As promised here is a selection of the questions I had for Claire Fox, Douglas Murray, Matthew Goodwin, John Woodcock, their friends, colleagues, relatives and fellow travellers for my article The New Axis of Evil. It's an accompanying guide/background to the article for The Canary UK. We sent around 500 questions to up to 20 people two days before publishing. It helped me understand the subject/s inside and out.
Plus there are some responses I wasn't able to include in the article from Aaron Bastani, Grace Blakely and The Full Brexit Steering Group, mainly for blandness and (purposefully) missing the point.
WE STARTED WITH QUESTIONS TO CLAIRE FOX
The Canary will be publishing an article on Friday 9 August around think tank The Full Brexit. The article will be exploring the group's history and looking into its influence - not least in the context of the current far-right race riots across the UK.
As part of this, we would like to offer Claire Fox the right of reply to some questions below.
1. Are you still part of the steering committee for Full Brexit?
2. How many Full Brexit meetings did you attend at SOAS?
3. Who first invited you to be part of it?
4. When did you first notice signs of COVID denialism?
5. The Full Brexit co-founder Philip Cunliffe, Associate Professor of International Relations at the Institute of Risk and Disaster Reduction, University College London has written that on The Full Brexit website that 'Brexit is just the first blow against the anti-democratic European Union. We should hope for– and work towards – the restoration of democratic, self-determining nation-states across the whole continent.’ Are you proposing a Europe-wide civil war? Or do you agree with him that Brexit was only the first blow?
6. What is your current position on Brexit?
7. The Full Brexit say ‘withdrawing Britain from Ireland and extending the dynamic of popular sovereignty and democratisation within Britain itself.' Is this your position too?
8. On the Full Brexit website Peter Ramsay posted on the 11 October 2019 ‘wrangling over the Irish backstop proves that Britain lacks the political authority in Northern Ireland that it needs to make a success of Brexit. If British Leavers want to strengthen popular sovereignty in Britain, they should join the campaign for Irish reunification.’
Do you support the reunification of Ireland and how would you suggest doing that?
9. Do you currently do any work with Grace Blakely and/or Aaron Bastani?
A FEW HOURS LATER …
1. How did you come to employ Venice Allan? Was she recommended to you and by who? Or did she send you her CV? Is she still not being paid for her services to you?
2. Were Venice Allan or her brother involved in writing your amendment on gender transitioning in prison and name changes - 26 February 2024?
3. Did other co-founders or supporters of The Full Brexit such as James Heartfield and Lord Moonie, Matthew Goodwin or Paul Embery have any input into the wording or content of your February 2024 amendment on gender transitioning and name changes?
4. Do you consider Venice's brother to be your closest advisor? What does he advise you on other than gender recognition?
5. Were you aware that Venice Allan posted on her X the pictures attached showing she had torn down signs saying 'Nazis not welcome'? Do you encourage the taking down of posters such as the ones taken down of Israelis kidnapped on October 7th?
6. Have you discussed trans legislation with Richard Dawkins?
7. Is the Academy of Ideas, or any institution you are connected with or know of, funding the social media accounts that say they are ‘a network for journalists and content makers who seek to restore accuracy and impartiality to media coverage of sex and gender’, known on X as JournalismSEEN
TO THE FULL BREXIT STEERING GROUP:
1. Who are the members of the Full Brexit Steering Group?
2. What has Matthew Goodwin's involvement been from 2018 to 2024? And how many meetings has he attended?
3. What has Lord Moonie's involvement been from 2018 to 2024? And how many meetings has he attended?
4. What has Claire Fox's involvement been from 2018 to 2024? And how many meetings has she attended?
4. When did you first notice signs of COVID denialism within the group?
5. You wrote that 'Brexit is just the first blow against the anti-democratic European Union'. ‘We should hope for– and work towards – the restoration of democratic, self-determining nation-states across the whole continent.’ What was the inference, here?
6. What is your current position on Brexit?
7. The Full Brexit says ‘withdrawing Britain from Ireland and extending the dynamic of popular sovereignty and democratisation within Britain itself.' Is this still the group's position?
8. On the Full Brexit website Peter Ramsay posted on the 11 October 2019
‘wrangling over the Irish backstop proves that Britain lacks the political authority in Northern Ireland that it needs to make a success of Brexit. If British Leavers want to strengthen popular sovereignty in Britain, they should join the campaign for Irish reunification.’
Do you support the reunification of Ireland and how would you suggest doing that?
