Lowkey exposes corruption in UK politics, from Grenfell to parliament
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- Опубликовано: 19 янв 2023
- Lowkey is a UK rapper and activist.
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This guy is the ruling class's worst nightmare. He's intelligent, articulate, informed, deeply principled, and working-class. I hope more people take the time to watch this. Very enlightening. Great interview.
I agree! Critical thinking above all!
He needs to go to Maui. He would get things done. Indigenous families loosing Ancestral land to Governor for corporate greed. It's great artist stand up for justice.
Praying nothing ever happens to him.
A decade ago, when my son was in court in Hammersmith, charged with a criminal offence, Lowkey was the only one of his 'friends' who turned up to support him and sat with me in the public gallery.
Legend living prophet
He’s a good bloke.
Have followed him for years now - he’s clever and honest. And I don’t even like rap 😂😂❤
Peoples army?
Says a lot for the man.
All these strikes are a sign the foundations of a civil society are starting to crumble in the UK. For a functioning society, the 4 pillars are Health, Education, Transportation and Housing. These are the basics people need to build a stable life on. Health, Education, Transportation workers are all going on strike and housing has been ridiculous for the last 30 plus years
Housing was the first victim of government destruction and privatisation
The social contract is dead.
@@jameseden9380 so if they have broken the contract, it is only fair that we bring back the guillotines
Turn it over, drag it into the road, set it alight [allegedly]
It's the Tory ideology. The idea that the most successful/wealthy should be catered to as they create the most wealth, is simply wrong. They see corporation tax as the worst punishment that should be avoided instead of realizing they benefit the most from it. Having a healthy, well educated/skillful, workforce that has the freedom to travel and live anywhere, is the best thing for growth. Only another society like that could compete with it.
If you place profit as the best thing possible, then any and all means possible will be used to obtain it. That's where the corruption comes from.
Lowkey is right. Power won't give the working-class nothing, but a backhanded slap - from a well jeweled hand, without sustained pressure. The working -class needs to be reminded that there is a class war. They are losing, the government, corporations and the media are winning. And, worker solidarity can change the outcome.
"WE", the people, can do better! Demos Poder.
Cheers Thomas.
✊️
We need to have no Lobbying, no political donations from any companies, a very low limit on personal political donations, no second jobs for MPs and no jobs to be taken at any company that they have come into contact with whilst an MP. We also need to make it a crime to lie to the public if an MP or a media outlet.
There goes labours funding then!,,,
@@TheJbsportstech Sure, and every Tory minister would suddenly decide on a career change, totally by coincidence.
No, we need a libertarian socialist economy and system of organisation. No ruling class, period, but instead autonomous, horizontal, directly democratic organisation from below
Very strange that everytime a advertisement plays on this video, (which for me is every 5 mins) after the advert this video does not resume playing ? Never had that happen before, strange!
Very interesting video respect to lowkey
Awesome to see Lowkey getting more airtime💚🤘
I’d like Lowkey to be Prime Minsiter.
Just think how quickly things would change,we’re ready for you now Kareem ❤
There's plenty of Muslims in the government already
I didn't even know this guy existed. What an intellect. this guy must have a in IQ of at least 130. amazing interview. These are the kind of minds we need in Britain, this is the kind of critical thinking this country needs so desperately.
He’s probably one of the best rappers/mc’s to come out of England as well as being this informed on the issues that matter. Reflected in his music. Heroes of human history is a great song that’s been done recently by him.
Eloquent and knowledgeable man, fantastic.
I think we all agree that Keir Starmer is a Red Tory...
Great interview..
No
@@unthenner5519 Just the people with 2+ brain cells then. You're excluded
Become ungovernable!
Absolutely stunning piece! Well done Joe Politics! Minimal interruption, allowed Low-key to succinctly explain so much that is wrong with the UK political system!
Fantastic interview, incredibly well informed and articulate. Bravo to PoliticsJoe and Oli for, as usual, letting and leading the interviewee to successfully speak their piece uninterrupted. Rare that an interviewee (or just someone in conversation) does such a great job in conveying and contextualizing their sources for why they believe what they do. Found this whole discussion super fascinating and informative. These are the types of discussions that have real value!
National strike is long overdue, lowkey really does his homework, wish more people could hear what he says, more power to him, ✊👍👏
He did not do his homework on the suffragettes, saying they were not taken seriously until a brick was thrown is absolute nonsense. In fact, they deliberately used all kinds of tactics, anything but violence. It is an insult to that era and people to say that violence was the only thing that worked, as well it is a lie or wilful ignorance because Lowkey ( whoever he is ) wants to incite as that is his bias.
