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They absolutely do not care about us.
And those Englishmen who want England to remain... English... well we get called all kinds of names. Names which we are not. I recently made a post about how I think Japanese culture is excellent, and probably better than British culture, honestly. Yet I also included in that post that I still wouldn't want 3 million Japanese people to suddenly move to the UK in the next 15 years.
England should be full of English people, and small numbers of civilised, integrated, migrants. Not 3 million of one group, 4 million of another, and so on.
Plus, we are being 'outbred', so in a generation, England will be about 35-40% English (seriously). Utter madness.
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Maria, I read the whole thing, of course, and I am so sorry you had this experience. Especially when you were heavily pregnant and no doubt even more vulnerable for both you and you and your child than you ordinarily would have been. What you suffered was awful, but I am so glad that it was not worse.
I have absolutely no doubt that this has been going on for a long time. Men from sexually repressive cultures coming to a liberal country seems to bring these problems to our shores. We did not want or ask for this. We have voted in every election since 1974, if you look at winning manifestos, for lower immigration. But we never got it.
The story you gave about the young man who was also forced to hide is shocking too. I have no doubt those stories happen, but as men our primal instinct is to protect women and girls at all costs, and that's why stories like that are rarely spoken about. Plus, I have no doubt, fewer men feel comfortable sharing stories about where things almost, or indeed did, happen to them.
Thank you again, your comment was very well received and very well written. I will pin it in the hopes that others read about your experience too.
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You're correct - and you'd think I knew this as someone who made an entire documentary about Donald Trump's life. I am sure I got it right in the documentary at least, lol...
Forgive me.
Yes, America is a very interesting place. Modern America was founded by the Brits. Britain is the birthplace of America, truly. That's why so many of your place names come from Britain, like Boston, or New York and so on.
America also has ties throughout Europe, many Italians, Germans (Trump's paternal heritage), and Irish too.
I think America took some of Europe's risk-takers, people willing to try something new for a better life, and that's why you have had a lot of success. It was like a form of migratory natural selection. When things were bad in European countries, those with a bit of drive went to America.
I'm rambling a little, but have tremendous respect for America and her European descendants.
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Hey Sylvie!
You do have to be careful with the comments. I think I have explained before, but there are clearly some keywords that Youtube censors. Usually I can find the comment, but I have to go looking for it in the restricted comments section and then allow it to be shown.
Sometimes, though, people have said 'where is my comment!?' and I cannot find it anywhere. Then those people think I removed their comment.
I have actually seen it before where a comment appeared - I was replying to it immediately, but when I went to hit 'reply' and send it, the comment was gone - nowhere to be found.
Naturally people then think it's me that is doing that, but it isn't.
Honestly, sometimes the comments that YT censors are probably for good reason (I don't want my comments filled with anything which is just objectively racist). If Youtube hadn't caught it, I probably would have ignored it, but I'm not going to make the active decision to restore something that adds no value, but is just purely offensive.
I'd say at least 50% of the time though, it's hiding comments that it really shouldn't do.
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I agree it's given out far too easily, though in truth I do believe you have to live here for five years or so.
Did you know a lot of countries don't grant citizenship at all like we do. There are many countries, like Thailand, where foreigners simply cannot buy land (they can take lifetime leases, however). In Saudi Arabia, they have a very diverse population, but none of those people are granted citizenship. They are given long-term visas and so on, and the process is pretty straight-forward, but not citizenship.
The truth as well is that if you demanded someone from, say, Pakistan renounced their Pakistani citizenship to take a British one, getting rid of their dual nationality, you could never deport them. Where would you deport them to? They are a citizen of nowhere else.
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@ Jack, lovely to hear from you sir.
1) I don't care that your wife is Indian. It is none of my business who you marry, I am sure you're very happy and you probably have wonderful and smart children. Hopefully you don't refer to them as mongrels!
2) If you're referring to humans as 'pedigree' are you implying that different ethnic groups are different species or breeds of human? That's really fascinating, I'd never thought about it. Are some more intelligent like collies, some more playful like retrievers, and some more aggressive like bullies? Strange comparison, but it's given me food for thought.
3) In terms of humanity, actually we do pretty much have pedigrees and that is the norm. That's how we have very clearly defined ethnic groups. It's true that some Normans came over 1,000 years ago, blah blah, but the English are one of the most clearly defined ethnic groups in the world.
Actually, there are many ethnic groups, like the Altai people in Russia, who clearly are 'pedigree' and did not mix with slavic Russians as they are Asian in appearance.
In fact, let me put it to you that if being 'pedigree' as you describe it were not the norm, we would not have so clearly evolved with different physical features. A frenchman is clearly different in appearance to an Englishman, who is different in appearance even to an Irishman.
4) I recently read a paper published in the US that showed that despite an increasingly diverse population in the US, most people did not want to marry outside of their ethnic group. I think that's what it said, it may have just been White people that did not want to marry outside their ethnic group, actually.
The gist of it was that it's very rare and most of those marriages were actually to Asians.
I found this fascinating and again it would contradict your point. I find it hard to believe that the whole world is racist.
I will be totally frank with you, since you'll ask, and tell you that whilst I have had a Chinese girlfriend, a half Iraqi (beautiful) girlfriend, but there are some ethnic groups that I am simply not attracted to.
Make of all this what you will. I have tried to be polite, offer you some food for thought. I am sure, somehow, you will turn this into me being racist! God speed.
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Hey! I agree with what you've written here, for the most part.
I sort of didn't want to get into the details of the Mangione case because what I really wanted to focus on is the reaction to it, and how that might fuel other people.
But I think you're right, people are rejecting the system which is, by this point, clearly broken. The problem is that basic capitalism says 'just keep making as much money as possible', and the societal harms are not factored in. For example, if I am a property portfolio manager, I'd love to have mass immigration into the country and I'd also like to slow down house building, my assets will rise in value and the price of rents too. If I can lobby a few politicians to make that happen - great!
Another example - car manufacturers. Back when my 23 year old Honda was built, the revenue model was pretty simple - build the best car possible and people will love it and you'll sell more of them. But somewhere along the line, I think car manufacturers (or phone sellers) realised that if parts periodically break, and only you can fix them because of software issues, you'll make even more money than if you had just sold a good, reliable car (or phone).
I don't have an easy solution to these very real problems. I'm quite sure that it's not some anti-capitalist ideology, but there are definitely problems with what is happening. Perhaps better regulators or fines, but regulators tend to be bias because they want a private sector job afterwards. Better not to rock the boat too much.
I bring up those two examples because they are pretty obvious, but also quite mundane. When you apply that same ideology to healthcare, things become far more emotional and ethical, clearly.
I think really what happened is that historically, people had a sense of integrity and ethics alongside capitalism. Not everyone, of course, but enough people were God-fearing to keep the capitalist system from going completely awry. Now all we have is individualism and Godlessness, or a lack of ethical guidance. Social media has glorified wealth and material goods over things like family and charity.
Food for thought, eh.
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Great comment. Also against bloodsports, incidentally.
As for TR and Farage, all that Farage had to do was stop laying personal insults on TR constantly. It is totally unnecessary, gains them nothing, and has cost a lot (their largest benefactor).
But actually, in reality, if he is as principled as he claims to be, perhaps Farage could just come out and in support of TR.
There are other parties out there btw. I think now is the perfect time, five years out from a GE, to explore them and try to build them. If it can't be done, then so be it, you flip back to Reform a year out from the GE.
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Hey Pedja, you're right about Assange - an equally ridiculous example of someone being placed into Belmarsh. Assange is not the type of man who could orchestrate an escape, or that if he did he would be real threat to anyone anyway.
Fortunately, this video is not about whether someone agrees with Tommy or not, I tried not to include too much about his actual beliefs in the video. Just about the treatment he has received since he was put into prison for a non-violent, civil offence.
You are right, of course, that we know about Tommy because he has a public profile, but I have made videos about others too, particularly those in the wake of the riots / protests we had in the UK, such as Peter Lynch, a man who was imprisoned for shouting at the police and subsequently took his own life.
I do agree that we are unlikely to find an electoral resolution to the problems faced in Britain, though I wouldn't quite agree that there is no way it could be done. There are parties that would get the job done, I think, but people simply do not have the stomach or willpower to support those parties. That's just my personal opinion.
I hope you're well and looking forward to Christmas ;)
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I'm not really a fence-sitter, I just genuinely would rather listen to what people say than judge them entirely by how they look. I for sure would not dress like almost anyone I saw at the counterprotest, but if you really listen to the first guy he's not irrational or anything in what he says. In fact, given how rational he is, I can't understand why he was holding that specific sign.
I am opposed to mass immigration, not just illegal but legal. I've made that clear in other videos. But if I go to a counterprotest and just start giving my own beliefs then those people will view it as aggressive and not be willing to engage in dialogue.
What I was able to do, by talking and engaging, is make the first guy think 'hang on, maybe TR is not racist and I should go away and look into this'. I may even have made the second guy think 'hang on, are there really people with Israeli flags walking at the other protest?'
That dialogue and being willing to listen and converse will actually make more people you disagree with listen to you and consider your views. In a way, frankly, the hardcore ANTIFA crowd are far more scared of someone that can politely and calmly engage with their counterprotestors than someone who goes there with a security guard and antagonises them. Though the latter makes for a much better 60 second clip.
Make of it what you will, we all have our different approaches.
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And that is 100% a belief you're entitled to hold. I just felt that these tiny clips were being shared around everywhere, and nobody was paying attention to the fact that there's a full 41 minutes beforehand.
I think Trump wanted to sign the minerals deal, and would have sent more weapons to Ukraine, but ultimately wants the fighting to stop.
It's not realistic to think that Ukraine, without support of others, which they no longer have, is going to beat back Russia from the disputed territories.
Very little has changed in the war in three years, so we are at the point of needing something to give. Not everyone is going to leave this situation satisfied, it's impossible.
War is hell, truly. And if there were any prospect of any side winning, fine. But all that's happening now is endless destruction. Time to get it stopped.
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Hey dude - let's talk about it. I didn't say my priority was my viewcount, I said I was really happy that the last video got so many views.
Do I want the channel to grow? Yes.
Do I think I can add value to the topics I discuss? Yes.
Have I ever asked for a penny from literally anyone? No.
Has anyone ever sent me any money? Yes - someone sent me a superchat once. Didn't know what to make of it - very humbled.
Is every person who wants their audience to grow and message to be reached by a larger audience a grifter? If yes, count me in. Along with every movie producer, music artist, painter, speaker, politician, priest, imam, Youtuber, writer, and so on.
I look forward to your response.
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Extremely high praise! I'm genuinely flattered. I don't think I've restored anyone's faith in humanity before!
Yeah we have to be realistic - things are not looking great. However, I do always try to add solutions to problems where possible. Sometimes those solutions will be unpalatable to people, sometimes they will be solutions which we, the people, have no control over, but it's important to do it nonetheless.
If things don't turn around, I want to be able to look at my kids (if I get around to it) in 20 years time and say that I did stand up, but my head above the parapet, and say these things. Not everyone can do that because we have such pervasive cancel culture, which forces people to self-censor, especially online. But I think the sooner we are all frank about how we are feeling, especially our concern for the future, the sooner we will realise that we are very much not alone.
And on that moderately dystopian tone, I wish you a Merry Christmas! Thank you so much for supporting the channel, watching the videos, interacting, and so on.
I see channels that in some cases upload and get 0-10 views every time. I do not think I could do it / have their perseverance. My motivation is drawn entirely from the subscribers / viewers of the channel, and so the channel owes them (i.e. you) everything. ❤
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Allow me to make a couple of additional points then:
1) He may spur on the end of the monarchy as we know it. By outing himself so obviously as a lefty, he has alienated conservative minded people in the UK. Those are the people who would traditionally be monarchists. The left, on the other hand, are generally pretty sceptical of the idea of being ruled by a man who inherited a country, titles, and vast amounts of wealth. So the support base for a monarchy narrows.
2) Celebrating diversity after what even our Labour Prime Minister described as 'an experiment' of mass migration - almost 3 million people from outside the EU in 3 years. People do not want this. I don't think British people are generally intolerant or unwelcoming, but the demographic change through birth rates and migration will mean that England has fewer than 50% of English people in a decade as our more elderly population leave us.
It is not right to have our ethnic homeland removed from us - in fact it is downright dangerous, and the last person who should be seen supporting this is, frankly the King.
3) He's very out of touch with his subjects - the people. They do not support mass migration or multiculturalism. They have to live with it, whilst he does not. He makes no mention of the horrific crimes that befell several beautiful children in this country, but condemns the civil unrest. Of course, any kind of rioting is never to be called for and not to be condoned, but to not even try and understand why it happened is frivolous.
That's probably enough bedtime reading for you, Sandra.
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Yeah dude. I couldn't put the clip in cos like I said, YT's guidance does not like showing guns in an 'unsafe setting'. But there are a lot of guns, and a lot of clips of people in Sweden shooting other people. Not good.
It must be hard to go from Serbia to Sweden. I know life in Serbia is tough. Prices are actually quite high, but salaries are not. Culturally, however, Serbia still a massive advantage.
When I visited Serbia, I felt like I was visiting a unique place. Somewhere the globalists haven't fucked up yet. People still go to church, and religion is just the Serbian Orthodox Church. Even though some of the young people don't believe, they still respect the faith immensely.
People never believe me when I tell them, but culturally Serbia is way above most European countries. If you could earn 2000 Euros per month in Serbia, you'd be happier than if you earnt 4000 Euros per month in Sweden.
Maybe you'll disagree, I don't know!
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Hey Foxy - maybe 5 years ago I would have said I was a centrist too.
A big part of what changed for me is the recent surge in migration. A million net per year is just absolutely insane. And the reality is that this will lead to ethnically English, Welsh, Scottish, and Irish people losing the majority in their homelands very quickly. Birth rates will ensure that.
This coupled with the left-wing politics just going completely off the rail have made me firmly right-wing at this point. The crazy thing is, I don't see my positions having changed very much, just the ground around me.
In 2014, my student days, ten years ago, if you'd asked me if 1 million net migration was acceptable, I'd have said no. If you'd asked me if giving puberty blockers to children was acceptable, I'd have said no. Now I understand that the law has since changed to prevent that practice, and I welcome that, but really the left has just run away with itself and gotten itself into a horrible mess, frankly.
As you say though, it's still important not to resort to just name-calling or being unable to structure clear arguments. That's bad and happens on both sides, people who can't reason critically but have a loud voice get amplified. I'd rather try for a rational position, and even try to understand exactly what is going on.
