Rebel News Podcast - May 06, 2022


EZRA LEVANT ｜ Never-ending media bailouts hinted at in exclusive Heritage Department briefing notes


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RebelInvestigates has access to documents from the Ministry of Truth. They reveal the government's plan to bail out local media outlets. But what happens when the money is used to hire climate change journalists? And why is it being used to counter climate change journalism?

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00:00:00.000 Tonight, an exclusive Heritage Department access to information briefing note titled
00:00:16.740 Approaches for Online News Publisher Renumeration, and in that somebody accidentally told the
00:00:23.440 truth to Minister Stephen Gilbeau.
00:00:25.200 It's May 5th, 2022, I'm Sheila Gunn-Reed, and you're watching The Ezra Levant Show.
00:00:33.140 I have my hands on some Canadian Ministry of Truth documents.
00:00:49.420 These are some briefing notes, what they call advice to the minister prepared by ministerial
00:00:53.820 staff that we filed for through access to information on the government's media bailout.
00:00:59.500 The majority of these documents are from way back in 2020, so just a couple of years ago.
00:01:04.920 We wanted to dig deeper, especially after seeing this report from our friends over at True
00:01:10.740 North on just one small portion of the series of media bailouts, which are estimated to be
00:01:18.260 tallied at over $600 million.
00:01:21.180 Look at this.
00:01:22.520 Media executives who were given control of a federal grant program for the journalism sector
00:01:27.940 gave their own companies generous payouts.
00:01:31.880 According to Blacklock's reporter, media executives sitting on the local journalism initiative judging
00:01:39.020 panel have approved their own organizations for grants to hire new employees.
00:01:44.540 Start-up news outlets were not allowed to apply for grants.
00:01:51.500 The $50 million local journalism initiative was created by Heritage Canada back in 2019,
00:01:58.220 with control given to organizations within the press industry.
00:02:02.420 Several managers of prominent mainstream news outlets sit on the judging panel.
00:02:08.300 One panel member is the Winnipeg Free Press publisher Bob Cox.
00:02:12.860 The Free Press was awarded grants to hire two new reporters, including a climate change correspondent.
00:02:20.500 We will tell stories that need to be on the public record from around the province.
00:02:25.020 We will do it on the farm.
00:02:26.580 We will do it on the oil patch.
00:02:28.560 We will do it where the permafrost is melting, the Free Press wrote on its application to the
00:02:34.420 panel.
00:02:34.680 Now, in case you were wondering why you see so much climate change journalism now completely
00:02:41.440 shoehorned into your local newspaper, well, this is why.
00:02:45.160 Some of the bailouts for local news were used to hire journalists to scare your community
00:02:50.580 into caring about something no one really does by saturating the news ether with so many stories
00:02:57.220 about the glories of a carbon tax that you finally just capitulate and give in.
00:03:02.340 They basically badger you into liberalism.
00:03:05.120 Anyway, let's keep going from this article in True North.
00:03:08.080 Cox, who chaired the newspaper lobby's pursuit of a bailout from the federal government, told
00:03:13.040 MPs in 2019 that the push for federal support was not for his own interest.
00:03:20.300 These measures have been called a bailout by some.
00:03:23.260 I would suggest this crowd knows very little about the business of operating a newspaper,
00:03:27.920 he told the Commons Finance Committee.
00:03:29.800 There has also been the suggestion newspapers will be beholden to the federal government,
00:03:35.980 not independent, and more likely to give favorable coverage.
00:03:40.640 Well, I have not noticed this happening.
00:03:43.520 Well, Bob Cox, even the bureaucrats writing advice to the minister in the documents I have
00:03:50.160 were sounding alarm bells that the media bailouts would contaminate media coverage.
00:03:55.720 Not that the minister cared at all.
00:03:58.760 I think that might actually be the point of these bailouts to contaminate the coverage.
00:04:03.040 Now, let's look at the documents I have a little closer and we'll publish them all for
00:04:08.480 you in full so you can look at them for yourself.
00:04:10.280 Don't take my word for it.
00:04:11.720 They are as much your documents as they are mine. 0.50
00:04:14.680 And that's because we only have access to them through your generous crowdfunding donations
00:04:19.440 at our special investigative journalism website, rebelinvestigates.com.
00:04:24.220 Let's start on page 40.
