So, a few things I’m lumping together here. But all around the theme of Christmastime.
In truth it has all become a bit of a pantomime, as we’ll observe. It even features the pantomime villain – in the form of London’s dastardly Mayor.
So, first, did anyone go to ‘Tommy Robinson‘s’ Christmas Carol event in Central London? ‘Putting Christ Back into Christmas‘ was the stated theme.
Fresh off his recent and highly-publicised propaganda trip to Israel and the Holy Land (which was also entirely framed in his crude brand of Christian Nationalism and American styled ‘Judeo-Christian’ mythologising), our favourite passport enthusiast is continuing to play his new role of Christian Defender.
Quite who wrote this new character for him to play, let’s leave to the imagination.
In this latest stunt, the idea was clearly to reinforce the impression of Christmas being suppressed or under threat – and of patriots bravely reclaiming the season (with Christmas I guess representing the ‘Christian West’ more broadly in this paradigm, and the ‘Christian West’ in turn representing a particular type of white nationalism).
This cynical hijacking of Christianity has been going on for some months now, and was most explicitly evident in the big ‘Unite the Kingdom’ rally that ‘Tommy’ led in the wake of the Charlie Kirk assassination in the US (which itself was used as a weird ‘Christian Revival’ programming: and it’s still going on over there).
The e–mails that ‘Tommy’ had sent to his supporters described an “assembly of dedicated patriots [singing] beloved carols that proclaim our enduring devotion to faith and homeland…’
Which is fine, I suppose: though ‘Tommy’ butchering ‘God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen’ or ‘We Three Kings’ isn’t really doing Christmas any great favours.
Also, assuming ‘Tommy’ identifies as Church of England (which, as the chief English patriot, he surely does), he should probably be more concerned with how many Anglican priests appear to be moving over to the Catholic Church.
Which is a curious thing in itself, but probably a subject for another time.
The message also made sure to demonise Sadiq Khan, as per the usual script – because, you know, the London Mayor is trying to destroy Christmas, right?
You didn’t know about Khan’s evil plan? It’s everywhere on right-wing social media, YouTube, Facebook, and of course GB News.
Apparently, Khan wants to ‘ban Christmas’. In fact, he has even outlawed the word ‘Christmas’ in public places.
It’s true: the despicable Mayor of London is an anti Christian villain on a par with Herod. He won’t rest until Christmas is dead and all English culture and traditions are suppressed. Sharia Law is coming!
It’s true – look at his face in this freeze-frame! It proves what he’s up to! By the way, this video is brought to us courtesy of a typically high-IQ ‘patriot’ channel called ‘Britain Fights Back’.
If you want a steady stream of low-intelligence clickbait content, it’s the channel for you.
Really, if all this stuff wasn’t taking itself so seriously, it could be great satire. Unfortunately it isn’t.
Just look at how much of this stuff there is out there. The point is that people believe all this silliness, apparently: or at least they’re pretending to.
Khan hosting a massive Christmas carol service at Southwark Cathedral and giving a speech about Jesus maybe undermines the narrative a little: but, hey, let’s just ignore that. Along with all the Christmas lights, trees, displays and events all over London.
He’s clearly evil – look at the freeze-frame!
The Mayor is days away from commanding the slaughter of all the first-born sons.
We could do a whole article on the obsession with Sadiq Khan: including the fact Donald Trump, J.D Vance and co appear to be unhealthily obsessed with him too.
Why is the President of the United States always attacking the Mayor of a city in a foreign country? Isn’t that weird?
I think I might do an article on Khan – and London more broadly – soon. Because the excessive propaganda slop demonising both London and its Mayor has been relentless lately.
Also, the whole ‘Christmas is Under Attack’ thing has been around for years: it’s a cliche at this point, even a parody. It seemed to have originated with the millionaire-run right-wing newspapers back in the day, but now it rears it’s head every year.
If the ‘Christ in Christmas’ has been dampened by anything, it’s the over-commodification and commercialisation.
Though it’s always also worth pointing out that what we think of as Christmas has always been a hybrid festival, combining the Christian Nativity element with the pre-existing (and pre-Christian) Yuletide and Winter Solstice celebrations and even the Roman Saturnalia.
I’m also not the first to point out that even the specifically Christian celebration is to mark a story that happened in the Middle East, involving Semitic Palestinian Jews – and not ‘patriots of the English Homeland’ or even Europeans.
But Christmas is a lot of things to a lot of different people.
In truth, ‘Tommy’s’ Christmas event seemed to be a bit of a damp squib, attracting around 1,000 people. And he was clear to insist it wasn’t political, but purely about Christ.
Fair enough: that’s the part he’s playing now and apparently he’s sticking to it.
I wonder too if his whole Israel stunt may have lost him some of his supporters, which would maybe account for the lower turnout.
Not that he’s alone in doing the whole Holy Land exercise: 1,000 ‘pastors’ just went to Jerusalem for a whole propaganda event at the Western Wall, essentially declaring their fealty to the Golden Calf.
I’m sure Jesus would be proud.
You know, it’s funny that those pastors don’t go to Bethlehem or Nazareth. Only to the site of what will soon be the Third Temple: where they can kiss the remains of Herod’s wall.
In Bethlehem, they just lit the Christmas tree in Manger Square for the first time since the War in Gaza started in 2023. It was sort of a big moment, symbolically.
None of the pastors went there. Just to the wall for the photo op.
I don’t think ‘Tommy’ went there either during his pilgrimage: too busy filming himself at the Temple Mount, literally sniggering on camera about the coming demolition of the Al-Aqsa compound and ushering in of the Messianic age.
It’s just odd that all this sudden concern about Christ was purely focused on the perceived Judeo-Christian ‘clash of civilisations’ programming (and those vile barbarians from the East: a programme just recently reinvigorated by whatever the hell that was that happened at Bondi beach) and didn’t pay any attention at all to Palestinian Christians or to the actual Christian holy sites.
In terms of this Christmas season, I have to admit I’m seeing a lot of angry, miserable looking people every time I’ve been out. On the street, in the shops, on public transport: it’s felt noticeably unfriendly lately. Something lame is in the air.
A sign of the times, I guess.
Anyway, I’ve rambled long enough. By the way, if anyone’s feeling blue this festive season (which I guess includes me), you could maybe cheer yourself up a bit by seeing the Epstein file releases continuing to expose and humiliate some of those who deserve it. Most of them won’t face any legal comeuppance: but at least the exposure itself is something.
Oh, and here’s footage of Andrew Tate getting his arse handed to him in the ring. Enjoy.
Merry Christmas, everyone.
