Raheem Kassam
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They will resist what Mark Zuckerberg is doing, what Donald Trump is bringing back to Washington, D.C., and, of course, are already resisting what Elon Musk is doing to the point where yesterday they said they may even sever the United Kingdom's national security agreements with the United States if Donald Trump agrees with Elon Musk on this stuff. That is not small beer.
They will resist what Mark Zuckerberg is doing, what Donald Trump is bringing back to Washington, D.C., and, of course, are already resisting what Elon Musk is doing to the point where yesterday they said they may even sever the United Kingdom's national security agreements with the United States if Donald Trump agrees with Elon Musk on this stuff. That is not small beer.
That is a fundamental reorientation of the geopolitical order. If Labour want to reorient and tie themselves more up with Brussels and perhaps even more up with Beijing, yes, there may be, as you say, some transatlantic issues. I don't know, warfare might be a strong word, but some irreversible friction.
That is a fundamental reorientation of the geopolitical order. If Labour want to reorient and tie themselves more up with Brussels and perhaps even more up with Beijing, yes, there may be, as you say, some transatlantic issues. I don't know, warfare might be a strong word, but some irreversible friction.
That's why we started reporting on it back when I used to run Breitbart's London Bureau back in 2013 and 2014. You know, I am somebody who most people will realize doesn't actually care about the blowback and the reprisals, bring it on as far as I'm concerned. And when you're right, it's tens of thousands of people who have been targeted online.
That's why we started reporting on it back when I used to run Breitbart's London Bureau back in 2013 and 2014. You know, I am somebody who most people will realize doesn't actually care about the blowback and the reprisals, bring it on as far as I'm concerned. And when you're right, it's tens of thousands of people who have been targeted online.
with this stuff, then to stay quiet, to not speak would be the great betrayal.
with this stuff, then to stay quiet, to not speak would be the great betrayal.
Yeah, you're asking a question that really goes back decades in political history in the UK now. And a lot of people, I'll disagree with you on one thing. The lid was blown off on this issue years and years ago In the United Kingdom that, you know, Rupert Murdoch's The Times newspaper had splashed it on the front pages. It's been in the Daily Mail, the Express.
Yeah, you're asking a question that really goes back decades in political history in the UK now. And a lot of people, I'll disagree with you on one thing. The lid was blown off on this issue years and years ago In the United Kingdom that, you know, Rupert Murdoch's The Times newspaper had splashed it on the front pages. It's been in the Daily Mail, the Express.
So it's not to say that the media has not covered this. I understand that a lot of Americans and people around the world are waking up to this story now. But credit where it's due, the story has been covered. Now, it's been euphemistically covered, not by us. We cover it in the most kind of literal and demonstrative ways possible. The gruesome stories that you mentioned before the break are
So it's not to say that the media has not covered this. I understand that a lot of Americans and people around the world are waking up to this story now. But credit where it's due, the story has been covered. Now, it's been euphemistically covered, not by us. We cover it in the most kind of literal and demonstrative ways possible. The gruesome stories that you mentioned before the break are
you know, are part of that wider narrative that has to be told. And so places like the BBC will try and hide it. They will allude to the background of these men. They will just say Asian, whereas what they really mean is Bangladeshi, Pakistani, Muslim men account for the vast, vast, vast, over 90% majority of the perpetrators of these heinous crimes against young girls. Um,
you know, are part of that wider narrative that has to be told. And so places like the BBC will try and hide it. They will allude to the background of these men. They will just say Asian, whereas what they really mean is Bangladeshi, Pakistani, Muslim men account for the vast, vast, vast, over 90% majority of the perpetrators of these heinous crimes against young girls. Um,
But what you're talking about here is this really odd dynamic on the political right in the UK where, you know, you've got kind of the street activist, extremely working class end of things in Tommy Robinson's group, formerly of the English Defence League.
But what you're talking about here is this really odd dynamic on the political right in the UK where, you know, you've got kind of the street activist, extremely working class end of things in Tommy Robinson's group, formerly of the English Defence League.
That organization has had lots of running street battles with Antifa, you know, physical fights, brawls, smashing things up, fights with police, you know, almost what the papers and the middle classes would call, you know, football hooliganism or yobbish behavior, right? I don't subscribe to those definitions. I'm just kind of trying to lay the land here.
That organization has had lots of running street battles with Antifa, you know, physical fights, brawls, smashing things up, fights with police, you know, almost what the papers and the middle classes would call, you know, football hooliganism or yobbish behavior, right? I don't subscribe to those definitions. I'm just kind of trying to lay the land here.
On the flip side of the political right in the UK, you've got Nigel Farage, who is, A private school educated former metals trader in the city of London who has worked since the mid-90s to extricate Britain from its relationship with the European Union and has focused on mass immigration as a critical topic there.
On the flip side of the political right in the UK, you've got Nigel Farage, who is, A private school educated former metals trader in the city of London who has worked since the mid-90s to extricate Britain from its relationship with the European Union and has focused on mass immigration as a critical topic there.