00:04:26.320 We can see the government's definitions of terms like online platforms, news publishers, and
00:04:31.940 misinformation.
00:04:33.580 To them, news publishers are persons that produce news content for making available in some format,
00:04:40.240 including online.
00:04:41.380 But as you know, they are prickly about giving us that distinction.
00:04:44.860 News content is factually based information on or account of recent or important events
00:04:52.440 and created by a news publisher.
00:04:54.380 Again, something they are remiss to say that we do here at Rebel News.
00:04:59.260 Misinformation, according to the government, is false or inaccurate information that is communicated
00:05:05.060 regardless of an intent to deceive.
00:05:08.240 Now, I think we used to just call that being wrong on the internet before being wrong was made
00:05:13.880 illegal or cancel-worthy.
00:05:17.100 But here it doesn't just mean being wrong.
00:05:20.120 It's being wrong according to the government.
00:05:24.560 Being defined as wrong according to the government is misinformation, even if, as they say here,
00:05:30.600 it's an accident.
00:05:31.900 Even if you didn't actually mean to disagree with the government.
00:05:35.460 Now, that, disagreeing with the government, is worthy of censorship and more regulations.
00:05:40.700 Misinformation also amounts to asking good questions the government doesn't want you to ask.
00:05:47.120 Remember our exchange with Alexa Lavoie and Justin Trudeau here.
00:05:51.860 Remember this?
00:05:52.500 Bonjour, M. Trudeau.
00:05:53.180 Alexa pour Rebel News.
00:05:55.000 Donc, M. Trudeau, je vais revenir rapidement sur ce qui s'est passé hier.
00:05:59.120 Vous avez déabolisé l'un des rares médias qui ne reçoit pas d'argent du gouvernement.
00:06:04.760 Vous avez exprimé votre opinion en disant que nous propageons la désinformation.
00:06:08.980 Si c'était vrai et si c'était le cas, la Cour fédérale ne nous aurait pas permis d'être ici aujourd'hui.
00:06:16.960 Je suis moi-même scientifique et je me base sur les faits.
00:06:20.900 Ma question est la suivante.
00:06:23.180 L'Israël est l'un des pays les plus vaccinés au monde.
00:06:27.520 Ils sont rendus maintenant à leur quatrième rappel de vaccin.
00:06:31.080 Ils ne considèrent plus que ceux qui ont reçu deux doses de vaccin sont pleinement vaccinés.
00:06:35.720 Ma question est, plusieurs Canadiens ne désirent pas avoir un rappel de vaccin.
00:06:46.380 Allez-vous enlever leurs privilèges reliés au passeport vaccinal?
00:06:54.340 Et aurez-vous l'obligence de répondre à ma question en tant que premier ministre?
00:06:59.220 Ou allez-vous encore diaboliser mon média?
00:07:03.260 J'ai partagé ma perspective sur ton organisation hier soir.
00:07:07.440 Je n'ai plus rien à dire.
00:07:09.040 Ça demande bien qui vous êtes. Merci.
00:07:11.000 OK, back into these documents, let's look at page 56.
00:07:14.980 We see some interesting comments that are partially blurred out along the side of the document,
00:07:19.880 but they're still somewhat legible.
00:07:21.800 They're editing the document here in real time,
00:07:25.020 including someone here who obviously doesn't really want to progress in their career with the federal government
00:07:31.660 because they are actually telling the truth.
00:07:34.460 We know how the federal government feels about truth-tellers, don't we?
00:07:39.580 Anyway, this person, God help them in their career,
00:07:42.420 is raising concerns that the imposition of a levy on linking to news articles,
00:07:49.060 as is now proposed in Bill C-18, that's the Online News Act,
00:07:53.640 which has a clause in it that requires social media companies
00:07:57.380 to pay for merely facilitating news access, linking to news access.
00:08:02.060 Well, this person feels that it could undermine negotiations
00:08:04.740 between tech giants and media companies,
00:08:07.120 and they also raise concerns that the incentives could prevent certain media outlets
00:08:12.560 from receiving the market correction they so rightly deserve from the public
00:08:16.980 for being awful and bad at the thing they exist to do, you know, journalism.
00:08:21.680 They're worried, this person, that it would artificially, quote, artificially,
00:08:27.640 structure the marketplace and create, quote, perverse incentives.
00:08:32.840 Perverse incentives.
