Rebel News Podcast - EZRA LEVANT ｜ Here's what I am going to do about my UK ban

00:00:00.000 Hello, my friends. What a crazy show today. First, we'll have a serious interview with Keith Wilson,

00:00:05.960 the senior lawyer, about the court ruling in Alberta by a Trudeau-appointed judge

00:00:09.860 throwing out the referendum. But today, I want to tell you what a crazy thing that happened to me.

00:00:16.780 I have been banned from going to the United Kingdom. I got a letter from the Home Office,

00:00:21.720 and I'll show you the letter, and I'll show you what I'm going to do about it. That is also part

00:00:25.920 of today's show. I'll be honest, when it first happened, I was a little embarrassed. I mean,

00:00:30.420 banned from a country, it's like I'm a criminal or something. But no, I don't think I should be

00:00:34.520 embarrassed. I think the UK government should be embarrassed. I'll show you why. But first,

00:00:39.700 let me invite you to become a subscriber to Rebel News Plus. That's the video version of today's

00:00:43.920 show. And that's how you will see the various things I want to show you, including the letter

00:00:47.820 I got. So please consider going to rebelnewsplus.com and clicking subscribe.

00:00:55.920 tonight i've been banned from the united kingdom i'm not even kidding

00:01:10.820 it's may 14th and this is the s levant show

00:01:13.680 shame on you you censorious bug

00:01:25.920 Hi, guys. A shocking thing happened to me. I received an email from the home office of the 0.64

00:01:33.820 United Kingdom banning me from entering the country using what's called a UK ETA,

00:01:40.840 Electronic Travel Authorization. I think that's what it stands for. It's like a mini visa

00:01:45.000 that lets you into the country. They've rescinded mine. I'll tell you the whole story a little bit

00:01:50.060 later in the show. It's sort of shocking. I love the UK. I've traveled there probably two dozen,

00:01:55.100 three dozen times over the last 10 years doing journalism about Tommy Robinson, freedom of

00:02:00.460 speech, mass immigration, covering the rise of the reform UK. Of course, Canada is where our base is,

00:02:06.520 but we're interested in the UK because that's our mother country in many ways. It's where our law

00:02:12.720 comes from. That's where our traditions come from. And I like to say it's like visiting the future

00:02:17.740 because they're five years further down the road and some trends than we are. Well, the government

00:02:22.340 didn't like me going over there, and I'll show you everything, including their official rationale

00:02:27.300 for banning me. That's coming up a bit later, but I wanted to start today's show

00:02:31.500 with what I think is a momentous event. Yesterday, in fact, just as we were finishing taping

00:02:37.540 yesterday's show, a Trudeau-appointed judge in Alberta decided that having a Democratic

00:02:45.380 referendum on independence was illegal if at this stage the petition gathering stage

00:02:53.020 local first nations were not consulted just made it up the two quebec referendums never had that

00:03:00.540 obligation other referendums that are going on this fall in alberta don't have that obligation

00:03:05.480 the judge just making up a way to stop alberta from having a vote just absolutely incredible

00:03:12.080 I have my strong thoughts on it, but I thought let's check in with Keith Wilson, King's Counsel,

00:03:18.040 senior lawyer who follows these things very closely. So what you're about to see was recorded

00:03:23.360 slightly earlier today. It's a one-on-one interview with Keith Wilson going through the legalities of

00:03:28.600 this court ruling, but come right back because I want to talk to you about what happened with me

00:03:32.560 and the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. I'll see you in a minute.

00:03:35.900 Well, over 300,000 Albertans signed a petition asking for a referendum to be called on independence.

00:03:44.880 And believe it or not, 400,000 other Albertans earlier this year signed a petition saying they love Canada and want to stay.

00:03:52.640 You could say that 700,000 people want a referendum one way or the other on Alberta's future.

00:03:59.960 By the way, that's not the only referendum.

00:04:02.800 Corb Lund has a referendum petition that was accepted challenging coal mining in the province.

00:04:10.500 And then there's referendums that the government itself have proposed, including several on immigration.

00:04:14.680 In other words, Alberta is moving towards democracy, direct democracy, including tackling subjects that politicians sometimes are afraid to sink their teeth into directly.

00:04:24.900 But yesterday, in a shocking decision, a Trudeau appointed judge originally from New Brunswick, and I say all those things because I think they're relevant, ruled against just one of these petitions, just against the 300,000 person independence petition, saying to have this petition for referendum without meaningful discussions with indigenous groups is illegal.

