EZRA LEVANT | Trump’s team puts Ottawa on notice as Canada faces growing U.S. backlash

Summary

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Rebel News Podcast: "Trump’s Team Puts Ottawa on Notice as Canada Faces Growing U.S. Backlash"

Host: Ezra Levant
Date: May 19, 2026
Notable Segments: Commentary by Ezra Levant, Rally Coverage by Alexa Lavoie in London, Multiple Interviews with Protesters, U.S. Political Figures' Tweets on Canada

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Episode Overview

This episode centers on the intensifying scrutiny Canada faces from key figures in the Trump administration over issues of censorship, defense spending, and regulatory policy—signaling new tension in U.S.-Canada relations. Ezra Levant breaks down powerful U.S. interventions targeting Canada’s "wokeism," defense underinvestment, discrimination against American tech, and growing censorship, framing this as a major diplomatic wake-up call for Canada. The second half of the episode transitions to live coverage and interviews from the Tommy Robinson rally in London, with a pointed focus on free speech, government crackdowns, and grassroots resistance.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. U.S. Trump Administration Puts Canada on Notice

• New Focus on Canada:
  Senior Trump officials, including Under Secretary of State Sarah Rogers and Under Secretary of War Eldridge Colby, have publicly criticized Canadian policies previously focused on Europe.
  • Sarah Rogers:
    • Now monitoring and criticizing Canadian court decisions that reject challenges to "systemic racism" theories and DEI (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion) policies ([04:00]).
      • “She is signaling that she has discovered Canada and that ... it is in her duty, her day job ... to push back.”—Ezra Levant ([04:20])
    • Rogers' engagement seen as direct intervention in Canadian affairs for free speech advocacy.
  • Colby and U.S. Defense:
    • Chides Canada for under-investing in defense and signals suspension of the Permanent Joint Board on Defense ([07:50])
      • “A strong Canada that prioritizes hard power over rhetoric benefits us all. Unfortunately, Canada has failed to make credible progress on its defense commitments.”—Eldridge Colby (as quoted by Ezra Levant, [06:40])
    • Responds directly to Mark Carney’s World Economic Forum speech that argued for globalist resistance to American power.
• Backlash on Tech Regulation:
  • Congressman Lloyd Smucker (Pennsylvania) condemns Canada’s "discriminatory regulations" on American streaming services and digital creators, vowing legislative retaliation ([12:16]).
    • “Canada is doubling down on discriminatory regulations targeting American streaming services and digital creators.”—Lloyd Smucker ([12:16])
• Canadian Censorship and Tech Exodus:
  • Proposed Canadian legislation (C22) could force secure messenger apps like Signal to withdraw from the Canadian market ([14:20]).
    • "Wouldn't that be something if these tech companies left Canada the same way they don't operate in China or North Korea because of the censorship."—Ezra Levant ([14:53])
• Government Spending Deception:
  • Ezra criticizes Canadian attempts to reclassify veterans' benefits as military spending to artificially inflate defense metrics ([09:05]).
    • "That's taking care of people who have served in the past. ... Does that get us off the hook for buying new fighters or ... submarines? It just doesn't work that way."—Ezra Levant

2. Compilation: Mark Carney’s Anti-American Rhetoric

• Ezra features Mark Carney’s repeated declarations that Canada's era of deep integration with the U.S. is over, fueling U.S. establishment consternation ([10:18]).
  • “Our old relationship with the United States, a relationship based on steadily increasing integration, is over.”—Mark Carney ([10:18])

3. On-the-Ground Reporting: Tommy Robinson Rally in London

• Alexa Lavoie / Alex Salavo at the Rally:
  • Interviews American activist Nick Shirley and rally participants, focused on escalating censorship in the UK, U.S.-UK free speech contrasts, and the specter of bans for dissidents ([16:24]-[18:54]).
    • “A lot of these people here don't feel like they can speak. We're a country in the West—we should be able to.”—Nick Shirley ([17:19])
    • “Here in the UK, you can get arrested for saying something on social media ... not too far from these communist and socialist ideas.”—Nick Shirley ([19:27])
• The ‘Banned List’ and British Political Climate:
  • Claims by protesters and journalists that Keir Starmer’s government revoked visas, restricted entry of activists/commentators, and engaged in overt suppression of opposition speech ([23:33]-[27:27]).
    • “He can ban me, but he cannot stop you. He cannot ban you from voting. He cannot silence you ...”—Protest Leader ([33:54])
• Patriotism and Anti-Censorship Themes:
  • Speakers, including ex-military, mothers, and activists, insist they are not “far right” but ordinary Britons defending traditional values and free speech ([27:46]-[29:45]).
    • “I fought for this country. I don't want it to be overtaken by Islamists and Communists. ... We fought for slavery, we brought technology to the modern world ...”—Protest Participant ([28:14])
    • “We're not aggressive, we're not far right. ... I want to be able to express myself ... not have to be dictated to ...”—Ex-RAF Military Veteran ([31:49])
• Solidarity Across the West & "The Elites vs The People":
  • Parallel drawn between resistance movements in UK, US, and elsewhere, casting the struggle for free speech as a global anti-elite, pro-people movement.
    • “It means something as an American to see you stand. ... When we all ... realize ... it's the elites versus the people ... When we start supporting each other in a freedom movement, that's when the world changes.”—American Speaker ([26:05], [46:10])
    • “I've never lived through anything like this. ... This is Russia. This is the former Soviet Union. This isn't England. This isn't the West. What do we stand for anymore?”—American Speaker ([48:12])

4. Reactions to Keir Starmer and Political Censorship

• Widespread frustration and disbelief at the UK government's censorship initiatives and their rhetorical demonization of critics.
  • “He's a communist dictator, that's pure and simple. At the end of the day, what happens to free speech?”—Protest Participant ([35:05])
  • “Keir Starmer ... I've just had enough of how the country is being run by a dictator ... we've been down on our knees for a long time ... time to stand up ...”—Protest Participant ([27:46])
• Multiple interviewees connect current trends in the UK to patterns of authoritarianism in communist states ([32:56], [35:23], [37:06]).