00:08:34.180 Now, that's a pretty strong phrase, but it's accurate and true. 1.00
00:08:37.540 It's the exact thing that Bob Cox from the Winnipeg Free Press
00:08:41.680 told the government could never happen.
00:08:44.860 When he wants to make us believe that the good people,
00:08:47.900 for example, in Lynn Lake, Manitoba, population 674 care more deeply
00:08:53.240 about the environment more so than the local nickel mine
00:08:57.160 and all the jobs produced there.
00:08:59.060 But the warnings from that one truth-telling bureaucrat,
00:09:01.800 were they ever heeded?
00:09:03.240 You know, the one person that said these bailouts and freebies
00:09:06.500 would pervert the news marketplace and skew the media landscape
00:09:10.160 in the most bizarre ways?
00:09:12.040 Oh, no, friends, of course not.
00:09:13.460 You know, that's the whole point, to artificially skew the landscape
00:09:17.560 of the news in favour of the Liberals.
00:09:21.660 Let's keep going.
00:09:22.580 In these documents, it also reads that the digital economy
00:09:26.040 does not provide the same support for journalism
00:09:28.620 as offered by the traditional media ecosystem.
00:09:33.300 We can keep going in these documents.
00:09:34.720 We can see that another bureaucrat is hinting
00:09:37.200 at an ever-increasing merry-go-round of media subsidies.
00:09:41.640 It's here on page 57, and this is how we know more bailouts are coming.
00:09:45.840 There's a comment on the side asking if the funding already being provided,
00:09:51.000 $1.2 billion plus for the CBC, and at the time of this briefing note,
00:09:55.880 $170 million in direct subsidies to the media and different CRT supports.
00:10:03.140 This person is asking if these, all of this, are sufficient and appropriate,
00:10:08.360 and they're asking if the money already provided is the right calibration.
00:10:14.500 Those are their words, not mine.
00:10:16.640 The person writes, does this do enough?
00:10:21.160 Do enough of what?
00:10:24.260 Stay with us.
00:10:25.820 Franco Turizano from the Canadian Taxpayers Federation joins us after the break.
00:10:30.680 Canadian families are being hammered by record inflation,
00:10:41.880 and you know what the Liberal solution to all of this is?
00:10:44.420 They gave the Senate a raise, and they sort of did it without anybody really knowing.
00:10:50.260 Now, this is crazy.
00:10:52.000 It needs some of the details filled in, so we called in a bit of an expert.
00:10:56.340 We called in Franco Turizano from the Canadian Taxpayers Federation.
00:11:00.940 Franco, tell us what's going on here, because I read this, and I think, you know,
00:11:05.680 families are just being pinched through inflation that is being just driven by the Liberals' bad policies
00:11:14.060 through hikes in the carbon tax, through their out-of-control spending.
00:11:17.000 And instead of, you know, dealing with reality and maybe forcing the politicians and the Senators
00:11:24.580 to live within some of that reality that Canadian families are supposed to deal with,
00:11:30.680 they have given them a raise.
00:11:32.240 Tell us all about it.
00:11:33.700 Well, what's really happening is another slap in the face to struggling taxpayers.
00:11:37.660 High level, you're going to see some Senators take anywhere from about $20,000 in a raise
00:11:43.160 all the way up to an extra $42,000, and here's why.
00:11:47.560 Right now, the Senate formally recognizes two different types of group,
00:11:51.340 the government and the opposition in the Senate,
00:11:53.920 and the leaders of those two groups get what's called a leader allowance,
00:11:57.520 which essentially just means bigger pay.
00:11:59.460 But now, under this new bill, what is going to happen is you're going to have
00:12:03.560 more smaller caucus groups, and each leader of the caucus group
00:12:07.460 will now get a pay raise of between $21,000 and an extra $42,000.
00:12:13.080 Now, that number in and of itself, that's a big pay raise.
00:12:16.360 But what we have to remember is the context of all this,
00:12:19.080 because who's going to pay for those big raises?
00:12:21.480 Well, it's taxpayers.
00:12:22.760 And it's taxpayers that have struggled through two years of revolving government lockdowns,
00:12:27.640 that have struggled through pay cuts, that have struggled through job losses,
00:12:31.740 and even business losses.
00:12:32.920 So, as I said at the beginning, this really feels like a slap in the face to struggling taxpayers.