00:04:51.280 And he threw out the petitions.

00:04:53.160 The province said they were startled by this.

00:04:55.940 Here's Danielle Smith yesterday saying she disagrees, she thinks it's wrong in law, and she'll be appealing.

00:05:01.300 Well, although our government does support Alberta remaining in Canada,

00:05:06.080 we think that today's decision by the court will deny opportunity to well over 300,000 Albertans to have their petition verified by Elections Alberta.

00:05:15.200 We think that this decision is incorrect in law and anti-democratic.

00:05:20.480 And we will be appealing it as a result.

00:05:23.760 Our cabinet and caucus will, of course, be meeting in the next couple of days to discuss the full context and make some decisions after we've had a chance to talk it through.

00:05:32.560 Well, I'm stunned by this whole thing, but not surprised.

00:05:35.960 You know, the saying shock, but not surprised joining us now to talk about this and possible ways forward is our favorite lawyer, Keith Wilson, King's counsel.

00:05:43.340 He was a lawyer for the Trucker Convoy, and he has been the, I think, the most interesting and authoritative lawyer commenting on Alberta independence.

00:05:52.900 Keith, great to see you again.

00:05:54.640 Thanks for having me on.

00:05:56.000 Keith, I think a lot of people were worried about this.

00:05:59.820 To me, it seems like a break from precedent.

00:06:04.980 Both referendums in Quebec proceeded without the kind of indigenous consultation required here.

00:06:11.460 This feels like it's a law targeting this particular referendum petition because of

00:06:17.480 its point of view.

00:06:18.140 It really feels like a political decision.

00:06:21.320 What do you think?

00:06:23.400 Well, that's how it reads to me as well.

00:06:25.480 And I think it's a reflection, Ezra, of the broader state of our society where those on

00:06:34.540 the left think we're just not allowed to talk about certain things.

00:06:38.200 And this is a results focused decision, in my view, that is unfortunate because, you know, one of the questions for the court to look at was whether or not it was the intention of the legislature to allow Albertans to have a petition calling for a referendum on independence.

00:07:02.480 and the court somehow found a way to say,

00:07:05.900 well, no, that's not really what the legislature meant.

00:07:09.240 And then the more profound issue that you're seeing

00:07:11.900 a lot of other legal commentators, law professors,

00:07:15.680 experts comment on today is the far-reaching impact

00:07:19.100 of the court's decision purporting to enlarge

00:07:22.480 to a very significant degree the duty to consult First Nations

00:07:27.360 and slipping into the kind of situation we see in British Columbia

00:07:32.380 where the elected government, the elected legislature under their parliamentary system

00:07:37.920 is co-governing and has to go and get permission from First Nations before they make any decision.

00:07:44.600 It slips into that territory.

00:07:46.620 It's clearly wrong at law.

00:07:48.720 And the fact of the matter is it's always been the case that the decision as to whether

00:07:53.840 or not to hold a referendum on independence, as clarified by the Supreme Court of Canada

00:07:58.920 in 1998 rests with the provincial cabinet so the smith government can go ahead with a referendum

00:08:04.480 on independence at any time they choose yeah you know um we've been following the the goings on in

00:08:11.580 bc and ordinary british colombians have been shocked to learn that many of them may not own

00:08:18.740 the land under their homes they've been investing in their homes for decades and suddenly

00:08:24.340 in court cases and secret treaty deals, they may not own their own home. And talk about setting

00:08:32.040 back indigenous white relations. I mean, the whole idea of reconciliation is that we get along and

00:08:38.120 move forward together. This is setting it back. It's shocking. And I think it's going to be a

00:08:42.720 reason why the NDP in British Columbia is thrown out because they are so closely wed to this new 0.97

00:08:48.340 indigenous title. Well, Alberta doesn't have indigenous title in the same way they do in BC

00:08:53.700 because every single acre of Alberta has been surrendered under a treaty.

00:08:58.320 And I use the word surrender, even though it sounds harsh.

00:09:01.380 That is literally a word in every treaty in Alberta.

00:09:04.940 The Indian band surrendered, ceded forever the land.

00:09:08.880 Now, they have certain benefits, an Indian reserve and certain payments.