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On U.S.-Canada Relations & Censorship:

  • “I, as a Canadian who's censored not only by foreign regimes, but by our own country that's constantly battling censorship ... I am delighted … We need foreign help to stop the insane censorship here in Canada.”—Ezra Levant ([04:20])
  • “We cannot live within the lie of mutual benefit through integration when integration becomes the source of your subordination.”—Mark Carney ([06:49])

• On UK Censorship:

  • “A lot of these people here ... don't even feel like they can speak. ... We're in the West—we should be able to ... The people of Great Britain should be able to have freedom of press ...”—Nick Shirley ([17:19])
  • "If you're going to call me a hater for those [founding principles], then I'm sorry, Great Britain, I don't want to come and visit you. There is nothing here. People need to wake up."—American Speaker ([28:44] and again [46:10])

• On Political Shifts & Grassroots Resistance:

  • “I think finally the grooming gangs have been exposed ... People are being raped, treated like shit and ignored by the media ...”—Protest Participant ([42:58])
  • “Tommy Robinson can do it because he's speaking the truth ... now people realize, well, he's not that demon ..."—Ex-RAF Military Veteran ([42:44])
  • “He's banning people from overseas and he's not blocking the boat.”—Interviewer / Alex Salavo ([34:13])
  • "It's a spiritual battle ... We have to come back to Christ ... because at the end of the day, we are a Christian nation."—Ex-RAF Military Veteran ([37:06])

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Timestamps for Key Segments

| Timestamp | Segment Description | |-----------|---------------------| | 00:00 - 06:49 | Ezra sets the stage: senior US officials focus on Canada over censorship and defense. | | 06:49 - 10:18 | Mark Carney’s “end of U.S. integration” speech and U.S. Defense pushback. | | 10:18 - 14:20 | Ezra plays Carney’s anti-American soundbites; reviews Canadian defense spending tricks. | | 14:20 - 15:40 | New Canadian surveillance law (C22) and threat of tech exodus (Signal). | | 16:24 - 18:54 | London rally: Nick Shirley on freedom, bans, and Cuba incident. | | 22:18 - 24:09 | Rally voices: British government, protesters on the meaning of the march. | | 26:05 - 29:45 | American speakers and ex-military on solidarity, being banned, free speech. | | 35:05 - 41:27 | Protesters, activists on Starmer’s crackdown, free speech, mass migration. | | 42:30 - 44:08 | Impact of Tommy Robinson, shift in public opinion, grooming gangs. | | 46:10 - 48:51 | American speakers on Western decline, Keir Starmer, and ways forward. | | 48:51 - End | American perspective on Starmer and the global "elite vs people" struggle. |

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Closing Reflections

• Broad Themes:
  • Freedom of speech crises in Canada and the UK are converging, attracting U.S. intervention, and fueling resistance movements.
  • The episode draws a line between domestic censorship and international alliances, warning that Canadian and British moves away from free speech and U.S.-aligned values will have diplomatic and economic consequences.
• Unifying Message:
  • The podcast amplifies the view that the West stands at a crossroads—either defending traditional freedoms or sliding into managed speech and elite-driven governance.

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The tone throughout is direct, urgent, and unapologetically combative, consistent with Rebel News' editorial stance. Ezra Levant and his team align themselves explicitly with transatlantic free speech activism against what they frame as censorship from both domestic and allied governments.

Transcript

[Ezra Levant]

Tonight, senior members of the US State Department have discovered Canada, and it's not a good thing. It's May 19th, and this is the Ezra Levant Show. Shame on you, you censorious fuck. Oh, hi, everybody. Ezra Levant here. As you can see, I'm in an impossibly beautiful place. I mean, look at that sky. How can anyone here get any work done if that is how beautiful it is? Now, I pulled over at the side of the road. I'm about 150 kilometers east of Edmonton. I was having some meetings and, and visiting people, but I wanted to do my show as I always do. There's so much that's been going on that I want to talk to you about. Of course, Alexa Lavoie had an amazing experience in London with the Tommy Robinson rally, and she'll have more on that later on the show. But I noticed something out of the corner of my eye because, as you know, I follow censorship and the freedom fight against censorship, and that's one of the reasons why we're so interested in the United Kingdom and the United States. Donald Trump's administration has appointed Ambassador Sarah Rogers to be the Under Secretary of State with a focus on censorship and wokeism and pushing back political correctness. So it's actually an amazing position. It's really using the bully pulpit to shake a finger at, until now, Europeans who have been trying to violate freedom of speech, especially on American tech platforms that happen to be used by people in Europe. So, of course, the United States Secretary of State looks after American interests around the world. But what if there's a citizen of France or a citizen of the UK that is using Twitter or Facebook or Rumble or any of these other American companies and they're threatened over there. So Sarah Rogers, her job is to push back. And you might recall the other day I showed you this clip from about a year ago, not quite a year ago, of Keir Starmer, the British pm, visiting Donald Trump in the Oval Office and the question being raised about freedom of speech. JD Vance was there and they sort of mogged Keir Starmer, as the Brits would say. They sort of embarrassed him about freedom of speech. Now, Keir Starmer wasn't taking it. He said, no, no, we're all for free speech. Take a look at how that went.

[UK Official or Commentator]

What happened to free speech today?

[Ezra Levant]

Well, free speech is very important. I don't know if you're referring to any place in particular.

[UK Government Spokesperson]

Perhaps they are, but we've had free speech for a very, very long time here, so we're very proud of that

[US State Department Official]

we do have, of course, a special relationship with our friends in the UK and also with some of our European allies. But we also know that there have been infringements on free speech that actually affect not just the British, of course, what the British do in their own country is up to them, but also affect American technology companies and by extension, American citizens. So that is something that we'll talk about today at lunch.

[Ezra Levant]

Thank you.

[UK Government Spokesperson]

We've had free speech for a very, very long time in the United Kingdom and it will last for a very, very long time. Well, no, I mean, certainly we wouldn't want to reach across US citizens and we don't. And that's absolutely right. But in relation to free speech in the uk, I'm very proud of our history there.