I think there will come a point in this country when the left has to contend with the fact that the mass immigration they have cheered on for years has unintended consequences for their liberal position. Eventually, they will be fighting not for the rights of gender surgery for teens, but they will go all the way back to trying to defend the legality of homosexuality in Britain.
You see, the people who come here come from traditionally very conservative cultures. They only vote Labour and side with the left because it suits their current agenda, but deep down they are very conservative. Eventually politicians will cave to the will of these growing groups of conservative people in the UK, who will stop simply voting for Labour, but start strategically voting based on their numbers in a sectarian way.
Me? I won't be badly affected. I'm a straight man. But the people who cheered on massive cultural and demographic change, as I say, will have a rude awakening. It happened in other countries like Iran too.
Bit of a rant there - food for thought though, dude.
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I'll bite, my Lord,
The reality is that you can call yourself British if you hold the passport, but I wanted to go deeper than that. I think I probably fall along the lines of (1), and I think to be British is to be ethnically indigenous to these lands (going back, as you say, for such a significant period of time that discussions become pointless).
To say British values include things like an appreciation of literature, painting, and so on, I am not sure I agree. Your average working lad, a brickie, may have no idea who Hogarth, Turner, or even Constable are. He may actually struggle to read because he has dyslexia. But he can trace 10 generations to England on an ancestry website (which his friend helped him to read, lol).
You pointed out reasons to be proud of Britain and her history, but not values per se, in my humble opinion.
Again, I say, it's actually a very complex issue which people use all the time in political discussions, but nobody fully grasps what they're talking about (in my opinion).
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Absolutely. I know many countries in Europe have beautiful scenery, and Slovenia was stunning, but Bosnia is up there with the best. I still remember driving down that mountain and just seeing rolling hills with a beautiful lake at the bottom right in the heart of Bosnia.
Everywhere you go in Bosnia there is beautiful nature, beautiful forests, beautiful mountains, beautiful rivers.
I don't know why more tourists don't come (maybe Bosnians don't want them anyway) when it's such a beautiful country, relatively cheap compared to France or Germany, and has its own unique culture and feel, but still a modern country.
Everyone I have met in the Balkans has been either kind to me or at worst neutral / not bothered. Nobody has been unkind during my travels and that surprised me since my country has, historically, got involved in quite a few things we didn't need to around the world.
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Hey tramp,
I feel like I can call you that and get away with it, but we'll see if the Youtube filter lets me.
I was a bit hard on that guy, maybe because he mis-classed me and called me a wonka. You're right that his description of English culture was actually very nice. I tried to read it with passion, but let me try to explain the Taliban point a little more clearly.
Literally everything he wrote about being English, and I mean every single point, could be held by someone who is totally not English at all. Think of all the Japanophile people you meet who like anime and live in their parent's basements. They may literally be more in love with Japan and Japanese culture than the average Japanese person. They still aren't Japanese.
The same is true of Anglophiles. They exist, though they are rarer. There are people who are obsessed with Britain. They might be Russian or Ethiopian for all I know, but they love Britain. They have visited many times, have British friends, love an English breakfast. They even drink Earl grey tea. In fact, they meet every requirement on that chap's list.
They're still not British, they'd be Russian or Ethiopian or whatever. Using the example of a Talib was probably a bit unfortunate because it makes the mind bend a little further than the examples I give in this comment. I understood the point I was trying to make, but I could have made it more clearly if I'd literally just spoken this comment out.
As for the rest of your comment, I totally agree. It's insane that we have to even have a legitimate discussion about what it means to be British or what British values are. The reality I think is rather simple - the British are the English, Scottish, Welsh, and Irish. I'm sure that will offend many.
It doesn't mean that we can't have some people from other countries living here in the UK alongside us. But we should not be forced into the position of having to defend who we are in our own country.
Not only that, we should not be in the terrifying position of becoming an ethnic minority in our own ethnic homelands. What happens when in England there are 10 different ethnic groups, of a similar size, and English is just one of them. We have no second home to go to.
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Hey, I'll reply and I hope you take the time to read it.
1) Yes, that's true, he had little political influence prior to Reform. Why? Because he'd never engaged in politics before. This was his first foray into politics, so it's exactly what you'd expect, surely?
2) Habib is a good man. Yes, he didn't win his seat. Farage has stood for parliament EIGHT times and didn't get in till the last one.
3) I do not see this as splintering the right, because I see literally no right wing success from Farage winning. Like, none at all. He won't even deport people here illegally. It's just pointless.
4) Being famous does not equal being a good person, or even a good politician. Boris Johnson was famous and probably the worst PM we've had. He raised immigration fivefold to a million net per year, and it is literally breaking the country right now.
5) I value more than just a slick tongue. Lowe has integrity and courage. Perhaps it's just from my time in the Army, but these two values mean a tremendous amount to me. I see neither of them in Farage anymore. Perhaps at one time, but it's just not present nowadays.
You're entitled to hold your view. I have actually been biting my tongue about Farage for a long time, but can no longer do so. This is truly what I believe and I hope you watched the video to at least understand why I feel this way. But I cannot force you to.
All the best!
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@FatherChristma5 It's not that I think my views are 'far right', though I acknowledge I am right-wing. I have no problem admitting that.
It's that I truly believe my views are too right-wing for the Reform Party. Not so much for Rupert Lowe or even Lee Anderson, but definitely for Nigel and Tice.
That doesn't upset me, and I don't begrudge the Reform party the direction that they want to take, I just doubt I'd be particularly welcome.
I think, for example, that English people soon becoming less than 50% of the population of England is a problem, regardless of whether migrants adopt 'our culture' or not. I think England should remain the homeland of the ethnically English people. That doesn't mean no foreigners are welcome in our lands, just that they should not outnumber the English.
That view alone, relating to ethnicity, is too right-wing for Nigel.
Come election time, I may end up voting for Reform, but I wouldn't be welcome to join the party whilst I respect Tommy Robinson, for example. Let alone be allowed to stand as a candidate.
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Well the Russian people, if I correctly recall, came from Kiev. So of course it was not distinct historically, but certainly more recently. I have met Ukrainians and they tell me that whilst they can understand Russian pretty well, Russians really struggle to understand Ukrainian, so if there's a notable language difference there, it's more evidence of a distinct identity.
They are, however, absolutely brother nations. Culturally so similar following the Russian Orthodox Church (even though they have now decided it is the 'Ukrainian Orthodox Church').
Politicians started saying 'Ukraine would never be a part of NATO' after Russia invaded Crimea. They started saying it was never realistic and never going to happen, but just a few years before it was very seriously discussed. That's why I maintain that Ukraine is totally the victim in all of this - trapped between two much greater powers who are, frankly, now fighting a proxy war. It's a proxy war that Russia did not want (why would they want to fight against NATO weapons in Ukraine), but I think NATO did want this.
The result is that the Russian military has lost countless troops, tanks, and aircraft, and not a single NATO soldier has lost their life. NATO has won, Russia has not, and Ukraine has certainly not.
Very, very sad.
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Thank you so much! I think I needed someone to say that honestly.
I've spent the last three weeks researching, recording, and editing it but people aren't clicking on it I guess. My audience is mostly UK based, so maybe they're just super not interested in US politics. I wanted to offer something genuinely balanced about Trump because I see a lot of videos that are basically slanderfests (like Jonny Harris, who is an exceptional video maker, but clearly very left wing).
The watch time on this video is higher than my average watch time, so it feels like the people who do click it stick around for over 20 minutes on average (which is actually pretty good I think).
I learnt a lot making it, particularly about how to build maps and animations, so I'll take those lessons onto the next one.
I could do more with audio, maybe sound effects and music too, but I was pretty proud of it!
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I'm no farmer, but anyone with a brain can understand this with 15 minutes research.
Whenever something threatens your food, water, medical care, you should pay attention to it. You have a stake in it.
On this specific issue, the Labour Party is all over the place. They say it won't affect many farmers, but they need to do it to raise taxes. Which is it? It won't affect them and you won't raise money, or it will affect them and you'll raise money by crippling our farming industry.
Had they given 10 years notice so that farmers can do tax planning, it might not be so bad, but if you had been tax planning as a farmer, noting your IHT exemption, there's not really much to do. No point in handing the farm down. Now all of a sudden you're a 90 year old farmer and trapped hoping you either pass before the bill passes, or survive 7 years. Crazy.
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I disagree with you about having more freedom here. Have you been to America? Trust me, you have far more freedom there.
As to hate speech, I disagree again. Sure, it's unpleasant, I get that. And we can look at those people and laugh or whatever. But once you start setting the limits to free speech, and asking the Govt to police it for you, you hand over a weapon to be used against you.
Go and look at the case of a guy who called a German politician fat on twitter and went to jail. The politician was very fat, and I believe a health minister. Is that really the kind of state you want to live in?
Let me put it another way - what kind of system attacks free speech, attacks farmers, and attacks the middle classes? Communism. Of course Europe is not in the grips of communism like the USSR or CCP in their pasts, but we are in a mild form of it. Reject it, protect free speech. People need to be less sensitive about words.
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Thanks brother!
I think I needed some kind comments on this one. I don't know exactly how long it took, but I think maybe 150 hours or something which I know sounds absurd, but it's all the time researching, recording, and editing (which I am still wrapping my head around).
This will sound bitter and not aimed at anyone in particular, but one thing I've noticed since I started is that every video you make is a gamble - effort vs payoff. In some cases I have come out well, like my last video was much lower effort with a much higher payoff. This video was a much higher effort with a much lower payoff, which definitely stings.
It's kind of brought me to question the future videos I had planned, one about the migrant crisis, another about Britain as a failing state, and one about our demographic change.
I'm sure I could make videos, with a lot of time and effort, that are interesting and factually correct, but if my specific audience doesn't want to click them, the videos will be dead and a waste of time.
Lots of what I would call low-effort content is actually great, by the way. I love watching Charlie Veitch walk down the street harassing protestors. It's a guilty pleasure that I shouldn't enjoy and wouldn't do myself, but it's entertaining and low-effort.
I would say though that those low-effort videos won't alter people's perceptions or have a very profound effort in the way that a high-effort and serious video could.
I think to an extent viewers probably have to realise that they should support smaller creators too. I have frequently left videos playing muted that I thought were boring, but I like the creator. Jakes Journey Mate is another ex-soldier who makes van life videos. I really like the guy, but have no interest in what's in his fridge. He made a video about what was in his fridge and I just left it playing in another tab (lol).
I'll make one or two more, but if they both bomb out and my audience literally only wants to watch ragebait or TR videos, I'll probably leave them to watch Mahyar Tousi and expend my free time playing Black Ops 6. Does that sound bitter? Maybe.
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Hello sir,
I am not trying to create divisions or fracture the Reform party - not that I could even if I wanted to. I am merely observing the trends I see and commenting. As I said, I think it's a deliberate strategy and not a fracturing, though if I'm wrong then it would be bad.
I am, however, of the opinion that we're five years out from the next GE. Exploring other smaller parties for the next couple of years really does little harm.
Say you go and support a smaller, more right party, for the next couple of years. Either they build some momentum and become a serious force, or they don't. In either case, you keep Reform on their toes chasing the right-wing / conservative votes, rather than just feeling totally free to push to the left.
It's food for thought, not telling anyone what to do or think, just sharing my own ideas!
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Hey Erikha!
You're exactly right. That's why I said if I was a black guy, I'd be sick of this crap. Especially if I was naturally intelligent enough to achieve everything I wanted to anyway.
If I'm honest it comes down to two things - institutionalised DEI departments who metrics for success will always be 'we increased the number of minority students', and, I think, a White saviour / White guilt complex.
It's really dangerous. Yes, historically, black people have been disadvantaged in the UK. If you go back 50 years, it's true. Although, I will say, still had massive opportunities compared to other countries.
The solution to this problem, however, is not to try and force social change through DEI, it's to adopt 'colourblind meritocracy'. This idea of colourblind meritocracy, 50 years ago, would have been a liberal and progressive idea. Now it is a conservative one...
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Thanks brother!
Honestly, it is because I am a bit lazy with it. I don't do instagram or try to funnel people here.
My time is limited to edit videos as I am also travelling, so I have to make a conscious decision to either a) make the best video I can or b) try to get as many subs as possible with Youtube Shorts and instagram reels.
I'd rather just make good videos. This isn't my job, just wanted to have some fun with it and share along the way.
I like that I get to show people what I think are interesting and cool places / cool people. Especially for the Balkans videos I hope it makes people want to come here. I had a blast in Croatia, Bosnia, and now Serbia. Kind people everywhere, not too expensive, and lots of abandoned stuff haha!
Not sure how you found it, but I'm especially glad you watched. I think a lot of the Europe & Balkans stuff will be more interesting to Americans, for whom it is harder to visit all of these countries, than other Europeans.
Thanks for your comment! Means a lot to me, mate!
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Captain Colonialism, what a great name.
The thought of you being a civnat does not make me shiver, far from it. I am not an ethnat as I understand it. If that term means that I want England to be an ethnically pure state or something. Not only do I think that's impossible, I doubt it's desirable.
If there was a button I could press that would mean England was never less than 80% English, and never more than 85% English, I would press it.
I do, however, believe that this is the ancestral homeland of the English people. And I do believe it's important that we remain the majority in this country as it is, like I say, our ancestral homeland. It's the only homeland I have. This soil. There is no running off to another country if things start to go pear shaped.
With respect to your definition of the concept of British Values - perhaps. But tell me, what good is this definition? What do you intend to do with the concept? It seems like you want to include and exclude people from being 'British' based on the concept. You said you did not want to do this, but in the very same sentence you do exactly that.
You claimed that you did not want to use British values to decide who is or isn't British, but that a Welshman who hates the Union Jack (and other stuff) is not British. So it strikes me that you DO want to use the concept for that purpose. And if you want to use it for that purpose, there are two problems.
Firstly, the Welshman to most people is obviously British, regardless of his opinions. Let me make a philosophical point - my nephew is very severely autistic and barely verbal. He for sure has no significant views on the Union Jack or politics at all, but he is British, right? What about a young English baby who has not had time to form any opinions? No opinions - no British! It doesn't really work when you really extract the position out.
Secondly, though at the risk of putting words into your mouth, if you DO want to use the values to decide who is British (though you said you don't), you get another problem. In the video I used the example of a Taliban fighter who loves Britain. It was ill thought out as an example, which can happen when you're on the move. A better example is to look at Japanophiles. The anime-loving basement dwellers who say 'Kawaiii' at cartoon pictures and try desperately to learn Japanese. They may love Japan, the land, the flag, the values, and still just be an English basement dweller - not Japanese. The same truth holds for Anglophiles, though there are fewer of them.
