumerated as a LBC DJ. Not sure I see the point James is making.
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  816. For Starmer's information;suggested reasons for the protests: 1. The history of indiscriminate Islamist violence going back to 2005. 2. Enforced mass immigration, despite electoral promises to limit numbers by both main parties. 3. The cost and anti-social threat posed by iillegal migrants. 4. The ‘woke’ progressive agenda undermining British history, culture and freedom of speech. 5. The mainstream media demonising, dismissing and mischaracterising the English working classes and those who speak for them (TR). 6. Two Tier policing, particularly Harehills, Leeds compared with the subsequent Whitehall protest. The police are not seen as operating without fear or favour. 7. The blatant imbalance of the PM and Home Secretary’s response. Tone deaf to the causes compared with BLM etc. 8. The emergence and threat of 'political Islam' in UK politics. 9. The rise of knife crime, grooming gangs, acid attacks and sexual violence on the streets of English towns. 10. The huge religious/ethnic ghettos, the failure of multi-culturalism and increasing lack of trust in national institutions, 11. The Pro Gaza marches with all the associated anti-Western rhetoric and civil disobedience. 12. The housing crisis and cost of living crisis. 13. Imported foreign conflicts leading to violent disorder on English streets. 14. Finally and most significantly: three innocent little English girls brutally and senselessly murdered by a second generation immigrant. Ignore the narrative about fake news, online disinformation and misinformation being deliberately spread. It is a minor detail, but it works both ways, both groups are being fed misinformation. Ignore the narrative about extremist agitators coming in from outside, if they exist at all they are on both sides of the divide.
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  817. The problem is Jess, that we're all concerned that the Labour Party is conspiring to make sure that the Labour Mayors, councillors and local council workers, as well as the police, social services and others who kept these crimes quiet, turned a blind eye and obstructed justice are not going to be brought to justice too.
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  818. Great analysis. J.D.Vance was brilliant and I hope he goes on succeed Trump in 2029. Predictably his speech was largely dismissed or deliberately mischaracterised by our mainstream commentators, like Emily Maitliss and Rory Stewart. Personally I hope his views remain 'unacceptable' and that he keeps presenting them in the same calm, coherent manner. Clearly Europe is currently a shambles, which makes it all the more sad that, despite Brexit, the UK is too.
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  819.  @hughoxford8735  Sorry Hugh, I should have said 'Why wouldn't you?' Are Christian values always the best?
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  820. I entirely agree with Katherine's philosophy but I imagine Bridget Phillipson thinks she is structuring her policies to cater for schools with head teachers who are not inspired or inspiring like Ms Birbalsingh clearly is. Most state schools are led by senior managers and teaching staff who are overworked, underpaid and simply trying to get through the day, with parents who distrust the school, don't support the teachers and don't necessarily support their children's education, with governors who are reluctant to take risks and pupils who are entirely unprepared to learn and entirely unwilling to moderate their behaviour to do so. The government should be encouraging schools to amalgamate themselves in small academy groups, with the most sucessful leading the way to raise standards. Katherine should be put in an advisory position to guide such a system. Maybe Reform UK will invite her to input her experience and expertise into their policies, I hope so.
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  821. If Trump undermines NATO the cost of supporting the Eastern NATO nation's security will fall upon Germany, France and the UK. Speaking as a Brit I can categorically state that the UK can not afford increased military spending. Our military budget is usually around 2% of GDP and that is already stretching our economy beyond sustainability. The next government (almost definitely Labour) will definitely not receive a mandate to increase military budgets. Their budgetary emphasis will entirely be upon domestic spending; public services and investing in our collapsing institutions, infrastructure and trying to stimulate domestic economic growth. The weaker Trump makes NATO the stronger and more emboldened Putin will feel. In effect Trump will be throwing nations like Lithuania, Poland, Finland etc to the wall.
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  822.  @xle4087  What about Oct 7th?
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  823.  @JohnMurphy-b1u  I believe the Palestinian people are suffering and that BOTH sides should do all they can to bering this onflict to an end.
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  824. Great analysis from George. Very little hope for change though.
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  825. Brilliant comment.
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  826. Was the motion rejected in th end?
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  827.  @iBoyNZ  Exactly. Even Boris' Head Master reflected in one of his school reports how Boris was 'disgracefully cavalier', had shown a 'gross failure of responsibility' . Most significantly he observed that Boris thought it 'churlish' of people 'not to regard him as an exception to the network of obligation that binds everybody else.' How prescient and accurate that turned out to be. We were all warned by Rory Stewart three years ago, but no one appears to have been listening.
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  828.  Karen Bonney  depsperate ones?
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  829. Chritian faith is one thing but the church is another. The CoE is full of progressive 'woke' people, as evidenced by their apparent willingness to commit a billion pounds of their own money in reparation for slavery. This is despite the fact that it was Christians such as William Wilberforce and the Clapham Sect were central to stopping slavery across the British Empire. The church welcomes Muslims into its cathedrals to mark Eid and flies Islamic flags from its towers. Christian ministers allow muslim asylum seekers to pretend to convert to Christianity and then endore their fake conversions. Ministers such as Clavin Robinson are sacked for defending Christianity against the threat of Islam and progressive values. The Church of England chooses not to recognize the threat from Islam or progressivism and provides no direction except leftward, while the mosques deliberately, and much more effectively, mobilise the faithful. If Christianity is to survive in the UK, Christians need to start by reclaiming their own church.
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  830. What a shame. The Reform UK leadership seem to want to swallow up as many Tories as possible and don't care if they alienate and discard their own activist supporters as they do it. What a waste.
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  831. Certain views and opinions are simply not voiced in the mainstream media in the UK, usually those of the majority of white working class Brits and, as most people know, they are not necessarily liberal. The liberal and left wing metropolitan elite have effectively silenced them by linking values to virtue; if you have the wrong opinions you have no virtue and so you can have your platform taken away or be dismissed as 'racist', divisive, stupid or just simply wrong. It has been this way for many years and it has allowed a certain progressive ideological perspective to be promoted through the media unchallenged. The assumption that everybody has embraced the politics of Diversity, Equality, Inclusion, of trans rights, gay pride and multiculturalism. It has also effectively silenced those who do not agree with these liberal assumptions. It has not reflected the views of people who hold different, more traditional, culturally Christian values. The majority. Farage is simply trying to reflect what most people think but are not allowed to say, and the media hate it. Even if he's factually wrong (and most of the time he isn't) or he has the wrong priorities (and most of the time he hasn't) he still has the right to express his opinions, but people who control the media see it as their ideological obligation to discredit him and denigrate his perspective. Failing that they can side-line him by blaming him for the failures of Brexit. They simply can not let him establish his narrative because, unlike their own, it is what most working class people think and what often they simply know to be true. Farage knows that some communities of immigrants share British values and some don't. He knows some communities mostly speak English and some don't. He knows that some take pride in British history and culture and that some resent it. He would be well aware that some communities contribute more than they take and some don't. He knows some people come to settle and prosper and some are simply passing through. He also knows that record increases in legal immigration in the last three years have effected; house prices, rents, the availability of hospital beds, GP appointments, dentists, school places, that these demographic changes have led to the UK courts being overwhelmed, the prisons overcrowded, hospitals filled to capacity, shockingly high crime figures with increased incidents if rape and record levels of chemical attacks. He knows that there have been extremely violent incidents involving immigrants and asylum seekers from the Middle East, Afghanistan and North Africa. He knows they represent a growing problem in our towns and cities. He will also be acutely aware that it is costing UK tax payers over £8m a day to house and feed asylum seekers and illegal immigrants while British families are made homeless through ‘no fault’ evictions. He also knows that the situation in Gaza has radicalised some Muslims, that winning candidates in recent local elections said they were standing for the people of Palestine not necessarily the local constituents. He will have noticed how many towns now have Muslim mayors and senior administrators. He will have noticed key political figures specifically pandering to Islamic groups in the build up to the forthcoming election. He knows that traditional British Christian cultural values are being been eroded by Islamic culture, because he will have seen the recent calls to prayer in town halls and Parliament, the Ramadan messaging on train timetables, the streets lined with Palestinian flags, the prayer in public spaces or simply the proliferation of new mosques being built. The crescent and star is ubiquitous in towns and cities now, you can not fail to notice. He would also be well aware of the rise of anti-Semitism on our streets, in our schools and in our public spaces. He will have seen how any debate about this worrying development can be effectively closed down with accusations of ‘Islamophobia’. He will be well aware of how the progressives have sided with Muslims because of Gaza and how they seek to protect this minority group from the ‘oppression’ of being properly policed. He will be well aware of how this has led to accusations of ‘two tier policing’ from white working class people who have had their marches, rallies and demonstrations met with authoritarian policing methods. Meanwhile the police tolerate the desecration of memorials, hate speech, anti-Semitism, calls for Jihad and intifada from the regular pro-Gaza marchers. Sikhs, Hindus, Christians and especially Jews are becoming increasingly concerned about this cultural shift toward a promotion of and protection of an increasingly intolerant Islamic perspective. People are frightened of its violent undercurrent and resentful of its increasing presence in public life. The BBC will be aware of all of this, they just refuse to say so. Luckily Farage can say it and let's hope he continues to.
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  832. But Western culture IS under threat, from uncontrolled mass immigration (and progressive, globalist, left wing ideology). Everyone who can remember what it was like twenty years ago, or more, can see how it has been eroded, dismantled and undermined before their eyes. This isn't a 'belief' or 'an ideological stance' or even an 'attitude' it is a statistically demonstrable fact.
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  833. Pragmatic careerist, Nigel Farage, refuses to commit to policies that would make the MSM go wild with virtue signalling outrage! What a surprise....
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  834. I agree with Bev. Zelensky was a moody little git, a bit like Andrew!
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  835.  @BritishLandeur  The scandal is no longer just the poor girls and the hateful things that were done to them, it is also the institutional corruption and complicity. Clearly our institutions have been corrupted and have not been working for English people's best interests for some time. It is hardly surprising when Westminster Council are allowed to openly discriminate against white job applicants and state that they will favour applicants from the 'the global majority'. It's almost as though somebody wants our country to be undermined and in decline...?
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  836. Hitchens favours institutions over people, he deliberately ignores what people like Calvin Robinson and Mathew Goodwin are saying and doesn't give a toss about what people on the right are calling for. He revels in being in a party of one.
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  837.  @telbell6414  As an analogy for climate change it was (sadly) very predictable, especially the end when the only survivor was the privileged, idiotic, self centred son of the US President.
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  838.  @turnipspickled9192  Once again, its not imaginary. Check out the latest data related to the permafrost melt and the damage its doing to people's homes, check out glacier receding & shrinking, check out Indian Ocean rise statistics. Scientific fact, not sure why you are so happy to dismiss it all.
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  839. For Starmer:'s information reasons for the protests: 1. The history of Islamist violence going back to 2005 2. Enforced mass immigration, despite electoral promises by both main parties to limit or reduce numbers. 3. The cost and anti-social threat posed by iillegal migrants. 4. The ‘woke’ progressive agenda undermining British history, culture and freedom of speech. 5. The mainstream media demonising, dismissing and mischaracterising the English working classes and those who speak for them (TR). 6. Two Tier policing. 7. The blatant imbalance of the PM and Home Secretary’s response. 8. The emergence and threat of 'political Islam'. 9. The rise of knife crime, grooming gangs, acid attacks and sexual violence on the streets of English towns. 10. The huge religious/ethnic ghettos, the failure of multi-culturalism and increasing lack of trust in national institutions, 11. The Pro Gaza marches with all the associated anti-Western rhetoric, anti-semitism and civil disobedience. 12. The housing crisis and cost of living crisis. 13. Imported foreign conflicts leading to violent disorder on English streets. 14. Finally and most significantly: three innocent little English girls brutally and senselessly murdered by a second generation immigrant. Ignore the narrative about fake news, online disinformation and misinformation being deliberately spread. It is a minor detail. Ignore the narrative about extremist agitators coming in from outside, if they exist at all they are on both sides of the divide. Let's see if Youtube allow this comment to remain...
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  840. Why is this woman reading the news? Her pronounciation of simple words is muddled and indistinct.
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  841. I thought Khan was offering an olive branch? Shame Bob can not let himself accept the offer. At least they parted in peace.
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  842. Why oh why do members of our so called 'government' insist upon the pretence that they are our moral guardians? Everyone knows they are all rapacious, predatorial, deviants. That is precisely why they are attracted to political life. Conservative ministers are encouraged to think of the country as a defenceless, vunerable, supplicant whom they must disgustingly violate, while shouting 'tally ho!' in an annoyingly posh voice. The Lib Dems are worse, they are encouraged to indulge in violent pegging at the hands of Nanny. Yer Labour Party are all into S and M bondage and the Ulster Unionists specialize in sniffing little girls' bicycle saddles. Scottish Nationalist are all obsessed with water sports and the Greens are into scatology. If you think that's bad just imagine what Sinn Fein must be into, they are not even allowed to attend the parties!
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  843.  @josephbailey4249  Thankyou for the reply Joseph. I know a little about Polly Toynbee's family, a friend of mine briefly dated her daughter Milly during the nineties when she was living in an inherited house in Chelsea, taking drugs and selling t shirts in Portobello Road (rather than making use of her expensively paid for law degree). She is now an author, despite her books being spectacularly unpopular and unsuccessful. If ever there was an example of luxury beliefs being held by a privileged, entitled elite it is the Jenkins family. Polly Toynbee is at least twenty years out of date in this debate. She doesn't understand the scale of the problem and, living on the Isle of Wight, I suspect she is sheltered both from it's social and economic effects. However I don't think it was pointless having her in this debate as she provides an excellent example of how people from her class and age group can't even see the problem. I'm glad Matt Goodwin was there to set her straight, but I don't imagine she will change her general view any more than the other people of her type who inhabit the media and the professional political elite.
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  844. I'm worried for DeNiro, he seems almost as senile as Biden. Does he not remember that Trump has already been president? Don't remember him being a fascist dictator back then....
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  845.  wavell14  Interesting example. I don't think he's British neither does he. Read the comment above.
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  846.  wavell14  What is 'British'?
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  847.  @blank-zt6qi  What does Thomas Carlyle have to do with this?
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  848.  wavell14  Fair enough. What values did he support then?
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  849.  wavell14  Kissin is Russian. I read some Carlyle many years ago, mostly about the French Revolution. Not sure what you think his values are, that's why I asked. You are right though, what I think counts for very little in relation to other people's sense of 'Britishness' and what their values might be. I suppose the same could be said for anyone. Sorry Youtube keep deleting your comments, they delete most of mine too.
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  850.  wavell14  No I don't consider either of them to be British; one is Indian, the other is Nigerian. Plenty of Brits supported Franco back in the day, didn't stop them being British, it just meant they were misguided.
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  851.  wavell14  If you are not a fascist it doesn't necessarily follow that you are a liberal. There are other positions on the ideological spectrum for people who may just draw the line at authoritarian dictators who use state sponsored violence to suppress all opposition and to force the people to comply with the will of the state. Plus I don't like the trousers he used to wear.
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  852.  wavell14  Ask as many Spaniards as you can if they would like him back. See how many say yes.
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  853. The same could be said of Michael Foot, thinking that his ideals and policies would win him the election, oblivious to the public's poor perception of him because of his woeful public image. A politician's public persona is massive in modern politics, ethics, principles and ideals are superfluous? Starmer may imagine himself as a 'policy' guy not a 'personality' politician, but abandoning the unions and all the underpaid workers and concentrating upon economic policy will not gain him support, nor will it win him the next election.
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  854. Thankyou Rick. Inspiring.
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  855.  @jarofspanners3523  people who love their country are not necessarily xenophobic. Its just a coincidence. However, if it was Germans, French, Chinese, Russians, North Koreans or Americans madly waving their flags around and drunkenly singing nationalistic anthems I would, of course, be very wary and probably start building a bunker! Especially if they were all doing it at once or together! When the Scots do it however, it just sweet, bless 'em.
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  856. Brand has yet to be proven guilty of anything. He has been accused in the media (not in a court of law) by people who have remained anonymous, who take no responsibility for their accusations and have yet to have their accusations be examined legally. As yet, as far as I know, the police have taken no action. No evidence has been properly presented or properly examined. As such, by law, Brand is currently innocent, crucially, UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY. In the meantime it seems Big Tech and the MSM have the right to pre-emptively punish him by stopping him from making his money and removing his content? If the newspapers, Youtube, Netflix, Channel 4 and the BBC can prove his misdeeds, or that he is a predatory actor or that in some other way he has offended public decency (after profiting from his content for over 20 years incidentally) why have they not referred him to the police? Something very fishy is going on here. It seems Brand is deliberately being unplatformed and destroyed without being given any right of reply or a chance to legally defend himself. That may seem okay to people who don't like him (or rather his public persona) but imagine it happening to anyone else. Similarly people are now reluctant to object to this process in case they are seen as defending the man, rather than his right to defend himself in a court of law. It's like a Kafka story.
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  857.  @jarofspanners3523  I did consider it for a while, but decided I would be happier writing sarcastic comments on Andrew Lawrence's Youtube account.
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  858.  @jarofspanners3523  Are you calling me a TWAT.?
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  859. A wonderful example of a Muslim representative who, when asked about Islamism, can only talk about Jews. Is there such a thing as violent radical Islamism in the UK? Yes. Is there such a thing as violent radical Judaism in the UK? Of course not. Does political Islamism seek to undermine British liberal values? Of course it does, it seeks to replace the British system with Shariah law and a caliphate. But don't mention it, because that is islamophobia! Are there any equivalent movements among other religions in the Uk? Of course not.
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  860. Suggested root causes for the protests: 1. The history of indiscriminate Islamist violence going back to 2005, a constant threat and menace in the minds of the public. 2. Enforced mass immigration, particularly over the last three years, despite explicit electoral promises in 2019 to limit numbers by both main parties. 3. The cost and anti-social threat posed by iillegal migrants. The concern that we have weak borders and that it is a political choice. 4. The ‘woke’ progressive agenda continually undermining British history, culture and freedom of speech through national institutions and universities. 5. The mainstream media demonising, dismissing and mischaracterising the English working classes and those who speak for them (TR), alienating ordinary people, dismissing their concerns and making them feel unrepresented in the national discussion. 6. Two Tier policing, particularly Harehills, Leeds compared with the subsequent Whitehall protest. The police are not seen as operating without fear or favour. 7. The blatant imbalance of the PM and Home Secretary’s response (compared with their responses to BLM etc for example) and the constant dismissal of public concerns as 'far right' talking points. 8. The emergence and threat of 'political Islam' in UK politics. Mothin Ali for example. 9. The rise of knife crime, grooming gangs, acid attacks and sexual violence on the streets of English towns. 10. The huge religious/ethnic ghettos, the failure of multi-culturalism and increasing lack of trust in national institutions, 11. The Pro Gaza marches with all the associated anti-Western rhetoric, anti-semitism and civil disobedience. 12. The housing crisis, low wages and cost of living crisis, perceived as a consequence of immigration 13. Imported foreign conflicts leading to violent disorder on English streets. 14. Finally and most significantly: three innocent little English girls brutally and senselessly murdered by a second generation immigrant. Ignore the narrative about fake news, online disinformation and misinformation being deliberately spread by figures like Farage, TR or Andrew Tate. It is a minor detail and it works both ways; both groups being fed misinformation. Ignore the narrative about extremist agitators coming in from outside, if they exist at all they are on both sides of the divide. My conclusion is that it is mostly not economic factors that have lead to this crisis but the threat of violence coming from communities who do not share British, pluralist, democratic values. People feel they need to defend their communities againstbthis threat because they do not think the government or the police will.
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  861. Governments in the West = DINOs. Brilliant. But has it ever been different? Have our democracies ever been more democratic, if so when? In my experience, since the Thatcher era, there has been a general slide towards limiting civil liberties not a broadening. For example: people who protested against the Poll Tax, travellers and those who lived in 'The Convoy', anti-road protesters, hunt saboteurs, the Stone Henge free festival suppoters, squatters, unionists etc etc, all these popular movements led to law changes that would make their 'anti social' activities illegal or at least much more difficult to participate in without being prosecuted.
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  862. It's ironic that Trevor Phillips, the first mainstream broadcaster to admit that Multi-culturalism wasn't working in the UK, should push back against something that is so prevalent and self evident. Radical Islamists are the minority, but every mosque reinforces the same doctrine of Wahabism and the Muslim Brotherhood and so this 'different set of values' (unlike other extreme ideologies) is being reinforced in every town on every day of the week. If Phillips no longer believes that there is an ethnic divide on values such as patriotism, he should visit a few mosques and speak to the faithful, if not their religious leaders.
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  863. War is very profitable. I imagine the US military/industrial combine is quiet happy producing weapons to fight a proxy war against one of America's biggest enemies in which no American lives are actually at stake? It is a great military strategy and also exceedingly profitable. At the moment military aid is apparently provided to the Ukrainians for free. For that to happen American tax payers (and to a lesser extent Western European allies) are paying for it. While that continues wealth goes directly from the exchequer into the arms manufacturer's coffers. Of course, eventually, the Ukrainians will be expected to pay it back, if not in cash then by allowing the American corporations free reign to 'rebuild' The Ukraine in their own image. It is quite possible that this is what many Ukrainians have and continue to want; to be brought more closely into the Western capitalist sphere and more closely placed under the protection of NATO. Given the vile intentions of their closet and traditionally most hostile neighbour, who could blame them? But in the meantime, for the Western powers, it is a very comfortable arrangement. The Ukrainians fight and die opposing the paranoid, expansionist muscle flexing of the Russian Federation so that the Western powers don't have to. Other than the appeasement of Putin, the alternative is much less appealing?
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  864. Well said Maajid, this content has aged well.
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  865. I think we're better off without the Tories. I think we'd be better off without Labour. There's no way you can vote Lib Dem or Green so that leaves us all with very few realistic options....?
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  866. Gormless Liz smiling while she's being told to frack off.
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  867. Well said. I've had exactly the same argument with people from both sides of the political divide. Conservatives blame 'open borders' Blair, Left wingers blame post austerity Tory governments. In actual fact all British governments have been failing to fulfill their election manifesto promises, as regards reducing or limiting immigration, since Labour in the early sixties. Of course this has been most blatantly obvious since Boris Johnson, but the fact remains that both main political parties have always promises to either reduce or at least control immigration and neither have ever delivered or even come close. The British public, on the other hand, has never knowingly voted for more immigration or weaker controls over our borders and yet that is exactly what we have continued to receive from successive governments of both sides.
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  868. Andrew Pierce is an absolute disgrace, is this really how we should be interviewing political figures in the run up to the election?
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  869. When Mothin says 'outside agitators' does he mean the ultra Islamist preachers in the mosques or police officers trying to ensure law and order?
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  870. Absolutely right! Well said.
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  871. And German food is the wurst.
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  872. I'd like to know how Kier Starmer imagines he can 'tackle' hate and division? The government can not compel individuals to not feel hate towards things any more than it can force people to stop being divided from each other. It sounds like a promise to be even more authoritarian in his efforts to reduce free speech and stifle debate.
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  873. What a cowardly bunch of wankers.
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  874. Watched it, loved it.
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  875. Has to be a new series Rick? But don't do Nickelback or Creed that would be too obvious? Has to better than crap songs by bands you like, surely?
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  876. Would the Weimar triangle would be stronger with LePen in position in France and the AVD in the driving seat in Germany? Add to that the possibility of the Austrian Freedom Party, the Dutch PVV and the Swedish Democrats joining in the whole debate, Vlaams Belang from Belgium and F D'Italia too, it might even move Hungary's Fidesz away from Putin's influence? Or is this a recipe for disaster? A far right Europe united against Putin, mass immigration and cultural erosion? Just a thought...