[Ezra Levant]

Yeah, of course, you're talking to a guy who's been banned from the UK because of my journalism. So I don't believe Keir Starmer. Anyway, Sarah Rogers is the, like I say, the Under Secretary of State for that. And until now she's been focused on Europeans, primarily the Brits. They've also talked to Germany and France and places like that. But look at this tweet made by Sarah Rogers. I could be wrong, but I think this is her first reference to Canada. I'm just going to read it. I've got it open on my. I opened my computer up on the, on the hood of my car as I pulled over. She said, the first thing that's interesting is she's replying to a tweet from the National Post. So it's a National Post commentary to which she's replying to. So my first thing is, since when does the US Undersecretary of State read the National Post commentary? When does. That's a Canadian newspaper. What's she doing? Let me read what she says. She says the court's reasoning here is that if you reject systemic racism theories and resulting DEI prescriptions, your views bear no apparent relation to politics or law. Thus, those views are unprotected in Canada. Well, I share that point of view. Many Canadians share that point of view. That's the point of view of the conservative leaning National Post. But what's the U.S. under Secretary of State doing? Well, she is signaling that she has discovered Canada and that it is in her duty, her day job, so to speak, to push back. And I, as a Canadian who's censored not only by foreign regimes, but by our own country that's constantly battling censorship in our own country, I am delighted because Mark Carney is a very Brave bully when he picks on independent journalists, but let's see how tough he is fighting against Sarah Rogers. We need foreign help to stop the insane censorship here in Canada. And I saw that. And then a couple of days later, in fact, this came out just over the long weekend, another undersecretary of this time, not the State Department, but the Department of War. That's what they now call their Defense Department. Here's what Eldridge Colby had to say in a tweet. It was a series of three tweets that said, a strong Canada that prioritizes hard power over rhetoric benefits us all. Unfortunately, Canada has failed to make credible progress on its defense commitments. Department of War is pausing the Permanent Joint Board on Defense to reassess how this forum benefits shared North American defense. Then his second tweet, he retweeted Mark Carney's famous speech at the World Economic Forum and said, we can no longer avoid the gaps between rhetoric and reality. Real powers must sustain our rhetoric with shared defense and security responsibilities. If you don't remember, it was in January where Mark Carney, the essential Davos man, gave a speech about globalism and how all the little countries can stand up to America together. Here's just a sample of that speech which all the lefties in the world love because it was so plainly anti American and globalist as opposed to nationalist, pro American, pro Western. Here's a clip from Mark Carney. And boy, he loved this speech and they loved him for giving it. But the Americans had a different point of view. Here's a clip.

[Mark Carney]

Let me be direct. We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition. Over the past two decades, a series of crises in finance, health, energy and geopolitics have laid bare the risks of extreme global integration. But more recently, great powers have begun using economic integration as weapons, tariffs as leverage, financial infrastructure as coercion, supply chains as vulnerabilities to be exploited. You cannot live within the lie of mutual benefit through integration when integration becomes the source of your subordination. The powerful have their power, but we have something, the capacity to stop pretending, to name reality, to build our strength at home and to act together. That is Canada's path. We choose it openly and confidently, and it is a path wide open to any country willing to take it with us.

[Ezra Levant]

And then the third tweet in this series by Under Secretary of War Eldridge Colby was this. It was a map showing Canada, the usa. And I mentioned that because it doesn't. It wasn't like one of those funny Trump maps that says, you know, 51st state. It was a. It was a map that just showed Canada, the United States, and it said, delivering on shared continental defense begins by recognizing our shared geography. Only by investing in our own defense capabilities will Americans and Canadians be safe, secure and prosperous. So a bit of a chiding of Mark Carney, and I think the timing is interesting because Mark Carney's talking about a yellow European defense bank, whatever that means. Mark Carney's talking about joining Europe, joining Eurovision, joining the eu. And here we have an Under Secretary of War, which I, I guess is that like the number two position in the US military on the political side, saying, hey, Canada, if you're serious, we're waiting for you. But if you're not serious, we'll see you later. Your whole, you know, New World Order, China is a strategic partner. That's not on now. There was a huge reaction to this in Canada, including by, for example, Jason Kenney, who said, this is outrageous. We don't need. Here's a look at some of Jason Kenney's responses. Aaron o', Toole, the same sort of thing. And a lot of people were saying, hey, Canada's doing so much more. Well, a lot of that's accounting tricks. Mark Carney is now considering all veterans payments part of military spending. They're not really. That's got nothing to do with combat. That's taking care of people who have served in the past. And by the way, I totally support veterans payments. But saying, oh, hey, we're paying our veterans this amount, does that get us off the hook for buying new fighters or buying new submarines? It just doesn't work that way. But I don't think it was even that. Let me show you this compilation I found online of all the anti American speeches, little clips given by Mark Carney. And I think that. I think that somehow Mark Carney thought he could just go on a Hate America tour and not have anyone notice, whether it's Sarah Rogers or Elbridge Colby. Here's this montage. Take a look. It's worth watching.

[Mark Carney]

The days of our military sending 70 cents of every dollars to the United States States are over. The progress that we have made in the partnership sets us up well for the New World Order. Our old relationship with the United States, a relationship based on steadily increasing integration, is over. We recognize that the relationship that Canada has had with the United States, one that for more than 40 years has been based on steadily deepening integration, is over. From free trade deal through to Kuzma, deepening integration in military aspects and that process of deepening integration is over. The old relationship we had with the United States based on deepening integration of our economies and tight security and military cooperations is over. As I've stressed repeatedly, our old relationship based on steadily increasing integration is over. Trade that was anchored on the United States that we as a country have relied on since the end of the Second World War, a system that, while not perfect, has helped deliver prosperity to our country for decades. That system is over. That the old relationship with the United States that we've had is over. The truth is, over the last few decades, Canada has neither spent enough on our defence nor invested enough in our defence industries. We've relied too heavily on our geography and others to protect us. This has created vulnerabilities that we can no longer afford and dependencies that we can no longer sustain.

