𝓤𝓷𝓲𝓽𝓮𝓭 𝓝𝓮𝔀𝓼

The propaganda machine of the ruling class in the EU and Britain has been in overdrive, pumping out its cynical disinformation about the turmoil in France. As Gallic cities burn, a climate of denial and deceit prevails in the Chancelleries of Europe. That is because our political masters ultimately bear much of the blame for this incendiary chaos. Their ideological, reckless experiment in open borders, welfare socialism, cultural diversity and Brussels rule – imposed without any genuine democratic mandate – now threatens to tear apart Europe’s civilisation.

The governing elite resembles the curator of a museum packed with historic treasures, who thinks that the collection would be improved by graffiti and vandalism. Blathering about “unity”, the politicians have wilfully fostered division through mass immigration, just as their rhetoric about “tolerance” has been accompanied by the import of intolerant, misogynistic, and reactionary cultures from the developing world.

But it is precisely because the politicians are so responsible for this slide into dysfunction and discord that, in league with tame official media outlets, they try to downplay the alarming nature of France’s crisis. Typical of this euphemistic approach was the BBC, a progressive evangelist determined to maintain the illusion of multi-cultural success. So, like members of a brainwashed cult, reporters from the Corporation and similar woke stations kept intoning the mantra that the protests were “mainly peaceful”, a claim contradicted by all the evidence of widespread violence, including arson, intimidation, and looting.

Equally hollow was the media’s pretence that the agitation is only the latest example of the French tradition of taking to the streets in protest, as if it were the equivalent of the English fondness for cricket. But there was nothing traditional about these ugly demonstrations, which featured the desecration of sacred monuments such as statues of the Virgin Mary and the destruction of symbols of France’s heritage, like Limoges’ majestic 19th century city hall. More frivolous is the assertion that the supposed underfunding of education is fuelling the protests. Even alleged shortages of toilet rolls in some French schools are said to have galvanised protests.

It suits the politicians to believe that the unrest can be confined to a narrow set of grievances because then the protestors could be bought off with yet more cash, though France already spends 4.7% of its GDP on education, more than most developed nations, and has a gargantuan debt mountain. But in truth the sense of nihilistic rage that is now sweeping through France is both more incoherent and more dangerous than any list of complaints.

In his television address last Sunday, President Macron asked in bewildered tones: ”How can French people do this to France?” He was being disingenuous. He knows perfectly well that the demographics of France, as in every other western European nation, have been dramatically altered by unprecedented levels of immigration. As a result, at least 15% of the population are from ethnic minorities. Many of them have no allegiance to France or respect for its history, but instead form a vast and growing pool of disaffection.

The British political establishment smugly thinks that our country has been more successful than France at fostering good race relations. Whereas France has tried to promote assimilation through an emphasis on equal treatment for all, Britain has embraced the concepts of cultural sensitivity and plural identities, under which newcomers are encouraged to retain the customs, loyalties and even the languages of their homeland.

But that does not mean we will escape unrest. The British approach has allowed extremism and sectarianism to flourish, while pride in our nation has been eroded. Their reality is that both strategies are hopelessly flawed because they are trying to achieve the impossible: to maintain harmony while presiding over a social revolution that has left millions of British and French citizens feeling like aliens in their own land.