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  877.  @guidofarage7457  I absolutely agree. I think this kind of content is really disingenuous of Politics Joe. They should be destroying the Tories for their lies in 2019 about introducing an 'Australian style' high skilled, high wages, low numbers immigration policy. They should be exposing the facts, showing the data and illustrating the crisis with refernce to housing, health care and social cohesion. Instead they are gaslighting white working class people's legitimate concerns about the social/economic cost of unparalled levels of legal immigration. Not to mention the £8million a day on hotel accomodation, 14,000 missing applicants, tens of thousands of asylum seekers fast tracked without due dilligemce and endless time wasted discussing Rwanda (an exchange deal not a deportation plan) which wouldn't even scratch the surface of the problem. Its not a race thing, its not a compassion thing, its not a nationalist thing its an existential crisis for normal indiginous UK citizens. The numbers are shocking and the left hardly dare discuss it, let alone provide a solution. Politics Joe were taking the piss with this item: Leicester had race riots last year, Pakistanis vs Indians, over a poxy cricket match. The city is racially divided right down the middle ffs. Multi culturalism in action, just like last week in Camberwell, where the Ethiopians attacked the Eritreans and then both turned on the unarmed police with sticks and bottles,
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  878. Couldn't agree more. "We are in an existential struggle for the soul of the human race!"... what a dickhead!
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  879. Land was made artificially valuable by inheritance tax loopholes, farming has been made artificially unprofitable because of supermarket monopolies. Problem: 20% inheritance tax bill on any farm valued at £1m or over? Solution, sell your farm. Who's likely to buy it? Global agriculture corporations. Net gain: one days' NHS expenditure. Net loss traditional English families owning our food production. Brilliant.
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  880. A really good point. She either doesn't recognize it when she sees it or it is literally not there. I suspect it is the former. Out of interest, what would you say British culture is? What is it Mayor Khan has managed to undermine or minimize? What exactly has mass immigration damaged? I know what I think but I'm interested to hear from others in the Richard IV audience.
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  881. He did, didn't he? He seemed very reluctant to say anything that might incriminate himself.
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  882. Israel is sending a message to Iran that they can no longer effectively use proxies to attack Israel without the IDF responding with overwhelmig force and tactical innovation. Whether it works or not remains to be seen.
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  883.  @isabelclinton9229  I imagine him as a failing second hand car salesman, lying to his customers about the mileage of the cars, molesting his female assistant and getting pissed out of his head in the back of the portacabin every Friday at six o'clock on the dot. All the same behavioural traits but slightly less destructive outcomes for the rest of us.
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  884. The repressive situation in China is nothing new, the West's rhetoric condemning it is nothing new. What would be novel would be if the West actually did something effective to influence China. Meanwhile the USA continues to be hawkish everywhere except where they would meet a serious threat of opposition.
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  885. Rory Stewart. The only Tory I would p**s on if he was on fire.
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  886.  @jamesmilani3891  For your information reasons for the protests: 1. The history of Islamist violence going back to 2005 2. Enforced mass immigration, despite electoral promises to limit numbers by both main parties. 3. The cost and anti-social threat posed by iillegal migrants. 4. The ‘woke’ progressive agenda undermining British history, culture and freedom of speech. 5. The mainstream media demonising, dismissing and mischaracterising the English working classes and those who speak for them (TR). 6. Two Tier policing. 7. The blatant imbalance of the PM and Home Secretary’s response. 8. The emergence and threat of 'political Islam'. 9. The rise of knife crime, grooming gangs, acid attacks and sexual violence on the streets of English towns. 10. The huge religious/ethnic ghettos, the failure of multi-culturalism and increasing lack of trust in national institutions, 11. The Pro Gaza marches with all the associated anti-Western rhetoric and civil disobedience. 12. The housing crisis and cost of living crisis. (There's your economic argument) 13. Imported foreign conflicts leading to violent disorder on English streets. 14. Finally and most significantly: three innocent little English girls brutally and senselessly murdered by a second generation immigrant. Ignore the narrative about fake news, online disinformation and misinformation being deliberately spread. It is a minor detail. Ignore the narrative about extremist agitators coming in from outside, if they exist at all they are on both sides of the divide. This disorder has not been triggered by the macro-economic situation it has been triggered by violence.
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  887. Excellent comment, I couldn't agree more!
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  888.  @ExpectNothing1234  As soon as you hear them list his criminal convictions and then use it to imply he is now justifiably in solitary confinement, accusing him of almost 'derailing a grooming gang case' or lying about a Syrian kid, you know they're taking the mainstream line to show how virtuous they are (just like Piers Morgan, Farage and Tice have done) instead of learning the facts and standing up for the truth. If they can not even defend him on humanitarian grounds then I don't care what else they have to say about him. No one deserves the treatment TR is currently receiving and it is a national scandal that no one is currently seeking a legal route to protect his basic human rights and bring it to an end.
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  889.  @ezioauditore3128   @ExpectNothing1234  As soon as you hear them list his criminal convictions and then use it to imply he is now justifiably in solitary confinement, accusing him of almost 'derailing a grooming gang case' or lying about a Syrian kid, you know they're taking the mainstream line to show how virtuous they are (just like Piers Morgan, Farage and Tice have done) instead of learning the facts and standing up for the truth. If they can not even defend him on humanitarian grounds then I don't care what else they have to say about him. No one deserves the treatment TR is currently receiving and it is a national scandal that no one is currently seeking a legal route to protect his basic human rights and bring it to an end. He isn't 'playing the victim', he is unlawfully being held in solitary confinemment, 24 hours a day, and will remain so until his sentence has been completed, probably 18 months. Not for a criminal offence but for a civil off3nce that would normally allow for an open prison, early release and bail.
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  890. I look at Hugh Grant and think "I DO want to be like that!" : successful, rich, sexually attractive, beautiful wife, beautiful homes and he drives a Bentley! Seriously though, she is a brave and forthright spokesman for an unfashionable perspective and should be supported in her efforts to talk sense to the ideologues of the right and the wokists of the left.
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  891. This is simply magical.
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  892. Is Musk a hero or just an opportunist capitalist oligarch? Meanwhile Rogan makes perfect sense without you rephrasing every sentence Jimmy!
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  893. And people say Trump undermines the democratic process? This is more like a high school playground slanging match, this is why you can't have nice things America.
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  894. Jordan Henderson? Seriously? What about Trent or Connor Gallagher?
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  895. I think Trevor's biggest mistake was not being particularly funny. But you missed the point Jimmy. He wasn't saying that American journos speak truth to power, he was saying that they have the right to and so therefore they should strive to, despite the culture of corporate sponsorship, endorsement and the lack of independence. I think he is well aware of how sycophantic and hypocritical they are generally, but wanted to remind them that the opportunity to be independent is there, so should they chose to take it. Of course he wasn't going to be too subversive, he's not stupid. He was probably grateful just to get the chance to make jokes about the President and the media elite in front of them all. If he was going to act like Guy Fawkes and blow the whole place up he'd hardly have been invited or he would have had to simply perform his routine to silent disapproval. Also that's why Jimmy Dore doesn't get an invitation to speak at such events, it would just be too dull.
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  896. Opposition teams think England as soft and as too woke to win...just watch, they'll all be proven right. But why should people follow a team when you can't criticize poor performances in case you upset the players, you can't complain when they take the knee, if you shout at them from the terraces and use the wrong words you get banned, corporations commercialise them and attach values you do not share, they are re-branded to represent values other than patriotism and if you suggest that sport should be free from politics you are ignored because you are ill-informed and hold the wrong opinions. Then they go to compete in Qatar and compromise all these supposed values for the sake of sponsorship. The England team, the FA and the England manager are an international joke, but don't say anything, you might upset someone with your violent 'hate speech'.
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  897. Can't help but feel that if there is a full on conflict over Kashmir (incidentally the region of Pakistan where the majority of g. gang enthusuasts come from) not only will it spill over onto the streets of the UK, but the UK will probably be expected to accomodate huge numbers of refugees and asylum seekers from that region. Given the political infrastructure that supports that particular ethnic group, the Labour Party and the government will no doubt want to throw open our doors to as many as possible like the Tories did with Ukrainians. Feels like we're doomed either way.
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  898. Just announced, £2.26 billion to Ukraine from the UK.
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  899. Biden's presidency has been a disaster; the leaking Southern border, the sanctuary cities, the criminality in cities, the fentanyl epidemic, the homelessness, the weak stance on Iran, Afghanistan, the wavering over Israel, the advance of the radical woke elites. He has to go.
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  900. The second woman you featured had totally mischaracterised Farage's comments: he did not maan ALL immigrants, he did not even mean ALL religions, or all Muslims, he was talking about radical, politicised, Islamism. Hardly a new or unheard of phenomena? As you point out, no phobia there, just logical and critical analysis. Both women represent a kind of toxic femininity disguised as 'the politics of compassion'. Anyone who disagrees is 'vile' and their opinions are 'abhorent'. What does it matter if our institutions are ovewhelmed and failing as long as we show compassion to the helpless? What does it matter if the indiginous population get swamped and their culture negated as long as the oppressedbare able to get their revenge? How virtuous I am putting other people's needs before my own, oh and yours too. Forget democracy, this is the nannie's revolution.
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  901.  @annapachaclarke2392  If you had read the comment fully you would have seen that the elite I am referring to is the Civil Servants, Lawyers, Judges, politicians, charity workers and clergy who prop up our woeful system of dealing with illegal migrants, criminals and asylum seekers. If there is a better name for them what is it?
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  902. Where does KK find the patience?
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  903. Some of the biggest nutters I know are religious and their families are quite often the reason why they're nutters.The religious communities they belong to seem to provide support, guidance and acceptance to a certain extent, but they also demand unquestioning faith in myths, legends, fantasy figures and of course deities and prophets. If you question the dogma and orthodoxy they are judgemental and hostile and much less accepting. Not a model for social cohesion in my opinion, in fact the more strong the religious faith the more divisive, dogmatic and hostile they become.
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  904.  @jonlittle5032  I understood what Peter said. My comment was intended to introduce a broader perspective, beyond France and beyond the recent EU elections.
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  905.  @carter7944  I was referring to the DPP, not the same as the far right parties' prominance in France but nevertheless rising in popularity with a similar popularist platform.
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  906.  @Tilten  Good point. Once the (far) right parties have to compromise and take responsibility for actual policies they tend to become quite ineffective. I know in Sweden there has been new developments with the SD because of this. My point was that even in moderate Sweden the right wingers have a significant presence.
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  907. Well done guys, one of your best so far. I have often wondered why you couldn't find more informed working class voices fron the left and get them on your show and then, with this guy, you knocked it out of the park. Great content.
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  908. Make sure you allow for Santa visiting.
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  909. You never mentioned Radiohead. Not very bluesy, post '96 but still brilliant. Do the Foo fighters get a mention, the killers, Steroephonics, Stone Temple Pilots, KOL, I'm sure they deserve their place in rock history. What's wrong with Puddle of Mud? By the way you jump over how important funk has been to keeping rock interesting, maybe its the current rap/hip hop back beats influences you don't like?
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  910.  @davideldred.campingwilder6481  Don't understand the second comment David. Why do you think I have an intellectual disability?
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  911. Can't say why it started, not allowed to say who took part, can't say who's to blame, can't even say if the rioters' actions were wrong. Jesus! Might as well just blame the police for not being able to stop it then?
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  912. Strange that they consider 'offensive language' as a justification to do such biased and diengenuous reporting about Reform and, by the way, its obvious that Andrew Parker is a plant: if you can't find evidence of the things you want to show to discredit Reform you might as well artificially create it to confirm your media bias. 'Offensive language used by random blokes!' Shock Horror! Why don't Chanel 4 go undercover to expose anti--semites and terf-haters in the Labour Party, or Green candidates who call for Jihad, or Conservatives who despise the working classes? Because absolutely no one would be the slightest bit surprised if they found it and it would not be newsworthy
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  913. One of the best summaries of the scandal. Worth sharing.
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  914. Yanis: Because of Congo, slavery, inequality and rich bankers, the West should be deconstructed. KK: What would you replace it with? Yanis: A wonderful, non hierachical system, where everyone is equal and nice to each other. Cynthia: Yes! So let's enforce DEI and invest in everywhere else. KK: But in the meantime China, Russia and India will fill the vacancy and take over. Surely the West is better than that? Yanis: Racist! (Gotcha!) Cynthia: Sexist! (Gotcha!)
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  915. Nudge, nudge, wink, wink...What a stupid by-line.
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  916. Well said Michelle.
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  917. Will Boris' near death experience soften his political views? He was always very intolerant of sickness and weakness in others. Will he boost NHS salaries and protect their jobs. Will he provide support for mental health or protect systems for social care, will he value community centres that foster good mental health and social cohesion, will he recognize the need for a more caring society? Will he eck as like.
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  918.  @django3422  You still haven't bothered looking at the stats then?
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  919.  @django3422  One sided discussion if you don't know or don't understand the data.
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  920.  @django3422  Do a bit of research and then get back to me. You can find all the data relating to net immigration over the last two years through the Office of National Statistics or The Home Office website. If you can't be bothered then you're not really in position to have an informed discussion or a valid opinion...go on, surprise me, do the homework.
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  921.  @django3422  Read previous comments made in thread for clarifiction.
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  922.  @django3422  Bingo!
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  923. 'What we need is a bigger cake!" Presumably so that those on benefits, pensioners, low paid workers and anyone else relying upon the state, can live on crumbs?
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  924. Which makes him unelectable apparently?
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  925.  @MikeBenko  You may well be right.
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  926. Sorry Peter but I think it's the other way round; Trump is delusional (grandiose, egotistical, angry) and Biden is demented (unable to follow a train of thought, uncertain and forgetful). It doesn't really matter either way, you're faced with a disastrous choice between two evils. What's worse is the Dems ridiculous attempts to distract from and deny Biden's weaknesses while, if Trump were to die tomorrow, he would probably still be elected. Surely the US can come up with something better than this?
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  927. I asked my travel agent if he could arrange for me to go somewhere free of COVID 19. He suggested I wait until Richard Branson was operating trips to Mars. I asked if there was anywhere a little closer. He sold me a two week, all inclusive, package holiday in the shed at the end of my back garden. The Mrs didn't seem to enjoy it at all. Finally got the my lawn mower sorted out though...
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  928. This is a direct result of rising house prices, high rents, restrictive planning regulations and second homes. In addition, 'no fault evictions' have made the system much worse. Unless the next government start a huge program of home building and tackle the high rents this problem will only worsen. Obviously the next government will also have to deal with mass immigration: it may not effect Cornwall, but elsewhere it drives up house prices, drives rents up and takes huge numbers of council/social housing out of circulation. Meanwhile migrants jump the queue for hostels, hotels and B&Bs at the bottom of the chain. Currently the system seems to penalise the poorest and the most vunerable English people. The nation should be outraged and demand that English people are put first, but of course people don't want to be called 'far right' do they?
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  929. Seems a bit greedy, 'give him loads of fish and he eats for a day'. Anyway, you're best off learning to fish nowadays what with all the chippies closing down because they can't afford their electricity bills.
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  930. Matt would say that, even though Chris Hope is able to voice his views publically and is well represented by voices in the (more right wing, independent) media, he differs from the group described by having different values. He is not seeking to gain virtue from expressing radical, critical, social justice valuesin fact he is working against the interests of the group Matt described. If nothing else he is reflecting the views held by the majority of UK citizens, not those held by the increasingly illiberal, globalized, financially comfortable, luxury belief holding minority such as James O'Brien, Emily Maitliss and of course most of the BBC, ITV and Channel 4 news and politics staff.
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  931. Thankyou Tucker C for this content. Russell is always entertaining, always interesting, always erudite but in his new faith I'm still not convinced how sincere he is. Only time will tell I guess. In the meantime it remains fascinating.
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  932. Starmer hasn't inspired the left and he hasn't reassured the right. He won't unify the country, he will simply double down on the same tired old policies that divide us, impoverish us and drag us all down. It is what comes after him that interests me.
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  933. At least he knocked it back in the end but goodness, what an awful speaker?
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  934. Sounded like a parody. The grammar wasn't flawless, it sounded like it had been written by someone for whom English is a second language. Obviously there was no real content or insight and the analysis was totally meaningless and superficial. However it could be successfully employed if you wanted to write a script for an very average tv soap opera, perhaps even a speech for a particularly vaccuous politician or day time tv show presenter, but for any kind of critical analysis, forget about it. Your job is safe for the time being Mr Zeihan!
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  935.  @BritishLandeur  I see your point. When leftists' political aspirations are extreme or unrealistic they often resort to extremist methods, like the Bader Meinhof gang or Brigado Rossi did in the seventies. If the UK or any Western European country were to experience a national populist government in the near future, one that firmly pushes back against the liberal, globalist agenda, you can pretty much guarantee that there would be this kind of reactionary backlash.
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  936.  @BritishLandeur   I see your point. When leftists' political aspirations are extreme or unrealistic they often resort to extremist methods, like the Bader Meinhof gang or Brigado Rossi did in the seventies. All of whom were spoilt, entitled, middle class kids from good homes. If the UK or any Western European country were to experience a national populist government in the near future, one that firmly pushes back against the liberal, globalist agenda, you can pretty much guarantee that there would be this kind of reactionary backlash.
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  937. I thought punk rock happened in the late seventies...imagine my surprise!
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  938. All his reference points were from a different age, when being an atheist was edgy, when Thatcher and Mary Whitehouse were the enemy, when you worry about the rise of 'the right' and when the liberal elite were the good guys, not the humourless, authoritarian, globalists they are today.
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  939. Free David Spring
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  940. Piers says 'woke' is unelectable but Biden seems to have employed a whole raft of diversirty appointments in the US Federal Government, regardless of that.
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  941. If anybody can come up with better description of James O'Brien I'd like to hear it.
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  942. What hope is there that this will be properly investigated and the guilty prosecuted when our establishment can't even resolve the Post Office scandal and the infected blood scandal. Our system is moribund and our civil servants unfit for office.
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  943. As far as Conte is concerned the constraints have now come off, he can say what he sees: not enough heart, not enough responsibility, selfish players not making a difference. So what will be the traditional Spurs solution? Get rid of the manager. So Spursy. Poor old Antonio, he should try managing West Ham, see how much he likes that!
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  944. That's what I thought. I'm really surprised so few comments have picked up on that. Is he suggesting farmers are better when they're not white? Is he being racist or just trying to be funny? I don't get it...
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  945. ​​​ @shelleyphilcox4743  yes, but it was almost deliberately intended to not specifically cover the Pakistani grooming gangs. That was my point. I have read The Jay Report's recommendations and, of the 20 made, only two relate to the grooming gangs and even then only obliquely. Apparently Jay's team only spent two weeks in Rotherham and only briefly investigated one of the other grooming gang towns. They knew it was a can of worms and deliberately gave it all a wide birth, hoping the public wouldn't notice that they were lumping it together with a whole range of other forms of CSA and SA in general. Well we did jotice and now we want it done properly as clearly Gove and Cummings and their ilk, who did not speak out at the time, did not ensure that this scandal was thoroughly exposed.
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  946. I don't agree Matt. Even if Farage were to be elected he would be no more than a backbench 'voice in the wilderness', representing a party of no real significance. By not standing Farage can distance himself from this 'hopeless' election and avoid the possibility of being defeated and possibly humiliated. However, after the inevitable post election collapse of the right, he may be 'invited' back in a far more central and secure role in a new, more popular party with a much more realistic chance of government. In the meantime, during this election campaign, he will be free to focus on the subject of mass immigration and able to hold both parties to account. It might be much more effective for him to be outside the tent p**sing in, rather than inside the tent p**sing out?
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  947. Trump does not do the subject justice. He was poorly prepared and (typically) made exaggerated cliams that are based on rumours rather than the truth. This is a wasted opportunity because his inaccuracies mask the fact that, because of the recent arrival of huge numbers of Haitians and the subsequent culture clashes, the people of Springfield Ohio are facing exactly the same issues that the British public are currently dealing with: rising violent crime rates, rising rental prices and shrinking housing stock, lower wages, lack of job opportunities, housing over crowding, the increased dumping of litter and refuse, increased competition for finite resources especially state benefits, an increase in illegal and dangerous driving, a general lack of social trust and a deterioration of standards of public behaviour. The rumoured goose thing is based on one picture posted on Facebook showing a migrant carrying a dead bird and the cat thing is based on one van being pulled over by the Springfield police in which migrants had gathered up an unspecified number of cats. Everything else (that Trump didn't mention), the car crashes, the taking over of neighbour hoods, the welfare lines, the culture clashes are true and can easily be fact checked by the BBC if necessary. The take away is that it is very sad that we all have to reply upon Trump to fight our corner.
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  948.  @sithlordarkanon3345  My complaint was that the guys didn't challenge some of his more outrageous statements, but seeing as you asked, how about when he says "Sir David Attenborough lies," that seemed a bit contentious to me? Do you not agree, or do you think Sir Dave goes about deliberately misleading his viewers?
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  949. Kamala is a woke empty suit who seems to have failed upwards throughout her career, largely for reasons of DEI. She seems happy to bend the truth in order to portray Trump in the worst possible terms as well as having very little honesty about her record in office. She seems to have been involved in a terrible conspiracy to hide how incapacitated Joe Biden was from the US citizens only to then unceremonially oust him when the facts were exposed. She is not qualified to run nor does she have a popular mandate to be the Democratic candidate. She is personally responsible for the Southern border and the sanctuary city chaos the US are now experiencing. She represents a particularly undemocratic Democratic elite who bring with them all the Trans ideology, Critical Race Theory intended, ultimately, to undermine Western values. On the other hand Trump is an erratic narcissist without any real ideology who is quite happy to lie to the public when necessary. Mostly he seems to want to protect America's richest people, like himself and, because of this, he does have a reasonably good economic record. He has been quite strong on immigration and borders but he remains eccentric and unpredictable. However, internationally, he does project a certain strength that Harris would entirely lack. What a crap choice the Americans have! Given that Trump seems much less vigorous and able than he was in 2016, I would probably vote for him, hoping that J.D.Vance (supported by RFK and Tulsi Gabbard) will be stepping in quite soon. I expect Trump to win by a narrow margin and for the Democrats to widely imply that the election was 'stolen', just like Hilary Clinton did in 2016.
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  950. Taking advantage of the current weakness of Hezbollah and the Iranians, a combination of various fanatical, radical Islamist groups join together to bring down the cruel, oppressive, undemocratic Assad regime. Meanwhile millions of Syrians currently living in the West, having escaped the violence as refugees and asylum seekers, are thinking; I don't think I'll be going back anytime soon, it will probably get even worse now, just like Iraq did after Saddam... Expect another wave of Syrians fleeing their own country seeking refuge in the West.
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  951. Equity vs Equality?
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  952. Just what I was thinking, Musk may seem like a Tony Stark type, philantropic billionaire but he's actually just another opportunist capitalist oligarch. He knows how to make a buck,
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  953.  @tuandilshan5767  Works both ways, every claim of genocide by Hamas is used to deflect from their own genocidal intentions towards Israel.
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  954. All I'm saying is mandate my arse.
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  955.  @jeckjeck3119  If the facts change you are allowed to change your mind, or not, depending upon your own perspective, The point is whether or not the system allows you to make meaningful change or not.
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  956. Why do muslims attract the most hostility as an immigrant community?
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  957.  @Tornado2409  Agreed, but all Islamists are Muslims aren't they? I'm perfectly happy to accept that most British Muslims are not radicalised or violent. The only problem is, when push comes to shove, the radical Islamists set the agenda. You will not hear from moderate Muslims until well after people like Anjem Choudary have finished shouting.
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  958.  @Tornado2409  But all Islamists are Muslims, aren't they.
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  959.  @Tornado2409  But all Islamists are Muslims.
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  960. Did he say 'The Comedy Shield'?
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  961. Quite right, I'm racist, mysogynistic, xenophobic and totally toxic and I love football. But at least I don't support Millwall, they are right idiots,!
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  962. The worst of the Dem commentators are those who believe the election ws decided by racism, misogyny and the embracing of fascist ideology. They definitely need to shut the f up! They are wrong, obviously. It was the economy. Sure immigration, crime, education, the progressive march through the institutions too for sure, but most of all: the economy stupid!
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  963. Well said. Sadly, I see the land ending up in the hands of multinational corporations and greedy developers, losing our traditional farming families, their historic techniques, their links to local communities and ruining our green and pleasant land.