9. Why did The Full Brexit stop posting on its Facebook and Twitter/X account from September 2023?
10. What steps are you taking to achieve your goal of a full Brexit, which according to your website includes,
‘withdrawing Britain from Ireland and extending the dynamic of popular sovereignty and democratisation within Britain itself'.
11. Is The Full Brexit or any institution or person you know of funding the social media accounts that say 'they are a network for journalists and content makers who seek to restore accuracy and impartiality to media coverage of sex and gender' known on X as @JournalismSEEN?
12. Do you have any ongoing or past work you have done for or with Claire Fox?
13. Do you have any ongoing or past work you have done for or with Daniel Finkelstein?
14. Do you have any ongoing or past work you have done for or with Douglas Murray?
15. Do you have any ongoing or past work you have done for or with Matthew Goodwin?
16. Do you have any ongoing or past work you have done for or with Lord Walney?
If you would like responses published in the article, I would need them by 12pm on Friday 9 August.
TO FRASER NELSON AND THE SPECTATOR
1. How much was Irish Unionist Historian and Writer, Ruth Dudley Edwards paid to write this article in defence of Claire Fox
2. Who suggested she write it? Did Ruth Dudley Edwards pitch the article to you or you to her?
3. How many events has Douglas Murray as an associate editor been a representative of the Spectator? And in which countries?
4. Who suggested that Claire Fox and Lord Walney team up to do Spectator-hosted debate on the 19 July 2024 ?
5. Does Lord Walney ever go to the Spectator office to meet his wife Isabel Hardman? When was the last visit and the first?
6. When did Claire Fox first write for The Spectator? Who was her editor?
7. When Claire Fox wishes to write an article for The Spectator, who facilitates that? When you want Claire Fox to write for the Spectator, who facilitates that?
8 Has Douglas Murray, who is an associate editor at the Spectator, ever edited Claire Fox articles for the publication?
9.On Talk TV last week your long time contributor Claire Fox said,
"I think that the anger is completely justified, and I think there's a lot of pent up frustration. Because, let's be honest, for the last few years, there's been attempting, attempts to gaslight anyone who asks any questions at all about, for example, civil, you know, dis unrest, people who say, I feel very frightened by seeing these pro Gaza demos, not the demos, but the fact that there have people on them, causing trouble, you know, shouting anti semitic slogans, getting away with it, blatantly supporting violent, murderous terrorists on us, and feeling that, you know, just stock oil, you know, prepared to disrupt your everyday journeys, and somehow that's to be ignored anyway you can understand and just a general sense that mass shoplifting can happen and nobody can do anything about it. The police have seemed to say, emasculated, if I can use that word, without being accused of sexism, completely robbed of any gumption. So that can be true, and people are angry, and of course, then this absolutely awful tragedy in Southport of children being butchered, and we'll bring that out."
Having now seen the video of a man with a hedge trimmer chasing a car with non-white people in it and the car of a care worker being set on fire, will you still be commissioning her to write for the Spectator?
10. Your associate editor Douglas Murray said this in November 2023,
"if the army will not be sent in, then the public will have to go in, and the public will have to sort this out themselves, and it'll be very, very brutal. I don't want them to live here. I don't want them here. They came under false pretenses. Many of them came illegally, and continue to come illegally, and we don't want them here. And I'm perfectly willing to say that, because it needs to be said, If I hated Australia, hated the Australian people, hated Australian history, hated the Australian way of life, broke into the country illegally and spent my time trying to undermine Australia. Why should I be in Australia? Why? What would I have brought to the country? What benefit, what moral benefit, what financial benefit, what social benefit? The answer is, you'd have brought no benefit. So why?
Why? Just hope that those people are not in large enough numbers, and keep your fingers crossed and put it off for another day. I think we have to start saying very clearly, if you don't like it, here - go. And if you don't like it here, and you intend to make it worse, we will makeyou go. We stripped citizenship from ISIS members, members of ISIS, who, even if they had British citizenship, we stripped their passports. We need to start doing the same thing with Hamas. We have Hamas leaders in the UK. Hamas members in the UK. I'm calling on the foreign secretary, the Home Secretary, the Director of Public Prosecutions, the Attorney General, Prime Minister, and others to start doing this, to start taking the passports away anddeporting people who support him, as in the UK. Is there the willpower to listen? I think that as the situation is changing, actually, I think there are things now able to be discussed and suggested which were not able to be suggested or discussed even a few years ago."