To your last point - you suggest that someone who 'piles on hate' for their host-nation is not British. Well imagine me, an Englishman, is deeply wronged by the state somehow. I don't know, you will have to use your imagination. The HIV blood scandal, perhaps, or the Royal Mail victims. They lose all faith in their host nation and 'pile on hate' for it - but they are still British.
Though it may not be popular, a simpler definition is to base it on ancestry to these lands - just as every other nation does. This primarily means that you are English, Irish, Scottish, or Welsh, but not exclusively. Let's imagine that your family came from Italy in the 1700s, and somehow have managed to exclusively keep their bloodline Italian through 3 centuries of living in Britain. By that point, you are soil, if not blood, British.
There's a small essay for you to read away!
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Pedja - great comment.
Let me confess - you are correct. I am mixing philosophy and politics. I have a Masters degree in Philosophy from Cambridge, so it's in my nature to go on tangents of logic. In some ways it helps me think clearly, at other times you can go too deeply into a topic and come out more confused than you were at the start.
I like your distinction between principles and values a lot. And you're right, what is valued, and the value of things, changes throughout history. But principles do not change. You can break them, but not change them. Salt used to be almost as valuable as gold. Now it is cheap. But if I am a 'principled person', I am saying that I hold certain principles no matter what. Rather like commandments.
You're also quite right about other terms that politicians use. Of course some conspiracy theories are just conspiracy theories, like whether or not we put a man on the moon (definitely didn't by the way). But nowadays everything that doesn't agree with THE narrative is a conspiracy theory, whether it's about certain jabs, immigration, MK Ultra, or whatever issue it might be. And so often now we see these conspiracy theories being proved right.
Rules based world order is a good one - frankly laughable. The CIA can send billions of dollars to Afghanistan to fight the soviets, organise a coup in Guatemala, attempt one in Cuba. But then preach to the world about 'rules based order'.
Lastly, I do not blame you for negative associations with Britain. Before 1950 I would say we did a lot of good in the world, as well as some bad. Since then, mostly just bad.
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I don't think they'll need to do it through reparations, I think the economy is going to completely tank. Our energy prices are higher than all other developed countries, and so our manufacturing has completely vanished. We produce very little - some niche areas in tech and nuclear, Scotch Whiskey, and oil from the North Sea (for now).
It's not enough to sustain the '6th largest economy', let alone with our welfare bill (of which the pensions side will only grow).
As to CBDC, it will come if people are desperate, they will pose it as a solution. Same thing with the ID card - fill the country will illegals and say that an ID card is the only solution. Of course that's not true - we all have passports and driving licences.
We definitely don't have to be the weakest link, although we probably are. It's out of choice. We string these people along rather than just laughing at them and telling them where to go. We pander to minorities, so they keep coming back for more, and more, and more. Until there's nothing left, and the country that the English built is just rubble.
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Haven't seen anything about that, but I have been busy (farmer's protest today). Will look into it.
About Paz - yes, he's excellent. His channel is the reason I thought people might actually pay attention if I walked and talked. Without him I would have assumed that everyone would be bored.
I feel like I have found my voice, and he probably feels the same way. In the Army, especially as an Officer (I'm not sure what rank Paz was), you don't voice your political opinions. You can have them, but not outwardly. And I understand that entirely and respect it within the military.
The thing is, as you can probably tell, I find politics totally fascinating. By being able to make these videos, conveying my opinions, analysis, criticism and so on, I feel like I found my voice.
So I owe Paz one. Don't tell him though.
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Hey dude, what a great comment.
First of all let me apologise and retract my statement about newts. We all know that some newts lack charisma, but there are many species of newt, such as the red bellied newts you mentioned, which had plenty. In fact Isaac Newton is one of the most famous red-bellied Newts and his work across physics, mathematics, economics, and philosophy, is almost unrivalled (though Leibniz may disagree).
Secondly, thanks for the kind words! I cheat a little - I do bullet points on my phone before making a video so I know I've covered everything I wanted to talk about. I know, I know, you're as shocked by this as the red pill that made you realise we never went to the moon.
Would I be snapped up by another channel? It depends on the channel. I certainly won't be on Novara Media any time soon, but there are some great channels like Rebel Media and stuff, so it's possible. Ideally I'd be able to do both - but we'll cross that bridge if it ever comes to it.
For now I'm just paying slightly less attention to my dog on our walks!
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You are crazy! I've been replying to every other comment but this one because I just don't know what to say. I'm so extremely humbled, to the point of feeling guilty, because this is just so much money. This is not to say that I'm not grateful, of course, because I am, more than you know, but it's definitely thrown me a little!
However, one thing that I have determined to do is buy Annie a small dog toy, something Scottish themed, and call him Crafty!
Annie nurses her toys for life - she still has the shark I bought for her 3 years ago! She never chews them or destroys them, so it'll be with her forever! This seems like a fitting thing to do.
Again, thank you. And again, you're crazy!
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Hey Alan, I used to be amused by Boris Johnson, but with time I've come to realise that a lot of the most recent problems stem from his weak leadership. He was too weak of a leader to tell his own staff to stop partying. Even if he didn't care about COVID, he would have been smart enough to realise how bad it would look if the parties leaked, which they did. He just was so desperate to be liked that he refused to step up and actually be a leader.
Farage has said very clearly that he will not do mass deportations, so unfortunately if that's really what you want, you will have to look elsewhere, such as Homeland. Perhaps they will change their mind, but Farage was very, very firm on not doing it.
The best you can probably hope for from Reform is dropping immigration to zero, but that won't undo the damage already here.
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Of course it creates division. What you inevitably end up with is a kind of resentment, sometimes based in fact, sometimes in fiction, that your boss or boss's boss only got their job because of their skin colour. In some cases that might be true, in others false, but the suspicion will always be there because of DEI.
We have also created, unironically, a victim culture in the UK. Everyone is a victim of oppression (except the obvious super privileged group, of course, who also just happen to be native to these islands, lol). If you tell people they're a victim for long enough, they'll start to believe it and use that to excuse all their own misdeeds and failings. They'll externalise their lack of success and blame someone else. Unhelpful and, given that Whites are becoming a minority pretty quickly, extremely dangerous.
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I think it's a bit more complex than that.
I've been making videos for a while now, and it seems like the biggest factor in determining how far your video gets pushed is the average watch time. In this video, my average watch time is about 14 minutes. It doesn't sound like much but it's actually pretty decent for a 33 minute video. I expect this is because people are generally interested in Tommy.
The actual % viewed of the video for some of my other videos has been higher (probably because they're much shorter), but the overall minutes each viewer watches is lower (on a 10 min video, 4 mins is actually not too bad by YT standards). However, because my older travel videos are much longer, my average view duration per video is higher.
What I'm trying to get at is when I make a shorter video, my video may only get 4 minutes viewed per person (some watch it all, some instantly click off). That tells Youtube that people aren't interested, and so it doesn't get pushed very hard at all.
I've kinda got myself into a stick situation now where, if I understand it correctly, shorter videos are unlikely to do all that well...
That's just one man's observations from my own channel, but I can see all the stats behind the scenes. Other videos with much higher % viewed (not minutes, %), higher click-through-rate from impressions, and so on, did poorly because they had lower average watch time.
Now - my theory about why so many Tommy interviews and stuff do well is this: they're long and enough people (like me) will watch the whole thing. For Youtube, if someone uploads a 2 hour video and it's watched on average forty minutes, that's actually a lot of ads that can be shown. Most people won't watch a 2 hour video to completion, but Tommy is interesting enough for them to do so.
So to summarise, I don't think it's about having him in the title, I think it's about having a long-enough video and a topic that's interesting enough (which Tommy is), and that's what gets Youtube to keep giving impressions on people's home feeds.
You didn't ask a question, but you got an answer (which is just my observations).
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@rikkys So you raise an excellent point in the second to last paragraph.
Producing travel videos is obviously more fun than producing documentaries. It's just a hard fact that hanging out with new people in foreign countries beats sitting in your bedroom editing furiously.
I don't think the two are mutually exclusive though. I think, hopefully, I could do both on the channel. The trick, I suspect, is to travel to places that are politically interesting. I think Serbia is one of those places where my videos did well because people are curious.
Likewise, travel to Russia would be interesting because it's a politically interesting place and sufficiently removed from Europe.
And then I think about places like El Salvador, where Nayyib Bukele has basically turned the whole country around in a single term.
Ultimately, I think I'll just try to weave a balance between the two - political commentary and maybe some travel videos too. And I think they really could overlap.
I'd love to visit a place like Afghanistan, and other Westerners have done so, but they haven't got a military background whilst doing so, which makes it a bit iffy. Same for Russia.
I will at some point be going back to Serbia though. I just kinda love the place and the people. It's a monoculture. They're Serbs. They follow the Serbian Orthodox Christian faith. Those who don't follow that faith still broadly share those moral principles. They're proud of their country. They're poorer than us, but you wouldn't really know it by being there. It's all relative.
Maybe that balance is impossible though and people who subscribed for my political stuff will be bored stiff by any travel stuff I do!
I basically took your paragraph and made it ten paragraphs...
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I acknowledge this in many comments. Other than that, what did I get wrong?
For what it's worth, one of the biographies I read stated Irish, Wikipedia states English, and yes in an interview (Strongest Argument) Tommy clearly states Scottish. I made one error which, in the grand scheme of things, is pretty minor.
When I asked you 'other than that his father is Scottish, not Irish, what was wrong?' I did not expect the answer 'his father is Scottish'. What else is inaccurate?
Forgive me if I seem agitated, but if you're going to make a sweeping statement beyond the one error I have already accepted, let me know what other facts are make-believe.
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My thoughts are pretty simple - there should be no connection from national governments to supra-national organisations. This includes the WEF, which I believe is the worst of them, closely followed by the UN. The EU is moderately less bad in that citizens of those countries can vote for MEPs at the very least, but even so it's sub-optimal.
I think to understand this point, you have to understand something about human psychology. Keir Starmer meets more foreign leaders and people at WEF / UN meetings than he does ordinary citizens of our own country. Nobody wants to be an outcast, a pariah, and so individual people who are perhaps a little feeble of character will go along with the crowd they are in, whether it's the WEF or UN.
I am not entirely convinced that what is happening to our nations is part of a global nefarious strategy that our PMs and presidents are in on, I think it's the result of them being too weak to stand up to those organisations. As people, they don't want to be left out of the loop, they don't want to be pariahs. And so then what happens is people like Klaus Schwab do legitimately have the ability to bring about unwanted consequences for those nations.
Essentially the WEF has such extraordinary human capital, by having access to leaders in every nation, that they can nudge and shape those nations against the will of the people. If I was George Soros and I wanted to bring about some change, the WEF is how I would go about doing it. And the PMs and Presidents will 'go with the flow' for an easier life. It is possible to be an outlier, of course, as Viktor Orban has shown.
Many people give Viktor Orban a hard time, but I think all leaders should be as sceptical of doing supranational politics as he is.
Perhaps I'll make a video on this topic, a bit more researched than this comment, showing how I think the WEF and UN can be harmful to nations.
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Hey Paul! All I wanted to do in this video is kinda show how it's a term that means everything and nothing. It clearly means a lot because so many people use it. But also nobody can really clearly define it, and the people who use the term 'British Values' probably all have different things in mind.
As for the politicians being either stupid or corrupt, I offer a third solution. The leaders of nations, be it France, Germany, the UK, or whatever, spend very little time with ordinary citizens. They spend a lot more time with other global leaders, meeting at the UN, meeting at Davos.
They go with the flow, make their own lives easier, rather than trying to do what is right for their people. Notable exceptions like Viktor Orban in Hungary become outcasts for not just going with the groupthink.
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Good morning, John. Thanks for watching.
Let me respond to your points in turn because I do not accept them.
1) Your claim that I am just as bad as the engagement farmer because I say it's all manufactured due to the fact there's no evidence to it.
This is absolutely true, whether you like it or not. Let's be clear, imagine some world in which the Guardian did actually do all of that crazy stuff, creating bots and whatever, and the original poster was correct.
It would still be manufactured, because there is still no evidence. I asserted that he pulled that claim out of thin air, and that's still true.
2) On your claim that I am engagement farming and everyone is engagement farming on every platform because they want people to view / watch / click their stuff.
I disagree - here's the distinction between engagement farming, and every other user. I post videos, documentaries, whatever, with some kind of purpose, usually to inform. I subsequently hope that people go and watch them. The purpose and the desire for engagement are two separate things.
For the engagement farmer, the purpose is the engagement, nothing more. Everything drives around the engagement, there is no purpose other than the engagement.
The same account mentioned in the video, Inevitable West, recently posted '500,000 people descend on London for the Farmer's protest'. This was massive hyperbole purely to gain attention and engagement. I know this, because I actually got in my car, drove to the protest, and made a short video whilst there. You can see for yourself that there were about 4/5,000 people there.
The intention behind vastly overinflating numbers is... attention, engagement, nothing more. The problem here is that the truth very quickly becomes secondary and irrelevant to the engagement farmer, because, as I say, the truth is not monetisable, the engagement is.
3) On Elon Musk - I agree that Britain could not 'extradite' him from the US. In fact, recent reports suggested members of parliament wanted to do exactly this. If you go onto my X profile and scroll down far enough, you'll find me commenting on this by saying '"hauled over", good luck, little Britain.'
It's of course absurd to think Elon could be forced to come to the UK. But the Guardian could seek to take him to court in the US for Libel if they so wished. Or even in the UK, though he would not appear and be tried in absentia.'
I am really sorry you didn't enjoy the video - not everyone will. I stand by everything in it and wish you a good day!
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@ClaireHamill-x2w I understand that PR is not perfect, but it's genuinely better than FPTP.
I say that because here in England our incentives are all wrong. Say you have a minor party who you entirely agree with - let's call them UKIP (I am not a UKIP member / supporter by the way). You may entirely agree with UKIP, but because of FPTP you vote Conservative instead. You're never properly represented. UKIP might even win 15% of the votes and get literally no seats.
This pretty much happened with the Reform party who got 4.1m votes, but only 5 seats, meanwhile the Labour Party got 9.7m votes and 412 seats. So Labour gets 2.5x as many votes, but 83x as many seats and forms a government. It's democracy, but really bad democracy.
At least in some version of PR you are... represented proportionately. It gives those who choose not to vote because it's pointless a reason to engage with politics.
And, yes, the Swiss system (if I said Swedish I mis-spoke) is far better in my opinion and really achievable in today's world.
The only reason not to do it the Swiss way is businesses and special interests can't buy off a small number of politicians and political interests to exert influence. Since the Swiss hold referendums on their bills 4x per year, they would need to buy off the entire country - AKA make the bill actually good for citizens of the country so that they agree to vote for it.