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  964. This is terrible news, not only are Reform in the process of throwing yet another strong, popular resource under the bus, not only are they using extremely underhand tactics, not only are they ignoring legitimate demands for them to democratise the party organisation, they are trying to destroy the reputation of decent, honest hard working man. I am genuinely demoralised by this internal shambles. As you often say, we need Reform UK to provide us with a political alternative built on real solutions not a Westminster Punch and Judy show
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  965. @logoutofmyaccountweirdo  You are right: in the West culture is a kind of market place and people are free to take or leave whatever aspects they prefer. Things are not so flexible elsewhere by the way. My 'solution' to the decline of manufacturing in the UK would not be undemocratic, nor would it be biased towards British businesses because they are 'white'. I'm not sure what gave you that idea, you must have me confused with someone else in the comments. Domestic productivity doesn't have to be solely subject to market forces as you describe, nor does protecting it have to be paid for by taxpayers, that sounds likr the old Thatcherite model. On the contrary, manufacturing and industry can be promoted and protected through tax breaks as well as things like the loosening of regulation, improvements in infrastructure, the lowering of energy costs, the awarding of government and public contracts, technological innovation, promoting exports internationally and by limiting or taxing imports. In other words commercial incentives. Once trully productive and efficient, market forces can actually benefit manufacturers as their products become more competitive and desirable. Start with inshore, then nearshore then offshore. It also helps if you can provide a good supply of well trained, highly skilled, well paid, well housed, motivated, happy and healthy workers. A social balance in other words: government, industry and workers working together towards a common goal: prosperity and growth. Not sure what objection you could have to this, hope it makes my position clearer.
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  966.  @coopergates9680  Thanks for the clarification. I'll try to be objective and not too ideological in my analysis. I thought the original comment was confusing culture with consumerism. I think a nation's culture is much more than what people choose to buy and consume. However I think, in the developed world, our national identites have been homogenized by global corporations like Amazon, the globalization of production and the globalist philosophy of our political elites. So now, in the West and especially in 'the Anglosphere' we share exactly the same social problems and are subject to the same global economic forces and fluctuations, all of which have an effect on culture. That's not to mention the influence of unelected, unrepresentative international organizations such as the WEF and IMF. Clearly the whole phenomena undermines national democracy and soveriegnty. People say culture is upstream of politics and economics but I'm not so sure. I think it's more complicated than that... However, there are definitely changes afoot. Trump will probably create a tide of protectionist, national populism that will influence American culture. It is more than likely to be increasingly popular in various European countries too. In the UK we are probably a few years behind the US so we look on with great interest as well as a certain amount of trepidation. Where will it lead, where will it end? Your thoughts.....
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  967.  @ACE360x  No matter how high you set a minimum wage, there will always be those prepared to work for less (especially if the workers come from a global pool of labour) and employers will always be prepared to employ them (especially if their product has to be sold in open or global markets). If you want to protect workers' wages, rights, terms and conditions you have to entirely manage the supply of labour and the means of production, distribution and the sale of goods. You also need to be able to negate inflation and the economic fluctuations of the global economy.. Good luch with that.
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  968. Why oh why does our so-called 'government' not realise that, as long as they are making sure that the UK has a strong economy, generous social welfare, a just judicial system, good educational opportunities, an efficient NHS, tolerant societal values and fair and impartial policing: foriegn economic migrants will always be tempted to risk their lives by making reckless and dangerous attempts to cross our borders, irrespective of the risks to their health. It would be much better if the government was to simply: mismanage the ecomony, under-fund the welfare state, cut back on education, overload the courts, mismange the NHS, increase social division and intollerance in our communities, under-staff the police, encourage zero hour contracts and an unskilled work force, remove legislation that protects our health and work places, fail to provide affordable housing, allow unaccountable multi national corporations to exploit our system, discourage social mobility and generally make the UK a nastier place to live...oh look! That's what they're doing. Clever government! The migrants will soon lose interest now!
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  969.  @whenthepastwaspresent  Biggest UK export is finncial services, specifically the trading of gold. Sounds mad, considering we do not produce gold, but nevertheless true.
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  970. As regards Gillian Whatsit, around 2 mins in: no one in this government is 'bringing down bills'. That's why no one is talking about it.
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  971. Fantastic content. A thoroughly new perspective I've not encountered before. Why is no one else discussing this discrepancy between immigration figures, second passports, entry visas and the utter failure of our systems of governing our borders?
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  972. Too many adverts guys, I'm getting sick of fast forwarding all the interruptions.
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  973. That was delightful!
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  974. All those things that make us unhealthy (mentally and physically, socially and individually), are making someone rich, even if its just monetarising an ideology of victimhood in social media? If there's affirmation, social reward and social media acceptance in proclaiming that you are unhealthy and suffering, who is finding solutions to that suffering? In the narcissistic West, are the victims fighting for their victimhood? Seerut seems to be saying, 'Go and try living elsewhere and then see how discriminated against you are.'
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  975.  @jefffinkbonner9551  I agree. He talks sense, which is why Trump picked him as VP, so does Tulsi which is why Trump was happy to bring her onboard too. I think they would make a great team in 2029.
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  976. Like many people this was how I came across Peter Boghossian and the whole Spectrum Street Epistemology phenomenom. What a wonderful way to illustrate the madness of the woke mindvirus, the lack of capacity for critical thought, the thought supressing cliches and the arrogance expressed by the individuals involved. You can't argue with people who refuse to accept there may be a different view point that is a valid as their own. Peter is great, SSE is an amazingly valuable tool and well done Warren for furthering the debate. Great content Warren.
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  977. Its high time for hyper sonic missiles.
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  978. So if, culturally speaking, there are obvious differences between the Sotts, the Welsh, those from N. Ireland and the English is there literally nothing that unites them all? I'm interested to know what you think...
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  979. I absolutely agree. The narrative that the police should have further powers to squash protest and dissent will inevitably result in incidents like this. But political activists know its already happening and has been for decades. With this government's efforts to outlaw protest, strikes, asylum seeking etc etc what kind of society does Nick Ferrari think it all leads to and why is he surprised when it overlaps into his bubble of privilege and safety? I hope more middle class, university educated, metropolitan elite professionals get roughed up by the police for doing absolutely nothing. It might make them question the complacent, conformist narratives that they perpetuate in the media?
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  980. Callum was in the US doing a documentary about the town in Nevada that features in the post apocalypse video game and tv show, 'Fall Out'. Perhaps the police thought he really was planning a far right atomic apocalypse while he was there, after all he did drive a tank in the desert last time. Or perhaps they object to his many visits to ex-Soviet countries, revealing how much cleaner their streets are than ours in the UK?
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  981. I think Putin would be happy to tread water until Trump comes in. Unfortunately I think the Biden administration (obviously not Biden himself) have decided to push towards a situation that makes it as difficult for Trump to extract himself from the conflict as possible. They can not rely upon Trump to put corporate profits first, so they want to put the situation beyond his influence.
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  982. Nice to hear Phil Collins talking sense for a change!
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  983.  @BigCatinBKK  Starmer has already shown himself to be authoritarian in his reaction to the recent riots in the wake of the three little girls getting murdered in Southport. As for Harris, I am working on the principle that all the woke folk tend to be quite venegeful when dealing with such terrible offences as hate speech, wrong think, hurty words, not getting vaccinated, misgendering and 'disinformation'. I don't expect Harris to be any different.
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  984. Well said. He's a bohemian liberal, a self serving narcissist and a blithering sack of vicious custard.
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  985.  @14Anon2  What books or authors are you suggesting?
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  986. Jimmy Saville unashamedly used his position of influence at the BBC to support Margaret Thatcher and the Conservatives for many years....and we all know how that turned out!
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  987. If the 'value' that is most important to Hamas is to not harm 'the hair on a child's head' why did they authorize their fighters to attack and murder children and babies on Oct 7th? Hamas has not acted upon that 'value' in relation to Israeli children but, more importantly, nor have they sought to protect their own children. In fact they have, for many years, indoctrinated their children to be participants in the violence and used their innocent suffering as a tool to gain international support. They have denied children shelter in their tunnels, they have built no bomb shelters to protect them, they have made their schools military targets by using them to cache weapons, they have starved them by denying them access to food, denied them medical aid and fresh water. They have hidden amongst them in combat and denied them the freedom to leave combat areas. They have even given them weapons and encouraged them to be martyrs by fighting the IDF. Meanwhile Israel is expected to defend themselves against Hamas attacks without a single child casualty? Which other conflict was fought in such a way? What other army was expected to defeat a ruthless enemy in such a compassionate way? This guy is a really good example of how unbalanced, ill informed and inaccurate this debate has become. You can pretty much be sure that whatever he is accusing the Israelis of is exactly what Hamas are guilty of. Great at rabble rousing, pathetic in debate.
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  988. Bleak.
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  989. Crikey mate! They're even more bysterically confused than us! Can't believe the media are prepared to misrepresent an obviously innocent hand gesture with such deliberate slander and malice? Streuth!
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  990. Not sure if you can have 'informed consent' if the data is still so narrow in its scope, based upon such recent outcomes and latterly so compromised by confirmation bias. It can hardly be called 'informed' if the information is so limited?
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  991. Groan. Another example of Reform briefing against RL? We still don't really have an explanation of the various false accusations made against him months ago when he was unceremoniously dumped from the party. Surely they have more important things to focus upon or are they determined to undermine their own credibility?
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  992. Unfortunately Reform have already shown how weak their stance is by letting Hooe Not Hate influence them into deselecting Beau from The Lotus Eaters. They are not a real party they are a simply a mechanism for undermining the Conservative Party.
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  993.  @FraserBailey-jm5yz  No, Scotland...obviously.
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  994. Imagine Dragons, 'Enemy'?
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  995. Exactly what I thought.
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  996.  @ILikeFreedomYo  The 'constraining principle', in the case of the UK, is central government wanting public sector wages to be depressed and budget allocations declining in real terms over the last thirteen years. Because of this there is a mass exodus of workers from teaching, nursing, doctors, prison workers, senior police officers etc Those who have remained feel they have no other way to bring the public's attention to the way their services are being undermined but by striking. Nurses, junior doctors, ambulance drivers, railway workers, junior barristers are threatening strikes is because cut backs have made their jobs unsafe and almost unworkable. It's not just about wages, it is about their terms of employment and the declining conditions they are being expected to endure in the work place.
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  997.  @CometdownCat  Not sure I understand. How does the US citizen subsidise the UK's pharma costs?
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  998. Couldn't agree more. If people aren't already aware of how badly our nation's institutions have been undemined in recent decades, then four more years of decline under Labour will surely make it clear. The Conservatives will implode after the massive defeat they have coming and will have to rebuild or disappear. I see it as a competition between Farage led popular nationalism (bringing with him the likes of Braverman and Badenoch) and globalist liberalism of the kind Boris Johnson adopted. Whatever the outcome the British public don't just need a new government they need a new politics.
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  999. She is clearly a Liberal Democrat. She and all the others like her obviously realised that there was a much better chance of getting into power if they colonized the conservatives than if they stayed in the political wilderness with the Lib.Dems. Peter Hitchens has been warning of this for years. Shame on the Tories for letting them take over and utterly destroy the country.
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  1000. Shocking and appalling but somehow the only logical outcome of the omnishambles. Will it continue? Will it get worse for the country, its citizens, the economy, our international reputation? One can only hope but somehow I don't think its over yet.
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  1001. Is it also too late to send the Hugenots back, coming over here with their lace making skills, taking all our jobs and houses. And the Normans with their Mott and Bailey castles and their French names, coming over here taking all our jobs and housee. And what about the Vikings and Anglo Saxons? Coming over here with their funny languages and endless poems, taking all our jobs and houses. And don't get me started on the Romans, the Celts and the Beaker people, coming over here with their own religions and cultural influences. Isn't it time we sent them all back?
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  1002. Can't agree more.
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  1003. Is there a diagnosis for the overwhelming feeling that an elitist bunch of progressive liberals are ruining your country, silencing debate and disenfranchising you and people like you? Is there a name for the creeping feeling that its already too late to reclaim your neighbourhood, your town, your city and your country because they're all operating for someone else's benefit and you're not even allowed to mention it? How about a name for the recurring nightmare that it's only going to get worse?
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  1004. It's interesting that as soon as the discussion turns to the anti semitic chants, posters and plackards in the pro-Palestinian march, the clip ends. No mention is made of the pro-Hamas headbands, the calls for Jihad and the Islamic State flags and slogans openly being waved by people in the crowd. Apparently we seem to have a very selective view of what 'far right' actually means at the moment. I've always associated the phrase with racial hatred, especially anti-semitism, intolerance of dissent, being anti democratic, having a binary view of culture and politics divided between the enemies and the allies, homphobia, sexism, an intolerance of free speech and debate, a general distaste for liberal values and it's institutions not to mention an inclination towards genocidal, militaristic solutions. Does that sound at all familiar? Seems to me there were just as many examples of that kind of thing amongst the pro-Palestine marchers as there were amongst the hooligans on Saturday. Why are we not recognizing the reactionary, 'far-right' leanings of the muslim fundamentalists? They may have been 'only a small fraction' of the crowd on Saturday but there was still a very large number of them, and they were completely unashamed of the hate filled rhetoric they were spouting (especially the young girls in the crowd for some reason?). The only reason why it didn't spill over into violence was because the police treated them with respect and took great care not to openly confront any of them unless absolutely necessary. Just like at the BLM protests during lockdown. I wonder why the double standard? Could the awful Braverman have actually been right for once? Just an observation... I wonder why?
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  1005. Struggling to find it funny. Seems like domestic abuse turned into an international sport if you ask me.
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  1006. So if Zen Buddhism is also a religion of violence does that prove atheists right when they say all religions are inevitably responsibke for more wars than any other belief system?
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  1007. As you say Matt, it will all be about the post-election reallignment If anti-mass immigration sentiment moves people towards voting for Reform, it will simply be a protest vote. It will not influence the next (Labour) government, it will not shape policy over the next four years, it may even move the left further away from the UK mainstream on this issue, continuing or increasing mass immigration to gain support from the newly arrived immigrants and artificially prop-up the (probably failing) economy. The post-election reallignment will be fuelled by all of this. The next four years are going to be grim.
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  1008. Fuk fuk fuk fuk fuk fuk fuk! Interesting, the large Internet corporations' justify themselves by saying that they are 'increasing communication and connectivity' as though that is universal panacea. Is social media actually creating more intollerance and division? It seems to be mostly used as a place to express bile and haterd without co sequence. Is there a reluctance to make use of critical thinking, a disregard for evidence or impiricism? Is there also an inability to concentrate beyond tiny soundbites, an inability to consider nuance? Fox seems to be asking, are we no longer allowed to express opinions that challenge the norm and if we do so, are we never to be forgiven? Do we deserve to be cancelled if we simply question unproven, innacurate or distorted opinions when they are dressed up as fact? Are we allowed to be unorthodox, critical, sceptical, questioning only if coming from a certain viewpoint, social group, race, religion, cultural, political or historical perspective? Sounds very Orwellian to me! But then again, I am a white, middle class, university educated, hetrosexual, privaleged, patriarchal, self entitled West Ham fan, so I would say that wouldn't I?
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  1009. This is an absolute disgrace. Where are the free speech advocates, the mainstream journalists, the liberal intelligensia who should be defending the rights to dissent, to question and challenge authority? Who is fighting for Assange? This is an absolutely shameful miscarriage of justice and a coercive misuse of state power. The mainstream media, the legal profession and our political representatives who all seem to be absent should be ashamed of themselves.
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  1010. Nigel is not the answer. He is too concerned with the progresss of his own political career to fully embrace the message that he should be broadcasting. His philosophy is woolly and muddled and so are his proposed solutions. He seems very aware of the mistakes made by Enoch Powell in being too frank about his own perspective. The rest of us, who are not part of the metropolitan, ultra liberal, political elite, are already fully aware of the numerous problems in the UK and are drawing logical conclusions about what the future policies need to be. Farage just isn't prepared to admit as much yet. One eye on the legacy of Powell no doubt. By the way, Steven's questions were great, at least he tried to pin Farage down to something tangible. Shame Farage is so good at avoiding the question.
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  1011. Ask a Muslim representative to address concerns about radical Islamism and he will spend the whole time saying Jews are worse and then deny the antisemitism . Not one point was acknowledged, reflected upon or addressed. Muslims must not be criticised, everyone else can be though.
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  1012. Boghossian on The Lotus Eaters? Excellent! Great content Carl.
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  1013. The rest of the Wagner units are mostly in the Middle East (Libya and Syria for example) and various unstable African nations where they extract mineral resources in return for political/military muscle. There will be a variety of international reprecussions and of course instability if those elements are rapidly and unextectedly withdrawn. The civilian populations of all the regions where they operate will undoubtedly face renewed chaos and destruction if the Wagner forces are forced to leave and of course the Wagner organisation will face a massive loss of income. That may well be a factor that dissuades their leaders from entirely committing to a full on rebellion?
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  1014. The British economy is desperate for investment. It seems likely that the new government will be bending over backwards to attract globalist investment by making us as attractive as possible to the WEF. Expect it to be one of the various policies that undermines the nation state and creates the most pushback over the next four years.
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  1015. Punching up? That's very unlike you. Power lies with global capitalist oligarchs and we are but their serfs? You sound like a neo Marxist. How amusing.
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  1016. Well done KK for being brave enough to mention culture. Why are the progressive left so unconcerned when immigrant communities are mysogynistic, support an inflexible patriarchy, are homophobic, transphobic, unconcerned about the age of consent, indulge in honour killings, rape gangs, FGM, religious intolerance, are disrespectful of the law (even to the extent of employing modern slaveryl, ethnically insular and entirely disregarding of concepts of diversity or inclusion. Seems a little hypocritical doesn't it?
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  1017. Sadly James and his scruffy mate did an extremely poor job of debating and both came over like bad tempered, intolerant bullies. Two middle aged, fat white men against one young black girl is not good look either. No wonder nobody watches Talk TV, they should have ben able to do much better and present a much stronger case. They are letting the side down.
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  1018. Excellent content mate.
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  1019. As an ex-classroom teacher I was surprised to see you film and Youtube a real interaction with a student, even though you clearly had taken pains to obscure their identity and focus upon yourself. Even though you did not identify the school in which you teach it was obvious you would eventually be identified and possibly the student too. If you had presented the video privately as a 'learning resource' or 'an aid for teachers in how to have difficult conversations' it would have been entirely appropriate and probably have gone unnoticed. But of course you were using facts and logic to defend an issue of free speech (always difficult nowadays) using the particularly sensitive issue of JK Rowling and her perceived trans-phobic statements (a subject which seems to attract irrational hysteria amongst certain people) on a global public forum. I'm sure you are somewhat surprised that this has now attracted so much attention. I'm sure JKRowling felt the same! I expect the school governors have now asked you to distance yourself from the school, making it clear they don't share your logical and quite reasonable position (not opinions) and that you do not speak for them or represent their values, in case of a public backlash. School governors are always cowardly and the public are mostly dumb, but on trans issues it seems even more than usual.. I feel for you. The video was excellent and clearly so are you as a teacher. If they threaten your position as a teacher, let them. Keep doing what you have been doing. Check out Peter Boghossian. He has had to suffer the same kind of thing, for similar reasons. He would probably help you if you needed guidance as to how to proceed independently if you were forced to leave the school. Good luck.
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  1020. Why on Earth would any self respecting politician want to ally themselves with BJ now? He cynically took on the Brexit cause to boost his career, promised to 'get Brexit done', didn't, lied to the Queen, broke his own rules for lockdown, lied about it, privately and unethically supported his supporters and colleagues, lied about it, got caught, denied it, tarnished his own image and the image of parliamentary democracy, his party and politicians in general, had all his cabinet resign, tried to point the finger a others for his failings and then tried to reward those that had enabled him with honours. The man was a disease in the body politic and we are better for his enforced departure.
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  1021. As usual the English are not allowed an ethnic identity but of course everyone else is, because to deny them that would be grossly offensive and probably dismissed as racist. Personally I don't mind people appropriating 'Britishness', let them have it, it's a combihation of ethnicities to begin with, let them have the passport and do what they will. But as much a you try, you can not pretend that English people have no ethnicity. If you can find it in DNA why can't you find it in public discourse?
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  1022. Socialist Workers and Islamists? How does that work?
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  1023. I feel sorry the students who don't seem to realise you need to demand evidence before you decide what you believe. It seems we in the West have been happy to allow our youth to be indoctrinated rather than educated, their capacity for critical thought, how to construct and argument and how to support a proposition is woeful.
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  1024.  @radicalcartoons2766  But they did. Parliament had an opportunity to tighten up the regulations on dumping waste into water ways a few months ago and chose not to. Then, the consequence was that, the very very first downpour results in rivers and beaches covered in shit, condoms and toilet paper. If GL decides to blame 'politicians' in a tweet it may be because politicians are to blame? Who else should he attribute the blame to? The water authorities and their under investment? But even that can be blamed on inadequate regualtion which successive governments have allowed since privatisation You can't get away from the conclusion that our politicians are to blame. Or should he perhaps, because of his job, despite his indignation, keep his opinions to himself ? Personally I think blaming 'politicians' is an Englishman's birthright, whether they work for the BBC or not. Especially under these cicumstances. I actually think we need our media to strictly hold the government to account and point out its flaws whenever possible. Even if they present the football on a Saturday night. Especially under these disgraceful circumstances. I suspect the 'problem' here is the type of comments Gary Lineker makes. It is because they are critical. If he made comments supporting the establishment (like Jimmy Saville, Kenny Everett or Noel Edmonds used to) Dan Wootten wouldn't be bothered. Its because he thinks GL is too 'woke' or too left wing, But shit on the beaches is not a left wing concern. Its an non partisan issue. It is not ideological. It reflects a concern about the environment. Not a party political issue. So what Dan Wootten is saying here is that employees of the BBC should not criticise the government in their social media because they are employed by a public corporation. Indeed some organisations do indeed ban you from making ill-considered comments on social media, but I don't think blaming the government in this circumstances is unacceptable.
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  1025. But James! I know we were told it was 'oven ready' but now it is the wrong kind of Brexit! It was those flippin' Remoaners, the Labour Party, The Euro Beaurocrats, Putin, COVID and the French what done it! Now we just have to wait a decade or so until it's the right Brexit.
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  1026. Not exactly Ronnie Corbett FF but at least you're not a ginger like Andrew Lawrence...but keep trying, you'll get it right eventually.
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  1027. As Matthew Goodwin constantly points out, immigration has increased tenfold in the last three years and this can entirely be put down to Boris Johnson and (surprisingly) Priti Patel. What Blair did is a drop in the bucket compared to what is being done RIGHT NOW. Most of the European immigrants welcomed through Blair's no internal borders policy have now (post Brexit) returned to Europe. Look at the ONS figures if you need confirmation of this. Boris Johnson not only lied to the piblic about Brexit giving us back control over our borders but introduced the most liberal immigration controls since the war, despite his 2019 manifesto promising 'Australian Style' high wage, high skills immigration controls. We are now being flooded with low skill, low wage, net cost immigration on a huge scale. Blair didn't do that, Johnson did. Blair isn't blameless but compared to the current lot he hasn't got much to answer for.
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  1028. Just another day with your snout in the trough for Mr Hammond?
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  1029. Can we just agree that everybody in the whole political/economic debate is on the left of Truss and her think tank buddies? End of discussion.
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  1030. I think they may have been climate protestors who were doubling up as Pro Palestine sympathisers? Either way, they were narcissistic virtue signalling twats.
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  1031. Well done KK, you got him to admit he was talking hysterical, irrational bollocks. The anti-Trumpers talk as though their system has no checks or balances, that their instiutions are so fragile and that there is no one who would defend them. They actually have a constitution that defends the people against tyrany and 99% of Americans would be more than ready to defend it.
