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In the last few years, my friend Douglas Murray has become internationally famous – as much so, anyway, as a serious writer of non-fiction can be. His splendid books The Strange Death of Europe (2017), The Madness of Crowds (2019), and The War on the West (2021) were deserved bestsellers. And since October 7, Murray – born in 1979, a graduate of Eton and of Magdalen College, Oxford – has been rightly hailed around the world for his heroic reportage from Israel during the current war on Hamas. When he hasn’t been in Israel, he’s been traveling all over much of the Western world, giving endless talks and interviews and participating in debates, in which he inevitably triumphs. His writings, his speeches, and his comments have been focused largely on Islam, a topic on which, unlike many other commentators, he admirably refuses to euphemize. Because he recognizes that the brutal Hamas attack on Israel, and the immigrant crisis currently facing Europe, are based in the founding tenets of Islam – period – he refuses to use such phony terms as “Islamism” or “radical Islam” or “Muslim extremism.” It has been heartening to see him applauded by huge audiences – and winning important awards – on both sides of the Atlantic.
Meanwhile the careers of two other Englishmen have been advancing as well. Nigel Farage is also a British hero. For twenty years, the sixty-year-old former businessman led the ultimately successful movement to separate the United Kingdom from the European Union. His principal argument for separation was that the U.K. needed to take back its right to control immigration into its territory. Yet he consistently avoided the reason why it was important to restrict the massive influx of foreigners into Britain. The problem wasn’t with the Hindus or Buddhists or black Caribbeans or sub-Saharan Africans who’d moved to the U.K. These groups did a terrific job of integrating into British society and tended to earn more money than most native Englishmen. No, the problem was Islam. Douglas Murray has no trouble saying so. Nigel Farage, while projecting an image of utter fearlessness, always dodged the issue. In recent times he seems to have begun to tiptoe into these dangerous waters, but he’s still a long way from spelling things out as clearly as Douglas Murray does.
He’s hardly alone. Pretty much the entire British political establishment refuses to breathe a critical word about Islam. And even though the main reason for Brexit was that Brits wanted to retake control of their borders, both main parties, Labour and the Tories, have done little to prevent the large-scale influx of immigrants, mostly illegal, mostly adult men, and mostly Muslim. The Westminster establishment’s attitude toward this issue is perfectly in line with the views of privileged North London – Britain’s equivalent of Northwest Washington, the Upper West Side of New York, and the tonier parts of San Francisco and L.A. – but it’s totally at odds with the wishes of the British (or at least the English) public at large. On July 4, Britain will hold a general election in which the now-reigning Tories, who rode to victory on big promises of tighter border security, are expected to go down to ignominious – and well-deserved – defeat. Labour is expected to do well, although it hasn’t exactly covered itself in glory either. Then there’s the third major party, the Liberal Democrats. But the wild card is Farage’s party, Reform UK, founded in 2018 as the Brexit Party, whose strident calls for immigration reform and tax cuts have gained it a significant following. How significant? We’ll see on July 4.
Douglas Murray. Nigel Farage. And then there’s a third name. Tommy Robinson. For years he’s been saying essentially the same things about Islam that Murray has. But he’s gotten no respect for it. The sole reason: the British class system. Tommy, age 41, is a working-class lad from working-class Luton, and he learned about Islam the hard way – by living in its midst. As a young man he read the Koran and recognized just how horrible a book it is. When he whipped out a copy of the Holy Book on Good Morning, Britain seven years ago and warned of the dangerous language contained within it, Piers Morgan ordered him to “have some respect” and “put it down.” When Tommy quoted Winston Churchill’s criticism of Islam, Morgan called him a “lunatic,” “inflammatory” and “poisonous.” The same Piers Morgan has in recent weeks rolled out the red carpet for Douglas Murray and listened respectfully while he said more or less the same things about Islam that Tommy said on that morning show all those years ago.