Same with the Poll Tax. It was WEEKS and MONTHS of civil disobedience that ended it, not one day of riot in London. Ansolute twisting of events, as Lowkey does here.
It was John Major's Tory government which introduced the PFI system, initially into the NHS. Tony Bliar's government later expanded it considerably, including into areas beyond the NHS.
"Our social contract is not with the state anymore, it's with large corporations" wow, never thought of it that way, but it makes total sense
Well worth watching. Grenfell was one of the most disturbing incidents of our time. Why haven't people been jailed? Why don't the media give it more coverage and demand answers?
Absolutely amazing interview, I'm no stranger at all to politics or political interviews but there were many things even I wasn't aware of. For some time I have known that Labour under Starmer are basically the establishment B team, just being prepped to take over the continued managed decline of the country and the NHS, but Lowkey really expanded on that with a lot of information that I wasn't aware of. Really important that as many people as possible see this interview and understand the implications of us not resisting this shitfuckery.
Me too! I thought it was one of the broadest and informative interviews I've ever seen. Excellent!!
Wes is a snake
Damned right. I met Len McCluskey 2 years ago when he spoke about the failure of the PLP, he expanded on the speech in this interview. ruclips.net/video/W_y5cIZsr1g/видео.html The establishment was absolutely terrified by how close Corbyn and McDonald's Labour came to power, and have spared no energy and effort to continuously defame, discredit and de-platform them ever since. An inclusive, more egalitarian, social democratic government with the will to enact truly transformative policies scared the shit out of the grifters and neo-feudalists that have been busy putting all the social advances fought for by our ancestors back into the box.
No, Labour has ALWAYS been the B team, including under Corbyn, in fact, in some ways even more so under Corbyn. The lie of representative democracy was long ago exposed, yet still so many believe it🤦♂️
The Fabian Society with a logo of sheeps in wolves clothing, check the etymology of the word government, it tells you all you need to know, there is no left, right, red, blue, etc just long-established theatre conducted by people who drink in clubs you'll never be allowed into, from families you will never be allowed to be in...welcome to the layer cake, a world where supposed enemies all join together whenever there's a big jolly up on the cards! Nothing is hidden, you either see it, or you don't.
In the US it’s estimated a promise of a job of 500,000 after leaving office is enough to buy you a congressman, I’m sure the same is true here. But when serving MP’s like Redwood are earnings hundreds of thousands more than his MP’s salary, if you don’t believe they’re are working against your best interests you probably need to have a word with yourself.
We need to elect real working class socialist MP's on min wage for solidarity , a third party that's all about the people
The establishment won't allow it,corbyn was the guy labour needs the establishment made sure he was demonised...
Corbyn was no antisemite and no terrorist sympathizer but everyday in the media he was vilified as both
Imagine political party which existed to see the country as a whole improve rather than a select few.
"WE", the people, can do better! Demos Poder.
I always say that, give politicians a living wage only and don't allow second jobs and owning of passive capital generation, and at least it will open the ways for passionate socialists to enter the parlament!
I’m not sure how comfortable I’d feel about politicians being on minimum wage… it seems counterintuitive, but without at least moderate wealth or status, they could be bought out, manipulated and/or controlled even easier by anyone with a whiff of money. For security reasons as well, it’d leave them incredibly vulnerable to attack if there were a lack of security and housing for them included in the wage.
No politician should be allowed to have private healthcare or use private schools. No political donations from anyone not on the electoral register, no corporate donations allowed. Donations should be limited to what, £5000? We need to tackle the corruption in ALL corners of political life.
More people need to hear what Lowkey has to say. I’m glad that this channel continues to give people like him a platform when the MSM won’t. Solidarity ✊
My stepdad passed away from mesothelioma, a cancer to the lining of the lungs caused by asbestos. He was in the Royal Navy for 40 years and it is well known to the government that service people are dying from it. It can only be treated if tests are done pre symptoms showing, but they don't/won't do the tests. It isn't down to compensation because by being in the forces they aren't entitled to it. It is a horrid death. If this is the same for the Fire people and possibly the other people in the Grenfell area then scans of their bodies must be done immediately.
Do you have any links or information on the Asbestos and Royal Navy thing? I didn't hear of this before.
@@svodcat7524 i don't, but there was a big legal action done by a Manchester based law firm about asbestos use in factories in the North West. There was mention of the forces in some of their work.
@@svodcat7524 Engine and boiler rooms were covered in it, as well as ammunition stores. Both the white and blue varieties.