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  1032. International football is one of the only places left where the expression of national pride is still accepted, rather than barely tolerated or discouraged. It doesn't rely upon Diversity or Inclusion, it relies upon merit and even though it embraces equality of opportunity, it definitely does not have equitable outcomes. That's why liberal progressives hate it. Plus it is the last place where crowds can get away with rude and insulting banter. Progressives hate that too, so obviously, disgruntled wokies in the public eye have to denigrate it somehow. If we win, expect the media to proclaim that 'diversity is our strength', and if we lose (again) they'll probably declare that cobblers anyway.
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  1033. Please don't pick on our ever over-worked and undervalued police force. The 'gun toting characters' are there to protect an unpopular PM and his Cabinet Ministers from people who want to jeer at them, sing rude songs and shout about Brexit. Sometimes they even make jokes at the expense of members of the civil service too. The police are simply doing their job, providing the public with a disincentive to get carried away while expressing their derision for their elected leaders. Obviously modern politicians hate derision, they have even tried to prohibit loud voices at demonstrations! Of course the police also have to be ever vigilant to stop hate speech. Even when it is targetted at the members of the government. Meanwhile, perhaps the police officers were dancing at the gay pride event because they too are gay and they wanted to express their pride? After all, many of them drive around in rainbow painted squad cars nowadays. Why shouldn't they express themselves through the medium of dance? Its better than shouting dissent...which is illegal now.
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  1034.  @safebans1369  Not entirely accurate and not entirely helpful. The welfare state was introduced after WW2 when the UK was at a record economic low, any historic wealth drawn from empire had been more than expended on two world wars. Britain was in massive debt to the US and embarked upon a process of decolonisation precisely because it could not afford it's commitments to it's colonies. That would suggest that the 'empire' (as it was no longer known by this point) was a net loss and actually a drain upon the UK economy. The Welfare State was paid for by the introduction of National Insurance contributions, in effect a tax, which normal people paid directly from their wages and salaries. Not wealth being stolen from Empire. In fact many British subjects from British colonies came to settle in the UK in the post war period specifically to take advantage of the welfare state and were entitled to by UK law.
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  1035. Clearly there are people in the Democrat hierachy who still think that celebrity endorsements make a difference, even if they are stupid, ill-informed dillusional sycophants.
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  1036.  @jarofspanners3523  The atheists don't even believe in Father Christmas. Or his magic reindeer. They don't think much of the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy or the sock drawer masked avenger!
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  1037. What a brilliant and incisive veiw.
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  1038. Suggested reasons for the protests: 1. The history of indiscriminate Islamist violence going back to 2005. 2. Enforced mass immigration, particularly overbthe last three years, despite electoral promises in 2019 to limit numbers by both main parties. 3. The cost and anti-social threat posed by iillegal migrants. Weak borders. 4. The ‘woke’ progressive agenda undermining British history, culture and freedom of speech. 5. The mainstream media demonising, dismissing and mischaracterising the English working classes and those who speak for them (TR), alienating ordinary people, dismissing their concerns. 6. Two Tier policing, particularly Harehills, Leeds compared with the subsequent Whitehall protest. The police are not seen as operating without fear or favour. 7. The blatant imbalance of the PM and Home Secretary’s response. Tone deaf to the causes (compared with BLM etc) and the constant dismissal of public concerns as 'far right' talking points 8. The emergence and threat of 'political Islam' in UK politics. 9. The rise of knife crime, grooming gangs, acid attacks and sexual violence on the streets of English towns. 10. The huge religious/ethnic ghettos, the failure of multi-culturalism and increasing lack of trust in national institutions, 11. The Pro Gaza marches with all the associated anti-Western rhetoric and civil disobedience. 12. The housing crisis and cost of living crisis. 13. Imported foreign conflicts leading to violent disorder on English streets. 14. Finally and most significantly: three innocent little English girls brutally and senselessly murdered by a second generation immigrant. Ignore the narrative about fake news, online disinformation and misinformation being deliberately spread by figures like Andrew Tate. It is a minor detail, but it works both ways, both groups are being fed misinformation. Ignore the narrative about extremist agitators coming in from outside, if they exist at all they are on both sides of the divide.
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  1039. Johnny Rotten (a massive Kate Bush fan) once said that his Mum had described Kate's voice as being like 'a bag of cats'! A lot of people thought that when she first emerged on the pop scene. But the way she used her voice as an instrument was breath-taking. Particularly on 'The Dreaming' and most successfully on the 'Hounds of Love' LP. I continue to he awed by her youthful brilliance. Her later career was less innovative, but still a refreshing alternative to the pop music of the day...and today in fact!
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  1040. Brilliant content Matt! Plus the added bonus of Victoria Derbyshire doing Matt's job for him! Just goes to show that if you keep on proving the same point again and again eventually people will get the message. Keep up the good work Matt.
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  1041. 'None of this is who we are.' Unfortunately Robert Jenrick, it is exactly who some people, who do not share your values, are. Let's now see if your call for all violent protesters to receive long sentences is applied equally, without fear or favour. Doubt it.
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  1042. Finally, a little victory! Hopefully this is just the start...
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  1043. Can't say I'm surprised, this is what government by 'the old school tie' looks like. But how is Theresa May an example of macho patriarchy?
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  1044. Me too.
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  1045. In many ways JB is a refreshing change from the usual identitarian orthodoxy but I was disappointed that he hadn't taken time to fully understand Tony Sewell's Report on institutional racism as it is so central to his concerns. I agree with him that class, culture, environment etc are at least as important as race in predetermining social outcomes, if not more, but i'm not sure if blaming 'the system' for psycho/social indoctrination provides a solution so much as an excuse. If so many of society's problems stem from misguided attitudes towards race, gender, sexuality, attitudes that the establishment encourage as a strategy to maintain the status quo, then how should we go about putting that right?
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  1046. Thanks for doing Indie Rick, but you really should have mentioned The Beths.
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  1047. Great content guys. Can we trust Chinese scientists to safely do research with terribly dangerous viruses and to not create new, even worse ones? Can we trust American investors not to offload this research to poorly regulated and very willing Chinese labs? Can we even trust our media to impartially report these issues? Is all this 'mis-information' or just irrelevant conspiracy theory content or is it too controversial to be covered in the msm? Would Joe Rogan have been de- platformed for allowing Matt Ridley on his podcast? Is national competition in biological research inherently dangerous to all life on Earth? Just thinking out loud. Thoughts...?
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  1048. The Woke crowd ignore inconvenient outlyers but that doesn't mean Trump and the maniacs who stormed the Capital shouldn't be punished. You can't ignore their white supremacist agenda and their violent rejection of both the rule of law and democratic values? What are they hoping for? A lawless undemocratic society based on racial separation? Sounds like Apartheid S.Africa! Is that what you want?
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  1049. Exercise reason, caution and consider ways in which we can avoid escalating the conflict. There is no immediate solution and idealogical certainty does not justify human sufferering. We need a global response based upon an international agreement that this kind of instability serves nobody. That means compromising our dogmatic positions and finding a way to deal with China, India, Iran, Turkey, Israel and countries less likely to support the West.
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  1050.  @monkeymox2544  Is that the position held by Shon Faye?
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  1051. Try the same analysis on how what percentge join the armed forces and you find, despite being between six and seven percent of the pop. they represent less than one percent of those serving.
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  1052. If you are working class you can very easily relate to Tommy's various run ins with the law and understand how it has led to where he is now. The privileged, middle class, liberal elite in the MSM don't get it. They can't relate so they can't forgive and so they use his personal history to ignore the issues and the facts and simply make ad hominem attacks against him as a person.
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  1053. I think Alex would see eye to eye with JBP? Women want men who are competant and stable, men benefit most from 'female empowerment', value derives from family, faith, duty and selfless moral virtue? Very old fashioned but quite compelling. Better than I expected.
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  1054. An incredibly rich, influential woman takes to the mainstream media to expose the racism she has suffered at the hands of the British tabloids and indirectly from the Royal Family, leading to some mental health issues while living in luxury in California? Why am I not sympathetic? Racism in British society, the monarchy or the gutter press has not suddenly sprung into existence because Meghan noticed it. Complaining to Oprah about her mistreatment will not change it either. Nor is it news. Its self serving, self promoting and disengenous. Can we keep the debate to real issues and some real solutions please? This is a side show and the MSM are rolling around in it because its a distraction from the huge problems we are all currently experiencing at the hands of their Eton buddies in Westminster. And by the way, the problems that face most kids from council estates in Peckham are poverty, lack of opportunity, underfunded public services, drugs and crime, not just racism. And Megham amd Harry are dojng Fukkall to address that!
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  1055. The illegal migrant 'attack' is a tactic that has been used before. The Russians used it against Poland two years ago, just prior to the invasion of Ukraine. It has the effect of destabilising borders and undermining the soveriegnty of the target nation. Clever and cheap. Some say France is doing it to the UK as we speak!
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  1056. Well said.
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  1057. If there is indeed a genocide occuring in the Gaza Strip and Hamas are not responsible for precipitating it, ask yourself what Hamas are doing to bring it to a halt. Are they offering to return hostages? Are they laying down their arms? Are the suing for peace? Are they even building bomb shelters for the civilians? Do they allow civilians to use their tunnel networks? Are they clearly distinguishing their combatants from civilians? Are they storing their weapons in non-civilian sites? Are they sharing food and water with the civilian population? Are they allowing civilians to leave combat areas or buildings they know to be targetted for missile strikes? Are they seeking a peaceful solution in any capacity at all? Did they not knowingly invite this devastating conflict by their actions on Oct 7th? Have they not expressed their desire for Gazans to meet the IDF rockets with their bare chests? Have they not shot and wounded civilians seeking to escape or just for openly criticizing them? Are they not complicit in this tradgedy?
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  1058. Me too.
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  1059. What about Boris Johnson and Priti Patel, why should they escape responsibility for this mess?
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  1060. Why do people always include in the description of Gary Lineker that he is 'extremely highly paid'...does that lessen the strength of the opinion he has expressed? It is of course an ad hominem attack, but why do so many think that his wealth somehow compromises him or justifies us ignoring him?
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  1061. I was amazed to find out that I'm far right after quoting Matt Goodwin's statistical analysis of legal immigration data to a guy from Politics Joe. Tried to argue using facts and logic only to be dismissed because they were 'far right talking points'. Oh well, I suppose I should shave my head and dust off my old Dr Martin boots. See you down the boozer Francis.
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  1062.  @BritishLandeur  The loss of Ben Habib is bad news for Reform and it is a shame that Brexit is still dividing people, even the Brexiteers. The issues surrounding the party's democratic structure will also continue to be a concern until Farage allows it to be sorted out. I find Tice unconvincing too, however I find myself increasingly impressed by Rupert Lowe.
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  1063. Can someone please explain to me why we are not hearing this message from the Parliamentary Labour Party?
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  1064. There's wonderful symmetry to selling the public fattening, unhealthy food, making them so overweight and unhealthy they eventually simply can't continue consuming, and then selling them the medicine that slims them down and starts the whole cycle over again. The Ozempic solution also means the user develops a life long dependency upon Big Pharma to survive the cycle.
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  1065. Despite Farage bravely addressing some of these concerns this morning, there is no viable political vehicle that is ready to counter this narrative in the UK at the moment. If anything, the rise of political Islamism is significantly ahead in organising for change than any form of nationalist opposition. We need the current globalist, ultra liberal, Conservative Party to be utterly defeated for a new political entity to emerge. Perhaps we should be looking at the emergence of the popularist parties in Europe for inspiration?
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  1066. Who?
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  1067. As well as Windsor Castle they are doing the Ramadam Iftah at Shakespeare's Globe, Lords Cricket Ground, Shepherds Bush Market and elsewhere throughout the month. It feels like a direct attack on the symbols of British culture and heritage doesn't it? That's because it is.
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  1068. @BritishLandeur  To tell the truth I welcome the scandals now, all the more justification to drain the Westminster swamp
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  1069. The Tories maintain their popularity because voters don't see the Labour party as offering them anything fundamentally different. Take away the Tory press and mainstream media, take away the government's impunity, the cronyism, the disasterous mismanagement of the pandemic, the lack of social mobility, the lack of vision and STILL Labour don't present a realistic systemic alternative. Even if they did, the vast majority of voters aren't interested. They don't care about proportional representation (never have), they' don't care about systematic change (never have) and they don't favour a left wing agenda. To suppose they ever will is naive. At best we can expect a moderate swing away from the Conservatives when Brexit is embedded, a moderate movement towards social justice when COVID is supressed and a slight shift in rhetoric when unemployment is rife. Keep dreaming George!
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  1070. "And that is a very legitimate view expressed by you and others...(but not by we liberal, globalist, metropolitan, elitists at the BBC).
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  1071.  @emilianosintarias7337  interesting, hadn't thought of them occupying the centre...how about divisive centrism vs united extremism?
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  1072.  @jarofspanners3523  6, 7 and 8 were difficult. I had to do a bit of research but that was Derrick's intention and I appreciate that. I still think 'left vs right' is an inapproprite way of characterising this debate. Perhaps that's all I should have said. By the way, I'm telling your Mum that you called me a rude name,
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  1073.  @jarofspanners3523  I do don't I?
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  1074.  @janyb1907  Pretty much. Christian values such as 'love your enemy' and 'turn the other cheek' are a bit of a weakspot when faced with a fanatical, implacable opponent. Fanatics don't harbour such compromising views and the Quran doesn't either.
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  1075.  @HeartNDagger18  I wouldn't go so far as to say all Christians are enlightened, nor would I say all Muslims are worthy of our fear and distrust. There are good and bad people in all religions. However, not all religions are of 'equal merit' in their doctrines and teachings. As I said above, Islam is at heart a religion of conquest, not co-existence. It is an all-encompassing philosophy that instructs the faithful how to live every aspect of life in the service of Allah and the pusuit of an Islamic world order. This is why it attracts so many fanatics. Plus, the style of Islam that has been introduced into British mosques over the last few decades is that of W'ahabism, paid for by Saudi Arabian oil wealth and calling for a return to fundamental principles. It does not hold the West and it's values in high regard to say the least.
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  1076.  @johneyre9493  larger numbers of legal and illegal migrants, tighter restrictions on online speech, increased sentences for dissenters, higher taxes, worse services, more money wasted on net zero, protecting mosques and free accommodation for the newly arrived boat boys. Strap in, we're in for a tough ride before things get better...
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  1077. Tory minister accidentally admits how the Government thinks: "The poor deserve to be poor because they are lazy and expect to live off state benefits at the expense of tax payers."
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  1078.  @BritishLandeur  English children are currently taught in schools not to think of any other ethnicities as posing any kind of threat to them. In fact they are encouraged to think of others as perhaps even slightly more virtuous and valuable than themselves. This is how we do the old multiculturalism lie in UK education. Most kids aren't daft, they share their playgrounds with certain groups and know which ones are not to be trusted. They hear the stories of the grooming gangs, the Jihadis, the non crime hate sppech laws and the the trans ideologists and usually draw their own conclusions amongst themselves. But their teachers are simply not allowed to acknowledge the reality of the situation, despite the increasing evidence that they should. They are under great pressure to not admit the truth but to present a ridiculous idealistic misrepresentation of reality..
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  1079.  @BritishLandeur  English children are currently taught in schools not to think of other ethnicities as posing any kind of threat to them. In fact they are encouraged to think of others as perhaps even slightly more virtuous and valuable than themselves. This is how we do the old multiculturalism trick in UK education. Most kids aren't daft, they share their playgrounds with certain groups and know which ones are not to be trusted. They hear the stories of the grooming gangs, the Jihadis, the non crime hate sppech laws and the the trans ideologists and usually draw their own conclusions amongst themselves. But their teachers are simply not allowed to acknowledge the reality of the situation, despite the increasing evidence that they should. They are under great pressure to not admit the truth but to present a ridiculous idealistic misrepresentation of reality.This may be why this murderer's school and Head Teaacher were unable to sufficiently flag up what a threat he was. I bet his classmates knew though.
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  1080. English children are currently taught in schools not to think of other ethnicities as posing any kind of threat to them. In fact they are encouraged to think of others as perhaps even slightly more virtuous and valuable than themselves. This is how we do the old multiculturalism trick in UK education. Most kids aren't daft, they share their playgrounds with certain groups and know which ones are not to be trusted. They hear the stories of the grooming gangs, the Jihadis, the non crime hate sppech laws and the the trans ideologists and usually draw their own conclusions amongst themselves. But their teachers are simply not allowed to acknowledge the reality of the situation, despite the increasing evidence that they should. They are under great pressure to not admit the truth but to present a ridiculous idealistic misrepresentation of reality.This may be why this murderer's school and Head Teaacher were unable to sufficiently flag up what a threat he was. I bet his classmates knew though.
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  1081. I have taught in schools like the one Warren describes and I know how exhausting it can be and how easy it is to make mistakes. He is exactly the kind of young man that schools such as those need: calm, reasoned, compassionate, understanding. How the school administrators can think they will be better off without him, for such an insignificant misdemeanour, I can not even begin to imagine. Yet more evidence that education has been captured by a mind virus.
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  1082.  @wojak-sensei6424  Putting pineapple on a pizza is both a hate crime and an act of cultural desecration. Those people responsible should be 're-educated' by having to eat Scottish style porridge made with water and liberally salted for a period of no less than a year?
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  1083. If you're feeling the pinch you know that tax cuts and Nat Ins reductions will make no difference to your increasing costs. If you're on £80,000 a year and not feeling it, its all so simple: give up all your luxuries, give up your cigarettes and your avocados, cancel Sky and Netflix, walk or cycle to work, buy clothes from a charity shop, don't buy treats for your kids, don't take foreign holidays, relocate to a place with lower rent, don't expect 'hand outs', get a family member to provide your child care, spend the day somewhere warm so you don't have to worry about fuel bills, don't be frivilous blah blah blah. What seems to get overlooked is the fact that most normal people are already doing these things and obviously its not enough to make a difference. Nevermind, Liz Truss' tax breaks for the rich and further restrictions on industrial action should help a lot.
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  1084. I hope KK is a regular on Moral Maze in future, it would make it worth listening to. Let's face it, it's usually awful.
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  1085.  @StockportJambo  The worst of all outcomes would be a Labour Govt with an insufficient majority, needing to go into coalition with the Lib Dems to get a pathetic moderate program of change adopted. We need radical leadership from the left.
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  1086. Everyone is allowed an ethnicity but the English.
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  1087. Great content Warren. It is so important to encourage critical thinking at this time...or any time. Fry and Peterson are a classic example, mention their names and people groan and close down the conversation, "Please don't ask me to question my certainties, let's stop talking about it!" Let's keep this conversation going...
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  1088.  @samirabenalia6473  There was never a 'time of Adam'. I think, like many people in this thread, you need a history lesson based upon facts rather than legend, misinformation and mythology. Allow me to provide one. The earliest historical records show that the area in question (which we shall call 'The Levant' so as to show no bias) was inhabited by the Canaanites. They were followed by the Egyptians and then, some time after 'the Bronze Age collapse', the Israelites. They were there for 414 years and established the Kingdom Of Judah. They were eventually replaced by the Babylonians, The Persians, The Greeks, interrupted briefly by the Hasmoneans or the Maccabee rebellion. This period was followed by a period of occupation by The Romans, then the Byzantine Empire, the Christians, the Sassanids and then the Muslim Caliphate under the Umayyad dynasty and later the Abassid dynasty. They were then followed by the Tulunids, The Falamids, The Seljuk Turks, The Christian Crusaders, The Ayyubids, The Khwarezmians, The Mamluks and The Ottomans who remained for 400 years. After WW1 the British and French assumed control over the entire region, with the British eventually passing responsibility for the region to the newly created states of Israel and Jordan. Finally this led to Israeli control of the region. Throughout all that time it was under Islamic control for 1,283 years, Judaism for 1,197 years, Christianity for 410 years. The people who occupied it for the longest were the Romans for 683 years, the ancient tribe of Judahites for 414 years and the Ottoman Turkss for 401 years. It has never been ruled over by the group we now call the Palestinians. If you are able, therefore, to conclude that a certain ethnic, religious or cultural group has more right to the Levant than another, you are probably over-simplifying. The future peace will based upon compromise, tolerance and co-operation, not fanaticism and religious dogma. Learn from history and then you might not repeat it.
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  1089.  @samirabenalia6473  There was never a 'time of Adam'. I think, like many people in this thread, you need a history lesson based upon facts rather than legend, misinformation and mythology. Allow me to provide one. The earliest historical records show that the area in question (which we shall call 'The Levant' so as to show no bias) was inhabited by the Canaanites. They were followed by the Egyptians and then, some time after 'the Bronze Age collapse', the Israelites. They were there for 414 years and established the Kingdom Of Judah. They were eventually replaced by the Babylonians, The Persians, The Greeks, interrupted briefly by the Hasmoneans or the Maccabee rebellion. This period of occupancy was followed by The Romans, the Byzantine Empire, the Christians, the Sassanids and then the Muslim Caliphate under the Umayyad dynasty and then later the Abassid dynasty. They were then followed by the Tulunids, The Falamids, The Seljuk Turks, The Christian Crusaders, The Ayyubids, The Khwarezmians, The Mamluks and The Ottomans Turks who remained for 400 years. After WW1 the British assumed control eventually passng responsibility for the region to the ewly formed states of Israel and the Jordan. This eventually led to Israeli control. Throughout all that time the land was under Islamic control for 1,283 years, Judaism for 1,197 years, Christianity for 410 years. The people who occupied it for the longest were the Romans for 683 years, the Judahites for 414 years and the Ottomans for 401 years. It has never been ruled over by the group we now call the Palestinians. If you are able, therefore, to conclude that a certain ethnic, religious or cultural group has more right to the Levant than another, you are probably over-simplifying. The future peace will based upon compromise, co-operation and tolerance not fanaticism and religious dogma.
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  1090. An interesting exercise, allow me... Q1: Farage does not have a team of the gifted and committed surrounding him, unlike Trunp. His values are not fixed and he has been proved to not have much personal integrity. Q2. Ignore them. Q3.Strong borders, Parliamentary supremacy, over international treaties and agreements such as the ECHR, negative net immigration, remove the wokeness from national institutions and the law, deconstruct the Quangoes, protect and uphold freedom of speech and Christian values. Q4. To oppose progressivism, Marxism, post modernism, Intersectionality, DEI CRT etc. Uphold family, faith, common law, nation, traditional and protect national heritage and Christian values. Q5: A post Blairite consensus, deliberately entrenched into politics and the institutions of gvernment, education and law. Supported and promoted by global corporate elites.and the managerial state.
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  1091. Rick, could you say that George Martin created a bed for the Beatles, especially with his orchestral arrangements? 'Eleanor Rigby' for example would sound very different without the strings, or 'She's Leaving Home' or even 'Penny Lane'?.
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  1092.  @NimbleBard48  Watched the video and the guy says the effects of the polar vortex collapse are unexpected but usually short lived. Doesn't really fit what PZ is discussing. Plus the guy is an engineer, not a climatologist or a meteorologist. Interesting though. Thanks for the link.
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  1093. Apparently the migrants now turning up in Ireland are saying they left the UK because they feared being deported to Rwanda. So perhaps this 'Rumour Mill' effect is the real purpose of the Rwanda plan? It seems rumour can be more effective than an actual policy?
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  1094.  @elfboy29  The point is, unlike when he debated atheism or political correctness, he shied away from actually making a point. In between the virtue signalling and the diverting fluff he hardly seemed to get what KK and FF were getting at and mostly referred to the politics/culture of a bygone era.
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  1095. All races seem to show racial predjudice towards one race or another, but the 'white people' are now being incouraged to be racist against themselves? They are to 'educate themselves' to feel guilt for the 'privilege' they enjoy, to despise the way they unconciously discriminate against people of different races. Not just to apologize for, but to actively deconstruct their cuture, language and history. This is of course a product of Critical Race Theory, a Neo Marxist, Post Modernist phiiosophy largely developed in the USA and largely shaped as a response to American society and its 'inherant institutional racism'. The fact that the NHS is allowing CRT to be propagated through its own website, a web site intended to support the public's health, not political positioning, is symptomatic of how deeply CRT has been accepted, without question or challenge, by our national institutiions. I should mention that the NHS; that has always provided healthcare for people regardless of colour, has always employed people regardless of colour and is a fine example of a multiracial organisation, is a product of this 'Institutionally Racist' white society?
