Trump pulled the United States to the abyss and Nigel Varage will do the same for Britain. Here’s how to stop it Jonathan Friedland
R.It is moving towards the darkness, the enemy has become. In the United States, the warnings about Donald Trump’s authoritarian aspirations that have been rejected once as excessive excess, seem to be hysteria now, if any, are very moderate. Future than the most imaginative, he has moved to weaken institutional checks on his authority – whether it is courts, universities, civil service or journalism – and has now prepared to work with his critics, even, apparently, large groups of opposition prohibit.
This week, the suspension by a major radio network, ABC owned by Disney Company, from late night discussions, Jimmy Kimmel Live! In the wake of Kimmel’s statements about the killing of right -wing activist Charlie Kerk. Kimmel Kirk did not criticize himself – a verb that is now considered everything except blasphemy in the United States – but rather the response of the Republicans to his death, especially their keenness to “record political points from him.”
This was sufficient to prove Brendan Car, the president appointed from Trump, the Federal Communications Committee-the body that is granted, or cancels, eliminates to broadcast-to come like the wish Tony Soprano, but all of this breaks his joints as he said: “We can do this in an easy way or in the difficult way.” The threat works: kimmel outside the air.
Of course, this is not once. Trump is also trying to remain the largest newspaper in the United States, where he filed a $ 15 billion lawsuit against the New York Times, accusing of “spreading the wrong and advertising content.” NYT has resources to resist, but the smaller American papers will get the message. You can barely blame them if they now withdraw press punches, if they do not have money to pay them in exchange for a lengthy legal battle against the billionaire president.
But the Trump administration does not limit its attack on the media. Kirk Killing delivered it an opportunity to eliminate the opposition itself. Watch the promise of Trump’s assistant by Stephen Miller this week – Charlie Kerk Podcast To take over those left -wing organizations that are concentrated “correspondence” that “designed to stimulate and incite violence.” It is hardly an extended to assume that Miller will determine this category very widely, so that most of those who express their opposition to Trump. If it seems inhibitors, remember that even before Kerke was killed, Miller was called the Democratic Party “A”Local extremist organization“.
In the UK, we would like to believe that we can see all this, if not an arrogant distance, then a relief measure. It is true that we are far from the abyss that Trump took the United States. But last week, between 110,000 and 150,000 Britons moved to the streets of London, consumed to summon the right instigator and Serial Who goes in the name of Tommy Robinson.
It should be noted that this was not a reform or a conservative gathering that was kidnapped by Robinson. This was an event. The British know who Robinson is and what he represents – however, up to 150,000 of them behind him. They were deported by those who described it as a right -wing protest, and indeed, the racist rhetoric that came from the platform. Britain has an impressive history in restricting the extreme right to margins, ensuring that it has not yet appeared, this type of strength in numbers. Therefore, last Saturday should be understood as a toilet.
Not least due to one speech in particular. “Violence comes to you. Either you fight or die,” I told Elon Musk, through the video link. He added that the work government, which was democratically elected a year ago, must be dropped. This was one of the most powerful men in the world to issue a call that may not break the law but it It seems that it gives approval to right -wing political violence in Britain.
However, the British Prime Minister did not rush to condemn this burning intrusion in our policy. In fact, Downing Street did not say anything at all until the questions of journalists and the demands of deputies, the next day. We often make a mistake of those who are guilty of the surplus response. However, at a moment like this, the lower reaction is the greatest sin.
Opinion polls tell a very blatant story. In the absence of a dramatic shift, a party is a national population on its way to overcome both the Labor Party and the conservatives in the upcoming elections, and may be the next government. Nigel Farage may not be a fan of Robinson, but he is the highest fan of the UK in Trump. He does not condemn the current pure in the United States towards tyranny but stands alongside those responsible. If we want to prevent Farraj in Britain what Trump is doing to the United States, we need to stop the progress of reform.
The first step in this effort is the piercing of Faraj’s basic claim: that he speaks in one way or another about the British people, that his views reflect the “logical” views of the silent majority. This is not true. In the case after the release, including those who define it, Farage is strange, and expresses the positions of a loud minority but often small.
He was the chief defender of Britain’s exit 31 % say now it was the right step. In fact, the vast majority, 56 % prefer its reflection and want to join the European Union. FARAGE on the wrong side of this number.
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He has long been a cylinder to leave the European Human Rights Convention. If you read the right -wing leaves, you will assume that this is to see the majority now. mistake. Echr’s residence support is approaching 60 % In fact it increased The topic was also discussed. Faraj out of the step with the British people.
But certainly the issue he made, immigration, is it harmonious with the audience? After all, the Labor Party appears to have built its entire political strategy on this assumption. However, the numbers tell a different story. While 81 % of the reformist voters believe that immigrants undermined Britain’s culture, only 31 % of the British in general believe this. Ask about the impact of migrants on the economy and you will get a similar image. It is a long -standing reform.
You can continue to do this – and you should work, noting that Farage talks about the margin, not the center. British Do not support the delivery of Afghan refugees to the TalibanAs he calls Farraj. They do not agree that Britain has become North Korea – nor is they considered a national person sitting in Washington and telling a committee of our American politicians. They do not answer the question, “Which global leader you like more?” , With words “Vladimir PutinAs Farage did. They do not think that the Liz Tusss measures have sent the UK’s economy.The best conservative budget since 1986Nigel Faraj quotation.
Reform opponents need to expose each of these gaps between Farage and voters, and to reformulate Farage as a margin character. But this cannot be important to work or liberal democrats alone. Any party claims to estimate democracy, including the remainder of the conservatives, which sees how the national people quickly leads to tyranny, to participate in the same effort and speed. We all do. Since Americans learn their cost, you cannot delay – otherwise the freedoms that you thought would continue forever could fade, in the blink of the eye.
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Jonathan Friedland is a guardian of a guardian. His new fictional book, The Traitors Circle: The rebels against the Nazis and the espionage who betrayed (25 pounds), available from Wasse books In 22 pounds