Again, that’s the British class system for you. The class system is why Tommy Robinson has been arrested and imprisoned several times for saying and doing things for which the authorities would never dare to touch Douglas Murray, a graduate of Eton and Oxford with the poshest imaginable accent and with professional and personal connections at the very highest levels. Now comes the news that Tommy has been arrested yet again – this time in Canada. Reportedly, he was taken into custody right after giving a speech at a conference center in Calgary under the auspices of Ezra Levant’s news and opinion website Rebel News. His passport was confiscated; the reason given for his arrest was an “outstanding immigration warrant”; Tommy, for his part, called the arrest “insane.” He was let go some time later, but said that he had been told not to leave Calgary, which in itself sounds like cruel and unusual punishment, and which will effectively prevent him from continuing his lecture tour of Canada, which was to have included stops in Edmonton and Toronto. Meanwhile he’s also in legal hot water back home, thanks to the destructive efforts of the group Hope Not Hate – a British equivalent, roughly speaking, of the malevolent Southern Poverty Law Center. Just think of it: if only he sounded a bit less like Stanley Holloway and a bit more like Rex Harrison (sorry, I just finished watching My Fair Lady again), Tommy Robinson would be getting a lot less trouble from the cops and a lot more praise from the blue bloods.
“The King is naked!”
“Arrest that nasty boy!”
“With A Little Bit Of Luck” ….
…… Depraved psychopathic murderous berserk hate-filled Freedom destroying Islam
will destroy itself or be finally crushed soon …. .
…. “With A Little Bit Of Luck”
Tommy Robinson exposed the Muslim grooming gangs, which resulted in his being arrested, but not stopped. The British class system looked down on the victims as lower class and looked away from the responsibility of protecting them from Muslims for decades.
Watch this video by Tommy, ” LAWFARE – A TOTALITARIAN STATE”
https://x.com/TRobinsonNewEra/status/1796900796048482645?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1796900796048482645%7Ctwgr%5Efad355346933697cfdeeeab2ba24529e5df6406f%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fcaldronpool.com%2Fwe-want-our-country-back-tommy-robinsons-new-documentary-gets-more-than-a-million-views-in-just-over-24-hours%2F
Would the estimable Mr. Murray consider pulling a JK Rowling and dare authorities to arrest him for saying the same things as Mr. Robinson…a true working class hero who next to Donald Trump must be the most persecuted man by the Woke mob? Truth tellers need to band together, whatever their class or skin color. instead of being picked off individually.
This puts me i n mind of one of the early Revolutionary Waar period battle flags. The image is that of a snake, chopped into short segments, each one bearing the name of one of the thirteen original colonies. Below the camtion declares “Join or Die”.
True enough.
Or as a general on the Patriot side declared to his men “if we do not hang together we will surely all hang separately. “
Great article. Thank you. I’ve heard what you’re talking about and how rigid and practiced it still is.
” Why can’t a Moo–Slum be more like a Jew or Christian or Buddhist or Hindu ….
…. or just more like a decent human being ? ”
….. instead of a depraved psychopathic murderous berserk hate-filled Freedom crushing violent Islamic animal that has been a scourge on humanity for 1400 years.
“With A Little Bit Of Luck” ….
…… Depraved psychopathic murderous berserk hate-filled Freedom destroying Islam
will destroy itself or be finally crushed soon …. .
…. “With A Little Bit of Bloomin Luck” …..
I can see a musical with the current version of rex harison
America need to totaly pull out of the United Nations Nest of Vipers we can do without
Great article. You know I think Trump pushes the same buttons here. Which is odd as he’s a Wharton grad, just brilliant ( yes, I have met him) and as he says, has a “ much nicer apartment “ but he uses common man expressions-and on purpose. He gets the snobby swells in a tizzy.
This working class Brummie agrees with you wholeheartedly.
Also Piers Morgan is a hypocrite nothing more nothing less. He changes his tune based on popular opinion. He called for Christmas to be cancelled in 2020 to protect everyone but flew his family to the Caribbean for Christmas.
Yes, Piers Morgan is dishonest but quite personable and able to disguise his true nature. I’ve seen several video clips of him recently where he seemed composed and rational, like the one he recently did with Kevin Spacey.