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  1096. Our political elite have been propping up a failing economy by importing consumers to boost demand and depress wages.They also argue that mass immigration keeps taxes down too, but we all know that isn't happening. They are globalists and don't actually experience the impact of mass immigration. That is why they can cling to their luxury beliefs, silence or shame the voices of dissent and cling to their anti -British, globalist values. The idealistic 'woke' progressives of the cultural left see criticising this model as an expression of racism. But it actually has nothing to do with race: If you imported 1.2 million Australians each year, or Belgians, or Swedes, it would just as damaging to the nation's social fabric. It places unsustainable pressure upon social housing, house prices, rents, the NHS, GP appointments, dentists, beds in hospitals, places in schools, care for the elderly, homes for the homeless, council services, benefits and of course jobs. That's not to mention the cultural friction that also follows. As you mention, it also has a worrying religious aspect too. I would refer anyone who is interested in deconstructing this political model to the work of Prof. Mathew Goodwin in his book 'Values, Voice and Virtue'.
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  1097. How come ethnicity is so important to everyone else but, according to the liberal elites and Fraser Nelson, the English are pretty much denied the right to have one? Even if we are prepared to forego the right to our own English ethnic identity for the sake of integration, no one else is going to. He mentions our English multi-ethnic society, so that means everyone else's ethnicity is included but not ours because ours will no longer exist...brilliant!
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  1098.  @jarofspanners3523  I was once run over by a troll in Sainsburys car park. It was very painful. I asked a policeman to investigate but he just laughed at me. Twat,
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  1099. Esther is absolutely spot on.
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  1100. Hitchens seems to have painted himself into a corner.
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  1101. Great point. If white people are now a 'global minority' surely this allows us to finally get some protection from all this shite?
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  1102. Got to love Hislop.
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  1103. What a surprise! Rich and influential establishment figures butter each other's parsnips with impunity! This is nothing new and by now we should expect it.
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  1104. You can understand why people in the UK can't separate the awful decline of their towns and cities, particularly the high streets, with the advent of enforced mass immigration since covid. The Tories have allowed both, through liberalising immigration regulations and the deliberate policy of austerity. Either way, we have ended up with Broken Britain.
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  1105. If UK government cut off all relations with all the brutal arab dictatorships we have no diplomatic influence in the Middle East, except Irael that is.
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  1106. This is awful. Neither of these men are capable of stringing together a series of coherent statements to answer a question or make a point. They both digress, introduce irrelevant, anecdotal detail and end up making not very successful ad hominem attacks. They can't use accurate statistics, they can't follow a logical thread, their speech is disjointed, they can't even use correct grammar! If this is the best the US can offer we are all in big trouble.
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  1107. Patronising characterisation of Londoners.
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  1108.  @MaureenBloxham  which two do you mean? If you mean Lowe and Habib I think they have been extraordinarily poorly treated by Farage and have every reason to feel bitter. To my mind it is Farage who has consistently been spiteful to erstwhile colleagues starting with Robert Kilroy Silk and continuing right up to Rupert Lowe. At least with Lowe and Habib I know exactly where they stand politically and feel sure they are both men of integrity, I can't confidently say the same of Nigel Farage and especially not of Yusuf.
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  1109. The least representative election ever. Labour polled more votes in 2017 and 2019. Only 60% of registered voters turned out this time and Starmer only got 33% of them (9.6 million votes), this means Labour got a huge 418 seat majority with under a third of the nation's vote. As Gil Scott Heron once said, 'mandate my ass!'. Meanwhile Reform got 4 million votes and only 5 seats, while LibDems got 3.4 million votes and 71 seats. The first past the post system certainly hasn't favoured Reform, meanwhile there are now 4 Islamist MPs who received significantly less votes than Reform or the Lib Dems. To suggest that the media helped Reform is laughable by the way. Channel 4 created a false flag racism story (for which they will be investigated) and the BBC deliberately filled it's Question Time audience with paid agitators (one of whom was a BBC director) to heckle Farage, hardly assisting him. If they did strengthen his cause it was entirely accidentally.
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  1110. It is incredibly disconcerting that the Arab/Israeli confict is now considered a British domestic political issue. Superficially the protests can be seen as an expression of sympathy with civilian casualties in Gaza, but at it's heart it we can all see that there are some who are using it as a vehicle for imported Islamic ant-semitism, as well as the deliberate undermining of our democratic process. Any one who is familar with Islamic thought will know that the hatred of Jews is at it's heart. The question is, how can this social trend by countered?
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  1111. Morgan takes every opportunity to attack TR's character but can't attack his stance on any of the issues. We all know the truth, TR is a national treasure.
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  1112.  @isabelclinton9229  I could lower it further than that. If I wanted to, I just don't feel like it.
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  1113. When I was young, back in Thatcher's Britain, we all suspected that the legal system was corrupt because it so obviously served the interests of 'the Tory establishment'. As ordinary British people we all called for a 'fairer' system that wouldn't automatically work against our interests. How ironic that, now the anti-establishment guys have become the establishment, they choose to use the British legal system to serve the interests of everybody but the British people. What's worse, it turns out they've been doing it for ages, not only in the legal profession but also in the civil service, academia, local government, the church, the NHS, through the police and the legacy media, all with the complicity of a series of 'conservative' governments. It seems the British public are even more poorly served by this generation of ideologically driven activist professionals, who hold this destructive, 'progressive' ideology, than those they replaced. And now, of course these people are all firmly in the driving seat! Is it any surprise that we all find ourselves screaming out for a Trump/J.D.Vance figure to come and 'drain the UK swamp'? It is long overdue, but i wonder how much longer the long-suffering British public will be prepared to wait?
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  1114. You should have Sa Ra more often. He brings a different energy.
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  1115. Disappointed with this content DDN. I've no objection to his stance on Palestine, but Its quite possible that people are so ready to misinterpret Roger Water's work at this time because of the various ill informed, rambling speeches that he has made on other subjcts in recent years. He has defended Russian agression in Ukraine, he has defended the CCP, he has spread various conspiracy theories about COVID and usually has very little statistical evidence or data to back any of it up. He is not bothered about evidence, he prefers invective, and swearing! He belittles people who don't agree with his perspective and usually insults them rather than debating with them. He presents his case in such a rambling, haphazard way, its often quite difficult to follow the logic or divorce it from all the ad hominem attacks. His grandiose statements about how he has been 'cancelled' because he is an existential threat to Isreal seems narcissistic, egotistical and frankly highly unlikely. It doesn't help the cause. In fact, in relation to the state brutality of Israel, I think his raging speeches alienate sensible people from the issue, rather than bringing people over to the right side of the debate. He does more harm than good with all his shouting and swearing. It doesn't make his argument stronger. And by the way, what reading exactly should we all do Roger? No doubt all the same books as him I suppose, and not the ones that counter his arguments because they must automatically be 'propaganda' and lies. He may well dismiss the mainstream media, but come on Roger, anyone with a world tour, huge record sales and an international platform is pretty mainstream too, surely? I know his fans will probably disagree with me, but I think he should stick to playing the bass and leave the political speeches to people who are not self-entitled, multi-millionaire meglomaniacs. And also apparently probably half drunk? People who are better at presenting their argument and better at debating with others rather than shouting at them and calling them rude names. And by the way Roger you did not write 'Dark Side of the Moon' and 'Wish You Were Here' they were a collaborative effort with Dave Gilmore, Rick Wright. Even Nick Mason contributed towards some of it. I always preferred the Syd Barett stuff anyway. And Dave Gilmore was a much better singer by the way.
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  1116. Good point and wouldn't the act of imposing Western ideas of global justice on soveriegn nations by Western powers be a form of Western colonialism? They can't have it both ways,
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  1117. Steven really needs to read some Thomas Sowell.
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  1118. The Irish are now showing the Brits how to stand up against this undemocractic, globalist agenda and reject having policies forced upon them from the top. Good for them, we Brits should be supporting them and trying to emulate the popular movement that is emerging over there.
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  1119. Terrifying and sobering.
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  1120. Boris Johnson changed the law that jobs no longer have to be advertised in the UK before being advertised elsewhere. He also made it possible for foreign workers in the Care Sector to be paid 14% less than minimum wage.
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  1121. The roots of modern Western Civilisation (especially in the UK) predate Islam and lie in the classical Greek civilisation, the Roman period and the rise of Christianity. Post Islam the West was able to, quite independently from the Islamic world, create the agricultural revolution, common law, the Enlightenment, constitutional monarchy, the development of its own science, engineering, medicine and the Industrial revolution, theatre, art, literature, liberal reform, trade unions and eventually universal suffrage. None of those cultural developments owe anything to Islam, 'golden age' or otherwise.
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  1122. I asked my Mrs this question after your item on Lotus Eaters, just to see what she would say and without much consideration she also said 'bear'. I was quite surprised until I started to discuss her reasoning. She reminded me of how much women who live in modern cities train themselves to be wary of men, with very good cause. They don't have to hate men to see them as a physical or sexual threat. Indeed, I definitely teach my teenage daughters to be wary of men they do not know, to presume they are predatory, to be prepared, just to be 'on the safe side'. They do know lots of 'safe men' and love those they know well, but they have no way of knowing if a stranger is 'safe' or not. It is not misandry, it is not neurotic, it is not unjustified, it is simply a survival strategy employed by young women who live and work in our poorly policed, chaotic and violent towns and cities. The stats concerning: sexual assault, domestic violence, unsuccessful prosecutions of rapists, sexist and mysogynist attitudes ( even amongst police officers) etc suggest there are very good reasons why young women should learn to to be wary of men. You can blame feminism Carl, but you could just as easily blame movies, tv shows, internet porn, single parent families, the lack of male role models, the culture war on masculinity, the social isolation of young men blah blah blah. The point is, young women who do not become wary of men risk horrible outcomes.
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  1123. Can't we have Tony Stark instead?
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  1124. 'No war against Iran, I believe love all is the high plan.' Sounds like a lovely Christian message, unfortunately the Iranian regime does not think along those lines. If you don't believe me then ask any of the hundreds of thousands who had to leave Iran because the Islamic revolution and their children who can never return. Ask about all the Socialists who helped the regime take power and were then murdered after it happened. Ask about the women who are persucuted and murdered for not wearing the hijab. Ask those who still fight for democracy and freedom of speech within Iran. Ask all the innocent people who's lives are lost and homes are destroyed by missiles bought with Iranian money for their proxy militias. Ask about the Azidis, the Iraqis, the Sunnis, the Jews and the Christians murdered by Iranian sponsored Shia militia groups. Ask the parents of children killed in Iraqi hospitals bombed by Iranian backed terrorists. Ask about those who suffer at the hands of the Iranian backed Houtis in Yemen. Ask any Saudi what they think of the Iranian regime, or people from the UAE, or Egyptians, the Syrians, the Lebanese, Iraqis or people from any Sunni nation. Ask Salman Rushdie. The idea that you should love a fanatical enemy entirely dedicated to your destruction is ridiculous and if you don't believe we are dealing with fanatics, then listen to the indoctrinated's child speech at the end of the song. Love your enemy? Yeah, I'd like to see Lowkey do it.
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  1125. They just don't see the irony. Economic competence, delivered Brexit, environmental issues, keeping money in people's pockets, honesty, integrity, making Britain stronger, support the police and just don't get into big debt! Just put everything behind us and move on. Simple. It makes you wonder how in touch with politics these guys actualy are.
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  1126. You have to give it to NS she comes over very well. Much more sensible, coherent and measured than Liz Truss and even a little less boring than Starmer. But it's a shame that her supporters seem to think that they have to applaud every second sentence. It seems so automatic and sycophantic.
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  1127. Clearly Nick hadn't a clue what the research actually involved, you can see him hurriedly trying to read the precis of the material before the interview. Nick seemed to entirely gloss over the fact that the 'horrible statement' he mentioned was actually a direct quote from a Havard report on their own admission statistics. There are undoubtedly genetic differences between different human communities, as well as environmental differences, presumably a Cambridge academic would be capable of controlling for the latter when assessing the former. But nevermind, one unhappy, black undergraduate is of course sufficient to get a highly qualified white academic deplatformed and cancelled just because the evidence (as supported by the statistics) makes her feel uncomfortable.
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  1128. It pretty much sums up the last six years or so. It does occur to me that the only good thing about the latest tide of shit is that some of it will end up on Franch beaches. However they won't notice the smell because of course France always smells like that. That's Brexit pooh that is Mr Macron! Oh the shame....
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  1129. Regardless of how liberal our system is towards asylum seekers, how protective of the human rights of refugees and their dependents, the state is absolutely ruthless when supressing the rights of the natives.
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  1130. Go woke, go broke, even in health care? Hopefully some medical institutions will quietly set themselves apart from this illogical nonsense and subsequently become much more popular amongst normal, sane people. The sooner the better.
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  1131. The organisation in question, Hizb Ut Tahir, is banned in Germany and many other countries too, but not the UK. They are pan-Islamists trying to establish a caliphate in whichever country they operate in, destabilising whatever state already exists in favour of Islamist totalitarianism.
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  1132. I watched the Triggernometry interview with Fry with great disappointment. For an erudite, intelligent man who debated atheism and political correctness with such clarity he is quite muddled and a bit dishonest now. He seems to represent views that were appropriate twenty years ago but entirely misunderstands the challenges of our socio/political situation today. Woolly, liberal and slightly ashamed to be British, he has nothing to offer except a rose tinted view of the past. He should be apologizing and steeling himself against the future, instead he's making excuses and avoiding the uncomfortable truths.
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  1133. Accused and alledged but in actual fact inmocent of all the accusations. The real scum bag in this scenario is Kelvin MacKenzie. You should be taking this piss out of him. You missed the mark here FF.
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  1134. JBP: The ultimate threat; an wealthy, attractive, white man with a high IQ. You would think he would find some way to run the world!
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  1135. Usually this stuff happens behind closed doors but J.D.Vance seemed to want to push Zelensky into a corner in an effort to support his boss and then Trump simply couldn't resist the opportunity to step in and play the alpha dog. Zelensky should have kept his mouth shut but he felt he had to act tough too. I'm sure such things happened Tehran and Yalta with Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin, at Potsdam Stalin literally ignored Atlee and moved his chair from the centre at the photo shoot, but they at least had the statesmenship to argue behind closed doors prior to the press conference. Trump has no such sensibility.
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  1136. I don 't want Palestinian flags being flown in the UK, authorized by local authorities and paid for by UK taxpayers. The only flag our public servants should fly should be our own. Individuals should be free to fly whatever flag they like but they should also be prepared to deal with the consequences if necessary. If a man objects to the flying of a politicized and foreign flag he should be free to say so, even in strong terms. It should not be illegal to offend people who fly offensive flags. Also: I don't want the government to use the police to control the free expression of a British subject's opinions, its supposed to be a free country! I don't want anonymous individuals to decide what is offensive and to be able to then trigger others getting arrested, without the presumption of innocence and without material evidence. I don't want to be compelled to not express hatred or suspicion of ideologies or religions. I don't want non-crime hate offences in the UK, let alone to have them recorded. Come and get me copper.
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  1137. Thanks Paul. TR needed a chance to defend himself thanks for giving him one. Farage has entirely lost me after that interview on LBC and, by the way, so has Piers Morgan after his interview with Jordan Peterson today. Why can't these narcissistic, egotistical men resist the temptation to slag TR off? Does he represent such a big threat to their positions of power? Are they so weak they can't stand to share their platforms? Or is it that they can see Tommy is actually a real hero and they are simply people who talk about stuff?
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  1138. Why oh why does our so-called 'government' not accept that, as the most glaring examples of people benefitting from 'white privilege' they should sack themselves, give their wealth to the disadvantaged, live in run down sink estates, struggle to find meaningful employment, have no right to speak their opinions, be unrepresented in the media, be failed by the political elites, have their children fail at school, be ashamed of their history and culture and most importantly; piss on the statues of rich old white men from the past. That way they would enjoy the same white privilege as everybody else.
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  1139. It must be easier to name those who are part of the 'growth coalition'. There's much fewer of them. However, there is a catch, they are mostly shadowy figures agitating via 55 Tufton Street, refusing to identify where their funding comes from or who they actually are. Or am I wrong, wrong, wrong?
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  1140. Can Gary Neville get anywhere near some actual power or influence so that he can bring his philosophy to bear? Like Mick Lynch we need these voices in positions of power, representing sensible values and principles, influencing policy rather than just speaking through a mostly biased media.
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  1141. Obviously no contrition, just a blizzard of inaccurate and misleading statistics, an obscure and inappropriate classical allusion, a blustering joke, a blithering mischaracterisation of his achievements and finally no acknowledgement of his failures. You would be forgiven for thinking he is leaving in triumph? Of course no mention of the sixty colleagues who ended up resigning because of his lying, he even mentioned his dog before he mentioned his wife! Why do people think he is a good orator? He is an embarassment to British politics and a stain upon our history. My only concern is that he obviously thinks that he will be brought back by a contrite Conservative Party at some point in the future, like Chrurchill of course.
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  1142. We are trully doomed. God help us.
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  1143.  @isabelclinton9229  if you keep trolling me like this I'm going to tell your old man.
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  1144. Wear a cloak, avoid Stoke.
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  1145. First of all define what you mean by 'genocide'. Secondly try not to appeal to sentiment. Thirdly don't straw man the other side's argument. Then don't rely upon anecdotal evidence or lived experience. Provide evidence, data, logic. Very poor argument.
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  1146. Mainstream media react to the public unrest...thank goodness for Peter. What a surprise, the liberal metropolitan elites want to advocate for protecting the religion of peace and the rubber boat enrichment boys by clamping down with 'the full force of the law' on the protestors. Of course they do, because in the minds of the middle class, liberal, ultra-woke broadcasters ‘diversity is our strength’. Even when it results in three small girls being brutally murdered. They’re not actually too bothered about the three little girls in Southport though, or the people forced to endure the riots in Leeds last week, or the British Jews intimidated and threatened by the pro Hamas marches every weekend. They won’t mention the British soldier stabbed fifty times on his own doorstep last week, or David Ames, or Lee Rigby. They won’t refer to the 20 dead at the Manchester Arena bombing, or the 52 killed by the Central London bombing in 2005, or the five killed in the Westminster attacks in 2017, or the two victims of the London Bridge stabbings in 2017 and then the other two killed in the same place in 2019. They won’t remember the five victims of the Russell Square stabbings, or the 3 killed in the Reading stabbings in 2020, or the three victims of the Nottingham stabbings a few months ago. They won’t have seen the CCTV footage of the postman being pushed under a tube train two days ago. They won’t be mentioning the Londoners terrorised by the actions of Abdul Azidi a few months ago, or the three British police officers attacked at Manchester airport. They certainly won’t want to refer to the hundreds English girls raped and abused by the grooming gangs that existed with impunity in so many British towns and cities. Nor will they want to refer to the various British working class communities swamped by asylum seekers. Perhaps they are not aware of the imported conflicts that enforced mass immigration brings with it; like the rioting Bengalis in Whitechapel, or the rioting Eritreans in Camberwell, or Green Party candidate Mothin Ali declaring that his local election victory in Leeds was in fact a victory for Gaza. Perhaps they don’t know about the mob outside the Manchester police station threatening violence against the whole country unless the men who attacked the airport police were allowed to go free. They probably won’t mention the machete wielding thugs in Southend and at The Notting Hill Carnival either. No, the media are just worried about the 'far right' and that is why they were not concerned about the blatant two tier policing such as that occurring in Whitehall only three days ago. The Far Right...whoever they may be...with their 'nefarious intentions'. They don’t see these people involved in the disorder as ordinary British subjects. They can not bring themselves to consider that they are angrily protesting because they have been denied a voice, denied by precisely those people who broadcast in the mainstream media. Denied a hearing because they don't share the liberal globalist values of the metropolitan university educated elites. The media don’t care if English people want their children, their sisters and wives to be safe from outsiders because they feel it is their responsibility to represent the poor victimised outsiders. They have no sympathy for people who want their own country to represent and protect them and not the millions of uninvited visitors. They certainly don’t care if British people feel threatened by the hostile and pervasive presence of a woke ideology that hates them and seeks to undermine them at every turn, because that is precisely what these commentators are there to do, every day. If English people no longer recognise or feel safe on their own streets and in their own communities that’s just too bad. They are simply the wrong community of people. No, the media would rather instantly close down any discussion and disregard these concerns as ‘right wing talking points’, as ‘racist’, as fascist. They see those who hold these concerns as without virtue and therefore not deserving of a voice or a hearing. They’re quite happy to dismiss these people as supporters of the EDL, a Nationalist Group that doesn’t even exist and hasn’t for over a decade. Most importantly they are happy to ignore the long list of outrages that have led us all to this point. So let the Muslims complain about how unsafe white working class people make them feel when they call them nasty names. Because, after all, words are hurtful and much more dangerous than the actual physical violence that UK citizens are now faced with on a daily basis from the malevolent presence of Islamists in their midst. So let’s get the Muslim London Mayor to spend more money on protecting mosques and helping Muslims spread their religion of peace. Let him bring in and house some more undocumented young men from troubled Islamic countries and let’s not worry if they throw chemicals, molest and predate on British women. Let's help Islamic hate preachers like Anjem Choudary spread their message with impunity in mosques in British towns and on the internet. Let's give more money to shadowy Islamic groups that support Hamas, with our police officers taking the knee and assisting the protestors while they deface British historic figures and monuments. Let’s undermine and devalue the indigenous culture, language and history. Let's deconstruct the UK's Christian legacy by flying Pakistani flags from Westminster Cathedral, by projecting Palestinian flags on the Houses of Parliament and by having call to prayer in our Town Halls. Let's celebrate Ramadan not Easter and bully English people who do not observe the fast. And if the police use batons, riot shields against English people, kettling them, dragging them out and arresting them on trumped up charges, don’t worry about it. They don’t count. It is the ‘victimized’ Muslim communities who Two Tier Keir thinks should come first, after all, most of them still vote Labour. The white working class don’t. They know the Labour Party, just like the mainstream media, hates them.
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  1147. Exactly.
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  1148. It is strange to think that a sports presenter can get cancelled for reflecting upon how the language used in a particular debate can be used deliberately to dehumanise a particular group of people in society. Then provide an accurate historical example. Surely he should be congratulated for not using 'obviously' as the first word in every sentence, or finishing every sentence with 'know what I mean' rather than being criticised? Next thing you know, they'll be shelving shows by a treasured naturalist just in case it might also upset someone in the conservative establishment! By the way, didn't Jimmy Saville openly use his position of influence at the BBC to support Margaret Thatcher and the Conservatives for many years? And we all know how that turned out....
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  1149.  @jimluebke3869  He's not gone yet mate. There's still plenty of life in the old chap.
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  1150. A terribly sad situation. City administrators make no judgement but also take no responsibility, have no civic policy solutions, no insight, no compassion and make no attempt to create an effective programe for helping the homeless or improving their lives. Its almost like the homelessness problem are being deliberately ignored? You can't help but suspect that somebody, somewhere (probably 'big pharma' and orgainsed crime) is making enough money from this misery to not want things to change? Homelessness in the US has become a visceral result of a corrupt and complacent system? An 'unfortunate' consequence of a system that refuses to help those who fall through the gaps. Policy makers in cities like San Francisco either turn a blind eye to the problem or are incapable of impacting the situation. Corporate America doesn't see it as their responsibility and Federal government has no answers. Nevermind slogans like 'Make America Great Again', how about simply trying to rescue this generation of hopeless people from homelessness and addiction? No chance. Because the homeless don't vote, they are not politically valuable as a constituentcy, in effect they have been politically, socially and economically abandoned by policy makers.
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  1151. No, its the guns.