Will you continue to employ him at the Spectator considering he is implying that people should take the law into their own hands if the army is not deployed?
TO GRACE BLAKELY and AARON BASTANI
1. How many Full Brexit meetings did you attend at SOAS?
2. Do you know who the members of the Full Brexit Steering Group are and if so have you done any work for them and what did it entail?
3. Who first invited you to be part of it?
4. When did you first notice signs of COVID denialism?
5. The Full Brexit co-founder Philip Cunliffe, Associate Professor of International Relations at the Institute of Risk and Disaster Reduction, University College London has written that
'Brexit is just the first blow against the anti-democratic European Union'. ‘We should hope for– and work towards – the restoration of democratic, self-determining nation-states across the whole continent.’
Do you agree with him that Brexit was only the first blow?
6. What is your current position on Brexit?
7. The Full Brexit say ‘withdrawing Britain from Ireland and extending the dynamic of popular sovereignty and democratisation within Britain itself.' Is this your position too?
8. On the Full Brexit website Peter Ramsay posted on the 11 October 2019,
‘wrangling over the Irish backstop proves that Britain lacks the political authority in Northern Ireland that it needs to make a success of Brexit. If British Leavers want to strengthen popular sovereignty in Britain, they should join the campaign for Irish reunification.’
Do you support the reunification of Ireland and how would you suggest doing that?
9. Is The Full Brexit or any institution or person you know of funding the social media accounts that say 'they are a network for journalists and content makers who seek to restore accuracy and impartiality to media coverage of sex and gender' known on X as @JournalismSEEN?
10. Do you have any ongoing or past work you have done for or with Claire Fox?
11. Do you have any ongoing or past work you have done for or with Daniel Finkelstein?
12. Do you have any ongoing or past work you have done for or with Douglas Murray?
13. Do you have any ongoing or past work you have done for or with Matthew Goodwin?
14. Do you have any ongoing or past work you have done for or with Lord Walney?
GRACE
A FEW HOURS LATER TO CLAIRE FOX AGAIN…
1. Was there any remuneration either way for Munira Mirza and Dougie Smith for the help in securing your peership from then Prime Minister Boris Johnson?
2. Are you and Munira Mirza on the steering committee of The Full Brexit?
3. Is Munira Mirza and/or Dougie Smith involved with the Academy of Ideas in any capacity? Have either of them given speeches or been on panels for an Academy of Ideas event?
4. Did you meet Boris Johnson ahead of your appointment as an unaffiliated peer? Who else was in the room when you met him? Please list everyone.
5. Is Boris Johnson involved with the Academy of Ideas in any capacity? Has he given speeches or been on panels for an Academy of Ideas event?
6. Has Fiona Fox and/or the Science Media Centre been employed by The Institute of Ideas or the Academy of Ideas? What work was involved?
7. Is Fiona Fox and the Science Media Centre coordinating the Seen In Journalism network on social media? If so, who is funding their work?
8. Who was your campaign manager when campaigning to be an MEP for the Brexit Party in the European elections? Who paid your campaign manager?
9. Did Nigel Farage or Richard Tice approach you or any other former RCP members to campaign to be MEPs? Or did you approach either one of them?
10. How much day to day oversight do you have at Spiked Online?
11. Is Spiked Online still based at the former headquarters of the RCP?
12. When did you first meet Matthew Goodwin and where? How many times have you met him and spoke since 2019?
13. When did you first meet Douglas Murray and where? How many times have you met him and spoke since 2019?
14. When did you first meet Lord Finkelstein Gand where? How many times have you met him and spoke since 2019?
15. When did you first meet Lord Walney and where? How many times have you met him and spoke since 2019?
16. Did you ever meet Lord Kenneth Clarke (producer of the Civilisation TV series) before he passed away in 1983? What did you talk about?
17. Who suggested putting on the event first entitled 'Is Rising Ethnic Diversity a Threat to the West'? Was it Unherd? If so, who specifically reached out to you? Or was it the Academy of Ideas?
18. Please can you forward the initial email inviting the speakers (David Aaronovitch, Trevor Phillips, Matthew Goodwin, Eric Kauffman) to be involved in the event initially called 'Is Rising Ethnic Diversity a Threat to the West'?
19. When was the last time you travelled to Dublin?
20 When was the last time you travelled anywhere in Northern Ireland?
21. The Revolutionary Communist Party, refused to condemn atrocities like the Birmingham, Brighton and Warrington bombings. Do you still support their stance then? Or not?
