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Boss Class from The Economist
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The episode trailer frames a story about Tommy Robinson’s rise and how powerful Americans have promoted him as a “prophet,” using Britain as a cautionary tale in a wider “battle to save the West.” It opens with a London scene: a crowd of about 150,000 watching Elon Musk on a screen discussing an impending civil war, addressing Tommy Robinson.
Guest backgrounds
Georgia Banjo is the host/investigator. Tommy Robinson is described as a former football hooligan with multiple criminal convictions, previously blacklisted by British media.
Key claims
“Everything you know about Tommy Robinson is wrong”; violence is portrayed as inevitable; Robinson’s vision centers on a failing Britain and cultural destruction by radical Islam.
Notable examples
the central London mass-screen appearance with Elon Musk; Robinson’s 15-year media marginalization; Banjo’s six-month investigation into American powerbrokers’ support.
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0:03Last September, I was in central London. I came out of the tube into a crowd of 150 ,000 people, with Elon Musk, the world's richest man, on the screen above them, talking about a pending civil war. Whether you choose violence or not, violence is coming to you. You either fight back or you die. You either fight back or you die. And that's the truth. The man he was talking to? Tommy Robinson. A former football hooligan with a string of criminal convictions. Today, Elon, I think the British public are telling the world that they're ready to fight back. Good. Yes. Come on. Come on, Raybrian. Come on.
1:03For 15 years, Tommy Robinson has conjured a vision of Britain. A failing country whose culture is being destroyed by radical Islam. All that time, he's been blacklisted by the British media. Largely kept off screens, confined to distant corners of the internet. Everything you know about Tommy Robinson is wrong. For the last six months, I've been investigating how, for some of the most powerful people in America, Robinson has become a prophet. And Britain, a cautionary tale in a battle to save the West.
1:47I'm Georgia Banjo. This is Shire Folk. Coming this weekend.
2:00Thank you.
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