Right-wing YouTuber charged over video criticising Muslim councillor

So what did he say? The article is behind a pay wall

So Siddique said the government was “pale, male, and stale” – which is objectively racist rhetoric because it criticises immutable characteristics rather than the contents of one’s thoughts or policies. As a society, we need to get better at calling people out and setting boundaries for acceptable discourse.

The YouTuber, from what I gather from the article, criticised people like Siddique, who espouse views often based on falsehoods, specifically in relation to perceived under-representation of ethnic minority groups.

Yet, the data tends not to support Siddique and her followers’ belief:

1. Often, in public service sectors, there will actually be over representation of certain ethnic minority groups relative to local, city, and national demographics.

– The numbers are ethnic minority subgroups are often small to begin with (e.g., 4 in every 100 will be black in the UK). So, these individuals will feel underrepresented when, in fact, the hypothetical space is reflective of demographic splits. (E.g., 5 black people in a room of 100 would be overrepresentation but under-representation from one’s own internally generated narrative). So, under-representation is easily perceived, not actual.

2. It’s easier to employ an ethnic minority who may not be adequately qualified for the role in the public sector because it’s ‘only’ the taxpayer that bears the cost of incompetence in the workforce. Conversely, in the private sector, which is profit driven, you need to employ the best people for the job to sustain profitable margins.

From what I can see from the article, the YouTubers criticism was reasonable. Unless there is something I have missed or has not been reported in the article, I’m failing to see why he has been charged.

I’d not heard of this guy until this, and just watched one of his videos – and ok, the video that got him in trouble may have been worse, but he just came across as quite a light-hearted commentator, and his approach seemed quite measured and balanced.

The framing of this also calls into question the idea of right wing vs left wing. He’s the Scottish leader of the current SDP, again a party I know little about, but a quick check of wikipedia shows them to be centre-left on many issues, but socially conservative. Isn’t that pretty much identical to the leanings of the so-called ‘Red Wall’ of England? The old-school Labour heartland? So to brand him as ‘right-wing’ feels odd.

What’s it like living in North Korea?
Can’t complain.

it was inevitable that hate speech legislation would be misused in this manner. Loath as I am to agree with Toby Young’s Flying Circus, in this case he was right

What in gods name are the judiciary doing? I’m in two minds, on the one hand I welcome the honest expression of their moral rot, on the other I’m concerned about where this is leading. Man criticises racist comment and is charged? What?

If he was charged, then there is some pretty damning evidence against him somewhere. It says he was charged over this specific video, but it’s more likely this video was used in conjunction with a bunch of other evidence.

It’s rare the police charge without a high probability of conviction. All the work and effort that goes into a case has to be worth it.

30 people a day are arrested for social media posts in the UK.

Next time some one says “two tier policing doesn’t exist” I’ll refer them to this story here, the Muslim councillor can say what she likes but if you criticise her you’ll be arrested.

No one should be surprised when Reform wins the next election at this point

Keep it up Britain. Turning more and more people to the right with this totalitarianism, and that’s a fact. Country needs to get a fucking grip.

He is a typical Unionist, Rangers Da, knuckle-dragger.

See the far right are still out in force here. Does anyone have a transcript of what he said? Charging threshold is pretty high