He ripped Spacey a new asshole, by the way.
Kevin Spacey will make use of any asshole he has. ~
Yeah, I heard he’s gay for the teens. A full on pederast. I don’t know if it’s true but he looks like one. I don’t trust his face.
” No, the problem was Islam. Douglas Murray has no trouble saying so. Nigel Farage, while projecting an image of utter fearlessness, always dodged the issue. In recent times he seems to have begun to tiptoe into these dangerous waters, but he’s still a long way from spelling things out as clearly as Douglas Murray does.”
Below, Farage’s statement today, from Breitbart. Does this spell it out clear enough for you?
“Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has called for the Royal Navy to intervene in the migrant crisis as he took to the English Channel once again on Tuesday as 50,000 illegals reached British shores since Prime Minister Rishi Sunak came into power.”
I had no idea the Brits were still so class conscious. That’s interesting but also disturbing. I’ve had a lot of British friends and I don’t think any of them were upper crusty. They were all educated but working class.
Tommy Robinson keeps getting fucked up the ass for helping his country.
I did like Rex Harrison, though. George Sanders was another great British actor, even though Laurence Olivier and Peter O’Toole get the most acclaim. They’re all great in my opinion. Sanders made a cartoon character, Shere Khan the tiger, In the Disney version of “The Jungle Book,” a classic. His voice and accent were perfect. He was great in this other movie I saw, Too. I don’t remember the title.
The white Mexican ruling class is even worse.
The only brown Indio Mexicans you see on Mexican television are the servants, urchins, farm workers, or street vendors.
Say what? Somebody has to rule Mexico. And the Mesitizos and Indios look up to the Criollos.
You should travel there and talk to those people. Learn what they really think.
I’ve been there many times.
Well, on the upside, Canada has finally found a foreigner it does not like.
I have been following Tommy Robinson’s career ever since his old English Defence days. He is a hero.
Nothing has changed. He was getting arrested then and was right then. And he is getting arrested now and he is right now.
Unless the withered pompous men in the Canadian and UK Governments grow a pair these two countries will fall. The Muslims are armed to the teeth and the gen pop has been neutered.
What’s worse for us is the Muslims are right across our northern border in Canada and currently streaming across our southern border thanks to Biden. After the Muj finish with Canada they will stream over the border and attack us.
Everyone should read Townhall contributor Kurt Schlichter’s book called “The Attack”. In this book he details a possible coordinated jihad attack in the U.S. over three days by small groups of armed Muslims and cosplaying white wannabe terrorists, first against businesses, second against Americans in their homes, and finally against infrastructure. The attacks take place mostly in the unarmed blue state cities and suburbs. The jihadis do not want to be confronted by armed Americans
Kurt Schlichter said it best in his TownHall articles:
townhall com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2024/03/25/america-is-going-to-be-targeted-for-a-massive-terrorist-attack-will-you-be-ready-n2636901
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2024/06/17/joe-biden-reminds-us-to-buy-guns-and-ammunition-n2640535
Bottom line, buy guns and ammo in the areas of the country where you still can. You guys who live in blue cities and blue states, MOVE NOW! You are sitting ducks. Democrats want you unarmed.
quote: What’s worse for us is the Muslims are right across our northern border in Canada”
Pardon me wilst I pop your bubble. They ARE HERE NOW. Been around Detroit, Minneapolis, Portland and Seattle? How many did you notice actively engaged in rhe recent hamas riots at UT Austin? Far more were involved in NYC’s equivalent.
They HAVE landed, established a solid beachhead and developed suppoorting infrastructure, and have been carefully casing out the large gun emplacements up the hill from the beach. They are already working their plan across this nation to do here exactly what they have done in England, France, most of the Levant. When caught at their game and exposed, they play the innocent “WHO MEEEEE???” card. And get off with it School boards (not that they ever send THEIR kids to our gummit skewlz….) city councils, etc, Infiltrate, dominate, dictate. Its their MO. Don’t be fooled when they shrug their shoulders and say “WHO MEEEEE”)
Yes. We are beginning to notice the methods of attack: become counsellors then mayors, then members of parliament. There are are over 2000 Muslim mayors in England and they are also doing the same thing in the USA. In England and the US they are beginning to be elected to the government.