00:09:12.940 But I think we have a judge here who is saying, I really want to stop this referendum. 0.84

00:09:17.420 I'm going to get super creative and say there's now an indigenous veto even to this. 1.00

00:09:22.720 I think you're so right. And I think I think it behooves the premier to say we're appealing, but we can't wait six months, a year, two years. 0.99

00:09:33.540 We're going to fight the legal battle because we need clarity. But in the meantime, as the premier of Alberta, I'm going to have our cabinet issue in order.

00:09:40.860 We're going to have a vote. That's what I think should happen. The premier should say we're not going to obey the court party.

00:09:47.360 We'll fight the court party on their own terms, but we're going to proceed on our terms. That's my view.

00:09:52.720 What do you think?

00:09:53.520 Well, and it's not even a matter of the premier or the Alberta government deciding not to follow the court decision.

00:10:02.720 They can accept the court decision even though they believe it's wrong and they can appeal it because it needs to be appealed to clarify this enlargement of the law of duty to consult

00:10:16.520 and pushing down and diminishing the role of our elected parliaments,

00:10:22.840 our elected legislatures.

00:10:24.100 So it needs to be appealed for that reason.

00:10:26.480 But what's absolutely clear, and I've said this many times in many interviews,

00:10:31.200 is that I anticipated there would be legal challenges against the petition

00:10:35.280 because there's forces that want to stop Alberta from becoming independent.

00:10:40.480 But the critical thing that I would emphasize is that at no time has the premier,

00:10:45.660 the government of Alberta ever needed a citizen initiative petition in order to hold a referendum

00:10:51.540 on independence. In the same way that the premier didn't need a citizen initiative petition to

00:10:57.900 announce, as she has, that there will be a referendum on questions relating to the Senate,

00:11:03.440 to judge appointments and immigration in a referendum. That's inherent authority that

00:11:08.580 the Supreme Court of Canada has confirmed. That's not disturbed in any way by this decision.

00:11:13.160 So it remains wide open for the Smith government and her cabinet and her caucus to decide to be responsive to over 700,000 Albertans who've gone out of their way to sign various petitions saying, we want to have a referendum on this.

00:11:29.720 So I'm optimistic that's exactly what will happen.

00:11:32.480 You know, one of the themes of Alberta resentment is that Alberta has a certain amount of population, a certain amount of GDP, and yet it's treated poorly and given less respect, less attention than, let's say, for example, Atlantic Canada.

00:11:50.240 And by the way, I love Atlantic Canada. I'm not hostile to them. I just note that tiny Prince Edward Island with 140,000 people has, I think, four MPs and four senators. So they have eight people in parliament for 140,000 people. Compare that to Alberta or, you know, Supreme Court seat. Where's Alberta's Supreme Court seat? Quebec has three.

00:12:11.860 My point is, every time the will of Alberta is undermined, it's with someone who has like a super priority, like a super pass in Canada.

00:12:20.440 And here it's at its most extreme.

00:12:22.580 One judge with an obscure new theory that she's just concocted is saying, hey, 700,000 Albertans, know your place.

00:12:31.680 Don't get uppity.

00:12:33.300 You uppity Albertans, don't you know?

00:12:36.440 Referendums are only for Quebec, not for you.

00:12:39.120 I've just invented a theory.

00:12:40.420 And I think to have I know that courts are not elected, but to be so brazen and just saying that we're going to concoct a reason this can't proceed, that's going to inflame other issues, too.

00:12:56.420 I think this is going to I think this is going to make more people see that this system isn't working.

00:13:02.640 There's jubilation at the Globe and Mail and the CBC.

00:13:05.920 They're thrilled about it, but it feels like a lawfare against the Alberta people to me.

00:13:11.440 Well, one of the things that happened when I was on the ground in Ottawa in 2022 during the Freedom Convoy protest was I watched how the federal government continually overplayed their hand.

00:13:20.880 And I'm seeing the same thing here.

00:13:23.580 This is an overplaying of the hand.

00:13:27.520 And each one of these things, and including the MOU, it's an overplaying of Carney's hand.

00:13:33.940 Because what it does, this decision yesterday, the MOU decision or announcement coming tomorrow, they provide evidence, illustrations, examples of why Canada doesn't work for Alberta and why Alberta needs to go alone and become independent and redefine its relationship with the rest of Canada.

00:13:56.840 I think this just comes to be yet another example of that.

00:14:02.200 And each one of these things, while they have a momentary effect of discouraging people in the independence movement, at the end of the day, they end up being a motivating factor.

