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Jonathan Sacerdoti
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Nov 20, 2025 • 1h 15min

“They’re protecting the wrong side” — Patrick Lee on being silenced for criticising Islam, and fighting back in court

A landmark tribunal has ruled that Islam critical beliefs are protected under the Equality Act, and the man at the centre of that historic decision, Patrick Lee, sits down with Jonathan Sacerdoti for his first full, unfiltered interview since the judgment shook Britain’s institutions.Patrick Lee is an actuary who never sought public attention, yet found himself monitored, censured and threatened by his own professional body for simply quoting Islamic scripture and raising concerns about extremism, women’s rights and child protection. His case exposed a troubling truth: Britain has become far more comfortable policing offence than confronting doctrines that harm the vulnerable.In this powerful conversation, Lee explains how he went from a quiet private citizen to the unlikely figurehead of a legal battle about free speech, Islam and the limits of criticism in a supposedly liberal democracy. He details how the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries secretly scrutinised his tweets, why the tribunal finally defended his right to speak, and what his victory means for every citizen who refuses to lie about reality.This is not just a story about one man. It is a warning about what happens when fear governs public life, when institutions appease extremism, and when silence becomes a national reflex.👁‍🗨 Watch if you want to understand why Britain is losing its moral courage — and why this ruling may be a turning point.💬 We Discuss:📜 The tribunal decision protecting Islam critical beliefs in UK law🕌 Why Lee began scrutinising Islamic doctrine post 11 September📚 The violent Qur’anic and hadith texts he publicly highlighted🧕 How teachings on women, girls and child marriage shaped his concerns🚔 The grooming gangs scandal and the culture of enforced silence🏛️ His regulator’s secret monitoring of his social media🧩 The critical distinction between attacking ideas and attacking people⚖️ How sensitivity culture now outranks child safety and women’s rights🔥 The reach of cancel culture inside British institutions🕊️ Why free speech is the essential foundation of democracy🇮🇷 The role of Masih Alinejad’s warnings about Iran in the context of his tweets🧠 The moral duty to speak when everyone else is afraid🔔 Subscribe for more fearless conversations about Britain, freedom and the fight for truth.📲 Follow JonathanOn X: https://x.com/jonsacOn Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jonathansacerdoti/ Substack: https://jonsac.substack.com👇 Comment below — Does protecting criticism of Islam mark the beginning of Britain’s free speech fightback?
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Nov 14, 2025 • 58min

Can the BBC be saved? The rot inside Britain’s national broadcaster

Hadar Sela, co-editor of CAMERA UK and a dedicated analyst of BBC coverage, sheds light on the alarming bias within the BBC. She discusses how years of complaints went ignored, revealing a newsroom culture that prioritizes speed over accuracy. Sela critiques specific misreporting incidents, including the Gaza hospital debacle, and highlights the underreporting of Israeli casualties. She calls for transparency and radical reforms to restore public trust, questioning whether the BBC can recover from its deep-rooted issues.
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Nov 9, 2025 • 59min

The Christian origins of Palestinian propaganda: Professor Miri Rubin

The most powerful images in today’s pro-Palestinian campaigns aren’t new — they’re borrowed from Christianity. From the Madonna and Child to David and Goliath, centuries-old sacred symbols have been re-cast to portray Palestinians as modern saints and martyrs, reshaping Western sympathy through religious familiarity.In this gripping conversation, Professor Miri Rubin (Queen Mary University of London), one of Britain’s leading medieval historians, joins Jonathan Sacerdoti to expose how the emotional grammar of Christian art has been weaponised for political ends — and how its echoes are visible everywhere from social media to pop culture, from the left to the right, and on the front pages of global newspapers.What you’ll hear in this fascinating discussion:🕍 How Jewish imagery shaped medieval Christianity — and its legacy in Western art🕊️ Why Christian iconography still dominates moral storytelling today📸 How propaganda reuses sacred imagery to provoke emotional reactions🧠 The psychological power of the “mother and child” pose in photojournalism⚔️ Why Palestinian PR borrows visual language from Christian Europe💀 How medieval blood libels echo in today’s online antisemitism🎭 What modern culture learned from the Church about emotional persuasion📷 The blurred line between journalism, activism, and visual manipulation🤖 How AI images will intensify the next wave of ideological propaganda🎧 Listen to this episode and discover how the ghosts of medieval art haunt our digital age — and how understanding their origins helps us see modern imagery more clearly.🔔 Subscribe for more in-depth conversations on history, media, and meaning.📲 Follow JonathanOn X: https://x.com/jonsacOn Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jonathansacerdoti/On Substack: https://jonsac.substack.com👇 Comment below — Do you think ancient religious symbols still shape how we see modern conflicts?
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Oct 22, 2025 • 1h 8min