22. Do you support the following RCP statement or not?
“We unconditionally support the right of the Irish people to carry out their struggle for national liberation in whatever way they choose".
23. Have you spoken to Colin Parry, Aileen Quinton or Ruth Dudley Edwards since 2019? What were the reasons for the conversation?
24. When did you first write for The Spectator? Who was your editor?
25. When you wish to write an article for The Spectator, who do you approach to facilitate that?
26. Has Douglas Murray who is an associate editor at the Spectator ever edited your articles for the publication?
27. Are you a member of any Signal or Telegram Groups?
28. Which Signal or Telegram Groups are you a member of and were any set up in Dublin or Belfast?
29. On Talk TV last week you said,
"I think that the anger is completely justified, and I think there's a lot of pent up frustration.
Because, let's be honest, for the last few years, there's been attempting, attempts to gaslight anyone who asks any questions at all about, for example, civil, you know, dis unrest, people who say, I feel very frightened by seeing these pro Gaza demos, not the demos, but the fact that there have people on them, causing trouble, you know, shouting anti semitic slogans, getting away with it, blatantly supporting violent, murderous terrorists on us, and feeling that, you know, just stock oil, you know, prepared to disrupt your everyday journeys, and somehow that's to be ignored anyway you can understand and just a general sense that mass shoplifting can happen and nobody can do anything about it.
The police have seemed to say, emasculated, if I can use that word, without being accused of sexism, completely robbed of any gumption. So that can be true, and people are angry, and of course, then this absolutely awful tragedy in Southport of children being butchered, and we'll bring that out."
Having now seen the video of a man with a hedge trimmer chasing a car with non-white people in it and the car of a care worker being set on fire do you still stand by your statement that "the anger is completely justified"?
30. Douglas Murray said this week,
"if the army will not be sent in, then the public will have to go in, and the public will have to sort this out themselves, and it'll be very, very brutal. I don't want them to live here. I don't want them here. They came under false pretenses. Many of them came illegally, and continue to come illegally, and we don't want them here. And I'm perfectly willing to say that, because it needs to be said, If I hated Australia, hated the Australian people, hated Australian history, hated the Australian way of life, broke into the country illegally and spent my time trying to undermine Australia. Why should I be in Australia? Why? What would I have brought the country? What benefit, what moral benefit, what financial benefit, what social benefit? The answer is, you'd have brought no benefit. So why? Why? Just hope that those people are not in large enough numbers, and keep your fingers crossed and put it off for another day. I think we have to start saying very clearly, if you don't like it, here go. And if you don't like it here, and you intend to make it worse, we will make you go. We stripped citizenship from ISIS members, members of ISIS, who, even if they had British citizenship, we stripped their passports. We need to start doing the same thing with Hamas. We have Hamas leaders in the UK. Hamas members in the UK. I'm calling on the foreign secretary, the Home Secretary, the Director of Public Prosecutions, the Attorney General, Prime Minister, and others to start doing this, to start taking the passports away and deporting people who support him, as in the UK. Is there the willpower to listen? I think that as the situation is changing, actually, I think there are things now able to be discussed and suggested which were not able to be suggested or discussed even a few years ago."
In 2019 You hosted a panel called "What Is Killing Western Civilization? With Douglas Murray, and Yaron Brook"hosted by Ayn Rand Institue. Will you continue to be on panels with Douglas Murray considering he is implying that people should take the law into their own hands if the army is not deployed?
A FEW HOURS LATER TO CLAIRE FOX AGAIN
Our writer has some final questions for Claire Fox - please see below. We believe these are the final ones, now.
1. Who is providing the majority of funding for the Academy of Ideas ‘Civilisation Under Siege’ program on the 17th and 18th of August? Is the Science Media Centre and or Fiona Fox providing any support for the event?
2. The site says ‘the problems of the current moment are frequently described as ‘civilisational’ in their importance. Some say the culture wars pose a threat to the building blocks of civilisation: family life, privacy, or civility. 'Others would argue the real threat to civilisation is from ‘global challenges’ like climate change or AI. In the wars in Gaza or Ukraine, some repose arguments about the ‘clash of civilisations’. How many times have you read Clash of Civilisations by Samuel Huntington?
3. 'As ever, The Academy will bring together people from all walks of life who are committed to rethinking some of the basic building blocks of political life. Join us as we look at what civilisation is, whether it is under threat, why it might be worth defending.'