00:14:13.840 They strengthen the resolve, cause people to strengthen the resolve.

00:14:17.220 And equally important is they cause people to move over because even someone who's on the fence on the issue goes, wait a minute, this is wrong. If this is actually the direction that First Nations get to rule over duly elected, democratically elected MLAs is not a future that bodes well for their kids and grandkids.

00:14:42.220 Yeah. You know, Act for Alberta, the third party group we registered with Elections Alberta, sponsored a poll by Main Street. And I went through the poll with viewers the other day. But one detail I didn't go into, but our friend Sheila Gunn-Reed did, is believe it or not, grassroots indigenous people in Alberta, according to our poll from Main Street, are more supportive of independence than white folks.

00:15:05.920 Now, the sample size was small, and it's probably worth doing more research.

00:15:09.220 But that doesn't even surprise me when you think about it, because, of course, the chiefs love their current arrangement.

00:15:13.660 They get billions of dollars.

00:15:15.220 There's less accountability on their finances.

00:15:17.900 They have enormous power.

00:15:19.460 But ordinary Indians on these bands, according to our poll, are more supportive of independence than non-Indigenous.

00:15:26.700 So I don't know.

00:15:28.120 I think that this judge, it's almost like the old saying, shut up, she explained. 0.50

00:15:33.140 You have 700,000 people who have a grievance and they're not allowed to air it because the judge, well, just shut up.

00:15:43.800 I'm frustrated by it, but I think that Danielle Smith has enough political sense to know that this creates a democratic deficit.

00:15:54.360 And she doesn't have to be for a particular way to vote, yes or no, to support the right to vote.

00:16:01.260 All of us can support the right to vote, even if we have different opinions on who to vote for.

00:16:05.320 I think this is a test of democracy.

00:16:07.220 Last word to you, Keith.

00:16:08.820 Well, I think that's true.

00:16:10.180 And I was encouraged by her calling out the decision is undemocratic, because it is.

00:16:15.440 And what's remarkable is each, you know, first of all, what I've heard from many First Nations members is that the chiefs, the few chiefs who've launched this legal challenge did not consult with their communities.

00:16:29.560 And that normally they do.

00:16:31.260 So make that a, you know, be that what it should have a duty to consult.

00:16:35.660 Maybe they need to consult with their own people.

00:16:38.120 That's what, that's a new right.

00:16:39.460 I'd like to invent Keith.

00:16:40.620 Great.

00:16:40.900 But think about this.

00:16:41.920 Just think about this as I'll just close with this.

00:16:44.700 Every Albertan, including a first nation had the right to sign a petition, either the one

00:16:49.080 to stay or the one to leave.

00:16:50.940 Every Albertan, including every first nation will get the right to have a, to vote in the

00:16:56.180 referendum. 1.00

00:16:57.700 This isn't like the non-Aboriginal community

00:17:01.740 imposing something on the Aboriginal community.

00:17:03.940 They're completely equally situated in this.

00:17:06.240 They have the same rights as anyone else.

00:17:08.860 But then on top of that, as per the Supreme Court of Canada,

00:17:13.100 if the vote is in favour of leaving, of Alberta becoming independent,

00:17:17.340 then there's a mandatory obligation to include the First Nations communities

00:17:21.280 at the negotiating table to be part of the decision-making process.

00:17:24.960 This isn't consulting.

00:17:26.020 This is including inclusion.

00:17:29.140 So it's a bad decision, but it doesn't change the fundamentals.

00:17:33.220 The law of Canada remains that a province is allowed to hold a vote on succession, on independence.

00:17:38.600 The Smith government continues to have the full legal authority to call for a referendum on independence in October.

00:17:45.200 And I think that's what's going to happen.

00:17:46.940 All right. Great to catch up with you.

00:17:48.440 Thanks for your legal analysis.

00:17:50.180 There he is, Keith Wilson, King's Counsel, who has studied the ruling in detail.

00:17:54.820 Stay with us. More ahead.

00:18:05.060 Well, that's the news of the day on the referendum.

00:18:08.460 I hope the Premier of Alberta, Danielle Smith, does the right thing and allows that referendum to go ahead by just making a government referendum rather than a petition driven one.

00:18:17.740 I just don't think Albertans are in a mood to be dictated to by a Trudeau judge making things up on the fly.

00:18:24.720 Anyhow, earlier I mentioned I've been banned from the United Kingdom.