Has Britain lost the courage to defend itself? Michael Gove on the collapse of civilisation

Michael Gove, a former UK Cabinet Minister and a keen commentator on British politics and culture, discusses the alarming rise of antisemitism and Islamism in Britain. He emphasizes that antisemitism is not just a Jewish issue but a manifestation of a deeper societal malaise. Gove critiques the Foreign Office's bias against Israel and warns of the dangers posed by the totalitarian nature of Islamism. He advocates for a return to Britain's Judeo-Christian values as a way to combat moral decline and ensure the safety of Jewish communities.
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Oct 12, 2025 • 39min

“My attacker is being freed”: Terror survivor Tal Hartuv on Britain’s media, Israel, and moral collapse

When Israel agreed to release hundreds of convicted terrorists in exchange for its hostages, Tal Hartuv discovered that one of them was the man who stabbed her 18 times and murdered her friend.In this deeply moving and unsparing conversation, Tal speaks to Jonathan Sacerdoti from Jerusalem, describing the impossible emotions of watching her attacker walk free — anger and disbelief mixed with relief that Israeli hostages are finally coming home.She reflects on her survival, on the moral price Israel is being forced to pay, and on the West’s complicity in distorting that reality. From the BBC’s “prisoner exchange” headlines to Labour’s recognition of a Palestinian state, she argues that Britain has lost its moral bearings — and that these lies have consequences measured in blood.This is a story of justice and betrayal, faith and fury — and of a survivor who refuses to let others decide what her suffering means.💬 In this conversation:💔 Watching her attacker’s release after 14 years in prison🇮🇱 The unbearable dilemma of hostage deals in Israel🧠 The long road from trauma to resilience🇬🇧 How British media and politics helped shape the crisis⚖️ Why “peace” without truth is just surrender🕯 Hope, faith and the choice to keep living🔔 Subscribe for more conversations about truth, trauma and the struggle for moral clarity.📲 Follow JonathanOn X: https://x.com/jonsacOn Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jonathansacerdoti/On Substack: jonsac.substack.com👇 How should justice look when the price of mercy is this high?#TalHativ #JonathanSacerdoti #Israel #Hostages #BBC #Labour #FreeSpeech #MediaBias #Hamas #Terrorism #MoralCrisis #UKPolitics
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Oct 9, 2025 • 2h 11min

Who is the real Tommy Robinson? Family, faith and the fight for Britain’s soul. His most unfiltered and intimate conversation yet

This is Tommy Robinson as you’ve never seen him before.In his most intimate and revealing conversation yet, Britain’s most controversial activist sits down with journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti, who asks the tough questions — about violence, Islam, Israel, fear, family, and the future of Britain.Branded a far-right extremist by his critics and a free speech champion by his supporters, Tommy Robinson (born Stephen Yaxley-Lennon) reflects on the chaos, the pain, and the conviction that have defined his life — from founding the English Defence League to surviving solitary confinement, therapy, and relentless media attacks.As he accepts an invitation to visit Israel by the country’s Minister for Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism, he discusses what he learned during his last visit about propaganda, jihad and the Israeli reality the media refuses to show.Nothing is off-limits: the grooming gangs, his own regrets, the accusations of hate, and his belief that Britain is sleepwalking into cultural collapse.This is not a defence — it’s a reckoning.👁‍🗨 Watch if you want to understand the man behind the headlines — and why he still believes he’s fighting for Britain’s soul.💬 We Discuss:🧠 The emotional cost of activism — therapy, fear and redemption👩‍👦 What his family endured while he became a national villain🚨 Grooming gangs, police cover-ups and the price of speaking out🕌 Islam, jihad and the media’s manipulation of public fear🇮🇱 Why he was invited to Israel — and what he learned there about coexistence and conflict⚖️ Allegations of extremism and the line between courage and recklessness🎙 The failures of the press, politicians and police — and what happens next for Britain🔔 Subscribe for more fearless conversations on Britain, identity and truth.📲 Follow JonathanOn X: https://x.com/jonsacOn Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jonathansacerdoti/On Substack: jonsac.substack.com📲 Follow TommyOn X: https://x.com/TRobinsonNewEra👇 Comment below — Is he a warning, a hero, or a symptom of Britain’s decline?
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Sep 22, 2025 • 1h

