Podcasting while Britain burns

OK, OK, it’s all very deplorable, but Britain’s right wing bloggers still have to make a living

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Look Kay, what should be at the front of all our minds are the poor victims of this terrible tragedy. They should be our only concern. But as I was writing on my Substack – there’s a free trial this week, actually – this attack tells us something not just about how terribly Sir Keir Starmer’s government is failing, but also about how decades of multiculturalism have failed our country.

All I’m saying, Amol, is that we might not have been told the truth. Now, I’m not saying this was definitely carried out by an asylum seeker who was driven from Dover in a limousine paid for by the taxpayer. I’m not saying  that, I want to be very clear. All I’m saying is that if that is what happened – and I’m not saying it is, Amol, that’s not what I’m saying – but if that is what happened, then that’s not what we’re being told. And I think we’re entitled to ask questions about that. That’s all I’m doing: just asking questions.

British people don’t want violence on our streets. And that’s why they’re rioting

Of course I deplore violence Martha, of course I do. In every one of my videos where I drive round showing people exactly where these luxury hotels full of asylum seekers sipping champagne are, I reject firebomb attacks, however tempting they might be, and however justified. But the government has to realise that people have got legitimate concerns.

Well Nick, it’s not politically correct to say it, but a lot of people are very worried about the extraordinary levels of immigration we’ve seen. These large gangs of mainly young men are coming from very different cultures to our own. Sunnier, for a start. But also often very violent cultures. British people don’t want violence on our streets. And that’s why they’re rioting.

Now look Mishal, I’m very worried by the prime minister’s words. It’s quite wrong to label these people as “far right”. These are ordinary decent people who just, you know, have a few drinks, and then, well, maybe they get a bit excited and they chuck a rock at a building. Maybe it’s a mosque, maybe it’s a curry house. Maybe it’s just that family with the funny accents who moved in down the street. It doesn’t mean anything. Which of us hasn’t? Me? Oh well I haven’t, obviously. All I’m saying is that there’s nothing “far right” about it. “High spirits”, that’s all it is.

This is about fairness, Ed, and it’s a very important point. When I talk about two-tier policing, I’m talking about the way that different groups of marchers are treated. For instance, if you go to a Pride march, there are police with rainbow flags on their cars. During the Black Lives Matter protests, the police took the  knee. But you go to these protests, and do you see the police waving swastikas? No you don’t. When was the last time you saw a film of a policeman kicking a brown-skinned person in the head? Well, OK, but when was the last time you saw a video of a policeman trying to set fire to a building full of refugees? Exactly. That’s what we mean by two-tier policing.

I’m saying, Susanna, that it was quite wrong for the prime minister to go on TV and announce that anyone who wanted controlled immigration was a paid-up Nazi. I know that’s not what the prime minister actually said, but it is what I’ve been telling people he said, and I can tell you that when they hear that, they get pretty upset. So all I’m saying is that the prime minister should take a bit more care about his language. Or how I describe his language, anyway.

What would I do? Stig, if I’m honest, I’d send the army in. The government has got to get control back. Now I’ve been very clear that these people have got a point. A legitimate point. An important point. But I also think it’s time we set the Paras on them. And I see no contradiction in that.

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