Thanks for the kind words about the channel, I'm certainly trying. I'll be uploading a video at around 6pm tomorrow about Donald Trump so maybe you could watch that and let me know what you think!
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Hey Pedja! Well, this jacket is actually very expensive (about 300 EUR). I have it from my Army days. The problem is that if I don't wear it when it's rainy, it'll never get worn again. No merch from me, I'm afraid!
As for the witch hunt idea - yes, possibly. I heard rumours that they might offer rewards for those who turn in illegals within America. So be it.
As for people betraying him / working against him, time will tell. I think that happened in his first Presidency and he is acutely aware of it. I don't think he will put up with it anymore.
I think there is always room to be critical, of course, but for me this is the best politician I have seen in the West, possibly in my lifetime. I can't believe it's Donald Trump, but sometimes the truth is stranger than fiction.
GB can resolve some of our problems in the way Trump has. It's true we can't throw around threats of tariffs in the same way, but we can start properly leveraging our position as the supposedly sixth largest economy to get through some of this stuff. Also, Trump's attitude of just changing laws is something that needs to rub off on Europeans. Because of the ECHR it has become impossible to actually deport anyone, even those who commit crimes. This needs to change - and fast.
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Hey sir! I don't think it's restricted or anything like that. You can't see what I see on the back end, the 'analytics' tab. It was given the same number of impressions as usual, but didn't get as many clicks from those impressions, so probably something wrong with the thumbnail or title, or perhaps people aren't super interested in the topic. Or I haven't made the topic clear. Or the thumbnail needs work etc. etc. Or they don't want to watch a 28 min video (pretty long for my channel).
If I was being shadowbanned or restricted I'd tell you, but I don't think that's what's happening here honestly. Don't worry too much about sharing it if you can't, I'm glad you watched it and if you have people you know in real life who don't fully understand the gravity of the issue, you can show them.
As for others - I think Rupert Lowe is almost certainly aware of all of this kind of data. That's why he drives and pushes so hard for the UK to reveal their own version. Because he knows if it's anything like the Scandinavian countries, we have a very big problem.
I have no idea honestly how I would contact someone like Mahyar Tousi or Andre Walker. Andre is certainly a bit more accessible, but I suppose I am a little too humble to go chasing people - it looks like you just want to ride their coat-tails. I am pretty determined not to ride anyone's coat tails, honestly. I do have a good line to Paz49 who is a good egg, though, I'll drop him a DM on X.
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Hey Sue,
I get where you're coming from with this, but not sure I 100% agree.
Hear me out. Not every kid that gets into Cambridge or Oxford will be equally bright. In fact, the gap between the brightest (who will unironically be geniuses, I was not one of them), and the least bright will actually be very large at these two universities. More so than any other universities in the UK because the very very best (geniuses) will go to OxBridge, rarely other good universities like UCL.
The natural ability gap will be very large, and there's not much a lecturer can do to mitigate that. If you feed the genius more knowledge and time and attention, he will get even higher scores. But there will be a capacity issue for the least bright OxBridge students. Yes, they're still intelligent, clever young people, but they simply cannot do, say, physics at the same level as the genius.
People have different latent, natural abilities, and I'm okay with that.
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Hey Alan - here's my thinking on it. I have nothing against Reform voters - obviously. Although if Reform didn't have Rupert Lowe, they'd be much weaker.
My thoughts are this - we're five years out from an election. Now is the safe time to start exploring other parties. Hear me out.
If you are right wing and want serious immigration policies, joining Reform right now doesn't really help. If all the right wingers do this, Reform will assume they have the right locked up, and begin to shift left towards the centre, trying to capture centre ground. You'll be left with some pretty weak policies I think - too close to the Tories.
In fact, if they get too close to the Tories, people will just vote for the Tories.
If you want the Overton window to shift right, the best thing you can do right now is to support the furthest right party you can find and intellectually support for the next couple of years. If in a couple of years you think 'this isn't really going anywhere', you flip back to Reform a year or two before the election. What you do on election day is, of course, up to you.
It's just food for thought - for many people Reform will be as far right as they're willing to go, and that's totally fine, but I think a lot of people are supporting Reform because they see it as the only credible right option (Tories are left). I think that's playing checkers and not chess.
That sounds like I'm telling you what to do, and I'm not. If Reform formed a government right now that would be infinitely better than everything we've had for decades. But if you want to keep Reform genuinely to the right, you have to make them keep chasing the right's support, and not take it for granted.
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Hey sir, always great to hear from you! You can comment on UK stuff, though I know for the audience I picked up in the Balkans it will be uninteresting - which I totally understand. I truly can't wait to go back to the Balkans.
I will look into the chemical stuff, a lot of comments saying it's not true. I really don't know enough and I'm happy to admit that, and if I misspoke in the video then that's unfortunate, but that is what I've always understood to be true.
I think you're right about much of what you said - especially the idea that Syria is going to look worse than the Libyan Crisis. Syria was actually a very difficult places to rule over. You have Alawhite Shias, you have Sunnis, you have Christians, you have Kurds. All in one country.
Keeping all of that together is no doubt an absolute nightmare. Probably what helped is that Assad's family was from one of those minorities and so he would never have been able to convince his military to do anything significant against those smaller groups. I don't know this for a fact, it's just speculation.
Now, things will be different. I think this will descend rather quickly. Even if al-Jolani would like to rule peacefully over Syria, it won't be allowed to happen. His followers are determined hardline Islamists. They will want to do whatever they want to do, and even if he would prefer peace, he knows that his supports are not going to stand for that. In reality, I suspect he doesn't really want peace anyway.
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Hey Sam, great question. Reform could be good if Nigel stood down, Lowe took over, and Habib was brought back. I mean, NF has just today gone onto LBC and said that TR has a conviction for violence against women, completely untrue. My patience with NF is running pretty low - he's too wet.
Which leaves you with the question of what else can you look at. There are two brands of nationalism, civic nationalism and ethnic nationalism. UKIP are a civic nationalist party, headed by Nick Tenconi. The problem with UKIP is that I see no attempt to rebrand, even though it's essential, and whilst they do have a core of people like Tenconi and Calvin Robinson, it really feels like a five man band.
On the other hand, you have ethnic nationalists, like the Homeland Party. Their view is rather a lot simpler. Where the civic nationalists say that anyone is welcome as long as they adopt our values, the ethnic nationalists reject that and just say that England should be for the English, Scotland for the Scottish, and so on.
Now, I am not an ethnic nationalist in the sense that I think nobody else from any other ethnicity should be in the UK. Nor do I think that's achievable anyway. But I am inclined to think ethnicity is important in the sense that we should be weary not to become a minority in our own homeland. England was 73% White British in 2021. We have had millions of migrants since then, so it's probably more like 70%. Let's assume 80% of those people are English, and the rest Polish, Russian, Ukrainian, Scottish, Welsh, whatever.
What that means is in a few years time English people will be less than 50% of the population of England. In 20 years time, probably fewer than 40%. You see, the elderly population are primarily English, but the youthful population are not, they're British Indian or British Pakistani, and so on.
My thoughts are that ethnicity begins to matter to me at the point of which we are genuinely going to become a minority. There is too much anti-White racism in the UK and across the Western world, and I truly worry what that ends up doing to English people in England in 30 or so years time.
The only party likely to do anything about that are realistically the Homeland Party.
That being said, I am not a member of any party. And nor am I a shill for any party. This was just meant as info and advice for you to shop around. I do think that with 4.5 years till the next election, it makes more sense now to support one of these smaller parties rather than Reform. In that time you can build them up. Either they have a shot at winning seats in a few years, or they don't but they're big enough to force Reform to adopt more conservative right-wing politics to draw voters back. Either is a win.
You didn't ask for an essay, but you got one.
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76% White British as per 2021 census. Probably a lot lower after the Boris Wave. But that's a moot point to the rest of your comment.
Even replicating census data accurately could just be racist though. If it so happens that minority ethnic students are just not bright or well prepared enough for the demands of their degrees. The best thing to do is just have a blind meritocratic system.
The thing is, that's what their exams, using student numbers rather than names, are. And that's why this disparity exists. And because they can't give a leg up by just altering results, because the papers that markers receive are blind, they now want to change the entire exam system.
As to your last paragraph, we are in immense danger, I'm sorry to say. There is enormous anti-White sentiment in the UK, and a declining White population. What happens in 10 years when in England the population is below 50% White British (demographics for England vs. N. Ireland / Wales are very different). Or in 30 years time when we're down to 35%?
A country is as successful as its people. If you took every Norwegian and put them in Nigeria, and every Nigerian and put them in Norway, in 20 years Nigeria would be excellent and Norway would be a third-world country.
That's just how I feel about it.
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Sir you just made me google 'prima nocta' and I wish I hadn't - crazy.
It's true that law alone will not fix the problem - that's why I gave Iqbal the credit of saying some things which I think are true.
I know Serbian Orthodox Christians aren't too fond of the Catholic Church, but one of the great things that Catholics did was ban the practice of cousin marriage. I doubt they realised just how beneficial this would be to the gene pool and the development of modern society, but it was.
9th order of relation sounds about right to me, honestly. I'd hate to get caught on the wrong side of God with my 8th cousin though.
As for there being more important stuff - there definitely is. But these guys are literally paid to sit and debate and propose laws all day. I am actually quite happy if they start addressing cultural issues.
I think maybe it will be hard for you to understand, as a Serb with a proud culture, what it is like to watch your culture be massively eroded in just one lifetime and placed second to... every other culture for the sake of 'diversity'. I pray you never have to experience it, honestly. My experiences in Serbia were enlightening because whilst not everybody thought or felt the same way - not all were Christians though most were - there was clearly a single underlying culture with its roots in the church.
That used to exist in Britain, but be under no illusion about how quickly it can be ripped away from you, as it has from us.
I would like to come back to Serbia and make a video showing what a broadly mono-cultural country looks and feels like, where people can be proud of their heritage and their shared identity. I think many people in the West need to see that.
And that's not to say that everything in Serbia is perfect, there are problems. One of the biggest ones I noticed was gambling, honestly. This was true across the Balkans. But I also saw people looking after the less fortunate in their communities. Of course, Britain is, on paper, wealthier than Serbia (much wealthier), but it barely feels like it to the average Brit. The average salary is probably 2.5 times higher or something, but the cost of living is also much, much higher.
A bit of a rant. I kind of love Serbia and I wish the UK had a single dominant culture just like Serbia does.
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Hey, thank you for the kind words. I'm sorry to hear about your nephew, mate.
I have often thought that I would be willing to support programs that gave underprivileged kids more chances in life, for example with OxBridge or whatever else.
But it has to be on the basis of two things:
1) They fully deserve the place by raw intelligence, but perhaps won't get four A*s at school because their school is deemed to be pretty terrible and they don't come from a privileged background with tutors.
2) Nothing to do with skin colour. So this would help underprivileged White, Black, and whatever, kids.
Point number 1 is crucial for me. I don't want to replace DEI with something else that is also just giving an unfair advantage to a group because their school sucks. It has to be determined through interviews or whatever that actually this kid is very bright, and were he to be at Eton he'd be getting A*A*A*A*.
I hope that makes sense. As for putting White kids in BAME, sadly not because they're not 'Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic'.
Although, interestingly, in London and Leicester they are / will be in the very near future in the minority.
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I am sure I replied to your comment, but I can't see it!
We have to be calculated and rational. What does not convince people to come to your viewpoint is shouting loudly (even though I went to a protest I support today, but whatever). What does work, is calmly explaining, rationalising, showing the data, putting your case out there.
Immigration has been very harmful for Europe. We don't have all the data for the UK because it's not available, but we can see it in other countries. In my other reply to you I mentioned that I'm making a documentary which aims to do just that. I want to take data, which is just hard facts, about things like crime by nationality or welfare claims and put it all in one place. That's the best way you can try to get a point across to someone.
Some people will never accept your point of view, but you don't need everyone to be on your side to effect change, just enough people. For some people, their feelings will always overcloud reason.
There are also rational people who are generally left-wing and not actually aware of the problems. That is your target market - I know this because I was one of those people. Those people who are left-wing because they haven't seen all the data and the rationale behind people's frustrations are the kinds of people who can follow your rationale and perhaps change their minds.
A lot of people are happy to not rationalise, but to sensationalise or bark at people they disagree with. Simply insulting a rational left-winger will not make him come to your side, it will probably just make his views more entrenched.
A long reply. I should sleep.
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Hey mate!
Firstly, thank you for subbing all that while back. I never really planned to make a channel about politics, I never thought anyone would be all that interested in my political beliefs. That video kinda changed things for me there.
You have to understand, for context, that in the Army talking about politics is frowned upon, and talking about it with your soldiers is prohibited really. So I never really had an outlet for the frustration and the things I could see happening. That video, whilst I was still travelling, was pretty pivotal. In fact, prior to that I was just making videos as mementos from my travels.
As to reading from a script - no I don't have one, but I do have notes on my phone. Especially when it comes to facts and figures which it would be really difficult for me to memorise all the time. I also read from articles sometimes which actually helps me to gather my thoughts in the moment too.
So I'm not fully freestyling, just to be clear. I mean, I can do that, but you end up with a bit of rambling along the way. I don't like to ramble (though it happens sometimes) because it wastes the viewers' time. A lot of channels (I will not name) have a rare talent of being able to turn a 5 minute point into a 30 minute video, but what's the point?
Still - more freestyling than Keir Starmer the script-reader can muster!
Thanks for the kind words, dude!
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I have literally no problem with his environmentalism in the sense of adoring nature, growing plants, trees, gardens, and so on. I do have a problem with his climate change views, WEF speeches, and diversity is strength narrative.
How has diversity actually thrived in the commonwealth? Are India, Barbados, Fiji, or Tonga diverse? No, they're ethnically homogeneous countries. Unlike the UK.
I agree he should not speak politically - but he does so, frequently. Even criticising Government policy.
It will be the end of the monarchy.
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Excuse me, you were expressly banned from doing this for at least a month!!!
I don't know what to do about it either, but I would challenge Charles or William to a duel for the throne of England. Scotland can decide its own King.
As for the WIEF, I really know very little about it. I had never heard of it until I saw Charles had delivered a speech to them. I thought the WEF was about as bad as it gets, but I was mistaken...
And yes, Annie is super tired. It is warm, and people have not adjusted just yet, I think. But I have never seen her tired like that from our normal walks. And she took a dip in the river to cool off. She's passed out on her bed right now, so clearly very tired! I think a day off for her tomorrow, I might be walking her too far too often! Not a complaint many dogs have!