[Ezra Levant]

Very interesting to me that out of the blue, all of a sudden two under secretaries, which would be like Parliamentary secretaries here, really weighed in on Canada. I just don't think that's a coincidence. And then Congressman Lloyd Smith, Mucker, that's a great name from Pennsylvania, talked about Canada's regulation of U.S. tech companies. Remember, all the technology we use here in Canada is American. Whether you're talking on an iPhone or an imac, or using Twitter or Facebook or Instagram or Hulu or Netflix, it's all American. And so regulating not only the platform, but let's say, regulating streaming services like Disney or Netflix. That's mucking around with America and their First Amendment and with trade. So here's what Lloyd Smucker had to say about that. He tweeted. And again, very interesting. He said Canada is doubling down on discriminatory regulations targeting American streaming services and digital creators. A top Canadian regulator confirmed new rules implementing Canada's Discriminatory Online Streaming act are coming soon. That's why I introduced the Protecting American Streaming and Innovation act to authorize a Section 301 investigation into these harmful policies. And I will keep fighting to defend free expression, innovation and American jobs. Three American Republican leaders taking a whack at Canada for becoming more Chinese. Really, for becoming more oriented towards the Chinese Communist Party, for pivoting away from America, for choosing European allies rather than America, for choosing Chinese trade rather than America, and in this case, for regulating American platforms. This is not good. And I know the Toronto Star and the Globe and Mail and the CBC love the anti Americanism, but the rest of us are. We're going to be hurt if America strikes back at these provocations and they are provocations. Don't tell me that clip of Carney praising China and disparaging America is anything other than a provocation. Oh, one more thing. C22, which is a bill before the Canadian House of Commons right now which would grant the government the right to snoop on private data of customers of American platforms. There's a secure platform called Signal. Have you heard of WhatsApp? Signal is a little more secure version of WhatsApp. It's a communications app that a lot of Canadians and a ton of Americans and other people use. And you can see the large story here. They say they will literally leave Canada if this snooping law passes because they simply refuse to let the Canadian government have access to their customers data. I'm impressed with that by the way. And wouldn't that be something if these tech companies left Canada the same way they don't operate in China or North Korea because of the censorship. So those are four things in the course of one week. You've got Ambassador Rogers holding us to task for our wokeism. That's a new one. You've got the Under Secretary of War saying if we're serious about continental defense, we better start acting serious. It's interesting. And you have the congressman from Pennsylvania saying he's going to stand up to this streaming licensing. That's very interesting. And then of course we have ordinary companies saying we're leaving Canada. If you start becoming a surveillance state, all these things together, I think it's a wake up time. I don't think that Canada can leave the values of the liberal free speech west and expect our chief ally to do nothing in return. We'll see how that unfolds. But I just saw a pattern here and I wanted to share with you. Anyways, thanks for letting me join you from this absolutely, absolutely gorgeous day. Oh, it's too beautiful. It's so nice here. I'll be back in the studio tomorrow. For now, enjoy my friend Alexe Lavoie who did an outstanding job in London.

[Interviewer / Reporter (possibly Alex Salavo)]

So Nick, Shirley, you traveled from USA to come here to speak why it was important for you to speak here?

[Nick Shirley]

Well, I've been coming to these for the past three years now. Each year they get bigger and bigger and I do think something is brewing here inside the United Kingdom. Every year people are more and more upset because of what's happening inside their country. And so I think it's something important for people to be aware of.

[Interviewer / Reporter (possibly Alex Salavo)]

Are you aware that you might be banned in the future?

[Nick Shirley]

I heard that those that speak today might be banned I sure hope that's not the case. But it could be inevitable. I sure hope hope it's not though.

[Interviewer / Reporter (possibly Alex Salavo)]

What do you think of the fact that Kia Starmer used existing power to revoke visas of people who were supposed to speak or just attend? My boss Abin Ben is a journalist. He just wanted to cover this massive event. What do you think of that, of Keith Thomer doing this?

[Nick Shirley]

I think it's crazy. A lot of these people here, I mean this is the United Kingdom, right. A lot of these people here don't, don't even feel like they can speak. We're country in the west, we should be able to. The people of Great Britain should be able to have freedom of press here. We have the freedom of press inside the United States. They should also have that here inside the United Kingdom where we're one of the. This is one of the main countries in the west that many countries have looked up to for a very long time. And when you see an attack on freedom of speech like that, it really makes you wonder where this country is going.

[Interviewer / Reporter (possibly Alex Salavo)]

You're expert in fraud.

[Nick Shirley]

Yes.

[Interviewer / Reporter (possibly Alex Salavo)]

Where is your next target? Is it Canada?

[Nick Shirley]

I've heard Canada's got a lot of fraud.

[Protest Participant / Supporter]

There's a lot of.

[Nick Shirley]

I could, I could spend probably a few, a bit of time here in the United Kingdom and find some fraud, but I have to keep that a secret.

[UK Official or Commentator]

Yeah.

[Interviewer / Reporter (possibly Alex Salavo)]

So you went to Cuba recently. Can you tell us a little bit what happened? Because I saw that you have been detained.

[Nick Shirley]

Yes, well I didn't get detained. I was nearly taken hostage. They came to my hotel, I was trying to escape. Around four in the morning a two star general was there. He interrogated me for about 10 to 15 minutes and luckily he let me go. And they said they were gonna get us a taxi to the airport. No taxi ever showed up. So we set on Foot around 5am at that time in the streets of Havana and we found a tricycle and we got a tricycle to take us the airport. And when we got to the airport they interrogated my security guard once again. They nearly didn't let me get my camera gear back and then we made it on the plane and made it back to the United States.

[Interviewer / Reporter (possibly Alex Salavo)]

Were you aware of the risk of doing this, like going in the street with the camera and the microphone?

[Nick Shirley]

Yeah, I was aware. I knew it was like a 60, 40 chance that everything went good and. But we played those odds pretty fairly

[Interviewer / Reporter (possibly Alex Salavo)]

because we went also to Cuba just before they stopped the plane because of fuel shortages. So we saw that most of the people support US Intervention or any other foreign intervention.

[Nick Shirley]

Yeah, people there have been suppressed. I mean, it's funny, because in Cuba, a communist country, they get in trouble for saying stuff on the Internet, or a lot of them don't even have access to the Internet, but they get in trouble for saying stuff out in public. Here in the uk, you can get arrested for saying something on social media. So when you look at where this government's going here in the United Kingdom, it's not too far away from these communist and socialist ideas where they want to control all the way to what comes out of people's mouths or what comes off their fingertips on a phone message.