Can you provide copies of the emails you sent to the potential speakers? Or give a summary of their content?
4. 'But in many quarters, especially in academia, the very idea of civilisation is dismissed or treated as a dirty word. Wherever we look, there is a sense that civilisation itself is under siege from hostile forces. But what is civilisation?'. Can you name specific academics who dismiss your idea of what 'civilisation' is?
5. For the event ‘Culture under- Seige’ the event details asks questions: Does the attack on classical art mirror a wider attack on Western civilisation? Or has the tradition of the classics largely run its course? Will anyone defend the achievements of the West?’ Please can you list the achievements in your view?
6. In Civilisation after Barbarism’ you say ‘Instead of the appeal to ‘never forget’ – an unthinking formula often used by those in power – Levi asks us ‘to consider’. Auschwitz was the logical end of a chain of events set off by a dogma, he writes. If this dogma was anti-Semitism, what does that mean for us today?' Will there be a zero tolerance policy to anti semitism and holocaust denial during the weekend?
TO VENICE ALLAN
We would like to offer Venice Allan the right of reply to some questions below.
1. How many days a week do you currently work for Baroness Buckley as her assistant in the Lords?
2. How many days a week do you work for Baroness Buckley on any other matters not directly connected to the House of Lords?
3. Have you ever met Fiona Fox and if so have you worked together on any projects that aren't Lords business?
4. Where were you when the term 'Adult Human Female' was proposed as a term to differentiate groups of taxpayers? Was it in the House of Lords, somewhere on the parliament estate or at a private event or household?
5. Apart from your work for Baroness Buckley, how many days a week do you work for your other employer? Is the employer a charity or community interest company or individual benefactor?
6. Is it true you are paid £200 per day to undertake the work for your other employer?
7. You said the following on X,
“The Cass review is just the beginning of the end, we need to take back control of all our institutions, firstly the NHS.”
How do you intend to 'take back control' of the NHS? Please can you provide examples of your plan?
8. Is the Academy of Ideas or any institution or person you know funding the social media accounts that say 'they are a network for journalists and content makers who seek to restore accuracy and impartiality to media coverage of sex and gender' known on X as JournalismSEEN?
9. Do you work for JournalismSEEN? Or any of its associated accounts and strands?
QUESTIONS TO LORD WALNEY
1. The far right riots are biggest security failing this country has seen since July 6. Will you take your part of the blame and resign?
2. Were senior members of Israels intelligence services right to resign after October 7th?
3. In March 2021 you published a report on political extremism and violence. It devotes 65 pages to the threat from the left (JSO, XR, BLM), and just 28 to the threat from the right. Do you regret not taking far right threats seriously?
4. You missed advance signs of violent racists, missed any online disinformation networks and missed whatever Russian force multipliers there are. What exactly were you doing?
5. In January 2024 you went to Israel as part of a parliamentary delegation organised by European Leadership Network. Upon your return you wrote a report suggesting MPs shouldn't meet with the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, and that the police should crack down on protests. Considering the recent turn of events, plus videos of serious sexual abuse of Palestinian priosners coming out of Israel's do you regret that?
6. In recent days you have said "The scenes of mosques being targeted and people actually just having to physically have a presence in the mosque to stop the windows getting smashed in or whatever, are appalling. They're sickening. And they're actually, I think, sickening to the vast majority of people in this country who may have real concerns about immigration. They may have concerns about the level of integration in some English towns”
Why would they be concerned about that?
TO MUNIRA MIRZA AND DOUGIE SMITH
We would like to offer Munira Mirza and Dougie Smith the right of reply to some questions below:
1. Was there any remuneration either way for Munira Mirza and Dougie Smith for the help in securing Claire Fox's peerage from then Prime Minister Boris Johnson?
2. Are Claire Fox and Munira Mirza on the steering committee of The Full Brexit?
3. Are Munira Mirza and/or Dougie Smith involved with the Academy of Ideas in any capacity? Have either of you given speeches or been on panels for an Academy of Ideas event?
4. Did Claire Fox meet Boris Johnson ahead of her appointment as an unaffiliated peer? Who else was in the room when she met him? Please list everyone.
