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Montgomery Toms - From Brighton Mob to Paris Streets: Fighting for Free Speech
Montgomery Toms, founder of Freedom Watch GB, joins Peter to describe the organisation’s work recording public debates on free speech, immigration, national sovereignty and related issues in universities and on the streets. He recounts the Brighton incident in which a crowd damaged equipment and attacked the team over its positions on mass deportations and sovereignty, with police intervening, and notes similar hostility during filming in Paris amid protests, including tear gas and physical confrontations. Toms discusses the erosion of common-law protections, the Magna Carta and the English Bill of Rights by later legislation, mixed experiences with police, and concerns over speech-related arrests, digital ID, surveillance and the Online Safety Act. He argues for continued open debate despite rising threats, rejects violent revolution in favour of political organising and electoral action, and expresses support for Restore Britain while criticising Reform UK for inconsistency on immigration, national identity and free speech @MontgomeryToms
Montgomery Toms, founder of Freedom Watch GB, joins Peter to describe the organisation’s work recording public debates on free speech, immigration, national sovereignty and related issues in universities and on the streets. He recounts the Brighton incident in which a crowd damaged equipment and attacked the team over its positions on mass deportations and sovereignty, with police intervening, and notes similar hostility during filming in Paris amid protests, including tear gas and physical confrontations. Toms discusses the erosion of common-law protections, the Magna Carta and the English Bill of Rights by later legislation, mixed experiences with police, and concerns over speech-related arrests, digital ID, surveillance and the Online Safety Act. He argues for continued open debate despite rising threats, rejects violent revolution in favour of political organising and electoral action, and expresses support for Restore Britain while criticising Reform UK for inconsistency on immigration, national identity and free speech @MontgomeryToms
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