This was a huge problem in my hometown in Portsmouth in the Naval Docks. Even when people doing the actual work with asbestos (lining ships) eventually got proper PPE the people working near/around the work areas didn’t and continued to to develop mesothelioma. I know of one worker who got compensation due to his time working in Chatham Docks but it’s not a widely covered issue.
@@DuncanDisordely My Stepdad was in Portsmouth, he died in The Rowans. The people you know must have been civilians? Its such a horrid and painful death.
The more I listen to both sides, the more I'm convinced that we have gone past peaceful civil protests. Hair cut by guillotine for the corporate heads and politicians might remind them whom they serve. Left pocket or right pocket, it's all the same trousers, party politics are futile
Taking the correct action for the majority is an action that doesn't have sides
So you are an idiot, there is either Left or Right, there is no Centre
@@maherhamadouch2005 you call me an idiot and your retort is calling names and being short-sighted. Oh boy, the irony 😆 no wonder the state of the country with voters like you 🙄
@@maherhamadouch2005 let me clarify, calling people names as part of your retort is the key indicator that your IQ is barely past double digits
Exactly.
"The rich are only defeated when running for their lives." CLR James
Truth bomb after truth bomb. Big up, Lowkey!
Lowkey's intelligence, compassion and awareness of the reality of the world shines clearly in this interview.
I had never heard of Lowkey before today which says more about my lack of all round knowledge than anything else. Judging him on that one interview I would say he is a clever and wise person who is knowledgeable on many different fronts. It's strange how a person's honesty and wisdom can shine through when many 'politicians' have completely the opposite effect. Instinct evolved for a good reason and in this age of ever increasing corporate power we have to lean back on our instincts.
Lucky you gets to go and listen to his music with ears virgin to it, I envy that!
Everything he done with Mai Khalil is next level quality if you want a starting place :)
Media will promote 1,000 Drill and Grime artists and project the impression that Hip Hop is just Gangster music, ignoring the political and activist proponents, all of whom precede those genres by decades.
Soundtrack to the struggle ft noam chomsky is a belting song 🎵👌🎶
Playing with fire is a track you need to hear
He is bang on the money.
Lowkey is an impressive figure who would wipe the floor with so many in the other corner, IF and it is a BIG IF, given the chance.
Well done for for this interview. Lowkey tells you the truth directly. Everything he said here is correct and will be muffled by the MSM.
This is holistic, long term, broad, deep and wide view. Loving it. #EnoughIsEnough
Lowkey always speaking facts.
What an brilliant interview 🤯.. So spot on.. Thank you 💖
I learn something new every time he speaks. Keep up the good work sir.
Low key is a legend of a human being first and a great rapper mc ! Respect brother
What a breath of fresh air, loved his autobiography. A very moving description of growing up, at the bottom of the pile.
What his autobiography called?
Been to see him 3 times, sang onstage with him once. Lowkey is the peoples King 💚
Low-key is a legend a real rapper with real meaning and truth
Poet, he's a poet - he has transcended hip hop mate :)
@@Bandanko No. I disagree! Because why should 'poetry' intrinsically be held to a higher regard than 'hip-hop'?
Another brilliant interview by Oli Dugmore!
I'm willing to be ungovernable! I put the local conservative club's windows through in the 80s when they were pissing me off!
So did I! 😂😂😂
The big amazement to me is why any local Tory hqs still have ANY glass in their windows?? 🤷♀️ I’m old now, but I guess it’ll have to be me again as most Brits have such a serf-mentality! 😂
Great interview - Any interview with Mr. Lowkey is an education in deep thinking and knowledge.
True story. A small cottage hospital was earmarked for closure in the late 20th century by the NHS. The NHS estates team ploughed ahead with this plan believing it was financially sound. They were unaware it was the possession of an elderly person still living. When the news came to the owner a legal cease and desist was placed. Documents to support ownership were produced which stated the hospital, built independently on private land, was given for the benefit of the community alone. The existing hospital was incorporated into the national health scheme some time later but legal ownership was still in the hands of the private individual. The right to sell any part of it required the owners express agreement which was not given in this case.
Question must be asked regarding NHS estates:- How many hospitals or what proportion of the land is the property of private individuals who believed in the right of others to access healthcare? How many people are unaware they may be legal owners of these historic sites where the NHS did not buy either the land or the building but was given each until such time as they were no longer required by the community in which they stand / stood? How many families can petition for the right to have the land and building revert to their ancestral ownership?