00:18:27.280 Let me show you now a video that I released a few hours ago.

00:18:31.420 And it's, we call it Let Us Report, because that's what I do when I'm in the UK.

00:18:35.840 I report.

00:18:36.460 I report on Tommy Robinson, but on other cases, on protests, on so many things.

00:18:41.760 And reporting is part of freedom in the press and freedom of speech.

00:18:45.680 And mine was curtailed for political reasons.

00:18:48.180 Obviously, I've done nothing wrong in the UK.

00:18:50.720 I never even got so much as a parking ticket.

00:18:53.040 but I'm friends with the wrong guy and so I was banned. Here's my 15-minute presentation on what

00:18:59.720 just happened. This is a crazy story. I'm suing Keir Starmer, the British Prime Minister.

00:19:07.220 Starmer is the disgraced UK Labour Party leader and a few days ago he illegally put me on a

00:19:13.620 blacklist. He's banning me from entering the UK and he's done it just days before the massive

00:19:20.080 rally in london this weekend organized by tommy robinson the british journalist and civil rights

00:19:25.740 activist now i'm a journalist and the uk government wants to stop me from doing news reports about

00:19:32.420 this rally stick around and i'll show you the letter i received what i'm going to do about it

00:19:37.980 i've got some good ideas you might like in fact i need your help to fight back or you can scan this

00:19:44.060 QR code right now or visit the website letusreport.com. Now, this all started last week

00:19:51.460 when the Labour Party got crushed in local UK elections, losing around 1,500 council seats.

00:19:58.060 Immediately, the party started to revolt against Starmer. So he tried to switch the topic and place

00:20:03.760 the blame. He went on national TV and attacked Tommy Robinson and anyone associated with him.

00:20:09.600 take a look and you'll see it again on saturday at a march designed to confront and intimidate

00:20:15.640 this diversity and this diverse country that is why this labor government will block far-right

00:20:22.900 agitators from traveling to britain for that event because we will not allow people to come

00:20:28.120 to the uk to strengthen our communities and spread hate on our streets by the way i'm not far-right

00:20:33.860 in the UK, that means pro-Nazi or anti-Semitic. I'm Jewish, in fact. Funny thing is, Starmer

00:20:39.880 actually has no problem with real anti-Semitism. He's presided over a massive anti-Semitic crime

00:20:46.340 wave because he's afraid of calling out Muslim extremists. It's two-tiered justice. You know, 0.96

00:20:52.380 the UK has blocked me as a reporter, but every single day they let in illegal migrants, including 0.92

00:20:57.560 terrorists who actually get free housing and healthcare when they arrive.

00:21:02.320 Over the past week, Starmer has banned more than a dozen people, including elected members

00:21:08.280 of the European Parliament, without any legal process.

00:21:11.680 I've just been banned from traveling to the AK by the Starmer government.

00:21:15.940 Did you guys see that Starmer now actually admitted that he actively, personally banned

00:21:21.280 myself and a number of other right-wing commentators from traveling to the United Kingdom?

00:21:26.920 I've just received notice that I've been denied entry into the country.

00:21:30.760 They have also banned my colleague from Australia, Avi Yamini, who was going to do reporting as well.

00:21:36.720 I've just been banned by Keir Starmer from entering the UK to attend a rally.

00:21:40.940 The only test is, are you a friend of Tommy Robinson?

00:21:44.960 Starmer's Orwellian crackdown has already caused an international diplomatic incident.

00:21:50.180 Here's the Speaker of the Belgian Parliament summoning the British ambassador to answer for this ban, calling it shocking.

00:21:56.920 Freedom of speech is death in the UK.

00:21:59.900 It is shocking.

00:22:01.360 You know, a few years ago, I was awarded the Queen's Jubilee Medal for advancing freedom of expression.

00:22:08.460 That was after I published the Danish cartoons of Mohammed.

00:22:11.460 I think Queen Elizabeth, may she rest in peace, would be deeply disturbed by Keir Starmer's censorship and his blacklist.

00:22:19.780 Starmer is tearing down so many of Britain's traditions, like ending the right to jury trials.

00:22:24.780 I've been attacked by Starmer, but I'm not actually the real target here.

00:22:29.660 The British people are the target.

00:22:31.820 By attacking me, Starmer is sending a message to ordinary Brits that they better not go

00:22:36.680 to Tommy's rally, better not say anything Starmer doesn't like, or he'll sick the government

00:22:41.540 on them too.