00:12:37.460 Yeah, you know, there's been stay-at-home work orders,
00:12:42.520 and that's been reflected in the Senate.
00:12:44.400 A lot of them were not traveling, were not going to work.
00:12:47.980 A lot of them were working from home, doing, frankly, in my opinion, less work than ever.
00:12:52.860 And now they're getting a pay raise for it.
00:12:54.600 And because there's so many splinter groups,
00:12:57.300 because they're independent senators who so often vote along the government lines,
00:13:02.440 they're all getting pay raises.
00:13:03.520 This is, as you say, a slap in the face to normal people who are just trying to make ends meet,
00:13:08.580 while the Liberals are bringing in increases to everything, especially through the carbon tax.
00:13:13.840 Yeah, they like to call themselves nonpartisan,
00:13:15.720 but really what they are is unelectable and unaccountable.
00:13:19.120 But, Sheila, this really fits the bigger issue with what's going on in Ottawa.
00:13:22.740 Because let's remember, it's not just some senators that are getting pay raises,
00:13:26.760 these new leaders of these small caucus groups.
00:13:29.080 All senators have already taken three pay raises during the pandemic,
00:13:34.020 just like all members of Parliament have already taken three pay raises during the pandemic.
00:13:38.700 And I heard you say, wow.
00:13:40.040 And it is a shocker, because there is no way that the people who are supposed to be our representatives
00:13:45.480 in Ottawa deserve three pay raises during a pandemic.
00:13:48.680 They've made life tougher with higher taxes.
00:13:52.180 They've made life tougher with crazy spending,
00:13:54.760 with the printing press on overdrive that is fueling inflation.
00:13:57.860 And while their constituents have struggled with pay cuts, job losses, business losses,
00:14:02.640 they've taken pay raise after pay raise after pay raise.
00:14:06.180 Now, let me throw a few numbers out there.
00:14:08.060 If you look at the three pay raises that have happened during the pandemic,
00:14:12.120 well, in total, members of Parliament are now collecting more than $10,000 more than they were pre-COVID,
00:14:18.120 while Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is now collecting more than $20,000 more than he was pre-COVID.
00:14:24.080 It's unfair, and they need to give these pay raises back.
00:14:27.400 Now, it sort of came to be in a bit of a sneaky way,
00:14:30.200 because they tried to do this in other ways,
00:14:32.620 and it didn't make it through the House of Commons.
00:14:35.000 So now they stuck this in the budget implementation bill,
00:14:38.020 and it's buried way down in there.
00:14:39.880 So the average person wouldn't even think to go looking for it.
00:14:44.820 It's sort of left up to organizations like the CTF,
00:14:47.840 who do the dirty work of digging down in these big budget bills.
00:14:52.000 But that's how it came to be.
00:14:53.420 They just sort of snuck it in the back door.
00:14:55.800 That's absolutely correct.
00:14:56.900 It lacks complete transparency.
00:14:59.860 There really is no transparency,
00:15:01.000 because this is in the budget implementation bill.
00:15:04.500 And remember, the budget is a few hundred pages long, right?
00:15:07.400 People are looking at the high-level numbers,
00:15:09.660 like the massive deficit that's more than $50 billion,
00:15:12.460 like the fact that the government has no timeline or plan to balance the budget,
00:15:16.620 like the fact that the debt is more than a trillion dollars
00:15:19.420 and is going up by $1,600 every single second.
00:15:22.280 So taxpayers are already digesting on these other huge macro issues within the budget,
00:15:27.900 and buried within these few hundred pages of the budget implementation bill
00:15:32.880 is this sneaky little pay raise that is going to see some senators getting an extra $21,000
00:15:38.180 and up to $42,000.
00:15:41.960 You know, and in the grand scheme of things,
00:15:44.780 it's not all that much money when you talk about the just enormity of the debt and deficit.
00:15:51.460 But it's really the point of it all, isn't it?
00:15:55.600 Well, it's even more than just leadership.
00:15:58.320 Why it's so important, and it actually is a really big deal,
00:16:01.960 is because you're seeing politicians in Ottawa,
00:16:04.380 you're seeing senators in Ottawa become financially divorced
00:16:07.720 from the people that they're supposed to represent.
00:16:10.620 And that's why you're getting such bad policies out of Ottawa,
00:16:13.660 because they're not impacted the same way everyone else is by their own decisions, right?