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  1152. Is it possible that the anger shown by the 'thugs' on the streets of Southport and all the other towns where it has kicked off this weekend, was an expression of grief? Anger is a well known stage of dealing with grief. Not all people want to express grief through compassion and forgiveness right now. Some people want to vent their anger and frustration, especially powerless, disenfranchised, alienated young men. This is how masculinity works sometimes, especially when people are denied a legitimate voice, when they are continually mischaracterised by the media and repeatedly lied to by their own leaders. Some men and women want to react physically not intellectually. They deeply resent the fact that their daughters, sisters and mothers are at risk of violence and, rightly or wrongly, that the state, in the form of the police, seems to take the side of those who cause the violence. By the way Tommy Robinson has clearly and repeatedly asked for people not to resort to violence over the last week. So have his closest associates. Just an observation...
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  1153. Brilliant.
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  1154. Thanks for posting this interview Andrew. Peter is like a gateway drug: starting with his work showing the corruption of academia with Lindsay and Pluckrose, then revealing how difficult it is to have honest discussion, discourse and debate with woke progressives in universities, then it leads to him giving the world Spectrum Street Epistemology to show how it can be done, with humour and without lecturing or advocacy. I'm a big fan.
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  1155. Has Medhi ever tried allowing people to answer the question? He clearly can't wait to launch another ambush talking point, doesn't really matter if Goodwin answers or not.
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  1156. How is anything Matt said 'extremist'?
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  1157. Progressive, identity politics have been able to 'march through the institutions' for at least a couple of decades now. The whole philosophy riddles our schools, colleges, universities, the civil service, the MSM, the management classes and pretty much most of our national institutions. It is like a religious cult or a mind virus and as such will take decades to flush it all out of our Western societies, if indeed that is even possible. Trump's victory will not kill it or even push it back, on the contrary, the woke will take his success as justification for their beliefs and double down on their efforts to move us towards their non-binary, non-racist, non-patriarchal, impossible future utopia despite how illogical and paradoxical it may in reality be.
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  1158. Well done Carol Malone for explaining the background to the story so poorly. Even Dawn didn't clarify. There is no room in the school building, no provision for supervision and no time in the timetable for worship, so no religious group is given permission to do so during the school day. Also any time spent in worship would necessarily draw children away from other activities considered central to the school's ethos and their daily routine. A small group of Muslim pupils took it upon themselves to pray in the playground as there were no rules stopping them from doing so. This attracted unwanted attention from both passers by and a very small number of concerned parents. Over the next few days these pupils began pressurising other muslim pupils to join in and bullied those who didn't. Finally one particular girl was suspended for threatening to stab another pupil. This girl is now attempting to prosecute the school.
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  1159. That would involve Roger Waters actually mixing with real people rather than lecturing them from the safety of a stage in a huge stadium. He has less of a clue how 'working people' live than Rishi Sunak and how does voting for an obscure, far-left Independent candidate in Holborn and StPancras usher in a new era of empathy and equality? Has he not noticed the shit the Tories have been serving up for 14 years? Surely the priority is that they get the boot, not Starmer? No of course he hasn't, he lives in luxury in America. If he did a gig in a pub in London and spouted all that lixury beliefs, metropolitan liberal elite clap trap he would quite rightly get laughed off the stage by people who are justifiably more concerned with the cost of living, decline in services, mass immigration, the NHS and our useless political elites than they are about foreign conflicts.
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  1160. Thankyou Mahyar for giving this brave man a platform. We shouldn't be surprised that the establishment is corrupt and covers up it's complicity in fraudulent acts, after the Post Office scandal, the blood transfusion scandal, COVID payment back handers, Prince Andrew, Patterson, Pincher, Mone, even Jimmy Saville and Hillsborough, the list is long, but well done Gary for taking on the establishment and well done Tousi TV for fighting the good fight.
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  1161. Bit greedy, loads of fish and he eats it all in a day? Anyway you're better off learning to fish nowadays what with all the chip shops closing down.
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  1162.  @yossibenayoun134  the point being made is Iain has supprted the Tory agenda for years and for him to now affect a sympathetic tone to someone who is experiencing real poverty as a consequence of those Tory policies seems a bit ironic. This is where the Tory economic philosophy leads. Wealth is filtereed away from tax payers and into the pockets of privately owned corporations, their share holders share and senior executives. Then it is placed in tax havens so it serves no useful purpose for our economy. Services are cut back and communities are squeezed. Wages are kept low even when profits are high. Healthcare, education, policing, transport all suffers. Benefits are low too, but when taking employment involves zero hour contracts, little job security and very poor wages plus workers still need food banks and in work benefits, working seems to make people just as economically vunerable as being unemployed. People vote for whatever they like and for whatever reason but they have to acknowledge when the consequences of those voting choices have an inevitable and negative affect? Iain Dale could acknowledge that.
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  1163. I am a dodgy looking white bloke and I hardly ever get a pull.
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  1164. You are spot on.
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  1165.  @dandondera2618  I hooe you are right. Re-unification would be good for the Moldovan people and for strengthen Europe's defense against Putin.
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  1166.  @duffman1863  Those three won't have to worry about re-election for at least four years and would probably even gain more support in their respective constituencies in the long run if they had the guts to stand up for someone who most Reform voters consider a national hero, who is blatantly being persecuted by the leftist state. They are either cowards or self serving careerists, either way I wouldn't expect them to fight my corner if I was in a simlar situation as TR.
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  1167. You should be ashamed of yourselves, picking on a kind old man in his seventies who never meant nobody no harm no how. Next you'll be taking the p*** out of the US President I suppose.
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  1168. @RenegadeContext  I suppose over-looking those makes me racist?
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  1169. @fdhgbjsk It's funny how my original comment was a simple analysis of the impact of the Nigerian community in the UK and yet the most interesting replies have been about the Indian diaspora. If there was an Olympics for success as an immigrant population, the Indians would win gold every time! Not just in the UK but internationally. They have been the largest immigrant group coming to the UK (post Brexit) and if judged by academic achievement, professional achievemnt, involvement in politics, law, medicine, capital aquisition and low crime rates they come top by a significant margin. In terms of adding more than they take out, the Indian community represent a massive net gain to UK society. Apart from the nationalist/ethnic/religious/sporting conflicts in Leicester last year I can't think of a single incident in which Indians have distinguished themselves as anything other than a benefit to the UK. If readers of this comment don't agree I suggest they visit their local doctor, dentist, solicitor, barrister, accountant, research scientist, university lecturer etc etc.
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  1170. The amount of Trump derangement syndrome in the UK MSM today was amazing! The descriptions of madness, meglomania and dictatorship flowed and predictions of doom and destruction were everywhere. Some even suggested that Trump is secretly planning to 'pass the Presidency to his son' in four years time to avoid relinquishing power! Like a tyrant king or dictator! They just hate him, even the so called 'Conservatives'. They are frightened of his American exceptionalism because they think we in the West should be constantly apologetic and humble, for our past transgressions or as atonement for our many successes. They can't stand his ambition because they are all much more comfortable discussing the managed and 'inevitable' decline of our economy, society, culture. They resent his popularity and constantly try to belittle his supporters, calling them deranged or at least misinformed. They fear his self confidence because they are full of doubts and uncertainty. Trump seems to imply that politics can be inspirational and they find that terrifying. 'What if all our politicians started to offer simple solutions to all those problems that are too difficult for our liberal elites to even discus, let alone solve? What if our politicians started actually delivering on those promises instead of betraying the people who voted for them? What if our politicians had a destinct and inspiring vision for our future? It would be a kind of revolution and we can't have that! Not in Britain! When he said he plans to take back the Panama Canal (a strategically sound objective) you could almost hear them wincing and squirming in their seats. When he said he intends to re-name the Gulf of Mexico 'the Gulf of America' I imagine some of the BBC journalists probably needed counselling for anxiety in the nearest safe space. Imagine their discomfort at his deliberately hurty words, They must have been asking how he could be such a bully towards those who were hired for reasons of Diversity not merit? How could he not want equity but just want prosperity? How could he want to remove those who have entered their country illegally over the last four years? What a brute! How dare he want a better deal for Americans and not those who are not? How dare he be so biased towards the majority and not prioritise all the poor, oppressed minorities? They must be in such a state of existential discomfort at the BBC. What our political pundits utterly fail to understand is that he is simply doing exactly what Americans have demanded of him. To fight for them and no one else. To 'go to bat for them' and in doing so, present a tough and confident attitude towards the rest of the World. To threaten to squash their many enemies and out compete their ubiquitous rivals. To cut the crap and act like the leader of the free world should; like a strong man, a tough male role model, a patriarch, a leader. Under such cicumstances the BBC are almost obliged to hate him, same with Ch4, ITV, Sky News, they simply can't understand him and never will. What they also fail to comprehend is how much we need such a leader in this country. Someone to fight for our cause instead of siding with those who would hollow us out, undermine us and erase us. Good luck to the Donald I say and let's all hope we get someone similar in the UK some day.
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  1171. I blame the mayors. Both the current and the last one are narcissistic sociopaths, both conceited enough to want to 'make their mark'and highly unlikely to stick around to face the consequences.
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  1172. Is there not an inherent contradiction in a 'revolutionary' communist running for election? You can forgive Fiona's youthful naivety, she has obviously avoided looking too closely at how brutal communist regimes have been throughout history, but Roger Waters has no excuse. His characterisation of communism as simply 'co-operating with each other and not making profits' isn't even childish, it's moronic. Fiona obviously thinks this moment in history is especially bad and that it has finally created the correct conditions for a communist uprising, led by radical young people, with a 'controlled economy' and the seizure and compulsory redistribution of wealth. She obviously hasn't looked too closely at how terrible conditions were before, inbetween and after the two world wars. She is obviously unaware of what happened In Europe, China, South America and Africa where it had all been done before. Sadly, not a single successful example of it working out okay for 'the workers', or anybody else for that matter. No communist utopia, no socialist paradise, no successful planned economies, no new wealth created after it has been stolen and redistributed and no successful workers' unions running countries for the betterment of their members. Meanwhile Roger seems to have confused colonialism with piracy and spends so little time in the UK he can not even correctly name Suella Braverman. Was he drunk?
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  1173. When was it decided that the West was in charge of 'global justice'. Surely that is the remit of the UN and the various International Courts of human rights. It is interesting that those institutions were not created by Islamic countries though.
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  1174. So it's not about slavery? It's about colonialism? Also Jacob, you're not allowed to disagree with strong black women no matter how misguided they are and no matter how much they may misunderstand history. She doesn't want to be combative, she just doesn't want anyone to speak who might disagree with her.
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  1175. Absolutely excellent documentary. It is interesting that the BBC, Ch4 or ITV have never felt it necessary to do this kind of balanced and objective coverage of TR's story. I remember first seeing him on a Nicky Campbell debate show in which the panelists repeatedly silenced him by accusing him of being a racist. Needless to say no one bothered to defending his right to have an opinion let alone his right to speak. It was as though they had invited him on the show just to insult, dismiss and belittle him. His interview with Piers Morgan on GMB seemed to serve a similar purpose. Broadcasters want to distance themselves from him without even trying to understand what his message actually is. TR is one of the most significant figures in UK politics at the moment as well as definitely being the most courageous. Compare him to the so-called 'champion of women's rights', Jess Phillips, and her cowardly avoidance of facing up to the grooming gang scandal. History and hindsight will prove TR's activism justified, that he was deliberately and illegally targetted by the authorities and that he is worthy of much more acclaim than he is currently afforded in the UK.
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  1176. All Starmer needs to do is keep his mouth shut and his flies done up and the Tories will deliver him the next election? No one wants more of this shambles, anything would be better, how could it be worse?
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  1177. @BritishLandeur  We often hear that asylum seekers can't be sent back to their country of origin because they would be subject to persecution. It rarely occurs to people that there might be a perfectly reasonable reason why.
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  1178.  @AmitPatel-ep7hn  I forgot to add, highest tax burden since the war, economy in recession, £8million a day spent on housing illegal migrants, HS 2 scrapped, a string of Tory ministers disgraced and expelled, billions misappropriated during lockdown, record public sector debt, various levelling up schemes cancelled, post Brexit trade deals floundering, 100s of North Sea oil licenses granted to foreign industrial corporations, national mental health crisis, record numbers of middle aged people not returning work after lockdown, record numbers of pupils not returning to school, record numbers of incidents of shop-lifting, record numbers of burglaries not prosecuted, record number of unsuccessful domestic violence and rape prosecutions, record court backlogs, record waiting lists for operations, record numbers of people unable to get a dentist on the NHS, 14,000 undocumentaed asylum seekers lost within the system, £8m a day spent on housing migrants, ongoing millions wasted on the Rwanda Bill, millions wasted on paying the French to restrict channel crossings, house building targets failed, ongoing public sector strikes, GDP per capita at an all time low...the Labour Party literally couldn't do worse. The Reform Party couldn't do worse, a bunch of six formers doing A Level Economics couldn't do worse, my Gran couldn't do worse and she has demetia.
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  1179.  @AmitPatel-ep7hn  The 14 Year Tory legacy Name one institution that is better now than it was fourteen years ago. Are wages fairer than they were 14 years ago? Have normal people enjoyed a rise in their standard of living? Are we safer, more secure, healthier or wealthier? Have we built back better? Have we levelled up? Have we ‘got Brexit done’? Are the rich richer? Do the wealthiest have more sense of moral duty to contribute or reinvest their wealth in this country, Is it easier for wealthy individuals to find tax loop holes? Do the large successful corporations such as Amazon pay more into the exchequer or less? Are dividends higher? Are the salaries and bonuses of top executives fairer? Is the wealth of the nation being reinvested back into our own economy or is more of it going to China, the Saudis, the Americans, the French or simply off shore tax havens? Is it easier now to own your own home? Is it easier now to afford your rent? Are rents fairer? Is there more social housing? Is there sufficient social housing? Is there more or less homelessness? Is the NHS better run and more efficient? Are health outcomes better or worse. Is our life expectancy longer or shorter? Are there more beds or less? Is your local GP’s service better or worse? Are junior doctors or nurses better paid? Are there fewer staff shortages now or more? Is there even sufficient numbers of doctors and nurses? Is treatment easier to receive, and mental health issues better managed and more promptly dealt with? Is it easier to see a dentist? Is private health insurance more or less necessary to secure adequate care and treatment? Is there more obesity, heart disease or diabetes are they being better treated? Is the ambulance service better or worse? Are waiting lists longer or shorter? Do people have more or less control over the treatment they receive? Are there less drug misuse deaths? Is the police force better than it was? Are there more successful prosecutions and convictions than 14 years ago? Are prisons better run and less overcrowded? Do we feel safer or better served by the police service? Have the number of police support officers gone up or down? Are women safer on our streets? Are the elderly safer in their homes? Are the courts more efficient? Is legal aid better and easier to secure? Are sentences fairer or more proportionate? Has there been more or less crime committed by undocumented asylum seekers? Do we have less illegal migrants? Are we paying for more illegal migrants to be housed or less? Is immigration lower or highet? Is our national security better served by our army, navy, air force, border patrols, customs? Do we have sufficient weapons to support our allies and equip our own forces? Are ex service people better cared for? Is our power supply, food supply chain, our commodity supply chain more or less secure? Is our position in the world stronger or weaker? Are our dealings with foreign powers more ethical or less so? Is public transport better? Are the services more efficient than they were? Are there adequate numbers of bus routes? Are there more services? Are they easier to use and cleaner? Are the railways better run and more efficient? Are schools better? Are pupils leaving school better equipped for the work place. Are pupils better prepared academically. Are there more and better teachers. Are teachers better motivated and better supported? Do teaching salaries attract good prospective teachers. Are children healthier? Are there higher or lower numbers of truancy? Are there sufficient opportunities to receive vocational training or skills, apprenticeships or mentoring? Are there more opportunities for young people nowadays or less? Are prices fairer? Is there more or less entrepreneurial opportunities? Is it easier to start your own business? Are there more local shops in our high streets? Is it easier to find qualified staff to fill job vacancies? Are there less rules and regulations to govern businesses and services? Is it easier or more difficult to export goods and services? Is it easier or more difficult to live or work in Europe? Are our rivers and waterways cleaner? Is our food healthier? Do we have more wind farms and renewable energy sources? Are weather extremes better prepared for? Do our farmers enjoy more support and less administrative restrictions? Do farmers have more or less bureaucracy governing how they manage their crops, their livestock, their fields? Are rural economies stronger or weaker? Is it easier for young people to stay in their local areas and find meaningful work? Are there more food banks? Are there more industrial disputes? Is the need for ‘warm banks’ greater or lesser than 14 years ago? Are there more libraries, more parks, more public swimming pools? Have our taxes been more sensibly spent and invested? Were COVID costs sensibly and fairly allocated? Was 'Track and trace' a success? Are we better at reclaiming public funds paid out to fraudsters? Have standards in public office been raised or even maintained? Do we trust our Parliamentarians more than we did fourteen years ago, do we expect them to tell the truth, stick to their promises or even complete the tasks they set out to achieve with tax payers money? Would Labour do any better? Its not a question of whether or not they could do better, its a question of whether or not they could do any worse? 12 years of division, the shift of wealth to the privileged and powerful, from the exchequer and from the public purse to the 'companies' owned by party contributors and associates, the incremental deterioration of public institutions and services, the movement towards increasingly cynical corporatism, the impoverishment of working people, the mismanagement of the economy, mismanagement of our borders, of our police, of the NHS, of our transport infrastructure, the increasing division of wealth between North and South, the disrespect for Parliament, democracy, ethical standards, the cronyism, the disregard for institutional safeguards, the creeping restrictions on freedom of speech, the unethical double standards, the criminalising of collective bargaining and industrial dispute, the underfunding of the NHS, the neglect of care homes, ignoring the crisis in the ambulance service, GPs' surgeries, waiting lists, staffing levels, the selling off profitable parts of the health service, the postal service, the railways. The housing crisis, the food crisis, the heat or eat crisis, the increasingly shocking lack of regulation of corporate profits, executive bonuses and share dividends taken from the public purse, the mismanagement of our water, of our gas or our electricity, the inability to fulfil promises such as 'levelling up', 'building back better', 'oven ready' Brexit deals, the green levy, the empty sloganeering, the cynical distortion of data, facts and statistics, the lies! Is there anything that is better now than it was fourteen years ago? If you can think of anything, please comment below, I need a laugh!
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  1180. Mainstream media react to the public unrest...thank goodness for the few voices who see throught the progressive narrative. What a surprise, the liberal metropolitan elites want to advocate for protecting the religion of peace and the rubber boat enrichment boys by clamping down with 'the full force of the law' on the protestors. Of course they do, because in the minds of the middle class, liberal, ultra-woke broadcasters ‘diversity is our strength’. Even when it results in three small girls being brutally murdered. They’re not actually too bothered about the three little girls in Southport though, or the people forced to endure the riots in Leeds last week, or the British Jews intimidated and threatened by the pro Hamas marches every weekend. They won’t mention the British soldier stabbed fifty times on his own doorstep last week, or David Ames, or Lee Rigby. They won’t refer to the 20 dead at the Manchester Arena bombing, or the 52 killed by the Central London bombing in 2005, or the five killed in the Westminster attacks in 2017, or the two victims of the London Bridge stabbings in 2017 and then the other two killed in the same place in 2019. They won’t remember the five victims of the Russell Square stabbings, or the 3 killed in the Reading stabbings in 2020, or the three victims of the Nottingham stabbings a few months ago. They won’t have seen the CCTV footage of the postman being pushed under a tube train two days ago. They won’t be mentioning the Londoners terrorised by the actions of Abdul Azidi a few months ago, or the three British police officers attacked at Manchester airport. They certainly won’t want to refer to the hundreds English girls raped and abused by the grooming gangs that existed with impunity in so many British towns and cities. Nor will they want to refer to the various British working class communities swamped by asylum seekers. Perhaps they are not aware of the imported conflicts that enforced mass immigration brings with it; like the rioting Bengalis in Whitechapel, or the rioting Eritreans in Camberwell, or Green Party candidate Mothin Ali declaring that his local election victory in Leeds was in fact a victory for Gaza. Perhaps they don’t know about the mob outside the Manchester police station threatening violence against the whole country unless the men who attacked the airport police were allowed to go free. They probably won’t mention the machete wielding thugs in Southend and at The Notting Hill Carnival either. No, the media are just worried about the 'far right' and that is why they were not concerned about the blatant two tier policing such as that occurring in Whitehall only three days ago. The Far Right...whoever they may be...with their 'nefarious intentions'. They don’t see these people involved in the disorder as ordinary British subjects. They can not bring themselves to consider that they are angrily protesting because they have been denied a voice, denied by precisely those people who broadcast in the mainstream media. Denied a hearing because they don't share the liberal globalist values of the metropolitan university educated elites. The media don’t care if English people want their children, their sisters and wives to be safe from outsiders because they feel it is their responsibility to represent the poor victimised outsiders. They have no sympathy for people who want their own country to represent and protect them and not the millions of uninvited visitors. They certainly don’t care if British people feel threatened by the hostile and pervasive presence of a woke ideology that hates them and seeks to undermine them at every turn, because that is precisely what these commentators are there to do, every day. If English people no longer recognise or feel safe on their own streets and in their own communities that’s just too bad. They are simply the wrong community of people. No, the media would rather instantly close down any discussion and disregard these concerns as ‘right wing talking points’, as ‘racist’, as fascist. They see those who hold these concerns as without virtue and therefore not deserving of a voice or a hearing. They’re quite happy to dismiss these people as supporters of the EDL, a Nationalist Group that doesn’t even exist and hasn’t for over a decade. Most importantly they are happy to ignore the long list of outrages that have led us all to this point. So let the Muslims complain about how unsafe white working class people make them feel when they call them nasty names. Because, after all, words are hurtful and much more dangerous than the actual physical violence that UK citizens are now faced with on a daily basis from the malevolent presence of Islamists in their midst. So let’s get the Muslim London Mayor to spend more money on protecting mosques and helping Muslims spread their religion of peace. Let him bring in and house some more undocumented young men from troubled Islamic countries and let’s not worry if they throw chemicals, molest and predate on British women. Let's help Islamic hate preachers like Anjem Choudary spread their message with impunity in mosques in British towns and on the internet. Let's give more money to shadowy Islamic groups that support Hamas, with our police officers taking the knee and assisting the protestors while they deface British historic figures and monuments. Let’s undermine and devalue the indigenous culture, language and history. Let's deconstruct the UK's Christian legacy by flying Pakistani flags from Westminster Cathedral, by projecting Palestinian flags on the Houses of Parliament and by having call to prayer in our Town Halls. Let's celebrate Ramadan not Easter and bully English people who do not observe the fast. And if the police use batons, riot shields against English people, kettling them, dragging them out and arresting them on trumped up charges, don’t worry about it. They don’t count. It is the ‘victimized’ Muslim communities who Two Tier Keir thinks should come first, after all, most of them still vote Labour. The white working class don’t. They know the Labour Party, just like the mainstream media, hates them.
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  1181. Well said that man.
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  1182. Why does Britain need to get moving and where is it moving to? I hope its somewhere with a pleasant climate?
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  1183. Thanks guys, you did a pretty good job of making Reform's 'Contract' sound like common sense.
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  1184. @Way of the Warrior cause we all trust the Germans don't we? Try talking to a nurse or a doctor from your local hospital or a care worker from a care home. See what they say.
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  1185. This has to be one of your least informed videos Simon. Climate change is not denied by any scientific body of national or international standing. However global climatic change is incredibly complex which may be why you don't believe in it. In the UK we now suffer increasingly serious flooding events each year, I'm sure you've noticed them? Elsewhere it is forest fires (California) or record seasonal high temperatures (Australia) or the melting permafrost tundra (Siberia) or melting glacial ice in the Arctic. This can be directly linked to climate change. As for the comment that forests are actually increasing, after deforestation, new planting is usally for palm oil production or other cash crops rather than biodiversity. So try telling that to the orangutans and all the other forest species threatened by habitat loss.