00:22:43.020 But let me tell you what I'm doing about it.

00:22:44.520 I am not just rolling over.

00:22:46.440 I've got three ideas, and you can help me with them.

00:22:49.620 And the last one might actually be the most fun.

00:22:52.040 But first, let me just show you the email I got from the UK home office. It's not even signed by

00:22:57.960 anybody saying that my travel document called an ETA or electronic travel authorization has been

00:23:05.520 canceled. I've been blacklisted. Here, let me read it to you. Dear Ezra Isaac Levant, your UK ETA has

00:23:12.900 been canceled from 8th of May, 2026. This means you cannot travel to the UK without a visa.

00:23:18.860 This is because your presence in the UK is not considered to be conducive to the public good.

00:23:27.280 You cannot appeal this decision.

00:23:30.460 Look at that wording, not considered to be conducive to the public good.

00:23:33.920 What does that even mean?

00:23:35.460 I've traveled to the UK dozens of times as a journalist to cover important court cases,

00:23:40.600 interview newsmakers, and even to lead group tours of the UK.

00:23:44.420 I love the UK, and I respect it, including its traditions of free speech and the rule of law.

00:23:50.800 Obviously, I've never done anything against the law, not even a parking ticket.

00:23:54.540 That's why they use the most vague excuse possible, that they don't like me.

00:23:59.360 Because the truth is, the only reason I'm being blocked is that I'm on Starmer's political blacklist.

00:24:05.000 But let me tell you what I did immediately after I received the email.

00:24:09.220 And I don't think the other people who were banned have done this.

00:24:11.880 remember starmer said he was taking away my eta that's that quick electronic version of a visa

00:24:18.060 that anyone from coming from canada would typically use but here's what the email said

00:24:23.500 right underneath that part i'll read it it said if you still want to travel to the uk you need to

00:24:30.280 apply for a visa so we can consider your circumstances in more detail having your eta

00:24:35.840 canceled does not mean you will be refused a visa. To visit the UK, you need to apply for either a

00:24:41.940 standard visitor visa, transit visa, temporary work, creative worker visa. Okay, so I clicked

00:24:49.800 the link, and I clicked a few more, and I got to a page where they say it normally takes a month or

00:24:55.900 more for a visa application to be reviewed, which obviously is why they waited until the last minute

00:25:02.560 to tell me I was banned. But look at this. If you pay 100 pounds, that's about 185 Canadian dollars,

00:25:09.940 they'll get back to you in five days. Well, again, that's too late for the rally. They waited till

00:25:16.460 the last moment on purpose, obviously. But look at this last one. Using the super priority service

00:25:24.580 for visa and settlement application means you'll usually get a decision by the end of the next

00:25:30.340 working day so there's a super fast version now they charge a thousand pounds for that super fast

00:25:38.180 service that is over 1800 canadian dollars that's insane but i've already bought a plane ticket to

00:25:48.400 london and a hotel room to london and i've already spent so much money i want to go there and more to

00:25:54.100 the point i want to fight this so right after i read the blacklist email i did what their email

00:25:59.260 said, I filled out the visa application form, every personal detail, my entire travel history

00:26:06.660 going back 10 years, my bank account balance, details about my family, about my parents, about

00:26:13.040 my kids, a list of, I can't even believe I had to enter every country I've been in in 10 years.

00:26:18.660 I probably answered a hundred questions and I submitted that all on May 8th, last Friday.

00:26:25.500 and i paid the insane fee that same day the next business day i went in and i had my fingerprints

00:26:33.360 taken and other biometrics sent to the uk they've had this for days now and nothing crickets monday

00:26:42.500 came and went tuesday wednesday thursday it's now been six days they took my thousand pounds

00:26:50.620 and promised a result within 24 hours there wasn't anything wrong with my visa application

00:26:55.640 it was perfect I answered every question honestly it's pretty obvious what's going on here Keir

00:27:01.280 Starmer has instructed them to stop me because of my politics they just don't want to put that

00:27:06.700 in writing well that's illegal and that I can appeal to the courts and I will so here's what

00:27:14.700 I'm doing. Step one, I'm retaining a lawyer in the United Kingdom to sue the British Home Office

00:27:21.420 and Keir Starmer himself, who obviously interfered directly. He even made a speech about it. Make

00:27:28.320 Starmer come to court and explain himself. Let's make him reveal his internal memos and his

00:27:34.840 comments about Tommy Robinson and Tommy's supporters, about me and everyone else who

00:27:39.680 was blacklisted. I'm sure what Starmer has said in internal memos is not just disgraceful, but it's

00:27:46.880 also illegal. Do you like that idea? If so, I sure could use your help to pay for the British lawyer

00:27:53.320 we're hiring. You can help by scanning the QR code or going to letusreport.com. We have to raise

00:27:59.700 thousands of pounds to fight. And remember, Starmer will have all the government lawyers on his side.