00:16:18.280 Let's just call a spade a spade here.
00:16:20.520 Many of the people within government who are pulling the levers around lockdowns
00:16:24.640 or other types of restrictions, they didn't lose a payday.
00:16:28.860 They didn't lose a meal, right?
00:16:30.860 When they raise the carbon tax, when they raise booze taxes,
00:16:34.400 when they cause massive inflation.
00:16:37.500 Well, they are not really impacted to the full extent of these higher taxes,
00:16:42.960 of this inflation, because they continue to give themselves raise after raise after raise.
00:16:47.900 Now, Franco, I want to ask you, because I think the last time that we talked,
00:16:52.880 or you talked with Rebel News, you were on your tour with the debt clock.
00:16:58.800 What was the reception like for you as you pulled your debt clock into small towns
00:17:03.380 and big cities all across Canada?
00:17:05.220 Because just, you know, you get dizzy watching that number go up and up and up and up.
00:17:09.700 It gives you, like, anxiety watching it go up, knowing that not only are you going to be paying for it,
00:17:15.860 your children are going to be paying for it, your grandchildren are going to be paying for it.
00:17:19.460 What was the response of the public?
00:17:21.920 Well, yeah, we just finished our national debt clock tour.
00:17:24.620 We went coast to coast, started in Victoria, and then we also went right to Halifax.
00:17:28.540 And on the time that we were on the road for about a month and a half,
00:17:31.020 the debt went up by $8 billion, so absolutely eye-watering.
00:17:35.660 And that was the main reaction that we got, was a shock value,
00:17:38.500 seeing the $1 trillion debt going up by about $1,600 a second.
00:17:42.640 A lot of people were like, hey, when are we ever going to see the clock start to go down?
00:17:46.760 That's it.
00:17:47.400 That's something I really empathize with.
00:17:49.160 But there's also two very important things that we heard from Canadians in small towns and big cities.
00:17:54.760 Number one was they're worried about the financial future they're leaving to their kids and grandkids.
00:18:00.240 Right now, each Canadian is already on the hook for more than $30,000 in federal debt.
00:18:06.000 And that number continues to go up and up and up.
00:18:08.480 And people are worried that they're not setting up their future generations for financial success.
00:18:13.240 And Sheila, the second thing that we heard is that people feel like they have lost a sense of control,
00:18:18.860 like they've lost a sense of being able to actually hold their politicians and government bureaucrats accountable.
00:18:25.080 Yeah. And, you know, I guess to some extent, you're sort of scared to hold the politicians to account
00:18:31.940 because they might emergencies act you and seize your bank account,
00:18:36.200 as we've seen the liberals do with convoy protesters.
00:18:39.960 Franco, thanks so much for taking the time.
00:18:42.060 But before I let you go, let people know how they can support the work that the Taxpayers Federation does,
00:18:46.740 because you are really just, to some extent, a bit of a mom-and-pop shop up against the full levers of the government.
00:18:54.680 Well, thank you so much for having me on. Really appreciate it.
00:18:57.480 Please head over to taxpayer.com. You can check out our newsroom.
00:19:00.640 You can check out some great petitions there.
00:19:02.480 And again, just want to say thank you again for having me on today.
00:19:05.240 You've got it. Thank you so much for the work that you do, not just for Canadians,
00:19:09.060 but for generations of subsequent Canadians who will be paying for the Liberals' out-of-control spending.
00:19:15.280 Stay with us. Your letters to Ezra up next, after the break.
00:19:24.060 This brings us to the portion of the show where Ezra reads his fan mail, his hate mail,
00:19:28.600 your letters, questions, and comments to him, unlike the mainstream media.
00:19:31.740 We welcome viewer feedback.
00:19:34.340 Glenn Murray writes,
00:19:35.580 You know, I want to stop and address this one right here,
00:19:57.820 because we saw this firsthand with Tara Henley when she left the CBC.
00:20:03.740 She left, and when she left, she wrote a Substack article explaining that CBC screens their guests
00:20:13.520 for diversity to make sure that they have the right people being interviewed that check the right demographic boxes.
00:20:23.260 So at CBC, they don't really care what you say or what your opinions are.
00:20:30.120 They just want to make sure that you fall into the right category of human beings so that they can show you that they've checked all the demographic boxes
00:20:39.900 when they put you on air.
00:20:41.760 It's gross.