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  1186. What seems sad to me is the msm focus on suggesting that an extremely privileged, wealthy, empowered woman's (and her even more privileged husband's) feelings of victimhood, are an attack on an even more privileged family's right to be racist, sexist and unsupporting of mental health issues in the privacy of their palace! Meanwhile we are also asked to consider whether a professional mouth piece and muckraker has the right to negate her feelings on national tv. Can we not simply observe that this is a massive distraction from the real issues of the day? They are all incredibly rich, powerful, media savvy and self promoting, none of them could fairly be described as victims of anything, except their own narcissism and ambition. Why do we care? Are we even surprised? Are we not bored enough now? And who reads the tabloids or watches tv anyway?
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  1187. I feel like we've been seeing a lot less boom than bust for the last few decades. Despite this, ss you point out, the institutions of globalist, hypercapitalism seem to do okay whatever the weather.Certainly there's been precious little 'trickle down'. Could it be that they don't have our best interests at heart?
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  1188. Housing is not just an age issue but a class issue. Those who are born into wealth tend to keep it by inheriting property and eventually passing it on to their offspring. Those who have to save and borrow to own property end up losing it when they get old and frail and require care. Therefore working class home owners find it much harder to pass their properties on to their children. Inevitably the value of the property goes back into the sytem rather than being inherited.
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  1189. Well said. I tried to post a similar comment but it was instantly deleted. I can't understand the animosity, who else is putting forward this argument as persuasively?
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  1190.  @wavell14  Witty comment, well done.
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  1191.  @wavell14  Once again, never said Kissin was British. Neither does he. Don't understand the bit about 1945 or the reference to Carlyle, please clarify.
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  1192. Wheels of justice didn't turn slowly for David Spring, he was charged, discreditied, his crime mischaracterised and his address published in the press, his huge sentence justified and imprisoned all within a week. He got 18 months apparently because he (and many others who were not charged) sang 'Who the f*** is Allah'. Apparently things happen much quicker when they accuse you of being an Islamophobe.
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  1193. @Thomo707  Thankyou for the list, I am familiar with a few of the names you provided, particularly Timothy Winter and Peter Oborne. I find it interesting that the people you suggest all seem to share a perspective that Islam is misunderstood and misrepresented and that, because of this deliberate 'othering' by Western politicians and media, muslims are actually victimized in the West. Clearly in the context of the rape gangs, the victims are not the muslims. Sadly the people you have listed don't have much to say about that.
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  1194. @Thomo707  I'm familiar most of with the people on your list, especially Timothy Winter and Peter Oborne. They all seem to be people who see Islam as mischaracterized or misrepresented in the West. They tend to see muslims as the victims of 'othering' by Western politicians and media. Being converts or apologists they are far from objective. In reference to the UK grooming gangs, can we at least be frank about which religious philosophy the abusers come from and why it is a common denominator in this context. These abusers are not the ones being othered nor are they the victims.
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  1195.  @Lino78-p3x    I'm familiar most of with the people on your list, especially Timothy Winter and Peter Oborne. They all seem to be people who see Islam as mischaracterized or misrepresented in the West. They tend to see muslims as the victims of 'othering' by Western politicians and media. Being converts or apologists they are far from objective. In reference to the UK grooming gangs, can we at least be frank about which religious philosophy the abusers come from and why it is a common denominator in this context. These abusers are not the ones being othered nor are they the victims.
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  1196.  @Lino78-p3x  I'm familiar with most of the people on your list, especially Timothy Winter and Peter Oborne. They all seem to be people who see Islam as mischaracterized or misrepresented in the West. They also tend to see muslims as the victims of 'othering' by Western politicians and media. They do not convince me that the West has no reason to be critical of Islam.
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  1197. West Ham are not too good to go down, they have been disappointing in the league since Jan 2022, the new signings haven't helped and now they have a game every three daysand are in no position to win any of them. The tactics, the team selection, the in-game management have all been woeful since before the World Cup. They are even worse now and decline has been ignored by the Chairman for months. Its probably too late to put things right now and the Newcastle game was just another example of how bad things have got. Now we are just making up the numbers.
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  1198. Once again, the safety of ordinary people on British streets is thrown into disarray, but now we're not allowed to discuss it or draw any conclusions without risking being called a nazi and thrown into prison for two years.
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  1199. Essential viewing.
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  1200. You have to get Slavoj Zizek now. I'm sure you've considered it and probably dismissed the notion, but surely its a natural progression from this interview?
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  1201. What good is long term economic growth if, in the short term, no one is able to pay their utility bills, afford food, pay their rent, get child care, send their kids to well funded schools, pay the costs of running their small businesses, find any shops in the high street that are still open or get a decent wage that matches inflation? She says we are in extraordinary times but she doesn't seem to recognise or address any of the challenges that these times will force upon normal working people.
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  1202. If, to distribute your recorded music, you have to give it away for free and a living wage mostly comes from live performance, what hope is there during lockdown? Give us some solutions Rick!
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  1203. Somebody please explain what Zia Yusuf's role actually is. What does he stand for and what is his actual job considering he hasn't been elected but was pivotal in gettjng rid of Rupert Lowe, who was.
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  1204. Considering Piers Morgan was kissing Andrew Tate's arse two weeks ago, I wouldn't take his praise particularly seriously KK.
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  1205. Actually the Harris parody video is probably the most honest and accurate thing to come out of the US for months.
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  1206. Does this mean we need more MPs like Richrd Drax or Rishi Sunak, who are so wealthy already, they don't need to prostitute themselves like this? Or does this mean Tory government ministers iterally have no limit to their greed and avarice? We know they're happy to take the money and provide privileged inside information, possibly even finding ways around legislation they were instrumental in introducing, but would they do a Pattison and lobby openly or simply keep the lobbying hush hush behind the scenes in the shadowy corridors of power?
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  1207. Another fascinating discussion but I would have liked you to challenge him more, particularly about his nature/nurture comments at the end and the 'totally destroying corrupting influences so they cannot evolve'. Who would decide what those were and who gets to direct these changes? The state? The intelligencia? The people? The visionary mad men, The Church? The judiciary?
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  1208. In the light of Baroness Casey's damning 2023 report on institutional racism, sexism and homophobia within the Met's workforce and systems, this now sounds like absolute cobblers. Cressida Dick's leadership was woefully inadequate and her time in office was a tragic litany of systematic failures and mismanagement of her own staff. Let's hope things improve now she's gone. Somehow I'm not convinced though...
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  1209. Nice knot, horrible tie.
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  1210.  @jackhamilton5250  Yes I heard him say that, but I didn't hear him suggest how to do it. In fact he seemed to think that any outward expression of pride in being British was 'un-British' and that the British could not even tolerate a leader who was overtly Christian.
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  1211.  @jake.t.t7236  I'm not sure if you have read my previous comments, in case you have I'll not to repeat myself. I think George Orwell summed up people like SF many years ago when he said, 'England is the only great country whose intellectuals are ashamed of their own nationality' and 'they would feel more ashamed of standing for 'God Save The King' than of stealing from the poor box'. He also said in the same essay, 'If you were an intellectual you sniggered at the Union Jack and regarded physical courage as barbarous'. This is the kind of man I think SF is and has been throughout his public life. If he is now implying that he is starting to change his outlook I do not believe him, certainly in this interview he was unconvincing. Orwell also said that the 'spread of a shallow leftism' had hastened the process of stagnation in England. I think this is precisely what SF has indulged in most of his life and that it may now be too late to undo the erosion that people such as him, who hold that philosophy, have allowed.
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  1212.  @jake.t.t7236   I think George Orwell summed up people like SF many years ago when he said, 'England is the only great country whose intellectuals are ashamed of their own nationality' and 'they would feel more ashamed of standing for 'God Save The King' than of stealing from the poor box'. He also said in the same essay, 'If you were an intellectual you sniggered at the Union Jack and regarded physical courage as barbarous'. This is the kind of man I think SF is and has been throughout his public life. If he is now implying that he is starting to change his outlook I do not believe him, certainly in this interview he was unconvincing. Orwell also said that the 'spread of a shallow leftism' had hastened the process of stagnation in England. I think this is precisely what SF has indulged in most of his life and that it may now be too late to undo the erosion that people such as him, who hold that philosophy, have allowed.
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  1213.  @jake.t.t7236  I think George Orwell summed up people like SF many years ago when he said, 'England is the only great country whose intellectuals are ashamed of their own nationality' and 'they would feel more ashamed of standing for 'God Save The King' than of stealing from the poor box'. He also said in the same essay, 'If you were an intellectual you sniggered at the Union Jack and regarded physical courage as barbarous'. This is the kind of man I think SF is and has been throughout his public life. If he is now implying that he is starting to change his outlook I do not believe him, certainly in this interview I found him less than convincing.
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  1214.  @jake.t.t7236  George Orwell said 'England is the only great country whose intellectuals are ashamed of their own nationality' and 'they would feel more ashamed of standing for 'God Save The King' than of stealing from the poor box'. He also said in the same essay, 'If you were an intellectual you sniggered at the Union Jack and regarded physical courage as barbarous'. If SF is now implying that he is starting to change his outlook I do not believe him, certainly in this interview he was unconvincing. Orwell also said that the 'spread of a shallow leftism' had hastened the process of stagnation in England. I think this is precisely what SF has indulged in most of his life and that it may now be too late to undo the erosion that people such as him, who hold that philosophy, have allowed.
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  1215.  @AA-yc8yr  If you think Stephen Fry is suddenly going to start robustly defending British values, customs and history against his woke mates in the liberal cultural elite you're kidding yourself almost as much as he is.
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  1216.  @КурочкаКрашена  What British values are you referring to Mr Russian name? I suppose you mean electing Prime Minister spent his summer holidays in a Revolutionary Marxist Summer camp in Czechoslovakia as a student? How about our traditional British value of protecting foreign child-grooming, rape gangs with corruption and incompetence? Or how about the traditional practise of lying to the public about murderous maniacs who kill little girls during their school holidays? How about the welll know British value of instructing law courts to severely punish native protestors while not even arresting men who attack female police officers in airport car parks? How about the good old fashioned British custom of cutting pensioners' winter fuel allowance while spending £8m per day housing illegal migrants in hotels? Are thos the kind of values you mean?
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  1217.  @КурочкаКрашена  Thanks fornthe reply. To tell the truth i thought, judging by your name, you were probably a Russian bot. Glad you're not. I think we agree right up to the point where you mention the wrecking ball analogy. I personally think it has been the progressive left that have been taking a wrecking ball to our national institutions: universities, the civil service, our local and central government, the police, the legal profession, our popular culture, our understanding of our own history, our national identity and it's heroes, our mainstream media etc for a couple of decades. I think Trump's second term (and to a much lesser extent the rise of Farage and Reform UK) are a nationalist, populist revolt against that. I agree they both present significant concerns, especially the apparent lack of checks and balances on Trump, but I think the damage has already been done to both nations by what Orwell called 'the shallow left'. (I said all this is an earlier comment). It remains to be seen what Farage is capable of actually achieving, beyond just shouting loudly about Thatcherite economics and populist talking points (I have a low opinion of him too) but I think he will turn out to be much less effective than his supporters hope, the British establishment will see to that. Glad we were able to have a civilised exchange of opinions.
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  1218.  @КурочкаКрашена  Thanks for the reply. I agreed with you right up until the wrecking ball analogy. In my opinion it has been the pogressive left that has taken a wrecking ball to our institutions; our universities, local councils, the civil service, the media, the legal profession, the police, the NHS, the Arts etc etc. I think Trump (and to a much lesser extent Farage and Reform UK) represents an inevitable nationalist, populist reaction to all that progressive, neo-Marxist, identitarian, gender ideology, non-hetronormative, DEI stuff. I agree Trump is a concern as there seem to be fewer checks and balances to hinder him this time round. As for Farage, apart from shoutimg loudly about Thatcherite economics and populist talking points, I wonder how effective he will end up being in actually bringing about any real changes. I suspect that the British establishment will ensure he is not too successful in that respect and the public will be split about how much change they actually want to bring about. Anyway, thanks for the reply, it is nice to have a civilized exchange of opinions with someone who is not Russian bot...
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  1219. Thanks for the reply. I agreed with you right up until the wrecking ball analogy. In my opinion it has been the pogressive left that has taken a wrecking ball to our institutions; our universities, local councils, the civil service, the media, the legal profession, the police, the NHS, the Arts etc etc. I think Trump (and to a much lesser extent Farage and Reform UK) represents an inevitable nationalist, populist reaction to all that progressive, neo-Marxist, identitarian, gender ideology, non-hetronormative, DEI stuff. I agree Trump is a concern as there seem to be fewer checks and balances to hinder him this time round. As for Farage, apart from shoutimg loudly about Thatcherite economics and populist talking points, I wonder how effective he will end up being in actually bringing about any real changes. I suspect that the British establishment will ensure he is not too successful in that respect and the public will be split about how much change they actually want to bring about. Anyway, thanks for the reply, it is nice to have a civilized exchange of opinions with someone who is not Russian bot...
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  1220.  @КурочкаКрашена   Thanks for the reply. I agreed with you right up until the wrecking ball analogy. In my opinion it has been the 'pogressive left' that has taken a wrecking ball to our institutions; our universities, local councils, the civil service, the media, the legal profession, the police, the NHS, the Arts etc etc. I think Trump (and to a much lesser extent Farage and Reform UK) represents an inevitable nationalist, populist reaction to all that progressive, neo-Marxist, identitarian, gender ideology, non-hetronormative, DEI stuff. I agree Trump is a concern as there seem to be fewer checks and balances to hinder him this time round. As for Farage, apart from shoutimg loudly about Thatcherite economics and populist talking points, I wonder how effective he will end up being in actually bringing about any real changes. I suspect that the British establishment will ensure he is not too successful in that respect and the public will be split about how much change they actually want him to bring about. I suspect he is a deeply flawed narcissistic egotist and would be much more autocratic than Starmer and just as problematic as Boris Johnson was. Anyway, thanks for the reply, it is nice to have a civilized exchange of opinions with someone who is not Russian bot...
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  1221.  @КурочкаКрашена   I agreed with you right up until the wrecking ball analogy. In my opinion it has been the 'pogressive left' that has taken a wrecking ball to our institutions; our universities, local councils, the civil service, the media, the legal profession, the police, the NHS, the Arts etc etc. I think Trump (and to a much lesser extent Farage and Reform UK) represents an inevitable nationalist, populist reaction to all that progressive, neo-Marxist, identitarian, gender ideology, non-hetronormative, DEI stuff. I agree Trump is a concern as there seem to be fewer checks and balances to hinder him this time round. As for Farage, apart from shouting loudly about a return to Thatcherite economics (disasterous) and populist talking points, I wonder how effective he will end up being in actually bringing about any real changes. I expect the British establishment will ensure he is not too successful in that respect and the public will be split about how much change they actually want him to bring about. I suspect he is a deeply flawed narcissistic egotist and would be much more autocratic than Starmer and just as problematic as Boris Johnson was. Anyway, thanks for the reply, it is nice to have a civilized exchange of opinions with someone who is not Russian bot...
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  1222.  @КурочкаКрашена  For some reason Youtube keep deleting my reply. I was with you up right until the wrecking ball analogy. I think it has been the progressive left that have been taking a wrecking ball to our institutions for quite some time and that Trump (and to a lesser extent Farage) represent an inevitable reaction to all that.
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  1223.  @КурочкаКрашена   I agreed with you right up until the wrecking ball analogy. In my opinion it has been the 'progressive left' that has been taking a wrecking ball to our institutions; our universities, local councils, the civil service, the media, the legal profession, the police, the NHS, the Arts etc for decades. I think Trump (and to a much lesser extent Farage and Reform UK) represents an inevitable nationalist, populist reaction to all that progressive, neo-Marxist, identitarian, non-hetronormative, gender ideology, DEI stuff. I agree Trump is a concern as there seem to be fewer checks and balances to hinder him this time round. As for Farage, apart from shouting loudly about a return to Thatcherite economics (disasterous) and populist talking points, I wonder how effective he will end up being in actually bringing about any real changes. I expect the British establishment will ensure he is not too successful in that respect and the British public will probably be split about how much change they actually want him to bring about. I suspect he is a deeply flawed, narcissistic egotist and would be much more autocratic than Starmer and just as problematic as Boris Johnson was. What a joyous propect! Anyway, thanks for the reply, it is nice to have a civilized exchange of opinions with someone who is not Russian bot...
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  1224. @КурочкаКрашена   I agreed with you right up until the wrecking ball analogy. In my opinion it has been the 'progressive left' that has been taking a wrecking ball to our institutions; our universities, local councils, the civil service, the media, the legal profession, the police, the NHS, the Arts etc for decades. I think Trump (and to a much lesser extent Farage and Reform UK) represents an inevitable nationalist, populist reaction to all that progressive, neo-Marxist, identitarian, non-hetronormative, gender ideology, DEI stuff. I agree Trump is a concern as there seem to be fewer checks and balances to hinder him this time round. As for Farage, apart from shouting loudly about a return to Thatcherite economics (disasterous) and populist talking points, I wonder how effective he will end up being in actually bringing about any real changes. I expect the British establishment will ensure he is not too successful in that respect and the British public will probably be split about how much change they actually want him to bring about. I suspect he is a deeply flawed, narcissistic egotist and would be much more autocratic than Starmer and just as problematic as Boris Johnson was. What a joyous propect! Anyway, thanks for the reply, it is nice to have a civilized exchange of opinions with someone who is not Russian bot...
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  1225.  @КурочкаКрашена  I agreed with you right up to the wrecking ball anqlogy. In my opinion it has been the 'progressive left' that has been taking a wrecking ball to our institutions; our universities, local councils, the civil service, the media, the legal profession, the police, the NHS, the Arts etc for decades. I think Trump (and to a much lesser extent Farage and Reform UK) represents an inevitable nationalist, populist reaction to all that progressive, neo-Marxist, identitarian, non-hetronormative, gender ideology, DEI stuff. I agree Trump is a concern as there seem to be fewer checks and balances to hinder him this time round. As for Farage, apart from shouting loudly about a return to Thatcherite economics (disasterous) and populist talking points, I wonder how effective he will end up being in actually bringing about any real changes. I expect the British establishment will ensure he is not too successful in that respect and the British public will probably be split about how much change they actually want him to bring about. I suspect he is a deeply flawed, narcissistic egotist and would be much more autocratic than Starmer and just as problematic as Boris Johnson was. What a joyous propect! Anyway, thanks for the reply, it is nice to have a civilized exchange of opinions with someone who is not Russian bot...
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  1226. @КурочкаКрашена  I agreed with you right up until the wrecking ball analogy. In my opinion it has been the 'progressive left' that has been taking a wrecking ball to our institutions; our universities, local councils, the civil service, the media, the legal profession, the police, the NHS, the Arts etc for decades. I think Trump (and to a much lesser extent Farage and Reform UK) represents an inevitable nationalist, populist reaction to all that progressive, neo-Marxist, identitarian, non-hetronormative, gender ideology, DEI stuff. I agree Trump is a concern as there seem to be fewer checks and balances to hinder him this time round. As for Farage, apart from shouting loudly about a return to Thatcherite economics (disasterous) and populist talking points, I wonder how effective he will end up being in actually bringing about any real changes. I expect the British establishment will ensure he is not too successful in that respect and the British public will probably be split about how much change they actually want him to bring about. I suspect he is a deeply flawed, narcissistic egotist and would be much more autocratic than Starmer and just as problematic as Boris Johnson was. What a joyous propect! Anyway, thanks for the reply, it is nice to have a civilized exchange of opinions with someone who is not Russian bot...
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  1227. @КурочкаКрашена   I agreed with you right up until the wrecking ball analogy. In my opinion it has been the 'progressive left' that has been taking a wrecking ball to our institutions; our universities, local councils, the civil service, the media, the legal profession, the police, the NHS, the Arts etc for decades. I think Trump (and to a much lesser extent Farage and Reform UK) represents an inevitable nationalist, populist reaction to all that progressive, neo-Marxist, identitarian, non-hetronormative, gender ideology, DEI stuff. I agree Trump is a concern as there seem to be fewer checks and balances to hinder him this time round. As for Farage, apart from shouting loudly about a return to Thatcherite economics (disasterous) and populist talking points, I wonder how effective he will end up being in actually bringing about any real changes. I expect the British establishment will ensure he is not too successful in that respect and the British public will probably be split about how much change they actually want him to bring about. I suspect he is a deeply flawed, narcissistic egotist and would be much more autocratic than Starmer and just as problematic as Boris Johnson was. What a joyous propect! Anyway, thanks for the reply, it is nice to have a civilized exchange of opinions with someone who is not Russian bot...
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  1228.  @КурочкаКрашена  Farage is not responsible for Brexit, that's daft, he didn't hold office during its implementation. If you want to blame someone try Boris Johnson or Theresa May or 51% of the British public. Blaming the neo right for taking a wrecking ball to all the good things in this country doesn't make sense either. I would blame 14 years of Tory mismanagement in government and decades of the drift towards the progressive left through our national institutions, setting the parameters of our national debate and becoming increasingly intolerant towards dissent. Hence my disappointment with Stephen Fry and his ilk.
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  1229. 'Cornered the boy kicked out at the world, but the world kicked back a lot fucking harder.' The Libetines.
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  1230. Excellent.
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  1231. Matt, how do you tolerate going on these ridiculous, vacuous BBC programes, with the Labour and Conservative Parties' representatives openly conspiring to make sure the country is f**ked. What are we supposed to do when those two represent our political alternatives? 'Let's unblock the courts but not put people in prison, let those who are already there go free early, demoralise the prison officers and while you're at it, make crime increasingly consequence free, so the police are demoralised too...and it can't happen soon enough!' Even the usually idiotic bloke from Tribune made better sense than those two muppets! Are there no practical political solutions any more or is it just that our politicians are of such inferior quality nowadays they can't imagine them ?
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  1232. If Satan did exist he'd be pretty dissppointed in the callibre of converts he is attracting nowadays. He'd probably think they were a bunch of twats like everyone else does, complaining to his minions, "Is this the best we can do? I was hoping for the heads of state and the monarchs!". To which his chief minion would reply, "Don't worry Boss, we've had that lot for decades!" Seriously though, If you are 'queer' (whatever that means) and you have rejected Christian values, you're hardly likely to adopt Islam, so Satanism (whatever that is) is the most logical alternative belief system ( if indeed it is anything more than a fashion statement). Possibly, in the 'Eurovision zone' (unlike in the UK) there is still a significant conservative Christian lobby that they think they are 'pushing back' against? The Church of England, on the other hand, pretty much condones the 'queer' sexual content and would happily tolerate the messaging, after all 'diversity is our strength' and, in the intersectional pyramid of oppression, you can never be 'too queer', can you? The Satanic imagery isn't problematic to today's Christian Church either, no more than Hallowe'en anyway. As for Madonna, well she's always been a bit of a slag hasn't she? That's nothing new. To my jaded eyes it hardly even seems rebellious nowadays, after all, it's only music, sexual deviancy, costumes, make-up and hairspray isn't it? Elton John has been doing that for as long as I can remember and he's pretty much a national treasure! In fact he's probably their spiritual leader? Him or Freddy Mercury? Rest assured, tomorrow's rebels will be rejecting all this as nothing more than meaningless, self indulgent, narcissisism and probably want to adopt a more meaningful, puritan style of moral and social conservativism? Their songs will still be crap though.
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  1233. 'Obviously' he'll never be able to say 'offensichtlich' no matter how much they pay him.
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  1234. The BBC immediately broadcast an interview with bloke who was actually at the march, who said he did not want the terror attack to be used to support 'anti-immigrant narratives' and that people who were expressing outrage were simply jumping on the far right bandwagon. He must have been a big fan of Kier Starmer...talk about turkeys voting for Christmas, you can't make this stuff up.
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  1235. That is exactly what Farage does not want to do.
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  1236. Fools believe in some stupid things but somtimes very intelligent people are capable of believing in very stupid things. Post modernism is a perfect example.
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  1237. I wonder if Youtube will let me say: "What a bunch of wankers!"
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  1238. I think the conservatives have understood this for a while, if you want to be critical of mass immigration, multi culturalism, illegal migration etc it is best if a non-white person expresses it. Patel, Braveman, Sunak, Cleverly, Zahawi, Quarteng etc etc. But, as Carl points out, the real question is do they or could they have dual loyalties? Meanwhile the racial minorities on the left definitely seem to have ulterior motives, using their ethnicity to defend Islamism, demand reparations and undermine the nation's language, history and institutions. Is it racist to oppose them?