[Interviewer / Reporter (possibly Alex Salavo)]

And so in the United States, you would have the midterm. Do you think the Republican Donald Trump might lose it?

[Nick Shirley]

I mean, that's what they're. That's what a lot of people think is going to happen. I sure hope not. But I think Trump's doing actually a pretty good job inside the United States as far as, like, the reverse immigration that we're having. I think that's a good thing. And so I hope he can continue his next few years in office and be able to accomplish everything that he set out to get accomplished.

[Interviewer / Reporter (possibly Alex Salavo)]

It's really sad because here, everybody wants the policy of Donald Trump. Mass deportation, restore the economy. But now, because of Donald Trump, dare to do it. Everybody's turning their back to him.

[Nick Shirley]

No, with what?

[Interviewer / Reporter (possibly Alex Salavo)]

Everybody's turning their back to the.

[Nick Shirley]

Well, the judges in the United States make things hard. I think that's why you've seen them focus so much on stuff internationally, because to do anything inside the United States, he has to get approval by all these judges. And they keep trying to block him. For instance, they, like, halted deportations for months. They didn't fund ice, they didn't fund our TSA workers in the airports. And they're all weaponizing. They're weaponizing the judicial system inside the United States. And it's making it harder for Trump to go out and carry out with what he was set out to accomplish. So you kind of have this. You have this weaponization of the legal system or these judges that are making it very hard for the United States. It's like you have some crazy leftists in the United States that don't want

[Interviewer / Reporter (possibly Alex Salavo)]

America to succeed, where people can watch your reports.

[Nick Shirley]

Nick Shirley on YouTube and X Nick Shirley everywhere.

[Interviewer / Reporter (possibly Alex Salavo)]

I hope you enjoyed my full report. In the meantime, if you can, please go over tommyreport.com chip in what you can to make sure that I offset my travel expenses so I can come back and report on those important story. So I repeat, it's tommyreport.com. thank you in advance and don't forget to share that video. Please share the truth. I'm in London, England for the massive rally of Tommy Robinson and I'm going to show you exactly what Keir Starmer don't want you to see.

[UK Government Spokesperson]

Tomorrow's march in London is a reminder of what we're up against in the battle of our values. The organisers, including convicted thugs and racists, are peddling hatred and division, plain and simple. Their goal is to convince people that Britain's problems are caused by those living alongside them.

[Ex-RAF Military Veteran]

I'm furious because I've been in. I'm an ex military, I was in the RAF for 12 years. I served my country. I'm very proud of my flag.

[Protest Participant / Supporter]

According to Keir Starmer, I'm a racist bigot. But if you look around you, look at the people here, just spin your camera there, look at this lovely lady. She's a beautiful lady.

[Protest Leader / Activist]

But this is the most important moment in our generation. If we don't send a message in our next election, if you don't register to vote, if you don't get involved, if you don't become activists, we are going to lose our country forever.

[Protest Participant / Supporter]

If you look around, you can see mother, children, fathers, brothers, Iranian supporters. I don't see no more unity than Iran screaming UK in a demonstration.

[Interviewer / Reporter (possibly Alex Salavo)]

Alex Salavo for Ruben News. And I'm here in London, England for the big Tommy Robinson rally that is currently taking place just behind me. They are marching towards Parliament Square where the stage is. We will hear from different speakers. But it is so funny how Keir Starmer is so afraid of his own people. Not only he decided to ban entry from commentators, activists, politicians and as well journalists, he banned access to. My boss is relevant as well as EB Mini.

[Protest Leader / Activist]

Let's have a look at who Keir Starmer banned. Come on.

[UK Government Spokesperson]

And on. Free speech that has long lived in this country. Free speech, it's one of the founding values of the United Kingdom and we protect it jealously and fiercely and always will. And we will bear down on any limits on free speech. We've had free speech for a very, very long time in the United Kingdom and it will last for a very, very long time. We've had free speech speech for a very, very long time here, so we're very proud about that, protect it.

[Interviewer / Reporter (possibly Alex Salavo)]

And it is why Ezra Levin is not backing down. He's actually suing Keir Starmer. And you can help him atLetusReport.com if you want, you can chip in to help this legal action against socialist Keir Starmer.

[Ezra Levant]

A few years ago I was awarded the Queen's Jubilee Medal for for advancing freedom of expression. That was after I published the Danish cartoons of Mohammed. I think Queen Elizabeth, may she rest in peace, would be deeply disturbed by Keir Starmer's censorship and his blacklist.

[Interviewer / Reporter (possibly Alex Salavo)]

Today I'm going to show you exactly what Keir Starmer doesn't want you to see. The truth. Who are these people? They are not far right agitators, they are not extremists, they are not dangerous people. We talk about family, we talk about people from all kind of community and diaspora. So I'm going to show you the truth and you can help me offset my travel expenses because it's not cheap to travel here in England. So you can [e-mail] thank you. And now let's watch the video.

[American Speaker / Supporter]

It means something as an American to see you stand. And I just want you to know there are millions of Americans all across the other side of the world that see you, hear you and are praying for you and are standing with you today. I think this is historic. We're at a pivot point in the world. People are beginning to stand up. And when we all in all of our different countries realize, wait a minute, it's not our prime minister or our president that is the problem. We got to get them out of the way. It's the elites versus the people. And once people see they're doing this to all of us all over the world, they're collapsing the western civilization. When we start supporting each other in a freedom movement, that's when the world changes.

[Ex-RAF Military Veteran]

I'm furious because I've been in imlex military, I was in the RAF for 2012 years. I served my country. I'm very proud of my flag. I wear my flag proudly because I was born here in this country and my parents came over in the 60s and worked hard. They contributed to the economy and they, you know, they bought a house and they moved into the suburbs and it was fantastic. I was born in Whitechapel. Yeah. And I wouldn't recognize it now at all. What you know at all, why it

[Interviewer / Reporter (possibly Alex Salavo)]

was important for you to be here

[Protest Participant / Supporter]

today for freedom, for humanity is standing with the people of patriot of British people as well. Standing against far lefties who are here or they took invade Iran and they want to do the same to Britain

because I think numbers matter. And I think we need to send a message to the government, basically.

