app01 Wed, 14 Oct 2026 03:15:33 +0000 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Rebel News Podcast - Episodes Tagged with “United Kingdom” https://www.rebelnewspodcast.com/tags/united%20kingdom Tue, 13 Oct 2026 20:00:00 -0400 Listen to FREE podcast versions of Rebel News livestreams and premium shows, The Ezra Levant Show and The Gunn Show with Sheila Gunn Reid. Like what you hear? Consider becoming a RebelNews+ subscriber at http://RebelNewsPlus.com for access to video versions, premium shows, feature documentaries and exclusive content. en-ca episodic Free full-length episodes from our livestream and RebelNews+ shows, featuring Ezra Levant, Sheila Gunn Reid, David Menzies and more! Rebel News Listen to FREE podcast versions of Rebel News livestreams and premium shows, The Ezra Levant Show and The Gunn Show with Sheila Gunn Reid. Like what you hear? Consider becoming a RebelNews+ subscriber at http://RebelNewsPlus.com for access to video versions, premium shows, feature documentaries and exclusive content. no Rebel News, Ezra Levant, independent journalism, news, politics, political commentary, current events, investigative reporting, Canada, Canadian politics, government policy, freedom of speech, civil liberties, media bias, public policy, elections, geopolitics, international news, Pierre Poilievre, Marc Carney Rebel News business@rebelnews.com EZRA LEVANT | Andy Burnham was once flagged by a government disinformation unit. Now he's building one https://www.rebelnewspodcast.com/podcast-ezra-levant-show-october-13-2026 44814b2e-41be-4171-b653-2dd3406fb82a Tue, 13 Oct 2026 20:00:00 -0400 Rebel News full Rebel News Britain's new Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, has ordered a National Centre for Information Defence to fight disinformation, even though one of Britain's earlier disinformation units logged Burnham himself for opposing lockdowns. Those units ended up watching British citizens, and Canada already has every part of the same machine. 34:20 no <p>Britain's new Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, used his first speech at the United Nations to order a National Centre for Information Defence, to "detect, attribute and disrupt" hostile state information attacks. In the same speech he warned about "far right narratives" and a "negative, corrosive narrative about life in Britain," and promised: "Well, no more." (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/pm-speech-at-unga-22-september-2026" rel="nofollow noopener">Transcript</a>)</p> <p>Britain has done this before. In 2023, <a href="https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/2023/01/inside-whitehalls-ministry-of-truth-how-secretive-anti-misinformation-teams-conducted-mass-political-monitoring/" rel="nofollow noopener">Big Brother Watch</a> revealed that Whitehall's Covid-era anti-disinformation units logged columnist Peter Hitchens, MP David Davis, Oxford's Carl Heneghan, and the Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, for opposing local lockdowns. After the Southport murders, a government unit flagged a post about asylum hotels to TikTok. And <a href="https://freespeechunion.org/news/more-than-62-000-people-have-been-arrested-for-speech-offences-over" rel="nofollow noopener">62,199 people</a> were arrested in Britain for speech offences over five years.</p> <p>Canada already has the parts: a Privy Council push for social media monitoring, Meltwater "social listening" contracts, a Heritage-funded "situation room" that tracked "right wing responses" to the war in Gaza, a military that saw Covid as a chance to test propaganda techniques, an Industry Canada memo contemplating "legal action" over posts, and <a href="https://openparliament.ca/bills/45-1/C-34/" rel="nofollow noopener">Bill C-34</a>'s new Digital Safety Commission. As Heritage Minister Marc Miller put it: "What constitutes legitimate and illegitimate discussion is a very fine line."</p> <p>Tell Ottawa to stop the censorship: <a href="http://www.RebelNews.com/stop_the_censorship" rel="nofollow noopener">www.RebelNews.com/stop_the_censorship</a></p> <p>Monday to Friday, enjoy the audio version of Ezra Levant's daily TV-style show, The Ezra Levant Show, where Ezra gives you his contrarian and conservative take on free speech, politics, and foreign policy through in-depth commentary and interviews.</p> <p>If you want to watch the video versions of these podcasts, make sure to begin your free RebelNewsPlus trial by subscribing at <a href="http://www.RebelNewsPlus.com" rel="nofollow noopener">www.RebelNewsPlus.com</a>.</p> andy burnham, national centre for information defence, ministry of truth, disinformation, misinformation, free speech, censorship, big brother watch, nigel farage, reform uk, 77th brigade, southport, privy council office, meltwater, canadian heritage, institute for strategic dialogue, mélanie joly, bill c-34, safe social media act, digital safety commission, marc miller, mark carney, hogue commission, stop the censorship Britain's new Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, used his first speech at the United Nations to order a National Centre for Information Defence, to "detect, attribute and disrupt" hostile state information attacks. In the same speech he warned about "far right narratives" and a "negative, corrosive narrative about life in Britain," and promised: "Well, no more." (Transcript)