00:20:42.420 Fawn Hall-Lohan writes,
00:20:45.620 You know, we sure do.
00:21:15.220 So that's one of the things that I am most proud of here at Rebel News as it's that we protect our journalists when somebody assaults them.
00:21:24.100 We make sure that we do our best to hold that person to account, no matter what the cost.
00:21:29.720 And I can testify to this myself.
00:21:31.600 When I was punched at the Women's March a few years ago by an out-of-control male feminist named Dionne Bewes, 0.99
00:21:40.440 we pursued him criminally, and then we pursued him civilly.
00:21:44.480 And it cost much more to pursue him civilly than we received in judgment.
00:21:50.220 But it was so important to hold him to account in every single way possible.
00:21:55.100 And I know that that's not just something that Ezra did for me.
00:21:57.940 It's something that we do for all of our staff.
00:22:00.080 Well, everybody, that's the show for today.
00:22:01.860 Thank you so much for tuning in.
00:22:02.940 Thank you to Olivia behind the board for putting the show together.
00:22:05.480 Thank you to everybody behind the scenes at Rebel News World Headquarters
00:22:09.160 and who works remotely from all across the country for making sure the show is available for you to watch.
00:22:16.160 We've got a video of the day, a carefully curated video of the day for you to watch.
00:22:21.920 And as Ezra always says, keep fighting for freedom.
00:22:24.580 The local elections in the United Kingdom are set to kick off on Thursday, the 5th of May,
00:22:31.000 where the Conservatives, according to polls, are projected to potentially lose a lot of council seats,
00:22:37.680 with many people feeling like either the system doesn't work,
00:22:42.020 the Conservatives aren't actually conserving anything,
00:22:45.100 and a Labour government wouldn't make much difference at all.
00:22:48.480 So let's explore all of that in this video.
00:22:51.380 Don't go away.
00:22:54.580 This is Lewis Brackpool for Rebel News,
00:22:58.380 and today I'm outside of the Houses of Parliament in London, England,
00:23:02.800 where the local elections in the United Kingdom are set to begin on the 5th of May.
00:23:09.300 Voters who have registered will be able to cast their ballot on who they want to run,
00:23:14.300 the London Borough Council's District Councils.
00:23:18.160 A quick, scary fact for everyone that's outside of the United Kingdom.
00:23:22.480 Scotland and Wales' voting age was reduced recently to 16 years of age.
00:23:30.000 So imagine that.
00:23:31.340 Someone as young as 16 can rock up to a voting booth and vote,
00:23:35.280 and they most likely haven't even finished their GCSEs.
00:23:38.760 The vote is projected for Boris Johnson to take major losses in the council seats,
00:23:44.120 with even talks of Conservative councillors defecting.
00:23:47.740 So let's break down why this is happening.
00:23:50.940 The most prominent headlines that spring to mind at the minute are of that of Partygate,
00:23:56.340 where during the height of lockdown, the Prime Minister hosted drinks and parties,
00:24:01.280 whilst the public weren't even allowed to see friends or family.
00:24:04.640 The police force was out fining innocent people for wanting to keep their businesses running.
00:24:09.120 Myself and my colleague Lincoln even covered a story where a man drove to the seaside with his wife,
00:24:16.020 parked up and sat in their car,
00:24:18.540 drank a cup of tea,
00:24:20.080 and then was issued a fine of £200.
00:24:22.900 And without getting sidetracked,
00:24:24.960 let's not forget about the leader of the opposition,
00:24:28.320 Keir Starmer,
00:24:29.160 who has now called off more investigations because it turns out he was having a party during the height of lockdown
00:24:36.840 with none other than Angela Rayner.
00:24:40.460 The event is now being dubbed Beergate.
00:24:43.840 Porngate is another one,
00:24:45.620 where Tory MP Neil Parrish was caught looking at pornography by his colleagues,
00:24:51.280 bringing a whole new meaning to mass debate in the House of Commons.
00:24:55.880 Sorry about that.
00:24:56.520 He, on the other hand, says that he was actually searching for tractors.
00:25:02.380 Yeah, alright, mate.
00:25:03.560 Many of the Tory female colleagues are dubbing this incident as misogynistic. 0.98
00:25:10.680 Whilst once again, without getting sidetracked,
00:25:14.120 Angela Rayner of the opposition was actually accused by Tory MPs
00:25:18.560 that she used a basic instinct style ploy to distract Boris Johnson by crossing her legs.