I've just had enough of how the country is being run by a dictator. Data, if I'm honest. We're just fed up, We've had enough. We've sort of been down on our knees for a long time and it's time to stand up and face corruption in the, you know, in the eyes of adversity, if you will.

I've got two girls, got two girls who I worship. The reason why I'm here is for them, if I sat at home and did anything, I'm not doing nothing. I'm here, I'm here for them because

I'm fighting for the right of my country.

[Nick Shirley]

Yeah.

[Protest Participant / Supporter]

That's why I'm here.

I. I fought for this country. I don't want it to be overtaken by Islamists and Communists. We fought for slavery, we bought technology to the modern world and we're letting our enemies into this country

because I still believe that we can save the uk. But not only save, but also make UK great again by reviving true British spirit. Spirit.

These are the British people. There's no violence, there's no far right, there's nothing.

[American Speaker / Supporter]

So it was important for me to be here, just as a witness to history. And then I was asked to speak, and now I've been told that I. I may not come back. I may not be allowed back if I speak, which fine with me. I mean, I love Great Britain. I love Great Britain. The history here, it's. We are one. As you know, we're from the same parentage. But if I'm banned for the things that I'm going to say today, Great Britain's already lost. It's already lost. I'm only going to be talking about first principles. I'm going to be talking about the founding principles of America that came from here. And if you're going to call me a hater for those, then I'm sorry, Great Britain, I don't want to come and visit you. There is nothing here. People need to wake up. If that's what they're banning. The British people need to wake up and stand up and I'm glad that they are.

[Protest Participant / Supporter]

To be part of this movement, the Pink Ladies is important. It's bringing light to the fact that so much more is going on with regards to not protecting our women and children in this country. Everybody I speak to, women don't feel safe. They don't feel safe for their children, even in school. It's becoming a huge problem.

[UK Official or Commentator]

We aren't politicians, we are not activists. We're just mums. Ordinary women who never ever imagined we would one day feel compelled to stand on a stage like this. Like so many women, we've reached a point where speaking up feels less frightening than staying quiet. But for many, attending an event organised by our good man Tommy here can threaten livelihoods, destroy reputations and even put families at risk. Now that should concern every single person here because people should not feel afraid to peacefully stand beside their beliefs that they hold. Especially when it concerns children.

[Protest Participant / Supporter]

I could not believe that such a lame duck prime minister made the foolish decision to ban so many amazing speakers.

[UK Government Spokesperson]

And you'll see it again on Saturday at a march designed to confront and intimidate this diverse city and this diverse country. That is why this Labour government will block far right agitators from traveling to Britain for that event.

[Interviewer / Reporter (possibly Alex Salavo)]

Keir Starmer have blocked canceled visas of multiple people, including my team, Israeli and Avi. Mini, what do you think of that?

[Ex-RAF Military Veteran]

Well, that's. Well, to me, I mean I'm, you know, it's a bit. Sounds like a dictatorship to me. I mean, Ezra, we miss you. You know, he's such a wonderful reporter and Avi as well, they're both wonderful reporters and they're, they're telling the truth, they're reporting the truth. And the thing is they don't want to hear the truth. And we need people like Ezra to come and to show the world that, you know, we are a peace loving, you know, peaceful British people. You know, we're not aggressive, we're not, you know, far right. We're, you know, we're not Nazis. At the end of the day, you know, I'm not a Nazi, you know, I'm just wanting free speech. I want to be able to speak how I want and I want to be able to express myself the way I want to express myself, but not have to be dictated to by, by and be scared.

[Protest Participant / Supporter]

I think he's teaching the world that we are on the way to becoming North Korea.

And you want to be able to have a debate. People can't be banned, people can't be silenced. We are not living under communism. And Keir Starmer is very inspired by the irgc. Unfortunately, he's incrementally implementing censorship. But enough is enough.

[American Speaker / Supporter]

Ezra has been honored by the Queen. How do you go from being honored for journalism, for truth telling but the Queen to you're an enemy of the state? That makes no sense. This government is way out of control. I tell you, this must be what it felt like in the early 1930s in Germany when things started to change and before it was quite obvious where the government was going.

[Protest Participant / Supporter]

He's not banning the boats that are coming from. He's not using the military to protect the borders, but he bans people that can come in and have a different opinion to him and the left side of the political state. It's ridiculous. Just because we have a different opinion to him doesn't mean those people shouldn't be allowed to speak. It's called freedom of speech for a reason. And if he's physically stopping me from coming into the country of a different opinion, then I don't know what's more authoritarian, really. It's not democratic process at all. It's absolutely disgusting.

[Protest Leader / Activist]

He can ban me, but he cannot stop stop you. He cannot ban you from voting. He cannot silence you, he cannot counsel you. And I am with you.

[Protest Participant / Supporter]

I will always be with the British

[Protest Leader / Activist]

lions, always with the British women.

[Interviewer / Reporter (possibly Alex Salavo)]

He's banning people from overseas and he's not blocking the boat.

[Protest Participant / Supporter]

Do you think he's banning people because we're winning? We're getting there. We are getting come coming together. We're getting bigger and bigger and bigger and message getting across. A lot of people didn't even think about politics 10 years ago. I didn't. I mean now, because it. The only way to beat these people is by doing something about it. I don't know about politics 10 years ago now I do now. Coming here just by being here, just by being a number, an extra person in this, in this rally. That's it.

Well, he just showing his true hand there. Isn't you really, It's. You just have to look at a man by his actions, not by his words. He's an absolute abhorrent, horrible individual of a person. And all we can say is please support us. We are the voices of the British people. We need your support more than ever now. Please help us.

He's a communist dictator. Communist dictator, that's pure and simple. At the end of the day, what happens to free speech? There's men that have died on the battlefields of Europe for free speech and you're calling us Nazis. He's a communist. Simple as.

I don't even have to explain that. Every Saturday since October 7th, Keir Starmer has allowed Palestinian marches on the streets of London spreading hate. Not only spreading hate. Every week we're hearing about Jews being killed, being attacked, and nothing happened.

[Protest Leader / Activist]

If the west feels so sorry for the Israeli Zionists, why don't they give A place in Germany. Why don't they go to Hitler's back garden and make occupation there? Then they will know what kind of people these are. Why every so many hundred years the Zionists get slaughtered because Hitler knew how to deal with these people.