Is your Irish Wolf Hound taller than you? I don't think I'd teach her to salute just incase she hits the roof!
As for views, whilst it publicly displays 10k or 15k, it actually has 39k already. I don't know why there is such a big delay between what is displayed and what the actual viewcount is, but actually this frustrates me a lot sometimes. Nothing I can do about it though!
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Extremely frustrating for you.
At least you are able to recognise that you must have areas to improve. Some people would interpret no negative feedback as meaning that they're basically perfect at whatever they're doing. All of a sudden, an exam comes along and they get a C and can't fathom what has just happened. If a teacher had guided them appropriately, they may have worked harder or worked on more specific improvement points.
As for the diversity hires your mother deals with, almost certainly. There was an article you can search for about how the NHS took nurses from Nigeria, but it turns out hundreds of them had faked their certificates. Why do they do it? Well, obviously to get a job in the UK, but also to bring their dependents. In 2024 the UK took about 1,000 people from Zimbabwe, if I remember correctly, and they brought 10,000 dependents. Each person, on average, brought 10 dependents that will need access to the NHS.
Migration, if we are honest, particularly of low-skilled workers, does not help our economy, it hurts it.
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@CasparOBrien Fair enough, that makes more sense than your first point, which I probably just misunderstood.
I agree mostly with what you said, except that we are now in a really dangerous situation. The amount of 'White British', AKA English people in England, was 73% at the last census in 2021. Since then, thanks to Boris Johnson, we've had 4,000,000 non-EU nationals come to the UK, so that figure is probably closer to 65% now.
The 'White British' are predominantly our older generation, 50+, so they will sadly die in the near future, and the demographics will change very fast. Soon, maybe ten years, England will have fewer than 50% English people in it.
That might not sound like a problem to some people, but I think it is. This is our homeland, not a place for anyone in the world to come. So many people express their hatred for the English, so what's to stop them when our population becomes smaller and smaller in England.
Not only that, people from India and Pakistan hate each other. What happens in England when a war breaks out between India and Pakistan?
These are just problems we never really needed to bring on ourselves.
You can go and verify the figures for yourself and make your own mind up about it.
I don't think England will ever be 100% full of English people, and that's fine. But I am pretty concerned by the speed at which we are becoming a minority (partly because of our very low birth rates, and partly because of immigration).
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Sir, apologies for taking so long to reply, I just knew it was going to take a while.
On your first paragraph, with respect to UK tactics, systems, and doctrine, I will not speak about that. I hope that's not too disappointing.
On the next points - yes, the Nukes belonged to the USSR, and subsequently Russia. But in the aftermath of the collapse of the USSR, Ukraine did not have to give them back. By which I mean, there was no imminent threat of invasion to go and retrieve nuclear weapons. This, when you think about it, is a risky business. So I maintain that they chose to give them back, and the proof of this is that they were able to ask for terms in order to return them (i.e. a security guarantee).
Yes - there are neo-Nasties (I don't want my comment to get filtered) in Ukraine, in fact an entire unit of them and more. However, let's be clear, there are also plenty on the Russian side. I do not know the numbers in each case to compare.
On the topic of Russian forces withdrawing, I think this was more of a strategic move than a show of good faith. Having your forces spread too thinly is a weak strategy - General Montgomery realised this during WW2 and hence he breached mainland Europe in what he called 'colossal cracks'.
As I see it, the reality is that Russia committed a lot of military blunders. I believe their intention was never to conquer Ukraine or have a years-long war with so much death and destruction, it was meant to be a quick in-and-out, replacing Zelensky with a more pro-Russian government.
The problem is that Putin was told the Ukrainians would welcome a Russian invasion - bad intelligence, and undercommitted / went soft from the outset.
There were other military blunders too, such as Russian military leaders stealing the funds for explosive reactive armour that should have gone onto the tanks. Instead, the tanks were now very vulnerable as the ERA did not work / was not present, and Ukrainian infantrymen with British NLAWs had a field-day.
One more military blunder - getting a miles long convoy bogged down en route to Kiev and running out of fuel. Not a good look, and the Russians actually got quite lucky here that the Ukrainians did not have an effective response to destroy the convoy. Had they done this today, US HIMARS / GMLRS would completely destroy it.
Okay, okay, one more military blunder - lining up Russian troops on parade for a photograph only to be struck by artillery / rockets.
So I think with better planning, Russia would have made a quick regime change and got out. By now, the West would have forgotten all about it. The 4 Eastern regions would still be a part of Ukraine, but Ukraine would once again be much more friendly to Russia.
With respect to the ICBMs - you are technically correct and I made a mistake - though I made it because the author of an article themselves made a mistake. It was hypersonic and similar enough that the point of the video is not lost. Crazy technology, but as I say, Russia is running out of ways to escalate in the face of Ukrainian / NATO escalation, and that's what scares me.
If 'Ukraine' seems so determined to keep escalating and pushing, Russia is going to have fewer and fewer options.
Detonating a Nuke in the way I described is the ultimate escalation and, quite frankly, will put the brakes on everything. For Putin, though, this will be an absolute last resort. It will massively strain his relations with China and the consequences to his regime / Presidency remain unclear at home. So for me, he has to be facing an extreme amount of pressure even to use the smallest nuke. However, if provocation doesn't stop, the likelihood increases.
Lastly, on the dictator thing, yes there are elections but let's be clear, he has flipped from President to Prime Minister, always maintaining the ultimate power, and then eventually changed the rules to allow him to remain as President forever.
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Hey Pedja, the only reason I won't comment about it is because I was in the Army. I don't know what's common knowledge and what isn't, and I don't want to even go there for that reason.
I agree with much of what you've written. Another example is Jordan which has a king, but they love their king. In fact, when I was at Sandhurst (Officer Training in the UK), the Crown Prince of Jordan was with me. Very good guy and very competent. So I guess if you are well liked and do right by your people, it almost doesn't matter. It only takes one bad king for the whole thing to be overthrown, of course.
There are advantages and disadvantages to democracy. The advantage is nothing can go really horribly wrong just because of one person. The disadvantage is all of the politics that comes with it. For example, changing government and constant changing of policies and directions every four or five years, rather than the continuity you spoke about.
I prefer a system called Direct Democracy which they have in Switzerland, but we will never have that in the UK, sadly.
On Nukes, like I said I think the odds are about 2%, very small. But those odds are growing all the time. I think Trump will genuinely be able to solve this problem because I think Putin wants it solved, and so does Trump. The only piece of the pie left is Ukraine, but Ukraine can't fight effectively without American support, so Trump really controls that too.
Trump has said on numerous occasions he'll end the war on day one - I don't know if it will be that quick, but I do believe he'll resolve it. Sadly, even though this will likely be over in the next 5 weeks, we have made an enemy of Russia for the foreseeable future.
I find this a shame just because I know some Russians and they're very kind, nice people. I met many when I was in Serbia and Serbians/Russians now have a special place in my heart!
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Thank you for this amazing comment!
As I mentioned in the video, the Serbian man I spoke to in Srebenica was also in Sarajevo during the siege. He described some pretty awful treatment to himself. He also was very frank that, in his opinion, all sides committed war crimes. He didn't exclude Serbs from that, but felt very frustrated that, as you say, the politicisation of the issue seems to have neglected what Serbs suffered during that time and laid almost sole blame to them.
I am simply recanting his opinion without comment. You are, of course, welcome to your frankly very sensible opinion.
In one of my previous videos I visited a town called Oradur-Sur-Glane where Germans committed heinous crimes against civilians. It was not a genocide, and the French do not suggest it is, but certainly a war crime. The world rightly recognised that the actions of a small group of the population (SS) do not reflect an entire nation of people in anyway. In my opinion, the world has not been so kind to Serbs, who to me have been amazing and kind people.
Frankly, I love the Balkans, and I hope the small number of people who watch my videos see what a fun and beautiful group of countries these are.
Lastly, I'm sorry for what you, so young as you were, would have had to endure over those years in Sarajevo. Awful for anyone involved - brother wars are the worst.
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Hey, great name by the way.
Thanks for your kind words. My subscribers have actually increased 50% in the last month, so I think that's pretty incredible. The channel is still very small of course, objectively speaking. But when you're on this side of things, as the creator, it's kind of hard to fathom that almost 4,000 people are interested in what you have to say.
And the growth has all been natural, nobody, until about an hour ago, has shouted out the channel or anything like that. I just showed Paz49 this video and he did indeed shout it out, for which I'm super grateful, but I'm really just happy to be here, have a small platform, and be able to interact with so many different people. Giving ideas, stealing ideas, and trying to restore a bit of rationality to Britain.
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1) Where do you want British troops fighting RuSSia - on our doorstep?
How about nowhere.
Russia has invaded two countries since 2008, Ukraine and Georgia. The same two countries Bush and Biden tried to get into NATO. In 1991 we told Russia we would not expand NATO if they allowed German re-unification. Then in 1994, 1999, and subsequently, we have expanded NATO right to Russia's border. We are trying to build NATO's largest base in Romania on the Black Sea - easy access to Russia's underbelly.
Putin supported America post 9/11, even though they had grudges after NATO bombing the hell out of Belgrade. They put it to the past. Putin even asked if he could join NATO and was told no.
2) Yes, chemical attacks in the UK. But not targeted at English people, at Russian dissidents. I don't excuse it, it's unacceptable, but do not pretend for a second that this is the same as all out war with Russia.
3) Poland has ruled out sending troops to Ukraine as peacekeepers, even though they are much closer to Russia. That should tell you everything you need to know.
4) I think you have to genuinely be insane, and stuck in the cold war, if you think that Russia is going to invade the UK. We are a nuclear armed power that would use those nukes in that case. By land, excusing Kaliningrad, Russia is thousands of miles and I think 7 countries away from us.
5) Yes, we convinced Ukraine to give up their nukes. But actually, those nukes belong to the spiritual successor of the USSR, they were just situated in Ukraine for strategic reasons. Nevertheless, the point is valid. Security guarantees were given. And what good did they turn out to be? None.
The ship has sailed, whether you like it or not. The time to send everything to Ukraine was at the start of the war, but Europe is weak and cowardly, and waited for America to approve / do everything first. That same European weakness still exists, and don't for a second think Europeans have the stomach to fight Russia in Ukraine, but...
6) There are 500 million Europeans who WOULD fight against Russia if Russia invaded Europe. 140 million Russians, now seriously depleted of fighting-age males.
If Europe spends appropriately on its own defence, Russia would be no match, Europe would be impenetrable, and the Russians would know that it is hopeless. Except instead of spending appropriately on defence, Europe outsourced it to the United States. Then with the savings from defence and paying for their own security, they pursued net zero, shut down their nuclear reactors (germany), de-industrialised, and went on a woke crusade.
If you simply reverse all that crap, as Europe is now forced to do, with America looking increasingly likely to even LEAVE NATO, Europe will be strong.
7) Yes, there is corruption in UK politics, I even made a video about the PPE fiasco. But Ukraine was essentially a mafia-run country. Tucker Carlson recently reported that some of the military aid to Ukraine is being sold on the black market for 20% of its retail value.
8) The Falkland Islands was a direct attack on British sovereignty. This is not. It is nothing to do with us. Ukraine was nothing to us in 2020. It has never been our ally prior to being invaded. After the war is finished, it will likely go back to meaning very little to us. This is just the reality.
9) Placing British troops directly in harms way so that Keir Starmer can grandstand and say 'look over there, look how strong and great I am' is a non-starter for me.
10) Ukraine CANNOT win this war. They are actually slowly losing territory now. They have the will to fight, but not the capacity due to manpower issues. They kidnap unwilling people off the streets to fight in a war - and you support this. I do not.
And yes, I have deep sympathy for 19 year old Russian boys fleeing from Ukrainian FPV drones just as much as I do the other way around.
11) Undersea cables - unsure which you're referring to, but if you're referring to NordStream Pipeline and think that was Russia... oh boy.
12) If you wish to make an enemy of the USA, and an ally of Ukraine, good for you. I don't think that serves our national interests in any way whatsoever. Clearly we disagree on this issue - fine.
Perhaps you'd be happier to have Ukraine in NATO, and the USA out? Because anti-NATO sentiment is rife and growing in America. Of course, they would veto it Ukrainian accession, but they would probably also offer to leave if you so desperately want Ukraine in. That may be a choice Europe truly gets to make.
13) You're welcome to unsubscribe if you like.
14) I am not a subaltern. I was not a subaltern when I left the Army.
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I didn't say it wasn't a long time, but it ended over 200 years ago (1807 in the British Empire). However, where it did last longer than that is because it took the British quite a long time to hunt down all of the people still doing it and either pay them off or eliminate them.
The reality is, a tiny amount of wealthy people from Britain did this. None of the slaves came to Britain, so it literally was only ultra-wealthy people who, in the 18th century, had overseas business interests. AKA not your average British farmer, barber, or baker.
Still, glad you have changed your mind. If it was because of this video, that's pretty cool and thank you for watching.
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Hey Sophia, I'm really bad at replying to comments on older videos (sorry). But for some reason this video randomly got a few new views today and it brought my attention back to it.
As for nationalising - yes and no. The oil fields are 'ours', right, but we grant licenses to private companies to drill (BP etc.). We could simply let them expire and not renew them, and begin a nationalised drilling effort.
However, the equipment (rigs) doesn't belong to the country, but to private companies. Probably a deal could be worked out. Alternatively, you have a company like Baker Hughes build all of these for you. Yes, it would cost some money, but in return you get nationalised oil. We're probably talking a few billion and thereafter, instead of just generating tax revenue for the treasury, you get all of the profits. The oil can be sold domestically or in the UK (especially in times of energy crisis).
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Mr Woodward,
Thanks for your comment! Let's dig into it a little.
Nigel's political achievements are interesting and difficult to quantify. Some would say he's a failure, having run for office 5 or so times to be an MP and failing.
I disagree - I think his political achievements have been enormous, more than most if not all recent Prime Ministers. Single-handedly, without ever winning a seat, he forced the issue of BREXIT and pulled the UK out of Europe. That's staggering. Opposing him was the Prime Minister at the time, Cameron, and he could not stop Farage's movement.
I do reject the idea of 'if you think you can do better, go ahead and stop criticising'. Do you apply that logic to the Labour Party or the Tories? Whenever someone criticises Keir Starmer, do you rush to his aid and say 'he won a majority of seats in Parliament, if you think you can do better, go ahead'. I suspect you do not do this, but you use this argument against me. Food for thought.
To your next point, that I smeared James McMurdock. I disagree - I gave an absolutely accurate representation of the facts. For you to try and suppress my ability to accurately talk about what happened is not okay. I believe in free speech.