Britain has done this before. In 2023, Big Brother Watch revealed that Whitehall's Covid-era anti-disinformation units logged columnist Peter Hitchens, MP David Davis, Oxford's Carl Heneghan, and the Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, for opposing local lockdowns. After the Southport murders, a government unit flagged a post about asylum hotels to TikTok. And 62,199 people were arrested in Britain for speech offences over five years.

Canada already has the parts: a Privy Council push for social media monitoring, Meltwater "social listening" contracts, a Heritage-funded "situation room" that tracked "right wing responses" to the war in Gaza, a military that saw Covid as a chance to test propaganda techniques, an Industry Canada memo contemplating "legal action" over posts, and Bill C-34's new Digital Safety Commission. As Heritage Minister Marc Miller put it: "What constitutes legitimate and illegitimate discussion is a very fine line."

Tell Ottawa to stop the censorship: www.RebelNews.com/stop_the_censorship

Monday to Friday, enjoy the audio version of Ezra Levant's daily TV-style show, The Ezra Levant Show, where Ezra gives you his contrarian and conservative take on free speech, politics, and foreign policy through in-depth commentary and interviews.

If you want to watch the video versions of these podcasts, make sure to begin your free RebelNewsPlus trial by subscribing at www.RebelNewsPlus.com.

]]> Britain's new Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, used his first speech at the United Nations to order a National Centre for Information Defence, to "detect, attribute and disrupt" hostile state information attacks. In the same speech he warned about "far right narratives" and a "negative, corrosive narrative about life in Britain," and promised: "Well, no more." (Transcript)

Britain has done this before. In 2023, Big Brother Watch revealed that Whitehall's Covid-era anti-disinformation units logged columnist Peter Hitchens, MP David Davis, Oxford's Carl Heneghan, and the Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, for opposing local lockdowns. After the Southport murders, a government unit flagged a post about asylum hotels to TikTok. And 62,199 people were arrested in Britain for speech offences over five years.

Canada already has the parts: a Privy Council push for social media monitoring, Meltwater "social listening" contracts, a Heritage-funded "situation room" that tracked "right wing responses" to the war in Gaza, a military that saw Covid as a chance to test propaganda techniques, an Industry Canada memo contemplating "legal action" over posts, and Bill C-34's new Digital Safety Commission. As Heritage Minister Marc Miller put it: "What constitutes legitimate and illegitimate discussion is a very fine line."

Tell Ottawa to stop the censorship: www.RebelNews.com/stop_the_censorship

Monday to Friday, enjoy the audio version of Ezra Levant's daily TV-style show, The Ezra Levant Show, where Ezra gives you his contrarian and conservative take on free speech, politics, and foreign policy through in-depth commentary and interviews.

If you want to watch the video versions of these podcasts, make sure to begin your free RebelNewsPlus trial by subscribing at www.RebelNewsPlus.com.

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