[Protest Participant / Supporter]

As soon as there's a march against this, he blocks speakers. It speaks for itself. Keir Starmer has to go.

[Interviewer / Reporter (possibly Alex Salavo)]

Don't forget, take a minute, just go over tommyreports.com just chip in what you can. Make sure I can do those kind of story again and again. Because the truth, it's really important.

[UK Official or Commentator]

Thank you. Tough tech. Thank you,

[Protest Participant / Supporter]

Pierre.

[Ex-RAF Military Veteran]

This is a Christian country and this country is just. They've got nowhere else to go. And if all these people come in and take over the culture, it's not going to be Britain anymore. It's not going to be Great Britain anymore. And we can't have that. And it's not a racist thing. I'm not a racist. You can't call me a racist. But at the end of the day, we have to fight. Fight for what we what? It's a spiritual battle though, guys. This is a thing. We have to come back to Christ. Christ is king and we must come back to Christ, because at the end of the day, we are a Christian nation.

[Protest Participant / Supporter]

That's why the country's divided, is because we're being told that we can't speak up, but we have to accept everything that's thrown at us and it's not right. It's not right at all.

[Interviewer / Reporter (possibly Alex Salavo)]

You just mentioned that he's not using those power to block and to stop illegal migrants on the boat. Why he's not doing so, do you think?

[Protest Participant / Supporter]

In my personal opinion, it's because they can bring them in, they can house them, they can feed them and they can give them the indefinite leave to remain and then they get more voters. Because who are you going to vote? Who are you going to vote for? The people that gave you the housing, that gave you the money, that gave you, that gave you everything. So you're going to vote for them and then that keeps people like us out one of their votes, cancels out one of our votes. So that's. They're already winning. They let in 500,000, 500,000 British votes down the toilet. And that's, and that's, that's, that's the sole reason, in my opinion, the sole reason.

[Protest Leader / Activist]

If it wasn't for one man who didn't choose the life or the money, he chose to fight for humanity. He chose to fight for the Most important thing we have and that's our free speech. So right now for 60 seconds, I want the loudest roars and a round of applause to Elon Musk.

[Interviewer / Reporter (possibly Alex Salavo)]

Are you a far right educator?

[Protest Participant / Supporter]

According to Keir Starmer, I'm a racist bigot. But if you look around you, look at the people here, just spin your camera there, look at this lovely lady. She's a beautiful lady and she's had no abuse. This is not. Two days ago he got up and went, was telling everyone this is a right wing racist march. Absolutely wrong. Absolutely. Have you seen any races here?

Have you seen anything?

No.

If you look around you can see mother, children, fathers, brothers, Iranian supporters. I don't see no more unity than Iran screaming UK in a demonstration. That is unity. Not Palestine screaming kill the Jews, but Iran screaming meaning uk. That's, that's unity. Not. Not Keir Starmer's Britain.

It's lost its meaning. Far right racism, it's lost its meaning in this country now, as you can see today we don't care the amount of people that have turned up. We've been called racist before time and time again. It's completely lost its meaning.

I'm against what Kia Sama said because this is a. UK has always been a country who welcome all the nations from around the. Around the world. And I think K. Starmer's government is failing uk, Britons and other people, they came here to run away from Islamic Republic of Iran. They basically failing all humanity. Kyo Stammer's government.

Oh, it's just an absolute disgusting way to sort of slander us all in that sort of rhetoric. We're not all like that. We're. We're just decent, hard working human beings. You know what I mean? We just want fairness.

[Interviewer / Reporter (possibly Alex Salavo)]

Why do you think he's doing that?

[Protest Participant / Supporter]

What?

Calling us far right. Because he wants to stop us. He wants to paint us like we are a racist country. Like we don't want anyone but our own living here. And that's not the, that's not the case. The facts are we are a very welcoming country. In fact, we're too welcoming. I think we've allowed this to happen over a period of time. Labour have accelerated it to a degree that is just unprecedented. And now we have this. Our children unsafe, our women unsafe. Women having to carry sprays in their bags because, you know, just scared of being attacked or sexually harassed. So it's happened to one of my daughters and we can't let it go on any longer.

[Protest Leader / Activist]

Violence is coming to us. It's already here. Hostile communities have been imported into our nation who are not going to integrate, they're not going to assimilate. It's heading to a clash. We can beat that through the ballot box, but we have to wake up the 50%, the bone vote and you

[Interviewer / Reporter (possibly Alex Salavo)]

know, know Tommy Robinson. I've always had support, but not at the extent that we are seeing today what changed.

[American Speaker / Supporter]

I think the world is changing. I think people are finally waking up. The left, the red green alliance, if you will, has overplayed its hand. Thank God. Thank God. Because they were slow boiling us for time long, a long time and people were refusing to wake up. I think people seeing, I think in England what has happened this week with the banning of speakers, freedom of speech, I don't think that's playing well. I mean, I've been hearing from people saying I didn't have any intention of going, but I'm going now. I don't know if that'll turn out, but people are waking up.

[Ex-RAF Military Veteran]

He's now been able to unite the kingdom. He's the only person that's able to bring this many people together. None of the politicians can do it. Tommy Robinson can do it because he's speaking the truth.

[Interviewer / Reporter (possibly Alex Salavo)]

Yeah.

[Ex-RAF Military Veteran]

And he can see it. And he's been saying this for years and years and years and he's been saying the truth, but they don't want to hear the truth. So he's been demonized and now people realize, well, he's not that demon that they're saying he is.

[Protest Participant / Supporter]

I think finally the grooming gangs have been exposed more than they ever have before. It's quite, quite obvious that all over the country there are grooming gangs under Pakistani rule happening. People are being raped, treated like shit and ignored by the media. If you watch Tommy Robinson's YouTube documentary Silence, it shows you the lengths that the state goes to, to silence people that have these opinions and know what the Syrian refugees do, what these refugees do to people over here. And I'm not saying that we shouldn't welcome any immigration. There are the correct routes, the wrong routes, and we are rewarding the wrong routes. And that's just ridiculous.