I really used that example to make the point that whilst 'paper candidates' were a myth, the vetting was clearly non-existent. To cite as an example, I quoted Nigel Farage himself.
Yes, the event was two decades ago. There are people who were convicted of murder or other crimes (I'll let your imagination run wild) two decades ago who we should not forget what they did.
In any case, I specifically made the point that the mistake of not vetting candidates would not happen again before the next GE. In fact, I expressed sympathy for Reform on the grounds that they had little time to prepare.
Lastly, and to your post fun claim, that I am a 77 Bde asset working to undermine the Reform Party. What a load of gubbins. Nothing I could say would ever convince you that this is not the case, but it is not the case. I am not part of 77 Bde and, during my time in the Army, had no significant interactions with them (a couple of briefings to a room packed with 100+ people). Standard stuff.
I am a concerned citizen, patriot of my homeland, lover of England. I am entitled to my views and, furthermore, entitled to share them.
Good day, sir.
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I'm bored telling people I didn't go to private school. I didn't. I just worked harder than my peers. Much harder. Go ahead and tell me like other commenters that my 'face looks posh', lmao.
It's true, as you write, that some people would never get the chance to study at Cambridge without affirmative action. Because they are not bright enough to compete. This is evidenced by their failing to do well in the degrees.
Some minority ethnic people will be bright enough. And they would always have got in. But many are now getting in when they are not. That is wrong. It is proven by the degree results. Why has the number of minority students getting places suddenly doubled (and now over-representative of the UK population, lol). Madness.
Talk your way around it all you like, I'm just telling you the truth as I see it.
If you want opportunities for kids who have deprived backgrounds, that is a different question. Make that the criteria, not skin colour. Many black kids at private school, many white kids in the worst schools in the country.
The left chooses to make everything about race, I want colourblind meritocracy.
I am right, the left is wrong and immoral. That's the end of this short essay.
P.s. here's a fun article for you about Harvard's affirmative action, and the conclusion is pretty brutal.
https://newcriterion.com/article/harvard-admits-its-preferences/
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I've read the ruling actually, Robert. I'd recommend going and reading it for yourself.
It's hard to attack that ruling because he dismisses each piece of evidence in turn. And sure, each one by itself, if it was the only piece of evidence, wouldn't be strong enough to support Tommy's case.
It's when the whole thing is put together and you have so many people coming together and saying the same thing that it counts. Instead of looking at it in its totality, he looked at each one separately. Maybe that's fair, it's hard to say.
There are some things the judge says that I can't really argue with. Tommy said that the hockey stick girl was prescribed pain meds and had been ever since, but a note from her GP denied it. It's pretty unfortunate because that's obviously what she has told Tommy, but if the GP is denying it, what can you say to that?
It's really messy and I would genuinely recommend going and reading the full case report yourself.
What I can tell you is this - he absolutely should not be in prison for showing that documentary. If things in it are false, or based on flawed evidence, go ahead and prove it. It's a massive smack on freedom of speech to start throwing journalists in prison, let alone with 18 month sentences.
Shocking.
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Indeed, although I question the sudden surge of venom to Zelensky, a man who has had very little choice but to do what he's done in recent times. Yes, he went around with a begging bowl for arms, because that was the right thing to do for his people.
He could have raised the issue of missing money sooner, of course, and should have, but probably needed to ensure he kept receiving aid.
He's been put into a difficult spot by NATO and Biden who really did a number on him, and now Trump has totally lost patience with the situation, which I sympathise with, but I still find it hard to pin all of the blame for, well, basically everything, onto Zelensky. At least that's what it seems some are trying to do.
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They'll never be English, Irish, Scottish, or Welsh, if that's what you're asking me?
My whole point is that the concept of being 'British' basically makes no sense anymore.
Anyone with a couple of grand and a sad story can get over the channel and become British now. What do I have in common with them? Nothing, yet we're both meant to be equally British? Well, if that's the case, the term literally is meaningless.
Why don't you tell ME what it means to be British. Cos I have no clue. Unless we go back to the old definition of English, Irish, Welsh, and Scottish. And then, as I said, there would be no such thing as a 'British Indian', because it makes no sense anymore.
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There will not under Farage. He has made that perfectly clear.
If he is lying just to get into power, that's similar to what Boris Johnson did. I don't want that.
The correct strategy, that people like Trump have used, is to convince people of the seriousness of the problem, and then try to convince them that you have the solutions. For Trump this went like:
1) The Southern border is open and we are being flooded with illegal migrants.
2) I will build a wall to prevent that.
Because Nigel refuses to attempt to do point 1, and convince people of the problem, he can never do number 2, offer a solution.
Instead, he talks of the fact we have to accept that that the Muslim population doubles every ten years. That mass deportations are impossible.
If you behave like you will vote for Farage no matter how weak and soft he becomes, no matter how far to the left he pushes, then he will continue to do so and disrespect his original voting base.
I know you are very critical of my channel, and I welcome that. I know you are very supportive of Reform, and I welcome that too. I don't mind. However, I will continue to address the issues that I think are important. I did warn Reformers about the approach Farage was taking just a day before. It doesn't take a genius to work these things out.
Farage has done a lot in politics, and been very successful at influencing the way that the UK is shaped, but that doesn't give him a pass for everything.
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1) Yes, it's speculative, because I don't have the data.
2) I don't know, as I said in the video. If there was a way to actually prove that you had been disadvantaged, then probably yes.
Imagine you were given a form to fill out and it asked you why you felt like you needed special consideration in your application.
A good answer would be something like: I was raised by a single mother. Had to work during my A levels to support myself. My school also is rated OFSTED poor, but I still got A*AA.
A bad answer would be: I'm black.
3) That's literally just demographics. You can believe me or not believe me. If you want the evidence, here's what I'd recommend you do.
Go and look at a chart of the demographics of, say, Leicester, or Manchester, or Birmingham. What you'll find is that in the younger age groups, White Brits are a minority. In the over 60s, we're in the majority. That's reflected throughout our demographic charts.
As of the last census it was 73% White British. But that was in 2021, prior to the record levels of migration known as the 'Boris Wave'. You can safely assume that that is down to maybe 68% or something now.
In terms of age groups where White Brits dominate, it's the older age groups. But in terms of younger age groups, we're a minority. Demographics is destiny, migration from the third world coupled with low birth rates from native Brits (1.04, apparently) is well below the replacement rate. This means that every generation the number of White Brits gets about 50% smaller.
This change will be so fast that you cannot fathom it even happened. So yes, 30 years.
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Well, because that's true. It's true that it was shown in the US, but it was shown, supposedly, not by TR himself (I have no idea) in a private cinema screening. That's very different to playing it at a rally and pinning it to the top of your X profile.
In the case of the US screening, he was never going to get in trouble for that frankly - it would have been an impossible case to prove. But also the screening was to a handful of people in an overseas country.
Had the documentary then leaked back out of the US and into the UK, not by TR's doing, then perhaps they'd have a point. But, as I have no problem admitting, he did break the law when he showed it here and uploaded it to X.
In general, however, I am pretty opposed to suppression of a documentary. Were it just a one hour rant, I would not be so opposed to it, but when we consider going along the route of suppressing (because that's what an injunction is) speech, we have to be really, really careful.
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Hey Claire - do we really want people to come here and have their own values? I am at the point where I would rather they did not come here, to put it bluntly.
By current estimates the percentage of English people in England will be lower than 50% in less than 15 years time.
I truly believe that England should remain the home of the English people. Unlike people in the UK from India or Pakistan, we have literally nowhere else to go. This is our soil, our homeland, our only nation. It's our safe place, our refuge, our fortress.
In 15 years time when there are 6/7 million Indian people in the UK, and a similar number of Pakistanis, what happens to the Englishman if these groups start fighting each other?
Foreigners were always welcome in small numbers - but soon, because of birth rates and mass migration, those numbers will not be small. We won't have that safe space here in the UK anymore, and that's actually pretty terrifying.
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@rikkys The problem is that you can't produce something good every week or even every day.
I floated (and tried) doing shorter commentaries about current events, but it never really caught on in the same way. I'm not saying I won't do it again, incidentally, but I'm going to just focus on quality over quantity and try to have a library of solid videos.
Some people are able to pull off that higher frequency pretty well like Mahyar Tousi, but really he has a full team with him and is often just livestreaming and screensharing.
That's not a criticism of him, it just doesn't take anywhere near as long. He's built that platform and people tune in which is great for him. He's able to fund the team from the ad revenue and superchats, which is awesome and helps to keep his channel growing. But there's only so much you can do as one person with a smaller audience.
I'd rather focus on having fewer but better videos. I plan to make a video on Oct 26th in London and then one on Donald Trump before the US election next month, so I am working on it!
One day if I have a sufficiently large crowd that would tune in to somewhat less interesting news, I may increase the frequency if that makes sense, but in the short term, to build a relationship and sort of prove your worth to people, you have to start with quality.
That's not me saying my this video was the best video ever, it's just the best that I could do in the time I had put aside for it.
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Are you implying that being left-wing is being anti-Britain?
Because almost this entire video is about Hermer taking up the mantle for anti-British causes. If so, whilst I agree with you, it's a bold claim.
The UK has been crying out for something right-wing for a very long time. Every winning manifesto has promised lower migration for the last 3 decades. 70% of Brits, when polled, want lower immigration. And the other 30% (nearly) are migrants.
The problem is, the Tories were a left-wing shambles. Boris put migration on steroids, and people were sick of it, so Tory voters didn't go out to vote.
Actually, if you total Reform / Tory votes from the last election, they'd have won. Reform are now leading in the polls too, though I see Reform as a bit soft.
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Hey sir, I completely disagree with your first point, that it was nothing to do with Germany, it really was. It may well be true that it's difficult to get energy from North Sweden to South Sweden, but the reason energy prices in the South of Sweden were so expensive is because of Germany's dunkelflaute.
'Last week, the price of electricity in the southern regions — which are more affected by German prices — was during certain hours when there was a lack of wind on the continent roughly 190 times the price in the north.
Busch on Monday said that "no willpower in the world can override the basic rules of physics, not even Dr Robert Habeck", taking aim at Germany's economy minister and vice chancellor.
"Germany can take whatever decision they want but they need to see it affects their neighbours a lot and it is not fair that Swedes should pay German prices for German decisions," she said on the sidelines of a meeting in Brussels.'
All that would have happened if Sweden had better energy distribution is that all of Sweden would be paying 50x more (or whatever, I don't pretend to know the exact maths). But they would be paying this extra because of Germany's energy policies.
To your last point, I find the off-grid lifestyle generally very appealing, but very difficult for city-dwellers to realistically accomplish. What may work for one man living in the countryside will not work for someone living in a flat in East London.
I have no major problem going greener, I just think the answer is, and has been for a long time, nuclear energy.
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1) No, I really do mean British. The English, Irish, Welsh, and Scottish, that is, not modern-day paper Brits. British, as I defined it here, history does not describe their history anyway, as their ancestors were not on these isles.
2) Sure - I've actually been to the CariBEEun as a young man!
3) Interesting - yet this law never seems to get applied, even in the most egregious and disgusting cases. Think about Baroness Mone - she is still free to walk around and voluntarily retired from the House of Lords. In fact, I think she is just on a 'hiatus', which is maddening.
What we really need is a government that will hold these people to account. Not only the activist judges, but also the civil servants who have done nothing to support the democratic will of the people, but instead impose their own ideological beliefs into their work and subvert democracy.
It's happening in America. It can be done. it is difficult, yes, but it requires willpower.
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@ClaireHamill-x2w The problem that people who are right wing or centre-right have is that there are too many parties which just splits the vote. If you had proportional representation, it wouldn't be a problem, but in a first-past-the-post system, it's a big problem. The political right could in theory get 30% or more of votes and literally no MPs if those votes are distributed across Reform, UKIP, Homeland party, Britain First, and so on.
A fairer system is proportional representation. An even fairer system than this is direct democracy, which is not a pipe-dream, the Swiss have it.
I'd love to make a video about the Swiss style of direct democracy and maybe if I get to a point where Youtube generates money for my videos and I can afford to do it, I will, because I think not a lot of people understand that we could have entirely different and, in my opinion, better systems of democracy.
I don't know much about the SDP but I hope you find a political home soon, Claire!
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Impossible though, really, because he isn't a part of any party to remove the whip from. He could be called back for a by-election if just 10% of voters from his constituency demanded it, but people in this country are really disorganised to make things like that happen.
I am sure there are at least 10% of people in his constituency who are completely dissatisfied, but they won't do anything.
Even though I completely disagree with what he said, of course, he did raise a couple of interesting points that are ultimately true. He spoke about the fact that this is likely the result of arranged marriages and that the culture isn't going to change just because it's outlawed. He's actually right in that regard, but it should still be made illegal.
In fact, we should do everything we can to discourage it. What Iqbal highlighted, to me, is that simply changing the law isn't good enough.
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You're right about Minsk 2 - I don't believe that was good faith negotiating. Especially given that they have literally come out and said it was just a play for time.
I disagree that the Russians retracted from Kyiv in good faith - they actually made a military error by spreading their force too thin. Better planning would have enabled Russia to capture Ukraine very quickly, but it was fumbled. This goes back to Montgomery's 'colossal cracks' - the idea of punching hard and in depth into another country rather than spreading your forces thinly and advancing slowly.
Many other errors, such as running out of fuel in convoy and getting bogged down, as well as the bad intelligence that Ukrainians would welcome a Russian invasion, really hindered the efforts. There are some Russian Generals that should lose their stars for this.
I do agree that we, sadly, intervened to ruin the peace talks that could have saved countless lives.
I do also agree that, sadly, Ukraine is being bankrupted and purchased. As they fight for their homeland they are encumbering huge amounts of debt and being forced to sell massive amounts of agricultural land to do so. Land that is, of course, massively devalued by the destabilisation in the country. We know quite clearly that this is true and there's no possibility of hiding these land grabs by major corporations.
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So I agree with that - and I did say most of these people couldn't start a fire with a blowtorch.
The point to this video really was that people who you traditionally would not associate with violent action, because they fall out of the two 'traditionally violent' groups, are now doing so.
In the case of the Americans I quoted, with the exception of Ryan Routh, there's an argument to be made about whether it's class war / anti-capitalist / left-wing motivations making them do so, for sure.
But in general I predict that this will give rise to a new wave from the left-wing, even if Mangione turns out not to be left-wing at all.
And left-wing is not a super easy term to use, so let me be clear I'm talking about the hardcore pro-trans lobby who now feel threatened, or the hardcore antifa / anti-capitalists.