5. Will you both be attending the Academy of Ideas ‘Civilisation Under Siege’ program on the 17th and 18th of August?
6. Have you ever met or worked with or employed Fiona Fox and/or Science Media Centre on non parliamentary business?
TO CLAIRE FOX MINUTES LATER…
It seems our writer has some further questions for Claire Fox. Please see below:
1. Do you know the location of Matthew Goodwin? and when was the last time you were in contact with him?
2. Do you know the location of Paul Embery and when was the last time you were in contact with him?
3. Do you know the location of Tommy Robinson aka Stephen Yaxley-Lennon and when was the last time you were in contact with him?
4. Do you know the location of Douglas Murray? and when was the last time you were in contact with him?
5. If you have been in contact with any of the above, what were your discussions regarding?
TO DOUGLAS MURRAY AND MATTHEW GOODWIN
we would like to offer Douglas Murray, who is mentioned in the article, the right of reply to some questions below:
1. You said,
"if the army will not be sent in, then the public will have to go in, and the public will have to sort this out themselves, and it'll be very, very brutal... etc etc".
Tommy Robinson, was detained by Kent police at Folkestone on 27 July 2024 under Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act 2000. He was released on unconditional bail. Subsequently he fled Britain to “put himself beyond the reach of authorities”, as he was due to be in court over alleged contempt proceedings for making a documentary, Silenced, which repeats false claims he made about a Syrian refugee that led to him losing a libel case in 2021. Should Tommy Robinson aka Stephen Yaxley-Lennon have his citizenship stripped?
2. Do you know the location of Matthew Goodwin? and when was the last time you were in contact with him?
3. Do you know the location of Paul Embery and when was the last time you were in contact with him?
4. Do you know the location of Tommy Robinson aka Stephen Yaxley-Lennon and when was the last time you were in contact with him?
5. On Talk TV last week long-time contributor to the Spectator Claire Fox said,
"I think that the anger is completely justified, and I think there's a lot of pent up frustration. Because, let's be honest, for the last few years, there's been attempting, attempts to gaslight anyone who asks any questions at all about, for example, civil, you know, dis unrest, people who say, I feel very frightened by seeing these pro Gaza demos etc
Having now seen the video of a man with a hedge trimmer chasing a car with non-white people in it and the car of a care worker being set on fire..
Will you still be commisining her to write for the Spectator? And do you agree or disagree with what she says?
6. Have you ever edited Claire Fox articles in your role as associate editor at the Spectator?
7. Are you a member of any Signal or Telegram Groups?
8. Which Signal or Telegram Groups are you a member of and were any set up in Dublin or Belfast?
9. Do you believe there is a need to use the term 'far right' to describe a certain ideology? If so, the respectable far-right is simultaneously quite intellectual (they trade in ideas) and not very intellectual (the ideas are not decisive). Why do they trade in ideas?
10. Is the gap between the far right on the streets the last few days and respectable far-right for example Melanie Phillipsand Matthew Goodwin being broken down?
11. There’s a lot of money in being the plausibly denied far-right intellectual we've been told. Can you estimate what that might be per annum in sterling?
12. Could some of the intellectual/respectful far right intellegisia chose to have other ideas than ones currently in the public debate, e.g instead of asking Is Rising Ethnic Diversity a Threat to the West? replace it with other ideas that don't potentially incite hatred of minorities or push open further the Overton Window on racism and xenophobia? Considering some intellectual far right have thousands of subscribers/followers on and offline.
13. Are the white riots and pogroms linked to the war being waged by “Israel”, in your opinion. If yes, how so?
14. Much of the Academy of Ideas program, which will be taking place on 17/18 August, comes from the mind of Samuel Huntington who wrote Clash of Civilisations and was an important influence on those who have led the past 35 years of war on Islam to impose Israel as a regional hegemon and ensure the USA led Axis retains its supremacy. Will you be attending the weekend event?
16. Do you agree with Huntington that the current Western decline is a very slow process and is not an immediate threat to World powers today?
17. Do you agree with Huntington that the power of a state is controlled and influenced by the behaviour and decisions of those holding power?
18. Do you agree with Huntington that Religion is the societal factor that has filled the vacuum created by a loss of political ideology. Major religions around the world "experienced new surges in commitment, relevance and practice by erstwhile casual believers"?
19. Do you agree with Huntington that people "need new sources of identity, new forms of stable community, and new sets of moral precepts to provide them with a sense of meaning and purpose"?
20. Do you agree with Huntington that The ability of Asian countries to successfully modernise and develop economically without adopting western values supports Huntington's assertion that the world is becoming more modernised, but less Westernised?