Well, I think people are starting to realize that Tommy Robinson isn't a bad person and he has been telling the truth for a very long time. And the state likes to silence people that speak the truth. So I fully support Tommy Robinson in all he's done. He's a great human being, he's a great man and he holds the integrity of the British people 100%.

I think more people are moving away from the mainstream media. More people are looking at news channels like you. More people are actually seeing what is really happening out on the street. They're seeing what's happening when they walk out of the door. They're seeing what's happening when they go to the supermarkets. They're seeing the change in the country and they're seeing that something needs to be done.

People are waking up. People are realizing that Tommy Robertson has spoke the truth. The grooming gangs are coming through. Tommy spoke about this for years. People are sick of the boats coming over. Simple as that. We're happy for migration. England was built on migration. We want migrants to come, but we want them to be legal. We want to know who they are, what changed.

I think people are waking up and woken up. I think it's taken too long for people to wake up. I think people have probably spoken about these things amongst themselves or in silence, been too scared to speak up. And, you know, I think Tommy's great in what he's done for his country. Let's face it, they've put him in prison how many times now for a movement that. Look at this following today. You know this speaks louder than words, right? The amount of people that are here. And it gives you a sense of patriotism and hope. Because I think the British people are losing hope. And this is bringing us all together.

Stand up like Donald Trump does in America. Look after your own country. First charity begins at home. Look after your own veterans on the street, your own homeless, your own people, your own women who are getting abused, who can't get housing, men sleeping in the doorway who've lost their careers, the industry's gone. Look after your own country, then develop the rest of the world.

[Interviewer / Reporter (possibly Alex Salavo)]

I hope you enjoyed my full report. In the meantime, if you can please go over tommyreport.com chip in what you can to make sure that I offset my travel expenses so I can come back and report on those important stories. So, I repeat, it's tommyreport.com thank you in advance. And don't forget to share that video. Please share the truth. Glendeck, you are here in England, so why was it important for you to be here?

[American Speaker / Supporter]

A. I think this is historic. We're at a pivot point in the world. People are beginning to stand up. And when we all in all of our different countries realize, wait a minute, it's not our prime minister or our president that is the problem. We gotta get them out of the way. It's the elites versus the People. And once people see they're doing this to all of us all over the world, they're collapsing in the Western civilization. When we start supporting each other in a freedom movement, that's when the world changes. So it was important for me to be here just as a witness to history. And then I was asked to speak, and now I've been told that I may not come back. I may not be allowed back if I speak, which fine with me. I mean, I love Great Britain. I love Great Britain. The history here. We are one. As you know, we're from the same parentage. But if I'm banned for the things that I'm going to say today, Great Britain's already lost. It's already lost. I'm only going to be talking about first principles. I'm going to be talking about the founding principles of America that came from here. And if you're going to call me a hater for those, then I'm sorry, Great Britain, I don't want to come and visit you. There is nothing here. People need to wake up. If that's what they're banning. The British people need to wake up and stand up, and I'm glad that they are.

[Interviewer / Reporter (possibly Alex Salavo)]

How did you react when you heard that it's Ronn and Ivy Imini were actually banned to come here to report on this important, important story?

[American Speaker / Supporter]

I know that Ezra has been honored by the Queen. How do you go from being honored for journalism, for truth telling by the Queen, to you're an enemy of the state? That makes no sense. This government is way out of control.

[Ezra Levant]

I tell you.

[American Speaker / Supporter]

This must be what it felt like. Like in the early 1930s in Germany when things started to change and before it was quite obvious where the government was going, this is what it must have felt like. I've never lived through anything like this. I had a nightmare last night about, you know, being hauled in and questioned for my. And I'm like, what is that? What is that? I've never felt that way before anywhere in the West. This is Russia. This is the former Soviet Union. This isn't England. This isn't the West. What do we stand for anymore?

[Interviewer / Reporter (possibly Alex Salavo)]

Your president have actually taken everything in hand. Mass deportation, stopping illegal immigration. He's been called all kind of names for doing so. And now we are seeing the other Western countries who are not following Donald Trump, who are actually, like, turning their back against Donald Trump because of what he's doing, what needs to happen to Western countries in order to save the West.

[American Speaker / Supporter]

Unfortunately, I think some of us are going to be lost. I don't know who makes it, but if you don't stand, stand up and stand together, just. I have nothing against Islam. I have a problem with Sharia law. No parallel laws, equal treatment. If you want to come to our countries, come and celebrate. You know, I would if I came and lived in England, I would want to be English. I'd choose to live here because of the heritage and the history and I think I could help make things, things better in certain ways. But I wouldn't be here to destroy it or change it. That has to stop. It's in all of our countries. We must come together. We must come together or we will lose the West. And you know, when they told me I couldn't come back into Great Britain if I speak today, for a second I thought, you know, this isn't really my, this is not my country, it's not my fight. And then I thought, no, wait a minute, this is my fight. Because if I, if I don't stand up, if I don't fight, then it will be my children's fight. You've got to stand up now, fight it so our children don't have to.

[Interviewer / Reporter (possibly Alex Salavo)]

And you know, Tommy Robinson, I've always had support, but not at the extent that we are seeing today what changed?

[American Speaker / Supporter]

I think the world is changing. I think people are finally waking up. The, the left, the red green alliance, if you will, has overplayed its hand. Thank God. Thank God. Because they were slow boiling us for a long time and people were refusing to wake up. I think people seeing, I think in England what has happened this week with the banning of speakers, freedom of speech, I don't think that's playing well. I mean I've been hearing from people saying I didn't have any intention of and going, but I'm going now. I don't know if that'll turn out, but people are waking up.

[Interviewer / Reporter (possibly Alex Salavo)]

What do you think of Keir Starmer? Of everything that he's doing at the moment to suppress freedom of speech, to suppress his own people?

[American Speaker / Supporter]

I think he is, I think he's a scared, excuse me, he's a scared little girl, that's what he is. He's acting like a 12 year old girl who's afraid he is in trouble this week. He has lowest approval rating, I think of any prime minister they're stalking. His own party has stalking horses to get him out of power. He's using this to create a boogeyman so he can look like a hero. His language in his video Yesterday day was bone chilling. Bone chilling. I. I just don't know what these people are capable of doing just to hold on to power. But he's frightening.