They are using our democracy to undermine our system. Our freedoms will soon be a thing of the past.
Tommy Robinson has balls of steel. If your daughters are not wearing burkas in 20 years you will have Tommy to thank.
+If it makes you feel any better, Junior Justin just had his butt handed to him in a by-election in Liberal haven Toronto, Ontario. The seat was deemed to be about the safest Liberal seat in the country and the voters in the centre of the Liberal universe had voted Liberal for over 30 years. The Conservatives took about a 2 point lead and dumped them. Even diehard Liberal voters have had enough of Justin. Miracles do happen and sight is restored by “removing the scales from their eyes.” His response is a typical Trudeau non-response of word salad and gobbledegook saying nothing and not acknowledging the reality. And to most Canadians these days….THAT is good news. HE just backed the Liberal Titanic up for another run at the iceberg.
I wonder to what extent the British class system is to blame? There is always hierarchy, right? The monarchy was replaced by another authority and the social classes and inequality persist.
Douglas Murray is a good writer and thinker, not a politician or blunt instrument like Tommy Robinson. The class argument cannot be dismissed, but perhaps Murray’s intersectional score combined with his nuanced conservatism simply provides a foil for another western media to pretend objectivity. We conservative Americans are familiar with those media tactics and what soft, feminine “compassionate” conservative politicians have done to us.
Perhaps Tommy represents exactly the kind of hard manliness the left must destroy in order to destroy the civilization that produces such men. Too many men in political power are soft and childless with no stake in the future.
Perhaps Britains needs a new Wat Tyler now?
“Too many men in political power are soft and childless with no stake in the future.”
Sounds like they are emulating Jesus Christ, but only partially. Now they need to give up all their worldly belongings to the poor and the underserving sinners and Muslims and completely follow Jesus in humility and altruist self-sacrifice.
If St. Francis of Assisi, Mother Teresa, and Kayla Mueller did it, they can do it too. All of us can do it, let’s all sacrifice for the poor and undeserving sinners of the world before the Final Judgement sends us to Hell for being SELFISH. If we’re SELFLESS and sacrifice ourselves then we get to go to Heaven when we’re dead.
“As Jesus started on his way, a man ran up to him and fell on his knees before him. “Good teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”…
Jesus looked at him and loved him. “One thing you lack,” he said. “Go, sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”…
At this the man’s face fell. He went away sad, because he had great wealth.
Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!”
The disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus said again, “Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God! It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.”
You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.’ But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also. And if anyone wants to sue you and take your shirt, hand over your coat as well. If anyone forces you to go one mile, go with them two miles….
You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your Father in heaven.” – Jesus Christ
I hope you do not face the LORD Jesus Christ as you are, THX. You will not find Him soft and merciful. The mind God gave you is telling you lies because you are bewitched by a vain philosophy that flatters you even as it tightens the noose around your neck.
John 9:41: Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you would have no guilt; but now that you say, ‘We see,’ your guilt remains.”
You criticize me saying I am not a theologian, while quoting the “theology” of Christ haters like the Randians. Is this not blind and hypocritical? Matthew 5 is NOT the gospel, but an exposition of the Law. It ends with “Be therefore perfect, even as your Father in heaven is perfect.”
The soft, merciful stance in the Beatitudes is God’s patient mercy which Christians strive to emulate with one another – hence Matthew 5:48 ends with a call to be “perfect” even as God is perfect. But God’s mercy is only for a time, THX. You have lived in such a time and make the mistake this will continue. It will not.
But fear is not a universal motivator. Love is. You cannot love God unless you know Him. And if you know Him and believe in Him, placing your trust in Him and turning from your sins, He will have mercy upon you and give you joy unspeakable, both now and always.