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  1239. I'm with you Rick, beautiful song well worthy of analysis, surely for education and information we can deconstruct the music and appreciate the technical side of the arrangement and production values. It makes no sense, your video was the best kind of tribute and it is entirely idiotic to dissuade listeners who wouldn't otherwise hear it from further accessing the song and the artist themselves.
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  1240. You can't have free speech within the constraints of OfCom guidance. Read it. It is very confining, but it is not ridiculous, it is very much what most people expect from public broadcasting media. The idea of it being communist is ridiculous. If anything it is very conservative in its intentions. Fox is indulging in hyperbole here. In many ways it is amazing that GBNews has been getting away with broadcasting the kind of comments it allows, for as long as it has. The point is, the rules governing public broadcasting on a national tv network are very different from those applied by Youtube and even Youtube has quite strict rules in certain circumstances. If you want free speech beyond government and big tech interference you need to go elsewhere. By the way, what Fox said about Ava Evans was bound to upset people and be complained about: it was not suited to being broadcast and less reckless and more measured commentators (like Douglas Murray or Andrew Doyle) would never have said it. It also showed he hadn't really heard the conversation Ava was being criticised for. He hadn't properly done his research. Her conversation with Geoff Norcott was quite good natured and ended up on a light hearted note. Fox was judging her by one quote from an interview she did years ago. Fox is clearly not a journalist nor is he an effective political/social commentator. He does the causes he fights for no good because he makes it too easy for his opinions to be dismissed by his opponents. He is an ad hominem waiting to happen. Better he moves and and leaves debating to the adults in the room.
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  1241. Why do Conservatives think having a black, female leader is a sign of ideological strength? Surely that is just complying with woke identity politics? It won't gain them votes, regardless of whether you think of her ad British or not (even she admits she isn't entirely British, calling herself 'Nigerian British'). To convince people to vote for them and forget the last 14 years of lies, complacency, incompetency and betrayal, the Tories will have to commit to being as far from the progressive, woke agenda as possible, not allow themselves to move closer to it.
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  1242. 12 years of Tory government has brought us to our knees. We are now expected to silently stand by while a minute number of rich, middle aged, white men select another Thatcher wannabe to over-see our continued chaotic economic decline and facilitate the movement of public funds to private pockets. We need an opposition who will robustly support underpaid, under valued, over worked public sector workers in their struggle for pay, conditions and job security. We need an opposition prepared to demand windfall taxes, a rise in corporation tax, to cap petrol and power prices, stop unfair profits and dividends being syphoned off into senior executive bonuses and share holders' pockets. We need High Street prices capped, wages that at least match inflation, stop the selling off of NHS services, cap rents, close tax loop holes. To overtly state that their intention is to redistribute the wealth of this nation from the already wealthy to the increasingly vunerable.
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  1243. Is 'arse-hat' a technical term or a job description?
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  1244. 'Not terror related' but terrifying none the less. Why do we have random senseless violence on our streets and why is it never English people who perpetrate it?
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  1245. Never explain or complain guys, it makes you look needy. Matt Walsh won't care and it won't raise the dabate morally or intellectually.
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  1246. Grim.
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  1247. Matt! How dare you suggest a patriotic solution that would favour British kids instead of international students! Don't you know we're all supposed to be providing the world with opportunities at our own expense as punishment for our shameful history and all our white privilege!
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  1248. Especially if you want to be badly educated.
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  1249. But Tim Berners Lee really intended it for free porn didn't he? He was actually quite disappointed it took so long to get Pornhub.
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  1250. Amazing writer and vaulable contributer to the culture. How refreshing that she is so un-woke.
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  1251. Just when you thought the Anglican Church was pretty much as woke as a church can get, it turns out the Catholics are just as progressive and weak in an attempt to be compassionate. Can you hear that sound, it's all the Islamists laughing as they watch the Christian institutions slowly and deliberately destroying themselves, undermining their followers and embracing all the people who seek their downfall.
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  1252. Since when have mass stabbings been 'very British'?
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  1253. Nice to see Stath from 'Stath Lets Flats' sitting behind Gove. Probably an indication of the level of competency that we're dealing with here.
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  1254. How do you get a black lesbian man? At 5.46.
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  1255. I should add that, by insinuating itself into institutions of education, culture and government, like religious orthodoxy did in the counter reformation, it 'bullies' the society into acceptance and compliance. It builds itself into the hierachies of power and influence. Eventually you have a culture of fear, no debate, no dissent and an irrational self governing, self perpetuating acceptance. In other words...nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition but that's what you get!
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  1256.  @ericadler9680  That is a really encouraging thought Eric. I loved that whole sixties counter culture thing when I was young but I can see how it has led to this current philosophy dominating leftist thought. Wokeness has perverted many of the things those hippy alternative libertarians took as sacred. Freedom of thought, freedom of expression, debate, discussion, questioning any orthodoxy, the use of evidence to support arguments etc. It presents itself as an anti-establishment, idealistic movement but it is full of inconsistencies that would lead to a very authoritrian society. Young people are the solution, you are entirely right, but we all know how dangerous they are when they become indoctinated. I hope and trust that you are right, but I imagine a horrible period SJ stupidity before the counter-woke movement gets its wheels turning?
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  1257. Check out Bloom's taxonomy. It deals with this.
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  1258. The establishment have now effectively weaponised dissent and will use it's supposed threat of violence to stamp down on any future questioning of the mainstream narrative. We need leadership and we need direction if we are to reclaim the narrative.
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  1259. Excellent analysis.
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  1260. ​ @whatnextincomo  In the long run possibly but in this moment it's just civil disorder, violence and destruction of property.
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  1261. Bollocks to Diversity, and bollocks to that whole expectation that certain political opinions are only validated if they are endorsed by non white, non Christian individuals. Reform need to reject that whole narrative and concentrate on the policies.
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  1262. You guys missed the chance to press Farage on Tommy, two-tier policing and the whole anti-imiigration/knife crime/radical Islamism/pro-Gaza/ protests. He seems to be doing his best to distance himself from the populist movement that is currently spilling on to the UK streets. Shame you couldn't get him to commit to a position.
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  1263. There are plenty of right wingers and social conservatives who would support Carol's efforts to utterly destroy the Conservative Party. They feel just as betrayed by the Party over the last 14 yers as people on the left do. They would probably also welcome PR as it would open the door to Reform and other, similar, smaller parties on the extremes of that end of the political spectrum, to directly influence policy, just as they do in Europe. The irreversible destruction of the Conservative Party will inevitably lead to a new coalition of conservative and nationalistic movements, a new popularist consensus, more 'dog whistle politics' as Eva calls it. It may even deliver Farage as PM in 2028? Perhaps the most dangerous people in society are not post menopausal women, not even Kemi Badenoch, Priti Patel and Cruella Braverman?
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  1264. I live in Shaftesbury in Dorset. Flags appeared all round our two roundabouts and outside our Tescos supermarket on Thursday. It was a wonderful and uplifting sight. Sadly they have all disappeared today. I was wondering who might have been behind their disappearance, it seems you have solved the mystery. What an absolute twat he must be.
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  1265. Biden vs Trump! With Trump running from his prison cell and Biden running from his geriatric hospital bed. Groan...Make America Old Again!
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  1266. I agree that this COVID vaccination/5G stuff is nonsense and of course we can be tracked and monitored by our phones, big tech companies do it all the time. But if we are indeed being so thoroughly surveiled by 'the state' or the police, why are so few street crimes, burglaries and public disorder offences successfully prosecuted in the courts? Usually CCTV evidence is not sufficiently clear to be used as evidence and even face recognition is notoriously flawed. Number plate recognition software is a very effective tool for the police and mobile telephone records. But, I think you are missing the more worrying point here, it is private 'big tech' corporations that hold all the data on individuals. The state may request it if it becomes necessary, but companies such as Amazon, Facebook, Apple, Google are compiling information about t your actions, your preferences, your purchases continually. 'The State' is way too inefficient to make use of this kind of meta data, let's face it. Commercial corporations, on the other hand, have a financial imperative to collect and analyse this kind of personal data as market research and market penetration.
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  1267. @BritishLandeur  Absolutely. I even heard a guy on the MSM yesterday trying to excuse cousin marriage because Queen Victoria had married her cousin Albert! As though that provides justification! You only have to look at the various Habsburg emperors to see how badly that played out. Meanwhile Jeremy Corbyn and the four independent muslim MPs are planning to create a new 'cousin marriage party' in Parliament. Brilliant.
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  1268.  @BritishLandeur  I keep trying to reply to your comment but Youtube keep deleting my comments immediately. Let's just say the fact that Queen Victoria married her cousin can hardly be used to justify the practise of consanguinity.
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  1269.  @luggylugworm  It was the Beaker People what started all our problems, coming over here from central Europe with their fancy drinking vessels and burial goods, taking our jobs and teaching us their crafty ways. We should have sent them back when we had the chance. Too late now, the damage has been done!
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  1270. The actual problem: 1. Islamist sectarian violence going back to 2005, the emergence of 'political Islam'. 2. Enforced mass immigration since Tony Blair's era, but particularly over the last three years, despite electoral manifesto promises to reduce or limit numbers by both major parties. 3. Tens of thousands of Illegal migrants being housed and fed at tax payers' expense during a cost of living crisis. 4. Blatant two tier policing. 5. Woke institutions undermining British culture, history, language and free speech, in favour of foreign born minority communities. 6. Mainstream media constantly demonising and mischaracterising the English working classes and those who speak for them. 7. The PM, Home Secretary, police etc de facto and stated bias in favour of Islamic communities and other minority groups. 8. Knife crime, grooming gangs, acid attacks and sexual violence on the streets of English towns. 9. Huge religious/ethnic ghettos and increasing lack of trust in national institutions creating societal breakdown 10. Pro Gaza marches and all the associated civil disobedience. 11. The housing crisis and cost of living crisis. Finally and most significantly: three innocent little English girls brutally and senselessly murdered by a second generation immigrant.
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  1271. Andrew needs to know when to shut up and move on. Let the guest say what they want to say and let the audience make up their own minds if they have been evasive or dishonest.
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  1272. Fascinating. Ene finds it very hard to accept certain inequalities. She is far more concerned with white male privilege, patriarchy, institutional racism to notice the over-correction effect of DEI. But to suggest that the BBC don't emply DEI policies in laughable.
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  1273.  @sirrathersplendid4825  Yes, exactly, but now he seems to think that the debate around free speech is about not needing to be protected from swearing by Mary Whitehouse or some such wooly nonsense. He either deliberately doesn't want to acknowledge who exactly is threatening free speech and to what end or he simply doesn't see the threat as real. That's why I mentioned Hitch, he was warning aginst this censorial creep 15 years ago.
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  1274.  @sirrathersplendid4825  Second attempt at a reply, Youtube deleted the first. Fry seems to think the threat to free speech comes from conservatives trying to stop rude language and swearing. He did'nt seem to want to acknowledge that it is the 'left' who are now policing speech and that careless talk can easily get you arrested, or at least visited by the police for ideological reasons..
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  1275. This week (July 2020) we are expecting a heat wave in the UK that will break records for the highest ever temperature since records began. That's not fake news, in fact even the useless Tory government, desperate to drop green levvies and zero carbon emmission targets, are preparing to declare climate emergency measures. So does this disruption of the European farmers' production methods and their use of arable land represent real steps to address climate change? If it does, then of course will disrupt economies, of course it will limit production, of course it will lower living standards and social expectations of people linked to these production practises, of course it will change how people exploit the land, the water supply and the use of animals, of course it will change what people eat, what they wear and what materials they use in buildings, cars and products. What else do people expect? To adequately address climate change the developed economies of the world (such as the EU, the US, China, India and Russia) will have to make huge sacrifices. That's the whole problem. People like Sky Australia promoting the narrative that none of these changes are warranted are simply wrong. Surely they can see the dramatic changes to their own climate in Australia? Or that of their neighbours? Rising temperature, rising sea levels, rising levels of greenhouse gases? its not a global conspiracy, its not a secret agenda, its not heing debated because it is a global scientific consensus. Things are necessarily going to change and not for the better. We will all have our lives disrupted. This is just the start.
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  1276. You're spot on Tim. Say it like it is.
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  1277. A few years ago the idea of Ireland tipping over into political violence, after all these years of hard won social stability, it would have simply seemed ridiculous. Now it wouldn't be too surprising if it actually happened this summer. If it were to happen, then how long before England and France followed suit? Large proportions of Western European populations are now becoming united their rejection of this progressive, globalist agenda, could Ireland be the spark that starts the great reset?
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  1278. How can you doubt the sincerity of such an advocate? Jess is brilliant in this respect.
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  1279. Well said Ash, why would anyone enduring discrimination on the basis of their race, class, gender, sexuality give a shit whether the Tory establishment recognize their struggle as ligitimate or not? The real issue is how poorly organised all those groups are politically, under represented and how the SJW movement and intersectionality only serves to divide them by immutable characteristics.
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  1280.  @muso9539  I wasn't linking the two, I was just seeking clarification from the commenter. But while we're on this topic, does 'ending Zionism' mean denying the Jews the right to a homeland in the Middle East, or does it mean they don't have the right to a homeland anywhere?
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  1281. So, let's be clear. I'm just trying to understand why, as the original comment implied, Zionism is a threat to ALL humanity? Zionists certainly don't seem to have any desire to conquer and occupy Europe (for example) or Africa, or Asia, or South America. Most Zionists would be happy to remain within the current borders of Israel itself if it wasn't for the constant attacks over the last 60 years from some of their, (extremely antisemitic) neighbours. Perhaps it is the unwillingness of Iranian backed militia and their supporters in the West to finally accept the state of Israel that is the threat to humanity? Just a thought.
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  1282.  @humanpotatoes4958  Even if you 'denounce Zionism' as you put it, what would you then do with the seven million people, five million Jews and 2 million Palestian muslims, currently living within the borders of Israel? Where would you send them and how would you compel them to agree with your anti-Zionist stance?
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  1283.  @stephendoherty981  Nothing wrong with me. Read the comments and you'll see at least half these people see no difference between Zionists and Jews. The rest seem happy to simply deny the right of Jews to have a homeland. Where do imagine those 5 million Jewish Israelis, who see Israel as their homeland, should go?
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  1284.  @hellebachmann8260  Clearly most of the people supporting this comment do not see any particular difference between the two. So let's be clear, their hatred of 'Zionism' is simply a mask to hide a hatred of Jews.
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  1285.  @terriscott7250  but we both know that it is a belief system predominantly held by Jewish people and their supporters. Am I supposed to think that it's just a coincidence that all the hatred expressed above is actually directed at Jews?
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  1286. Cats aren't interested in German foreign policy, obviously.
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  1287. Brilliant, if the progressives are now calling the rest of the World the 'global majority' then that officially makes English people a minority, and by their own logic that means we get to have our culture, history, language, religion, flag, heroes and identity protected. Checkmate. We should now be officially declared an oppressed identity group and given protection.
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  1288. It would have been extremely useful if you had provided cut away illustrations of the particular monarchs that David mentions with dates and titles etc. Not being hot on my medieval history I got very confused as we jumped from Edward I, to Edward III to Richard III, to James II etc.
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  1289. Didn't realise Pat was such a nice guy! Brilliant content Rick.
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  1290. There have been so many videos about the cultural carnage and dumped crap that Birminham locals are now posting videos to reject the narrative that Soho Rd is a shithole and to dissuade Youtubers from filming there! It won't work, it is a national disgrace and a source of shame for most Brits.
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  1291. The talking heads in the mainstream media are as much to blame, if not more, for this implied acceptance of these restrictive moral 'standards'. Actually there is no consensus, there had been no national debate, no one has been personally consulted about what we are prepared to tolerate and what we want banned. Yet they imply that we all have the same values and everyone else is subversive. They seem to have accepted this narrative of intolerance and present it as non-problematic.
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  1292. Why do you think that establishment figures who have Asian or African immigrant origins do not have British interests at heart? Their families chose to settle in this country because it offers this kind of opportunity. Most of them are social conservatives and seek to preserve British values.
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  1293. Oi, That's my line! Plagarist! Anyway I'm not a Kant I'm a Marxist, Groucho Marxist.
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  1294. Too short, I would have and enjoyed more and I think his exposition deserved it.
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  1295. We should have a Project Veritas in the UK. Suggested targets for exposure: Stonewall, the Home Office, Illegal Immigrant 'hotels', Cross Channel people traffickers, Gender reassignmemt clinics, the Metropolital police, primary school teachers promoting trans-gender ideology, off shore tax havens, MPs excepting favours and money for lobbying, public money disappearing into private companies during COVID and (off course) No. 10.
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  1296. Balkanisation? The University cities would be dominated by progressive race communists while huge areas of the North would be dominated by Islamists. Brilliant,
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  1297.  @MrJohnfoster70  You'd end up with half the North run by Islamists, university cities run by liberal metropolitan eltites and rural areas like Cornwall left behind.
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  1298.  @ReekieReels  if it requires a 'strong central government' that suggests that real power has not been properly devolved? A Northern Parliament is likely to be dominated by Islamists, university towns dominated by the metropolitan liberal elites and rural areas like Cornwall entirely left behind.
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  1299.  @ReekieReels  If they are bound together by a strong central government then power isn't really devolved. If this country was properly federalised the North would be Islamised, the university towns would be dominated by the liberal globalists and the rural counties, such as Cornwall, would be entirely left behind.
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  1300. Excellent content, well said!
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  1301. Farage is not the man to front this dabate, he knows it is fraught with dangers and he has his political career to worry about. He is actually quite wooly minded when he does discuss such issues. Check out his last interview on Triggernometry: very incoherent and lacking in an overarching philosophy. The next leader of Reform will need to be much more consistent and less interested in his/her own political rise.
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  1302. I didn't realise the NHS was there to influence political views, I though it was there to provide health care?
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  1303. I had a similar problem, what's going on with his fringe?
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  1304. Andrew, with respect that is not exactly 'an encounter'. I was expecting you to say that you got stuck in a lift with him and had to teach him a thing or two about a thing or two, or at least did a Dr Peterson on him!
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  1305. Genesis, Supper's Ready, Apocalyse in 9/8.
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  1306. Truss complaining about the undemocratic nature of our political systems and institutions is a bit rich coming from someone who became PM without being elected?
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  1307. Jerk Rice: produced by a jerk, criticised by a jerk, eaten by jerks and generally jerky? Stick to porridge, its less problematic.
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  1308. Sounds like Michael MacIntyre looks like Ricky Gervais?
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  1309. I agree, I think Sunak inherited her and had to keep her to pacify the right wing of the party, he probably didn't want her in the first place. Now he has revealed his true character and intends to be as centrist as it is possible to be before the next election. He probably wanted to distnce himslef from all her toxicity too. Meanwhile she has deliberately identified herself as being the right wing candidate at the next Conservative Leadetship contest as well as playing no part in and taking no respnsibility for their forthcoming election defeat.
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  1310. Bloody hell, things must be bad if Aaron Bastani agrees with Matt Goodman!
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  1311. Brexit was supposedly about sovererignty; economic and political independence. Turns out it hasn't delivered on either: the UK is still unable to make laws that the public want, there is still too much regulation, rising national debt, no growth, stagnant wages, record net immigration, shrinking birth rate, collapsing public services, institutional collapse and endless strikes. It would be very ironic if, because of all these Brexit failures, the UK public eventually chose to give up sovereignty and independence to become a US vassal state. If the next Labour government fails it may become the next logical step?
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  1312. There may be no new eveidence one way or another but: bat, pangolin or lab leak from an institution that was investigating deadly viruses? Which the sounds most likely?
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  1313. What a wonderfully random and disorganised list of complaints and grumbles. But who has been the engine of all this terrible economic and social change over the last 13 years? You and your pals. What a wonderful example of right wing scatter gun alarmism. Stay in the US Liz,nthey can keep you.
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  1314. Each year half a million people leave the UK to be replaced by 1.2 million people of various other heritages. Hardly surprising therefore that there are fewer people who want to join up and fight and possibly die for this country?
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  1315.  @edelgyn2699  I totally agree. PR fluff. As though that is what we need to see at this point in a woeful slump, with us bottom of the league, having won so few games in the last calendar year, with new players not settling and old players no longer playing at the level we need them to. No one being brought in, no one being brought through from the Academy, no one in form. What a terrible time for the club to allow this waffle to be released. Did they think it would reassure West Ham fans? My only point was that Mr Moyes' professional performance is separate from his personality, he is not an idiot but he certainly isn't some guru of management. In fact, of you look at his time at Man Utd he is a failure. And now he is failing again and no one seems to address that in this discussion.
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  1316. You could always use the Gents. I don't think anyone would mind if you went into the cubicle?
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  1317. Surely to be released on your own cognisance you have to have a fixed abode? Otherwise its pointless.
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  1318. She seems prepared to recognize Tory failures and to discuss specific problems but very unwilling to be specific about how she would solve them. She says others have 'lost their spine' and their ability to be frank, but she very cleverly avoided being pinned down on immigration numbers, cultural values, Islam, the boats. She talks about having a vision but I struggle to understand hers. Reform will not feel threatened.
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  1319. The impact of refugees and migrants is so much more obvious in Ireland because their population is so small. 100,000 new people arriving all at once in a country of only 5 million is massively disruptive and impactful. Look at how quickly those who complain about all the tents in their city streets, the homelessness and the over-occupied hotels in quiet rural towns the are unfairly labelled racist. They are not allowed to notice that these migrants are mostly young men who do not share their religion or their social values because that would be far right. The fact that they now want them to go back to the UK is laughable considering the French won't take back the rubber boat migrants back. We are all stuck with the unexpected consequences of mass migration. European nations need to reconsider the ECHR immediately.
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  1320. More Chropher Walken cowbell!
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  1321. He has clearly been warned not to do an Enoch Powell and totally lose his platform by having his message deliberately mischaracterised as racist, ethno-nationalist or 'far right' by the mainstream liberal elite. Like Starmer has done, Farage will have to keep his real intentions hidden until he gains power. If that happens in four years time, perhaps he will be emboldened by the many European countries that will have adopted similar political policies in advance of the UK by then?
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  1322. "Muslims remain a convenient 'other' to vilify," says Ed. The problem is the inexplicable rise of 'Islamophobia' he asserts. Could this be explained by the fact that 90% of organisations proscribed by the British Government as 'terrorist groups' are Islamic fundamentalists and jihaddis? Is it irrational for the British people to be fearful of the rise of Islamism? Bear in mind the Mosque Ed stands in front of was paid for by Saudi Arabian Wahabi fundamentalists, a particularly hardline Sunni sect dedicated to spreading Islam and Shariah law etc. And while the two boys claim that East London being mostly Muslims is a 'cliche', count how many white English people you can see in the background of this piece. At least Ed managed to include one older English person without editing it to suggest that she was a racist. Imagine how careful she had to be when reflecting upon how much her neighbourhood had changed over the last thirty years or so. She expressed it well when she said simply she could no longer do her shopping on that street. Well done for including the lady in the red hidjab who seems to lament the loss of 'traditional British values', even though Ed clearly doesn't. It is refreshing to hear from someone who is prepared to suggest that we may have thrown out the baby with the bath water. Not an opinion you are likely to hear expressed by Ed.
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  1323. I would prefer it if they do the gigs without Bonio...and the Edge....and Adam Clayton too...then Pearl Jam could do the shows.
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  1324. Increasingly the solution for by-passing the gate keepers in tv, music or podcast radio is to do it yourself. Much less arse ache too. If its any good, you soon get audiences, commercial backers or sponsors. If its crap nobody has to see it.
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  1325. Okay James, tell us what you really think?
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  1326.  @jarofspanners3523  You both need counselling by an experienced psychiatric practitioner. Probably with a degree in psychology and a post grad qualification in clinical psychiatry or something. Yes! I do see the irony, I'm not daft.
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  1327. I'm offended by free speech and I'm not even listening properly.
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