The seed that I fear has been planted in their minds is that 'perhaps if I can't win politically, I need to find another way to victory.'
And a big part of that is due not to whatever Mangione may or may not think (I have no idea what his politics are, less for the issue of healthcare), but the reaction that was given to him from typically liberal elements of society.
Once that seed has been planted, and if the Overton window shifts to the right, we may well see more of this kind of 'direct action'.
I feel maybe I have been clumsy in the presentation of all of this, which is unfortunate, but I'm happy we can talk through it and I can try to get across what I meant a little more clearly.
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@ I'm sure we agree on many things, mate, but as to this concept of free speech, I don't think the government should be putting any restrictions on it, because it can soon be used as a weapon against you.
Another case in Germany surrounds a woman who shared some data about migrant crime related to sexual offences and had a knock at the door by the police, despite the fact it's accurate.
If free speech is properly free speech, we won't have these situations. Nobody knocks at your door in America because you posted something on X - seriously. The only action that can be taken against you is if you are directly inciting violence, or libel cases if you libel someone.
As to freedom, America has more freedom. Having an NHS or whatever isn't freedom. Yes, access to healthcare in Europe is much better, but I don't view that as a freedom in the same sense.
As to Vance's previous opposition to Trump, if Trump can look past it, I'm sure I can too!
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So I presume France has now stopped that National Service? It's a shame because I think, as you say, it really brings people together.
During my time in the Army I was fortunate to command people from all over the world (commonwealth countries from the British Empire) as well as all different classes. At Sandhurst (our officer training school) I had three princes in my company (the Crown Prince of Jordan, Prince of Luxembourg, and Prince of Liechtenstein). I also had people from the poorest segments of society. Everyone comes together in a challenging military environment and bonds and understanding is achieved.
After the world wars, people automatically had respect for people who had served their country, and whilst I obviously do not want another world war to achieve that, we could achieve a little bit of it with National Service. People would instantly have at least one thing in common that they could discuss.
It's true that your nuclear sites could be targeted, but in reality they just need to be very well protected. We currently have armed police and military surrounding our sensitive nuclear sites, as you would expect, and intelligence services constantly monitoring threats to those sites.
It's sad to think that there are people in our country who would even think of attacking those sites, but there definitely are. We have 40,000 Muslims on our terror watch list. I don't understand why we keep them in our country if they are deemed such a high risk that we spend billions of pounds every year monitoring them.
I will take a look into Jean-Pierre - I had not heard of him before. I doubt I will be able to understand it either, especially in French!
I hope you're keeping well Sylvie!
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So yes, I agree that he is doing what he thinks is right.
Britain, at one time, was also the beggar of the world. But when Churchill phoned Roosevelt to ask for help, he really begged. He didn't let his pride get in the way. Of course, he did this privately. And perhaps that's the way Zelensky could have proceeded - not in this public forum. I've heard from some people that Zelensky wanted this press conference, but I don't know if that is true.
What he should NOT have done, in my opinion, is turn up looking a bit scruffy, interrupt, roll his eyes, get angry that Trump doesn't hate Putin, and so on.
He let his emotions get the better of him, and put those emotions before Ukraine and her people. That's my perspective anyway.
For me, I have no side here, I just see thousands of people dying in trenches and want it to stop.
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@jakesmith3920 That IS how I place them, but Youtube even tells you that just because you place an ad there, it doesn't mean it's going to be shown.
I basically assumed that if I put 6 ad breaks in a video, Youtube will show you two of them, not all six. I mean, I assumed it because that's exactly what it says. I would never want someone to have to watch six damn ads on a video, lol...
I know other Youtubers who just place them every minute on the same assumption. I'd have guessed one ad per 8 minutes or so seems about right. That could be at 2 minutes, 10 minutes, and 18 minutes if the video is that long.
Anyway, I'm sorry mate. I will ask for more feedback about ads in a community post and see if your experience is a one-off, or happening to everyone. I don't want that many ads on one video. I know it's annoying.
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Thanks Thomas!
I wouldn't quite say it's from the other side of the aisle exactly, but unlike most people who are rabidly opposed to all Russian people, I have met them. I met a lot of Russians in Serbia and they're decent, normal people. You can see one of them, Dmitri, in a video I have on here (Belgrade), but I met many more.
We have so much in common with Russian people, honestly. They're really Westerners, at least the younger ones. I think it's time to stop demonising them.
The people who say Russians are horrible but Ukrainians are amazing and brave have failed to realise that Ukrainians and Russians are a common people, like Englishmen and Scots, not really that different. They follow the same church, live side by side, and until this war, shared most views. In fact, most Ukrainians who live in border areas speak Russian and worked in Russia prior to the war.
So let's at least attempt to understand the Russian perspective - we are just being naive if we refuse to even do that.
Thanks again for your kind words and your sub!
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I believe Farage probably did fear for his safety in that moment. If you look at all the pictures, he's visibly panicked at first because, yes, it could have been something far more nefarious thrown at him.
I don't think Nigel Farage is the solution for Britain, he's too populist and changes his views all too regularly, but is it fair to say that he's a poor MP to his constituents?
How do you know this? Is he any worse than Kemi Badenoch or Keir Starmer? We mustn't forget that he is running a political party. Plus, his constituents generally seem to like him, and he's in Clacton relatively often.
Victoria Bowen absolutely should have a criminal record for the milkshake incident. This isn't some accidental thing that just happened and she is a victim, she made the choice to throw it onto him. In all likelihood, she did it to promote her social media where she sells lewd pictures of herself, but that's not really the point.
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I agree with you, as I said in my video.
There are risks though - one I outlined in the video - that they lose that original base. Then their new base will be split with the Tories, which is a risk.
To highlight risks is not criticism, by the way, as some people in the comments seem to think, it's just observations.
The other risk, of course, is that the country itself over the next 5 years pushes right, and bypasses Reform whilst they chase the centre. If that happens, I think Farage is smart enough to pick up on the sentiment of the country quickly, but could be outflanked by another party.
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For a peace deal in Ukraine? No, of course not.
If English men were being endlessly killed in a war with France that we quite literally couldn't win, with the battle lines static for 2 years, after 100s of billions of dollars of military aid, I would consider it.
And I would consider it even more closely if I knew that the military aid tap was about to be turned off, likely resulting in further loss of territory and human lives.
I would be disgusted at the prospect, but I would have to acknowledge that this may well be the best strategy going forward to avoid the total obliteration of my nation.
Perhaps I would use the intervening period to strengthen my military, build it into something extremely powerful.
I hope that answers your very fair question in an intellectually honest way. I have said (in other comments) that if there were a path for Ukraine to recapture all of it's territory and deliver a striking defeat to Russia, then this would be a very different question. But nobody sees that now. The positions are thoroughly entrenched, with skirmishes, but no significant change to the battle lines (for either side).
In reality, if the military aid is turned off, the targeting assistance withdrawn, then yes the battle lines may change, but not in favour of Ukrainians.
Now, onto the suit point. I have come around to the idea that actually it is more relevant than I perhaps admitted in the video. I've changed my mind a little.
Zelensky should be thinking about Ukraine, which I am sure he is, but he should be thinking 'what do I need to do to help Ukraine at all costs'. He must surely have known that Trump would prefer he wears a suit, everyone knows that. And as much as you might think it's ridiculous, and Zelensky might too, if it matters to Trump, it matters. Likewise for interjecting about who gave more aid, rolling your eyes, interrupting, etc.
Ultimately, we know that Zelensky regrets his actions because he has basically come around to saying 'I want to sign the minerals deal'.
I am sure he didn't expect to be thrown out of the White House, but the reality is this. The Democrats that funded all of this are gone. The Europeans are cowards without America. The players on the board have changed, and Zelensky needs to become a bit of a statesman very fast.
I hold no real animosity towards him, he's done what most countries / leaders would do, I think. Actually, some would have fled. But this video is about his conduct in the meeting primarily, and it wasn't great.
You're welcome to disagree, of course.
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@maryna3304 You miss the point I'm making entirely. And because you're not willing to consider anything outside of your own traumatised thoughts, you are much like Zelensky.
I know it has been brutal, nobody has denied that. I say this for one last time. Zelensky should have put on a suit, not because YOU or ME think he needs to, but because TRUMP will respect it.
Your failure, like Zelensky's, to consider any other viewpoint ever, will lead Ukraine into an even longer war. A war without American support, where Russians march towards Kyiv. Because you cannot possibly conceive doing or trying anything differently.
Tell me, then, if you think Ukraine can win this war without the support of America? Let alone without the support of Europe too?
If your answer is no, you'll realise how ridiculous it is to not put on the suit, be respectful to Trump, and do what is best for Ukraine.
There is probably no future in which Crimea, Luhansk, the Donbas are returned to Ukraine. Sorry - I know that's tough. I know you're traumatised, and that's why you cannot see this objectively.
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@phil538 Hey Phil - not really. It was a long time ago and we were just taught it by a great teacher (who was also a Cambridge grad and had a passion for it).
Honestly, if there is an A level textbook in critical thinking, it will be perfect. There's not much more to learn about critical thinking skills beyond A-level anyway, so that's kinda as high as it gets (without going into formal logic and stuff like that, which you do not need).
There is a book on Amazon by a chap called Roy van den Brink-Budgen and I have just had a flick through it the contents, it looks alright to me. I haven't read the whole thing, so it's really difficult to give an accurate review.
Really what it comes down to is the ability to structure your arguments with deductive reasoning and how to avoid logical fallacies. A lengthy list of logical fallacies can definitely be found online (ad hominem, appeal to emotion, appeal to authority, and so on).
We see these fallacies used all the time - 'person X said this so it's got to be true because they have a PhD'. 'How can you possibly think that, that's fascist'. These kinds of things are poor arguments with poor reasoning, and understanding why they're so poor really can help you dismantle weak interlocutors.
Good luck!
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1,000,000%
Didn't the pope invite a transgender carousel to have a meeting with him at one point? Bizarre, truly, for the head of the Catholic church. I do notice that many Christian leaders seem to think that if they just keep moving left-wing, more people will come to Church.
The reality is, for many, faith is meant to be an escape from the madness of this world, not encouraging it.
As for KC, I agree with you. Since you agree with me, I guess that's easy enough. But you're right to point out that he is spending too much time trying to make sly political points, exposing his left-wing behaviours, despite the fact the lefties won't even want a monarch, no matter what he believes.
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The tories suck - just to be clear. Do not mistake me for a Tory. To attack the Tories is not to attack me. Everything you said about the Tories, I would agree with, I think.
But Labour are arguably worse. You claim to have correctly identified a 22bn blackhole in the most taxed economy we have seen since the end of WW2. What's your solution? More taxes!
You cannot tax to growth, growth will not come and Labour know this - well, I presume they do, but it's hard with Rachel Reeves at the helm.
The way to enrich the UK is to shake off Net Zero - it's nonsense, reduce welfare by deporting citizens with dual nationality living solely on welfare / social housing.
Agreeing to send 500m to overseas farmers and yet tax our own farmers 500m is utter insanity. Almost as bad as putting us on the hook for our share of 300bn to be handed out overseas.
The countries that rid themselves of this first will thrive. It will be America, clearly, as they withdraw from the Paris Climate Accords, drill like hell, export their oil and gas, and so on.
The hard truth is this - we need more CO2 in the air for plant life to sustain.
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Indeed. But let's also be clear, Italian culture is not so distinct from American culture that it's unrecognisable. In fact, Italians have long had a presence in America.
In the UK, we have the problem of bringing in people from cultures that share nothing in common with us and who have no historical roots in our country at all.
In fact, nobody has historical roots in the UK except the English, Irish, Welsh, and Scottish. That's different for America, which whilst it was English at first, very quickly had immigration from Germany, Italy, Poland, and Ireland.
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It worked in America because there were an overriding set of values and principles that laid down what it meant to be American.
Sure, you may come from Germany, Italy, Ireland, or England, but when in America you knew you were in a different country with different norms. You had the constitution, the amendments, your codified inalienable rights.
We never had that in the UK because we naturally had always had a monocultural country, a Christian one. And whilst technically we were multi-ethnic in the sense that we had the Scots to the North, and the Welsh to the West, it worked because we were broadly on the same page (after a few wars that is).
Now we have enclaves like in Birmingham and Bradford which will soon be entirely Pakistani heritage. That culture does not fit in with what was our monoculture, not that we even have it anymore.
It's a real mess.
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I disagree with you entirely. I mean, firstly I acknowledged the point about Russian propaganda. I actually had a longer spiel about it, but cut it because I talk too much sometimes.
As to the EU being the paragon of democracy - it simply is not.
Sure, we got to elect some MEPs from the UK. But since we had to abide by the entirety of EU legislation in order to remain part of the customs union, this meant we had a tiny amount of input into the laws that affected our land. That's not democracy. Having MEPs from France, Spain, Germany, and everywhere else create laws that we have to follow in the UK is madness.
Note, though, that I did not say the EU was a tyrannical organisation, because it is not that either. You can, of course, vote to leave, as we did.
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MPs could call a vote of no confidence, but most of the MPs are Labour, so it would require a full breakdown of the Labour Party.
You can petition to recall your MP.
There is, however, no real means of disrupting a government once it's in force. Think of how unpopular the Tories became during the COVID / party scandal. Nothing could be done, even when Boris Johnson's government collapsed. The Tories elect a new leader. Liz Truss' government collapses. They elect a new leader.
In that moment, they were so unpopular that if there was anything that could be done to get rid of the Tories, by the public, it would have been done, but the reality is that there is nothing.
It makes you question if we really have a democracy at all in any meaningful sense. I am sceptical of representative democracy for this reason. The only piece of democracy people ever get is once every five years you can vote in one of two parties. That's literally it.
Switzerland has a system of direct democracy. It is infinitely better. Check it out. It would mean the end of party politics, but I see that as a good thing.
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Strength in numbers, isn't it? Many have said you can 'withhold' the tax, perhaps via a third party. I truly don't understand the legality of it and don't claim to.
As for not conceding to it, it depends on the scale and tenacity. It's the one form of protest that works by default. If I keep protesting in ever larger numbers outside Westminster, that can be ignored. If a massive chunk of people stop paying tax and don't bow, it actually works. Just by default.
Of course, convincing people do that is not my game. In fact, anyone who tried to convince people to do this would a) be committing a crime and b) become enemy number one for the British state.
I am merely musing about the reality of this form of protest.
Imagine if the 1,000,000 people who marched to London prior to the second gulf war had, instead, refused to pay tax until the war was over or the UK had withdrawn all forces...
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It's the first one, sir. As you described. People are so scared of a Hitler-esque figure rising that they're indoctrinated to push against anything right-wing.
