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#212 - Callum Smiles - "They Are Stealing The Country": Border Gangs, Fake Deliveroo Accounts & The Civil War
Description
Callum Smiles is an investigative reporter and co-founder of the Wyvern Fellowship. Having spent years conducting on-the-ground reporting across Calais, Dunkirk, and the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, he has documented the operational realities of Channel crossings, NGO involvement, and human trafficking networks across Europe.
In this episode, Callum and I discuss the true mechanics behind illegal migration - from TikTok marketing campaigns run by trafficking gangs to the widespread abuse of gig-economy delivery accounts within the UK. We examine the systemic collapse of public infrastructure, government procurement waste, and the rise of local "parallel institutions" designed to rebuild community resilience independent of central state control.
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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00:00 - A 200 Grand Crossing
00:01:04 - The Failure of Modern Britain
00:02:46 - Where Is The Tax Money Going?
00:03:45 - NHS Inefficiency vs. Private Healthcare
00:05:45 - Single Air Fresheners & £600 Bed Moves
00:07:08 - The True Scale of Channel Crossings
00:10:00 - UN Conventions & Albanian Marketing Campaigns
00:12:30 - The Business Model: £3,000 Seats & TikTok Deals
00:14:32 - The Deliveroo Black Market & Criminal Networks
00:20:00 - What Are NGOs Actually Doing in Northern France?
00:22:21 - Conditions in Calais & Human Exploitation
00:26:34 - MOD Housing Contracts & Government Procurement
00:31:28 - Where Do National Lottery Grants Go?
00:37:38 - Undocumented Arrivals: Destroyed Passports on Planes
00:41:21 - Demographic Shifts & The Risk of Civil Unrest
00:44:25 - Legal Aid, Human Rights Laws & Border Enforcement
00:47:31 - The Political Class vs. Productive Taxpayers
00:52:48 - Eyewitness Report: The Ceuta Border Crisis
01:05:08 - Repurposing Military Bases for Migrant Housing
01:11:07 - Property Drop & High Street Decline in London
01:15:00 - Building Parallel Institutions: The Wyvern Fellowship
01:23:21 - Taking Back Local Control
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