21. According to Huntington Muslim societies, unlike Asian societies, have asserted cultural identity through the reaffirmation and resurgence of religion. Huntington argues that the resurgence of Islam "embodies the acceptance of modernity, rejection of Western culture, and the recommitment to Islam as the guide to life in the modern world". Religion is the primary factor that distinguishes Muslim politics and society from other countries, he says. Do you agree with Huntington on that?
22. Huntington also argues that the failure of state economies, the large young population, and the authoritarian style of governance have all contributed to the resurgence of Islam in society. Do you agree with Huntington on that?
23. Huntington argues that civilizations are strictly bound to religious affiliation and that Islamic civilization, which he identified earlier in the book, lacks a core state and is the factor that disallows these societies to successfully develop and modernize. Do you agree with Huntington on that?
24. Huntington predicts and describes great clashes that will occur among civilizations. First, he anticipates a coalition or cooperation between Islamic and Sinic cultures to work against a common enemy, the West.
Three issues that separate the West from the rest are identified by Huntington as:
A) The West's ability to maintain military superiority through the nonproliferation of emerging powers.
B). The promotion of Western political values such as human rights and democracy.
C). The Restriction of non-Western immigrants and refugees into Western societies.
24. Do you agree with Huntington on that? And if so why and please can you explain.
25. In the chapter The Global Politics of Civilizations, Huntington predicts the conflict between Islam and the West to be a "small, fault line war,” Do you agree with Huntington on that?
26. Huntington posits that there is a conflictual nature between Islam and Christianity and then lists five factors that have exacerbated conflict between the two religions in the late twentieth century.
These factors are:
A) the Muslim population growth has generated large numbers of unemployed and dissatisfied youth that become recruits to Islamic causes,
B) the recent resurgence of Islam has given Muslims a reaffirmation of the relevance of Islam compared to other religions,
C) the West's attempt to universalize values and institutions, and maintain military superiority has generated intense resentment within Muslim communities,
D) without the common threat of communism, the West and Islam now perceive each other as enemies, and
E) increased communication and interaction between Islam and the West has exaggerated the perceived differences between the two societies.
Huntington predicted that the combination of economic success of the East Asian countries and the heightened military power of China could result in a major world conflict. This conflict would be intensified even more by alignments between Islamic and Sinic civilizations.
What are your thoughts on these 5 points?
27. The Afghan war, he says, "left behind an uneasy coalition of Islamic organisations intent on promoting Islam against all non-Muslim forces". In other words, the war created a generation of fighters that perceived the West to be a major threat to their way of life. Do you agree with Huntington on that?
28. In Part V the conclusion: The Future of Civilization Huntington discusses the challengers of the West, and whether or not external and internal challenges will erode the West's power. External challenges he said include the emerging cultural identities in the non-Western world. Internal challenges include the erosion of principle values, morals, and beliefs within Western culture.
Do you agree with Huntington that for the West to remain a global political power, it needs to adapt to increasing power and influence of different civilizations. Without adapting, the West is destined to decline in power and influence, or it will clash with other powerful civilizations?
29. Whilst nobody on the streets has been shouting the names Douglas Murray, Matthew Goodwin, Lord Finkelstein, Samuel Huntington or indeed your name, they have been screaming Tommy Robinson at anyone who will listen. Why do you think that is?
30. In 2019 you were on a panel with Claire Fox, will you be on panels with her again in light of her comments last week?
31. Are you still a fellow senior fellow of the Gatestone institute? What does that role entail?
32. Have you ever given money to Tommy Robinson aka Stephen Yaxley-Lennon via bank transfer, credit card, fundraiser, cash? Or any other means?
33. “Civilization means something more than energy and wil and creative power, it needs a sense of permanence. Civilized man must feel that he belongs somewhere in space and time; that he consciously looks forward and looks back." ~ Kenneth Mackenzie Clark, Baron Clark, Civilisation.
What does this statement mean in your view?
34. You made perhaps your most famous public opinion known when discussing your book and 'the war on white people’ you said-
“Think you stand here to judge Shakespeare, you really think you have that right? Etc Etc".
Who has been judging Shakespeare and what did they say?
If you would like responses published in the article, I would need them by 2pm on Friday 9 August.
TO FIONA FOX (CLAIRE FOX'S SISTER)
we would like to offer Fiona Fox the right of reply to some questions below.
1. Have you ever attended any The Full Brexit meetings?
2. Do you know the members of the Full Brexit Steering Group and if so, have you done any work for them and what did it entail?