The consequences are that unthinkable damage has been done by the left, and only now are people starting to embrace the idea that being right wing maybe wasn't so bad.
Even then, our cancel culture and social ostracisation practices make it hard for people to be as vocal as I suspect they would like to be.
Many would like a right-wing party to fix everything and deport millions, but they don't want to go out and cheer for that party because they'll be called names and that worries them. They secretly want someone else to do all the 'mean' stuff, and they'd probably even complain about it in public, but smile on the inside.
The problem is, without this overt political signalling, that there are many others that support a right wing view and will vote that way, it will never happen. Until the pressure is overwhelming, that is and people are truly desperate.
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Hey mate, I think I went through this all in the video, but let me make it crystal clear.
Yes, once you're at the University, everyone has equal chances. Nobody has to get a job or anything like that. Everybody gets access to the same lectures, libraries, tutorials. You live in the colleges together for all three years, unlike other Universities where you move out of halls in your first year.
Even if none of that were true, in none of those circumstances would changing the exam structure actually help anyway.
I think there is a difference across ethnicities precisely because DEI has allowed students into the Universities who, whilst bright enough to muddle through their degree and get a 2.2 or a third, are not bright enough to thrive in that environment.
In theory the DEI program is probably meant to help disadvantaged kids get a chance at going to OxBridge who ARE just as bright, but haven't had very good schooling etc.
This is not the reality of what happens. White kids also go to crappy schools, but don't get the same leg up.
The evidence that they have worse outcomes at the end of their degrees seems likely to confirm that this is the case, coupled with the literal doubling of BAME undergraduates in five years.
It's speculation without data we'll likely never have, but pretty convincing to me.
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Great comment, Pickle. Made sensibly.
The problem though, is that nobody expects or is arguing for a Reform & TR alliance. They never have - not even TR.
All that Farage had to do, as I said yesterday, is STOP insulting and berating the man.
If they were smart, they'd take the Douglas Murray approach and say something like this when asked by journalists about TR:
'Look, on the topic of TR, he is not right for the Reform Party. But really, we need to ask why someone like TR exists in our society and has gained such a large following. The reason is obvious, that the state, the media, politicians, the Home Office, all let down our young women and girls in this country. Had they all been doing their jobs, someone like TR would not have been needed to highlight the problems and he would not have had a cause to begin a street movement in the first place. The Reform Party promises a full and uncompromising public inquiry into this scandal dating back for decades.'
It's an easy enough answer to memorise, it does not demonise TR, and flips the question back to a positive point for the Reform Party. It's that simple, if you ask me.
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@ashleymcmurray5060 Yes, because the English identity has been turned to rubble.
Whilst I sympathise with you, it's no reason to give up. This is our homeland, nobody else's.
And I would not be so quick to make this about class or anything like that, that is a fairly communist way of thinking, but admittedly more middle/upper classes live in the countryside and have luxury beliefs about being kind to the whole world, blah blah.
They have inverted the hierarchy of obligations. First to your own family, then to your neighbour, then your countryman, and then to others in the world if you have the capacity.
Anyway, 'sorry' would have done.
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Hey dude, this is a real thing, I think.
What's crazy though it was not always like this at all. I think if you go back 50 years, that generation of black immigrant into the UK probably had very pushy mothers and fathers who wanted their children to do absolutely the best they could at school. They were poor, but the mothers and grandmothers wanted the absolute best for their kids. And this was prior to all the DEI crap.
I wasn't alive then, so it's pure perception, of course, but if I'm right, what went wrong culturally?
I think it's at least partly because we have installed a kind of victim complex into the black communities in the Western world. If you tell someone they're a victim for so long, that they can't get on in life for so long, eventually they start to believe it. They believe that they can't do well, and they externalise any failures they have to other people in society. It's a pure sociological point, I have no evidence to back this up, but I think it's probably true.
Basically what society did was dehumanise black people by pretending that they were not accountable for their own actions. I walk my dog and pick up her shit because she can't do it herself. When people, probably with good intentions, started doing this for black people (not literally picking their shit up) it is quite dehumanising. After some time, I think a lot of black people (and other minorities) started to really believe that they were not accountable for themselves and, again, externalised the blame for any failures they have to others.
Instead of accepting that they need to do better to succeed, like everyone else in society who suffers a setback, they blame 'the oppressor', and justify to themselves not even trying to do things right.
I don't know, just random thoughts.
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Hey dude - love the profile picture.
I absolutely would not suggest right now that Reform is indistinguishable from the Tories. I merely suggested that if the party split isn't a strategy, but is actually the party splitting, and Rupert were to leave, THEN they start to look close enough to the Tories to almost not be worth it. It's Rupert Lowe and Anderson holding down the right - mostly Lowe.
I agree with you about TR - I wouldn't actually expect Reform to embrace him. And nobody who is a TR supporter was put off by the fact that Reform rejected TR. In fact, TR himself said 'go and vote for Reform'.
I think what irks people is not Tice's rejection of TR, but his disdain for the crowd that went to the rally. Tice did not have to do that, in my opinion. He could have said 'we have nothing to do with TR, but I totally understand the frustrations of many in the crowd...'
He would have totally avoided falling into a 'we support TR' trap, and also not alienated the crowd that almost certainly voted Reform. It was an easy answer to give, but he blundered it. I think with hindsight looking back now, he would have chosen his words differently.
Thanks for watching, sir!
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Looking back, it seems ridiculous, but when you're told you're doing it to prevent the spread of a virus which could kill your loved ones, you go with it. I don't mean to criticise you, but I personally think the social distancing stuff was the least of the COVID woes (vaccines, fraud, paying the salaries of half the country but leaving the self-employed to go bankrupt etc.)
That being said, some of the scenes we saw of people walking out in remote areas of countryside being hounded by police drones was pitiful.
I still don't think it's that surprising that people complied with lockdowns because for many people it was just easy. It was easier than going into work or whatever. Working from home in your pyjamas and there's nothing your boss can do? I think that's why you saw that level of compliance.
It's interesting because there were behavioural models built prior to the lockdowns which predicted large-scale unrest that simply never came.
As sad as it is, I think people are just overworked, underpaid, and addicted to the internet. If you tell people they can stay indoors and scroll TikTok all day, they'll do it. This wouldn't have worked pre-internet era in my opinion because people actually would have lost their minds.
I suppose now I'm going through it all and typing it is quite disturbing...
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Yeah, as I said, Smith, it will take a LOT for him to go. Not farmers, pensioners, or any of that. It will require internal pressure on him and even that wouldn't be enough, it then requires something really bad, like a deep recession, to make his own party force him out.
Let's be honest, Boris didn't want to leave, but the party eventually forced him out.
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It has been a while since I posted this! The very start of my Youtube journey! Thank you for going back and watching it. Honestly, some of the more interesting videos are those in the Balkans, especially the one about my Serbian Friends.
The reason it's interesting is that they just have a more traditional culture - a monoculture too. They follow the Serbian Orthodox Faith, even those who are not strictly religious still take their moral compass from it. They're proud of their country and it's quite a beautiful thing to behold. Probably what England was before I was born.
I don't hate the French, of course, but France is the place I received the worst reception as a foreigner. I'm sorry to say this but it's true. I'm generally very polite as it costs nothing and perhaps the French don't like the English since so many of us live in the South of France. Perhaps we don't integrate well.
My interactions with French police were actually fine, but ordinary people were less than great and je peux parle un peu Francais (pas bien), so it was kind of sad to see. I don't speak a word of Italian, but as soon as I entered Italy, everyone of all age groups was friendly.
When I was at University, we had French people studying who were very kind. I really don't know how to explain it, but it's definitely the country I felt least welcomed to. :(
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Mark - beautiful comment sir. Truly.
I agree with everything you have written, and the software package analogy did tickle me. 'British Values', a nonsense term that means everything and nothing, but if you say you have them, come this way and collect your passport.
I have travelled all through Europe and I noted in those videos how envious I was that even though these other countries have suffered mass migration too, they have maintained their culture as best as possible. One friend in Italy showed me a local Florentine delicacy (unfortunately, it was intestines). I saw Italian flags on every building, not government buildings, but just ordinary shops and houses.
In Serbia, people know their history, their culture, their church. They know what it means to be Serbian, an ethnicity, and they know what their culture is.
Meanwhile, as you say, in the UK we are horribly gaslit into pretending we have no culture, we have no food, we have nothing to offer, we are nothing. Diversity is not just our strength, it's our only strength. We should be ashamed of our past (our past which advanced humanity by a couple of centuries most likely).
I think people have had enough. This culture of denigrating and hating ourselves has become so severe that to say you're proud to be English makes people assume you are racist. Your workmates probably won't even talk to you anymore, and you'll be in front of a blue-haired HR worker within minutes.
To be completely honest, it was visiting Serbia and being there for a few weeks that made me realise just how bad it has gotten in the UK. You will have seen it coming from another country, but most people here are like frogs being boiled in a pot. They don't realise that other countries and ethnic groups don't actually hate themselves for no reason, lol.
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As citizens, we are limited in what we can do. But you have a heroic Presidential team. All I could ask is that they keep doing what they are doing, showing Europe and the UK that eyes are firmly on what our politicians are doing - particularly around:
1) Bankrupting British farmers for a measly £500m a year, when we send £500m overseas every year in 'sustainable farming grants'.
2) Arresting people for social media posts, or using the police to 'interview them' as a means of scaring them.
3) Importing over 1% of the UK's population every year from outside the EU.
The pressure that is applied from America is about the only thing we have going for us. We have been appallingly let down by our politicians.
For example, on the last point about migration, every winning manifesto for 30 years has promised lower migration, but we never get it. Our average house price to average salary ratio is 10x, and that's pre-tax. Our taxes are at all time highs (and it's peacetime). Not only that, 70% of the country, when polled, think immigration is too high. And about 25% of the country are now migrants themselves...
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The reality is this - if people want to make an argument that someone who has been disadvantaged should be considered in some special way during application, so be it.
Imagine a separate form existed for precisely this purpose, to state the disadvantages you've had in life, and an applicant wrote 'I'm black British' and that was all. It would not be taken seriously.
And yet that is the current system. Rather than ask people why they feel that they have been disadvantaged, i.e. 'my school has never had a pupil attend OxBridge, it's OFSTED rated poor, blah blah', instead just assumes that since you're black life must have been hard for you.
Of course, there are very intelligent black people, you seem to be one of them.
As to your last point, yes I agree. Every other racial group takes their racial identity seriously, but White people seem not to. As a result, we're losing our countries.
If Nigeria became 30% White over the last 50 years, there would be absolute uproar, I guarantee it.
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Partly yes, partly no. A lot of content is just there to engagement farm you, but that's the same on all platforms, right? When I post a video, I want you to watch it (if you want to watch it), so to an extent you can levy that claim against everything.
But there is a real and specific difference between users who, for example, are journalists and, yes, would like you to read the article they have written, and people who post only for engagement.
I see the difference as like this: I post something with a purpose, and I also want you to view it. The engagement farmers post something but the purpose is just to get you to view it. That's the fundamental difference as I see it.
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I drew partly from that article, yes. And many other articles - as you can see from the fact I included screen grabs from half of them in the video, lol.
I have never actually called myself a journalist or anything like that. The one time I was called it, I balked a little. Will I feel bad for collating a series of stories and producing a video to highlight a topic I think is important? Nope.
Oh and to your specific point about not shining a light, I'm not sure that analogy quite works. Let's say 100 people read the Daily Sceptic article, and then Elon Musk reposts the article and suddenly 1,000,000 read it. Sure, Elon didn't do the leg-work, but he certainly helped to shine a light on it.
Food for thought, but my videos won't be for everyone!
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Bonjour Madame Coutelle,
I am very familiar with the flooding in Spain. Truly terrible. They blamed it on climate change and neglected to mention all the dams that were destroyed to make way for 'biodiversity'.
As for Britain drilling, I hope we do. I hope we drill to fund the nuclear plants. I am a big believer in nuclear - not for every country in the world, but certainly for those in which it's safe to do so. The UK is certainly one of them. We have no earthquakes like in Japan, no threat that could successfully target a nuclear plant, and we already have some anyway. It's the only logical solution.
I am of course, as you can tell, a massive fan of hydro-electric power. I understand that not every country can have this, of course. If your country is mostly arid desert, HEP isn't going to work, but for countries that can make it work, it's absolutely amazing!
I'm not quite sure I share your optimism though - I think Britain has a long way to go before it heals and shakes off some of the crazy things we've been having to live with.
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Yes - possibly. I think you may have a point. I think at first he saw the engagement farmers as a problem, and then perhaps realised they were good for business.
Further evidence to support your claim is how his monetisation system works. On Youtube, you receive money for the views you get (actually, it's more complicated, and it's about watch time and ads viewed). On X, it's just about impressions. This incentivises the engagement farming.
If X wanted to clean up the engagement farmers, they should introduce some policies about only monetising honest and original content.
For creators of content that takes more than 7 seconds to type, X is not viable in terms of monetisation. For 100,000 views on Youtube, you might get $500 or so (depending on ads watched, length of video, blah blah blah). On X that's probably worth about 2 cents if you're lucky.
That's why people are posting so much garbage on X, though I do maintain that in terms of censorship and what you can say, it is the freest platform, though not perfect.
Nevertheless, the core point of the video remains - we can do better.
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Okay, but what use is it to say that those are British values? There are probably a billion people worldwide who have those values. If they all come to the UK do we just say that they're British now? Just because they're reasonably nice? There's probably 100 million Chinese people who meet the description you provided of British values.
In fact, I would go a little further, let's look at this list: Stoicism.
Politeness.
Respect..
Diplomacy.
Progression.
Integrity.
You know which nation has all of these values in spades? Japan. So are the Japanese all British?
And let me put it to you another way - I am clearly English, and my ancestry is all in this country. Imagine for a moment that I wasn't polite (perhaps you think I'm not!). Would this mean I wasn't British all of a sudden?
My point is just this, a lot of people want to say 'if you follow our values you're British'. But for literally any set of British values you provide, I can make the same argument I just made for your list.
So whilst it can be fun to talk about how British people have generally behaved in the past, I don't see it as a legitimate tool for deciding who is ACTUALLY British, and who can stay in the country.
I know the video is a bit more technical than most of my videos, but it has to be to explain this point clearly.
I think a much simpler explanation is this: British people are the English, Irish, Welsh, and Scottish. Traditionally, they behaved a certain way, and that's what we call 'British values'. It's not what makes them British, that's their ethnicity, but they behave in a certain way. There are also a different group of people who have British citizenship and live in Britain.
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