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A Comedian Was Jailed In The UK For JOKES. Is Britain Now North Korea? | Ep. 1652

2025-09-04 News & Politics
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Matt Walsh
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UK Free Speech Crisis and Political Hypocrisy on Rights

Examine how restrictive UK speech laws led to the arrest of a comedian for tweets written in America, and analyze why Democrats reject God-given rights while claiming rights against government action.

Short Summary

  • UK Free Speech Collapse: A comedian faces imprisonment for allegedly offensive tweets, suggesting the UK operates like a totalitarian state toward critics.
  • Body Cams Expose Narratives: Body camera footage showing police shootings as justified undermines previous media narratives, effectively crippling the BLM movement's primary tactic.
  • Foundational Rights Challenged: Senator Tim Kaine publicly decried the concept of rights originating from the Creator, directly opposing the core philosophy of the US founding fathers.

This episode dissects alarming international trends regarding free expression while critically examining hypocrisy within American political structures concerning wealth and constitutional philosophy. The core message emphasizes that once rights are viewed as state-granted constructions, they become contingent on the current political authority rather than inherent truths.

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Today on the Matt Walsh Show, a comedian is arrested in the UK for making fun of trans people on Twitter. At what point do we start treating the UK like North Korea or any other totalitarian state? Also, another potential BLM martyr is sabotaged by body cams. A black comedian does a viral skit in whiteface. And a senator says that only Iranian theocrats think that human rights come from God. I can think of a few other people who held that view. Thomas Jefferson, for one. TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - 00:26 Opening 2:19 - 19:48 A Comedian Was Jailed In The UK For JOKES. Is Britain Now North Korea? 22:31 - 33:02 Police Officer Shot A Woman For Charging At Her With A Knife 33:03 - 41:20 Comedian DRUSKI Does White-Face In Skit 41:27 - 44:20 Ilhan Omar's Is Now Worth Up To $30 Million 46:03 - 59:43 Tim Kaine Is Canceled Ep.1652 Sources: https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!t-_e!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6a2a97ee-23bd-43e3-89d5-94e32dcd1f0a_1128x404.jpeg https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9UZn!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F12777fc1-3102-4bc3-9439-3ddae7ad7662_1178x1270.jpeg https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cVVM!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F491f0f67-4e95-4a0e-9eb1-84e753708276_1178x272.jpeg https://x.com/BBCNewsnight/status/1963021805196562467 https://x.com/amuse/status/1963177515251298698 https://x.com/LauraPowellEsq/status/1963392572858273797 https://x.com/CollinRugg/status/1963286365120172467 https://x.com/druski/status/1963017485114040343?ref_src=twsrc^tfw|twcamp^tweetembed|twterm^1963017485114040343|twgr^1f4752abccb1d32fab7a98201f66d74735677d16|twcon^s1_&ref_url=https://www.dailywire.com/news/comedian-druski-wears-whiteface-mocks-nascar-fans-in-viral-comedy-skit - - - Become a DailyWire+ member and watch the full show: https://bit.ly/4bEQDy6 LIKE & SUBSCRIBE for new videos every day. https://www.youtube.com/c/MattWalsh?sub_confirmation=1 - - - DailyWire+: Order Lions and Scavengers: The True Story of America (and Her Critics) right now at https://bit.ly/4lVaMEA The Isabel Brown Show, premieres September 8th. Watch at https://dailywire.com Get your Matt Walsh flannel here: https://bit.ly/3EbNwyj - - - Today's Sponsors: Prize Picks - Visit https://prizepicks.onelink.me/LME0/WALSH and use code WALSH and get $50 in lineups when you play your first $5 lineup! Helix Sleep - Go to https://helixsleep.com/walsh to get an exclusive discount. Hillsdale - Go to https://hillsdale.edu/walsh to start learning from over 40 free online courses today! Done with Debt - Start building the life you deserve! Visit https://donewithdebt.com or call 1 (888) 322-1054 and talk with one of their strategists. It’s FREE! - - - Stop giving your money to woke corporations that hate you. Get your Jeremy’s Razors today at https://bit.ly/3lSGpWa Watch my hit documentary, “What Is A Woman?” here: https://utm.io/ueSdV Represent the Sweet Baby Gang by shopping my merch: https://tinyurl.com/y5dscrmm This video includes information, descriptions, video, and images meant to give important context to viewers. By including this context, the overlaid commentary, criticism, and analysis is able to serve the public's interest in the discussed subject matter. Pairing the appropriate context with the included commentary allows the video to: (i) educate viewers; and (ii) document newsworthy events or other matters of public interest. To the greatest extent possible, the included commentary is intended to: (a) accurately identify the involved parties; (b) describe the subject matter in detail; (c) clearly articulate condemnation and criticism of the subject behavior while including an opposing view; and (d) to discourage viewers from engaging in the subject behavior. #MattWalsh #TheMattWalshShow #News #Politics #DailyWire #WhatIsAWoman

Top Comments (10)

@IMDunn-oy9cd 2025-09-04

The UK is not like North Korea, In North Korea, you are allowed to fly your national flag.

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@phantom0456 2025-09-04

BLM demanding mandatory police body cams is one of the biggest self-owns the universe has ever seen 😂

566 28 replies
@agentsmith8379 2025-09-04

In 2023 in UK there were 3400 arrests for social media posts. In Russia 400 for the same period. Ten times less. Think about that one.

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@seandelap8587 2025-09-04

Graham Linehan has done nothing wrong and simply spoke the truth this arrest is just nuts

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@user-is1hd4nj4b 2025-09-05

And now Britain is the joke. A once great nation that birthed Western freedom reduced to a sad police state.

159 3 replies
@Enigma75614 2025-09-05

Body cams totally killed the BLM movement

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@rory9174 2025-09-04

Thank you so much Matt for highlighting Graham Linehan s disgraceful arrest by the British Gestapo.I think it's important for America to see what these woke snowflakes in power are doing to free speech.

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@youtrickube1475 2025-09-04

Body cams have made "Black Fatigue" based.

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@mrpoikins77 2025-09-05

I am an English man living in what used to be Great Britain and I heartily wish that the States would break off diplomatic relations with our authoritarian government, the more pressure the better.

42 2 replies
@zombygunslinger 2025-09-05

This is exactly what Vance warned against at the Munich conference. If our allies quit respecting our shared values, we will have to re-evaluate our relationship with them.

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