The Daily Signal - Victor Davis Hanson: Woke Politics Caused Britain’s Crisis. Now, It Reaps the Consequences.

Episode Date: September 5, 2025

Britain has seen an influx of illegal immigrants from the Islamic Middle East, often without proper background checks. Scandals involving Pakistani immigrants grooming young girls went largely ignored by authorities due to fears of political backlash. Ordinary citizens face harassment for expressing patriotism, even as immigrant communities display cultural or political symbols freely.   Victor Davis Hanson explains that this crisis is part of a larger European problem, and how the social, demographic, and political pressures facing Britain and Europe threaten the stability of their nations on today’s episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words.” “They’ve had a series of controversies and incidents and scandals in which Pakistani illegal immigrants have been grooming young British girls in the sex trades. And this was apparently known to authorities. But they felt that it was politically correct, in the age of DEI and woke, to seriously pursue any legal ramifications, until the public was outraged. “And this is in addition to the beginning of massive demonstrations, on the part of the British, Scottish, Irish, Welsh public, to perceived indifference from the United Kingdom Labour Party to the plight of their own citizens. In other words, they're censoring thought, dissent of British citizens, but not in the same manner they are of illegal aliens. And this translates into some very Orwellian and absurd incidents.” 👉Don’t miss out on Victor’s latest videos by subscribing to The Daily Signal today. You’ll be notified every time a new piece of content drops: https://www.youtube.com/dailysignal?sub_confirmation=1    👉If you can’t get enough of Victor Davis Hanson from The Daily Signal, subscribe to his official YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@victordavishanson7273    👉He’s also the host of “The Victor Davis Hanson Show,” available wherever you prefer to watch or listen. Links to the show and exclusive content are available on his website: https://victorhanson.com  (0:00) Britain's Immigration Crisis (1:52) Public Outrage (2:26) Cultural and Social Tensions (3:08) Europe's Broader Crisis (3:39) Economic and Energy Challenges (4:39) Final Thoughts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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We'd love to talk. Business. Britain per capita is experiencing the problem similar to the problem we had under the Biden administration. Massive influxes of illegal immigrants in Nordenly from the Islamic Middle East. They've had a series of controversies and scandals in which Pakistani illegal immigrants have been grooming young British girls in the sex trades. And this was apparently known to authorities, but they felt that it was politically incorrect. the age of DEI and Woke to seriously pursue any legal ramifications. And this translates into some very Orwellian and absurd incidents. But it comes in a larger canvas, and that is Europe,

including Britain, are in crisis. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for the Daily Signal. Britain per capita is experiencing the problem that we had similar to the problem. We have. had under the Biden administration, massive influxes of illegal immigrants without audit or background check. Whereas in our case, they came from south of the border. In Britain's case, they're in Nordenly from the Islamic Middle East. And they've had a series of controversies and incidents and scandals in which Pakistani illegal immigrants have been grooming young British girls in the sex trades.

And this was apparently known to authorities, but they felt that it was politically incorrect in the age of DEI and Wope to seriously pursue any legal ramifications until the public was outrage. And this is in addition to the beginning of massive demonstrations on the part of the British, Scottish, Irish, Welsh public, to perceived indifference from the United Kingdom Labor Party to the plight of their own citizens. In other words, they're censoring thought, dissent of British citizens, but not in the same manner they are of illegal aliens. And this translates into some very Orwellian and absurd incidents.

For example, people either showing the Union Jack or the flag of St. George are harassed by authorities as if this is somehow white chauvinism or insensitive to immigrants' sensitivities, but it's okay for immigrants than to appear equally chauvinistic, waving a Palestinian flag, or mobbing in support of Amas, or. are practicing their religion in a ostentatious fashion. But it comes in a larger canvas, and that is Europe, including Britain, are in crisis. Their fertility rate is about 1.4. Their borders are open. They've had millions of people come from the Middle East unlawfully without audit. That unassimilated, non-integrated population probably makes up 15 to 16 percent of the German population, maybe 8 to 10 percent of the French population, and four to

eight percent now of the British population. So they're not able to handle their borders. Their fertility rate is falling. They don't have the capital or money to defend themselves. They just barely squeaked by making the 2 percent NATO contributions. There's no way in the world they'll fulfill their 5 percent obligations unless they radically transform their economies. And, More importantly, they have a suicidal energy policy of green, solar, and wind power at the expense of plentiful and available natural gas, coal, oil, nuclear, hydroelectric. And so the result is Europe is an economic, social, demographic crisis. And one of the manifestations of this is these governments don't know how to handle criticism, these left-wing government. governments that gave Europe this problem. They're under intense pressure from traditionalists to

change their policies they won't, and it manifests itself in a variety of crazy ways. It's a strange world. Thank you very much. This is Victor Davis Hansen for The Daily Signal. Thank you for tuning in to the Daily Signal. Please like, share, and subscribe to be notified for more content like this. You can also check out my own website at Vicarious. hanson.com and subscribe for exclusive features in addition