"Free Your Face" — Women, Islam and the Battle for Britain: Kellie-Jay Keen

Kellie-Jay Keen — known globally as Posie Parker — is the women’s rights campaigner behind the “adult human female” billboard and the viral call for women to “Free your face” from the niqab. In this fearless conversation with Jonathan Sacerdoti, she challenges Britain’s cultural taboos: from niqab and who gets to wave a flag, to 'grooming-gang' euphemisms, transgender ideology, surrogacy, and the fragile social contract that used to hold public life together.Speaking with blunt clarity and lived intensity, she recalls being mobbed in New Zealand, touring the US and Australia under threat, and why she keeps going: because women — and children — pay the highest price when polite society refuses to name reality.👁‍🗨 Watch if you want to hear an uncompromising defence of women’s rights, a critique of Britain’s double standards on race and culture, and why “being nice” is not a plan for freedom.💬 We discuss:👩‍⚖️ The meaning of “adult human female” — and why truths matter🧕 “Free your face”: testimonies from women living behind the niqab🏴 British flags vs Palestinian flags — how Englishness became controversial🧩 Grooming-gang euphemisms and the cultural double standards that enable abuse⚧ Transgenderism, fetish vs identity, and the costs of medicalisation👶 Surrogacy, donor conception, and children’s rights to biological bonds🏥 Why private freedom ends where the public contract begins🚨 Being mobbed in Auckland, armed protection, and why she refuses to stop🏠 Why liberating women transforms families, children — and societies🗣 “Say the unsayable”: confronting taboos without cruelty or capitulation🔔 Subscribe for more fearless interviews.📲 Follow JonathanOn X: https://x.com/jonsacOn Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jonathansacerdoti/👇 Comment below — Where do you draw the line between private freedom and the public square?#KellieJayKeen #PosieParker #WomensRights #FreeYourFace #EnglishIdentity #Niqab #FreeSpeech #TransgenderDebate #Surrogacy #GroomingGangs #UKPolitics #JonathanSacerdoti #Islam #LetWomenSpeak
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Sep 3, 2025 • 1h 2min

"The Lie of Moderate Islam" — Yasmine Mohammed Exposes the Truth

Yasmine Mohammed, a Canadian human rights activist and author of "Unveiled," shares her harrowing journey escaping a forced marriage to an al-Qaeda member. In a powerful discussion, she dismantles the myth of moderate Islam and highlights the dangers of Western complacency. Yasmine examines the treatment of women under Sharia law, the reality of honour killings, and the challenges of Islamic reform. She warns that silence and denial in the West may lead to greater peril, urging a wake-up call to confront these pressing issues.
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Aug 17, 2025 • 32min

"Britain's Next" — Islamist Qatar’s billion-dollar war on the West: Ruth Wasserman Lande

Ruth Wasserman Lande, a former Israeli Knesset member and intelligence expert, provides a gripping warning about radical Islam's growing influence on the West. She critiques Western media's complicity in downplaying extremism and highlights Qatar's role in funding the Muslim Brotherhood's PR efforts. Delving into the implications of the October 7th attacks, Lande emphasizes that this conflict transcends borders, representing a global ideological battle threatening liberal values and safety for all, including women and minorities.
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Jul 25, 2025 • 1h 3min

Heading for Civil War: Mass Immigration, Islamism and the End of British Pride — Rafe Heydel-Mankoo

In this thought-provoking discussion, Rafe Heydel-Mankoo, a British historian and cultural critic, warns of a quiet revolution in Britain driven by mass immigration and ideological shifts. He dives into the alliance between radical left movements and political Islam, revealing the implications for national identity. The conversation covers alarming issues like Sharia patrols, grooming gangs, and the politicization of immigration. Heydel-Mankoo emphasizes the ideological capture of British institutions and the erosion of free speech, calling for a renewed sense of patriotism.

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