00:25:25.440 She, of course, says that these claims are false, misogynistic and desperate perverted smears
00:25:31.960 for even making these claims.
00:25:34.420 However, recordings have actually come to the surface of Angela laughing
00:25:40.360 and joking about this type of action back in January.
00:25:44.780 It's now later revealed that an inquiry was set up to find the source of this story
00:25:51.160 and turns out the source was actually Angela Rayner.
00:25:55.460 Turns out that Angela Rayner actually propagated the story. 0.92
00:25:58.960 So let's keep ourselves up to speed so far.
00:26:01.120 We've got Partygate, Beergate, Porngate and...
00:26:05.560 Beavergate?
00:26:07.720 Can I say that?
00:26:08.800 Priti Patel and her colleagues are dubbing the Rwanda scheme a success.
00:26:12.880 Meanwhile, a reporter come out at The Times recently
00:26:16.580 where only 2% of illegal migrants that make the journey
00:26:20.320 are even going to be processed in Rwanda.
00:26:22.860 With 11 days of no activity in the English Channel due to, you guessed it, bad weather,
00:26:30.580 between the 1st and 2nd of May, the Border Force, Hurricane Deck Boats and others
00:26:36.460 have offered themselves as a taxi service to approximately over 500 illegal migrants into the country.
00:26:44.800 I was right to be sceptical, of course, about this plan.
00:26:48.880 Hate to say I told you so.
00:26:50.380 Meanwhile, Keir Starmer seems to be just avoiding the issue altogether.
00:26:55.240 I've not heard a single sensible solution from him or his Labour Party members at all.
00:27:00.380 How much immigration is too much if they want open borders? 0.60
00:27:06.080 That would be my question.
00:27:07.380 How can you even justify the sustainability of it
00:27:10.220 if we're caught up in the worst cost of living crisis,
00:27:13.880 a supply chain crisis and the worst standards of living since the 1950s?
00:27:19.300 I wonder if Keir Starmer is even interested in putting the interests of the British people first.
00:27:25.800 It's highly unlikely.
00:27:27.000 I also understand that a lot of people feel like this system is set up for people like me and you to fail
00:27:34.480 or the voting system is manipulated against us
00:27:38.420 when you have people that are supposed to be in charge of the country
00:27:42.360 that simply are out of touch with what the British people believe in.
00:27:47.480 You even have the likes of the WEF
00:27:49.980 who openly admit that they penetrate the cabinets of world governments
00:27:54.940 to influence them on legislation under the guise of a sustainable future.
00:28:00.680 What we are very proud of now is the young generation
00:28:05.360 like Prime Minister Trudeau, President of Argentina and so on,
00:28:12.720 that we penetrate the cabinets.
00:28:15.120 I know that half of this cabinet or even more half of this cabinet
00:28:22.700 are for our actually young global leaders of the world.
00:28:27.340 Right.
00:28:27.440 Gareth Icke said something recently
00:28:30.180 that really did get me thinking.
00:28:32.700 He said,
00:28:33.240 If you were in a casino and you knew the tables were rigged
00:28:37.680 so the house always won, would you bother gambling?
00:28:41.440 And if the answer is no, why do you vote?
00:28:44.580 And I completely understand why he thinks this.
00:28:48.180 And I sympathise with his viewpoint completely.
00:28:51.060 I must say, however, with gambling, you could lose everything,
00:28:55.640 which in turn could affect your marriage, your children, your parents,
00:29:00.780 your life ambitions and so on.
00:29:03.520 Whereas with voting, you haven't got anything to lose in my view.
00:29:09.080 And wouldn't that be something the WEF would benefit from?
00:29:12.220 Fewer votes in independent parties with no pushback
00:29:15.700 against the two big parties
00:29:17.360 who are essentially two cheeks from the same arse. 0.63
00:29:21.260 Lastly, I would never ever tell you who to vote for.
00:29:24.780 That's, of course, down to you and you only.
00:29:28.120 I can only give you honest information
00:29:30.180 and you take that as you will.
00:29:32.720 The right to vote and the right to choose when voting is essential.
00:29:37.440 So, of course, it is definitely something to think about.
00:29:40.800 So, this has been Lewis Brackpool reporting
00:29:44.240 in Parliament Square for Rebel News.
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