00:28:04.280 But a lawsuit takes months, even years. So what can we do right now? Well, there's no way we're

00:28:11.480 going to be stopped from reporting on Tommy's rally. It's just too important. So step two of

00:28:16.100 my plan is to send over other Rebel News reporters. Like I say, they banned me, they banned my colleague

00:28:22.720 Avi Amini. But we sent over our beautiful reporter, Alexa Lovac. She's so great. And for some reason,

00:28:29.420 Keir Starmer forgot to block her. Here's a sample of Alexa in action. Here she is

00:28:34.720 covering one of the big pro-terrorism rallies that Keir Starmer has no problem with in London.

00:28:41.840 Take a look. If the West feels so sorry for the Israeli Zionists, why don't they give a place in 0.96

00:28:47.700 Germany? Why don't you go to Hitler's back garden and make an occupation there? Then they will know 0.98

00:28:53.760 what kind of people these are why every so many hundred years the zionis get slaughtered because 0.81

00:29:01.120 hitler knew how to deal with these people they probably made a program so they can create a

00:29:07.420 state of israel in the expense of palestinian muslims blood alexa is great she's a great

00:29:15.480 journalist and she landed in the uk and was not stopped at customs and now she's going to report

00:29:22.300 to the world what happens at that rally. If you like that idea, please help me pay for her economy

00:29:27.640 class air ticket at letusreport.com. Now, step three is the fun one, and I really want your help

00:29:35.200 with this one. I'd like you to send an email. Now, don't send it to Keir Starmer. He would just

00:29:40.620 ignore you or who knows, maybe put you on an enemy's list. Send your email to the American 0.85

00:29:47.120 embassy in London. Write to Undersecretary of State Sarah Rogers. Who's that? She's the top

00:29:56.200 diplomat in the United States focused on free speech in Europe and other countries.

00:30:01.900 Remember when Keir Starmer lied and told President Trump he'd protect free speech?

00:30:06.680 What's important to free speech today? Well, free speech is very important. I don't know if you're

00:30:11.960 referring to any place in particular, perhaps they are, but we've had free speech for a very,

00:30:16.300 very long time here so we're very proud about that we do have a of course a special relationship

00:30:21.580 with our friends in the uk and also with some of our european allies but we also know that there

00:30:26.220 have been infringements on free speech that actually affect not just the british of course

00:30:32.140 what the british do in their own country is up to them but also affect american technology

00:30:36.700 companies and by extension american citizens so that is something that we'll talk about today at

00:30:40.620 at lunch we've had free speech for a very very long time in in the united kingdom and uh and it

00:30:46.620 will last for a very very long time well no i mean certainly we wouldn't want to reach across

00:30:51.280 u.s citizens and we don't and that's absolutely right but um in relation to free speech in the

00:30:56.380 uk i'm very proud about our history there keir starmer was lying there keir starmer will not

00:31:02.200 listen to his own citizens about free speech but he just might listen to president trump you could

00:31:08.400 tell he was scared of trump let's tell ambassador rogers that the british government isn't just

00:31:14.160 violating the rights of brits it's now banning american citizens from entering the uk based on

00:31:20.880 political discrimination i'm not american but several of the people banned this week are american

00:31:26.200 so that's my three-part plan part one sue keir starmer in the home office over my visa denial

00:31:32.700 get their internal communications where they blacklist conservatives step two send alexa

00:31:39.380 lavoire to report for rebel news she's already over there and step three write an email to the

00:31:45.580 u.s diplomat in charge of international free speech tell her that u.s citizens like tommy's

00:31:51.460 friend don keith have been blacklisted as well as canadians australians and others you can do

00:31:57.100 all of these things at our one website letusreport.com you can help me crowdfund for

00:32:04.040 alexis trip and for my lawsuit against keir starmer and you can send an email to ambassador