3. What is your current position on Brexit?
4. 8. Is the SMC or any institution or person you know funding the social media accounts that say 'they are a network for journalists and content makers who seek to restore accuracy and impartiality to media coverage of sex and gender' known on X as @JournalismSEEN?
5. Have you and/or the Science Media Centre been employed by The Institute of Ideas or the Academy of Ideas? If so, what work was involved?
If you would like responses published in the article, I would need them by 12pm on Friday 9 August.
QUESTIONS TO SONIA SOHDA AND SUSANNA RUSTIN
We would like to offer Sonia Sodha, who is mentioned in the article, the right of reply to some questions below:
1. Is the Guardian or any institution or person you know including yourself funding and/or running the social media accounts that say 'they are a network for journalists and content makers who seek to restore accuracy and impartiality to media coverage of sex and gender' known on X as @JournalismSEEN?
2. Do you work for @JournalismSEEN? Or any of its associated accounts and strands? Or do you know who does?
3. Have you discussed Seen In Journalism with Claire Fox, Douglas Murray, John Woodcock or Matthew Goodwin, Lord Moonie or anyone involved with The Full Brexit?
4. Have you discussed Seen In Journalism with Kath Viner or any other editors at the Guardian?
5. Were you in any way involved with writing or had any discussions about the amendment to the Victims and Prisoners bill on gender transitioning in prison and name changes that Claire Fox proposed in parliament on the 24th February 2024?
6. Have you met and or had discussions with Venice Allan and her brother, Claire Fox's advisor and assistant in the Lords? Or Fiona Fox, Claire Fox's sister and CEO of the Science Media Centre.
QUESTIONS FOR KATH VINER AND PAUL WEBSTER
We would like to offer both Kath Viner and Paul Webster the right of reply to the questions below:
1. Is the Guardian, Observer, or any of their journalists funding and/or running the social media accounts that say 'they are a network for journalists and content makers who seek to restore accuracy and impartiality to media coverage of sex and gender' known on X as @JournalismSEEN?
2. Do you work for @JournalismSEEN? Or any of its associated accounts and strands? Or do you know who does?
3. If so, have you discussed Seen In Journalism with Claire Fox, Douglas Murray, John Woodcock or Matthew Goodwin, Lord Moonie or anyone involved with The Full Brexit?
4. Have you met and or had discussions with Venice Allan, her brother and, Claire Fox's advisor and assistant in the Lords? Or Fiona Fox, Claire Fox's sister and CEO of the Science Media Centre. Or Munira Mirza and/or Dougie Smith.
If you would like responses published in the article, I would need these by 5pm tonight (Friday 9 August).
ANOTHER QUESTION FOR SONIA SOHDA AND SUSANNA RUSTIN
Apologies, our journalist has one more question:
Have you met and or had discussions with Munira Mirza and or Dougie Smith?
It was always a risk putting out a 7500 word article. My editor Steve Topple had to create a new category for it on the The Canary site. Long Read.
The Risks:
1. People's attention spans
2. Peoples attention spans
3. I had the space to get a bit complicated.
4. Sometimes people can't hold more than one or two things in their minds at once.
THE FRINGE LEFT = THE FULL BREXIT for all those who have come away confused. Of course its not the peers or the right wing journalists. Nonetheless The ONLY thing that actually matters is this...
It’s clear there is a network of well funded and secretive organisations, publications, and power brokers who have funded both the anti-trans movement and the intellectual justification for the current far-right mobilisation.
Whilst all the attention has been on Douglas Murray if you care about the contents of this article other than getting you should be questioning the wisdom of having LORD WALNEY AND BARONESS FOX in parliament. That's actually who is the most important in The New Axis of Evil article.
Not Murray or Goodwin.
Thanks so much to Tom Fowler for speaking to me for my book 'Between a Rock, a Hard Place and a Dystopia' and for What a Hell Of A Way To Die podcast Guest Episode: Spycops Legacy, Part 1 (feat. Tom Fowler)
Check the #SpyCops hashtag on Twitter for more of Tom's work.
This week I have had all three of my twitter accounts hacked, my laptop compromised, found 2 airtags on my phone.
I moved to a hotel briefly to get my head straight and finish my investigation in to The New Axis of Evil.
Whether these proven destabilisation amd surveillance actions have been done by the network of powerful people I wrote about in my investigation for The Canary or it's #SpyCops…
I don't care.
Clash of Civilisations