Your estate is a most wretched one.
How ironic. Arrested for FREE SPEECH
“Freedom of expression in Canada is protected as a “fundamental freedom” by section 2 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms; however, in practice the Charter permits the government to enforce “reasonable” limits censoring speech. Hate speech, obscenity, and defamation are common categories of restricted speech in Canada.” – Wikipedia
Has there ever been the right of absolute free speech even in 19th or early 20th century America? Unfortunately, no.
“Throughout American history, free speech has often been tested during times of war. During World War I, President Woodrow Wilson pushed for new laws that criminalized core First Amendment speech. Congress passed the Espionage Act shortly after the U.S. entered the war. The Act made it a crime to convey information intended to interfere with the war effort. Later, the Sedition Act imposed harsh penalties for a wide range of dissenting speech, including speech abusing the U.S. government, the flag, the Constitution, and the military. These laws were directed at socialists, pacifists, and other anti-war activists. The Wilson Administration argued that these Acts were essential to the war effort and prosecuted thousands of anti-war activists under their various provisions. While modern scholars view these Acts as violating core free speech protections, the Supreme Court at the time upheld these convictions. The Supreme Court reversed course in future decades, increasingly protecting free speech over time—building on a series of famous opinions by Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes and Justice Louis Brandeis in the 1910s and 1920s. By the 1960s, the Supreme Court advanced a broad vision of free speech protections.” – National Constitution Center
“In the history of mankind, it is EARLIER than we think.” – Ayn Rand
All of these men have one important thing in common, they truly love their country. Despite whatever handicaps thru wealth or position (or disposition) they may have, they are all genuine fighters.
They are representative of the British spirit displayed by the great King George VI during WWII. One of my favorite quotes that shows that perfectly of the King and Queen was when they asked the Queen if she was going to take the children and flee to Canada during the London bombings. Her reply was simple…
‘The children won’t go without me. I won’t leave the King. And the King will never leave.’
True patriots of England! Wished they had real royalty like that today leading them. There wouldn’t be a need for Tommy Robinson to be harassed and arrested.
On a different note, if you liked ‘My Fair Lady’ I would highly suggest ‘Pygmalion’ 1938 with Leslie Howard.
“With A Little Bit Of Luck” ….
…… Depraved psychopathic murderous berserk hate-filled Freedom destroying Islam
will destroy itself or be finally crushed soon …. .
…. “With A Little Bit Of Luck”
I can’t imagine that any of this will end well for regular citizens.
The WEF plan is going exactly as planned. The replacement of the western caucasian made the west modern. Now, it will turn into a second or third-world society. But of course, the WEF will always be in charge.
Videos : Tommy Robinson update: We’re going to court tomorrow!
Rebel News YouTube Channel
It’s depressing to watch a once-great nation like Great Britain commit slow siucide, maybe there is a lesson for the USA here.
They arrest Tommy Robinson because he’s a man of the people and he bravely says what they want to say but are poop scared to do so. They arrest him in the mistaken belief that it acts as a propitiation to their cowardice.
Douglas Murray is a giant among men. His sane, straight forward, truth-telling delivered withouth histrionics is a welcome relief.
That said, he is a member of the elite (like most writers here).
I recall seeing a video of him not too long ago when he was speaking in one of those stark settings (black stage with one or two others sitting in black chairs and a table w/glasses of water) and Tommy Robinson’s name came up. Douglas referred to Tommy as “blue collar” or “working class” I don’t recall the precise terms. And he didn’t raise the the issue for the reason in this article (which I very much appreciate and thank you Bruce), but rather it simply seemed like a discriptor with no purpose other than to put some distance between Douglas and others on the stage between themselves and Tommy. I think Douglas also offered a slight disclaimer noting he doesn’t agree with everything Tommy says, and then went on to defend the blue collar guy on Islam. It wreaked of elitism.
Tommy is brave beyond words and deserves all the support the world has to offer. Unfortunately, he bears the brunt of much of the stupidity and hate the world is overflowing with. I pray G-d watch over him…