00:32:09.160 rogers she's the undersecretary of state for free speech right from that same website too we've made

00:32:14.240 it so easy just click one button to send an email you know it broke my heart to be banned from the

00:32:19.740 united kingdom i really love that place partly because of its history of freedom i love the

00:32:24.580 people so much but i'm not the real victim here the real victim are millions of brits who are

00:32:29.920 living under keir starmer and his assault on basic freedoms they're the victims here but i'm in a

00:32:36.100 position to fight back please go to letusreport.com to help me out if you can help chip in to sue keir 0.52

00:32:43.300 starmer and get the documents i'd be grateful wish me luck and help me get alexa over there

00:32:48.540 she's already over but help me pay for her plane ticket make sure to send that email look i've

00:32:53.280 already spoken to a lawyer in the uk about suing it's an uphill battle to sue the prime minister

00:32:59.160 of course it is but it is doable unfortunately i need to raise thousands of pounds if you can help

00:33:05.140 me go to letusreport.com like i say in the meantime alexa lavois on the ground make sure

00:33:12.480 to watch her coverage and if you can help me with her airfare go to letusreport.com

00:33:16.440 but this is the last point and if you're going to do anything do this you know keir starmer was

00:33:22.320 totally terrified when jd vance asked him about free speech that's why we got to tell the americans

00:33:27.900 what's going on here keir starmer is not just cracking down on tommy robinson he's attacking

00:33:32.960 u.s citizens to go to let us report.com we'll show you a fast and easy way to email the right

00:33:39.160 person at the u.s state department all right let's fight back and maybe i can even get over

00:33:45.320 there and do some proper reporting again thanks everybody

00:33:52.320 that's so crazy i'll let you know how it goes but let me end the show as we often do with letters

00:34:01.440 from viewers here are some comments on me being banned from the uk from our youtube video we put

00:34:07.440 up a few hours ago of the news uh oneness warrior says that's so wild ezra has a medal from the

00:34:13.600 queen for free speech but he just got banned from the uk because of fears over what he might say

00:34:18.080 you know i i think about that medal from the queen a lot i don't wear it i think in my whole

00:34:22.920 life i've worn it three times at appropriate moments but i can't help but think that the

00:34:28.180 way we conduct ourselves is more in keeping with british traditions of free speech than the way

00:34:32.720 keir starmer the actual prime minister is and i think he's destroying important parts of british

00:34:38.940 culture including the jury system by the way which he wants to do away with donnie bahama says hate

00:34:45.580 speech is any speech they hate the uk is in a dark place right now yeah and it's it's the prime

00:34:52.000 minister lashing out like you you can't believe what a setback he just had last week he lost 1500

00:34:57.100 city council seats i mean think about that in canada if you lost that many seats because

00:35:01.860 remember in the uk even their local city counselors have party affiliations so 1500 people associated

00:35:09.420 with Keir Starmer just got sacked by the voters he's flailing about he's lashing out and he thought

00:35:15.860 banning me would help him I don't think so mate last letter from TJD 900 who says they can ban

00:35:22.720 you but not rubber dingy boats full of fighting age men from who knows laughable eh that's the

00:35:28.720 thing you know I I would never do it because I I regard myself as a law-abiding person and I think

00:35:34.780 that's part of our whole moral authority at rebel news is that we don't break the law even when we

00:35:39.840 don't get our way we don't break the law because you have to submit to the law even if maybe you

00:35:44.280 don't like it but it is obviously easy to get into the uk if i physically wanted to i mean the most 1.00

00:35:51.380 obvious example is just hop in a little boat and go across that's what all the migrants do um it's 1.00

00:35:57.880 sort of insane that a peaceful law-abiding pay my bills leave when i say i will visitor like me 0.52

00:36:04.720 gets banned, but not thousands and thousands of illegal migrants a month, many of whom are 0.81

00:36:10.880 terrorists. UK's in a lot of trouble, and I think banning us only shows how bad it is. It doesn't

00:36:16.920 fix the problem. I'll keep you posted. It's going to be very exciting what happens. That's our show

00:36:22.120 for the day. Until tomorrow, on behalf of all of us here at Rebel World Headquarters, to you at

00:36:26.560 home, good night, and keep fighting for freedom.

00:36:34.720 Thank you.

Rebel News Podcast - May 14, 2026

EZRA LEVANT ｜ Here's what I am going to do about my UK ban

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