Interestingly many churches under the banner of a national organisation e.g. Church of Scotland or Church of England, were the joint ownership of the landowner and the community. Where I grew up, in the late 1800's the community entered into a partnership with the landowner to building a church and later a hall which served for functions and religious support. Some time later the Church of Scotland came into being and the community agreed to be part of this wider network for pulpit supply. Historical ownership remained in the hands of the community and landowner who had paid to raise a building on land donated by the landowner . Yet churches have been sold for private development possibly because the 'Organisation' believed it was legally owned by them.
So, we should ask how much community property is still in the public domain having been the joint investment and property of the community and landowner with the legal paperwork in the possession of the landowners lawyers. Knowing the answers to these questions changes the balance of power in a small way.
In my Community the local council have tried to sell or build on land that is owned by the Community as an historic gift. Over the last 25 years I have fought this, single handedly, and in most cases i have managed to stop it happening. Fortunately without redress to courts, just by showing them the original documents. But we can never lose focus or they will take anything they can
@@ericajohnson3504 Well done to you for championing this. So how many of these sites are there and how many people are still alive to tell the story?
@@ezmepetersen2503 There are about 15 sites in our small town and basically until I started investigating (or as some might say poking around) no one really remembered them properly. They knew we had a Park and a Town Hall, but most thought the local Council owned them. I found all the paperwork which proved otherwise and gathered together all the details of odd pieces of land and buildings. I found out the clauses relating to each one, what can and can't be done, and forced a Committee to be started to look after them all. We had lost a couple over the years, being sold off, but at least we can stop that now.
Yes! And Blair and mendelson
Will continue to make sure the Labour Party knows who’s boss …..
Thank you so much to all involved. I felt I should be taking notes, so full of knowledge. As disheartening as tories and Labour (watered down tories) are, you sit and listen to one of the good guys. Lovely. Thanks again ❤️to all
Me too. Admire his ability to take an example and expand upon the implications and also to recircle back to an original question . Incredible.
Very articulate by Lowkey/Karim. Always has been.
Seems like a perfect candidate for prime minister, you've got my vote! Someone who understands it all from top to bottom and can speak so stoic! 🙌
Big up Lowkey, Very intelligent man, we need more leaders like him! speaks absolute truth with integrity & honour! ... RIP Black The Ripper A.k.a Samson, Never Forget!
the WORK all this represents! plus the intellectual and mental abilities of course. a great man indeed.
Round of applause to whoever stands for the truth👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Glad you had him on. I doubt the BBC invite him on that much.
The Labour Party under Starmer is fully committed to the sale of the NHS to the American healthcare corporations. Along with his disdain for unions and public ownership, Starmer would make an excellent Tory leader.
The council in that area has had a history of treating the people there with contempt, but I like how he widens the frame.
There's a podcast called 'Well there's your problem' that goes in depth explaining the construction of Grenfell and how dangerously it was built, it's really interesting but so sad
I have actually met Lord Mandelson when visiting Parliament, I was behind him in the canteen at lunch time and he sort of nodded & said hello. It felt like something crawling over my grave. Creepy is an understatement...
I'm by no means left wing, but what a great interview and what a rational, reasonable and well articulated bloke
In my mind I’m as knowledgeable, driven, articulate, calm but powerful as this man Lowkey. But in reality I need to strive to be anywhere like him.
I’ve watched Politics Joe for a while But never heard of this Rapper, activist.
Thank you to all involved in putting this online.
He is well worth checking out. RUclips
Great interview with your guest, it's heart warming to hear someone who can explain their points intellectually and has looked down the rabbit hole and seen the disgusting corruption of our establishment class. Time to make the change we want to see in the world - to not do so would be pure cowardice and an insult to our children.
Low-key just doesn’t get enough exposure. He’s a true humanist
smart guy for real
We need a general strike we all need to come together
Lowkey is high calibre, a class act. He speaks the truth.
The IMF loan to the UK was in 1976, not '79.
Fukcin nailed it Lowkey, we're beholding to the corporate masters our government sold our human rights away to.....
Very well put, well researched and tied together. More people need to see this. But the question is what do we do now?
No war but class war
Great interview
"Wrapping the invisible hand of the market around the iron fist of the state.." 👍
If this man Lowkey runs for political office in Britain, UK here we come. He truly cares about working class. Please look into Maui. Its inhumane disgrace needs world's attention. Thank you for your common sense opinion.
They have a playbook to counteract or distort whatever you *do. It is what you stop doing* that will have them by the balls. They need you more than you need them.
General strike it is then!
Lowkey for prime minister
Great Interview - Lowkey will be kept out of the media because of what he knows.
Low-key is low-key, very good 👍
People like this should be in politics, university students no matter which background, who are just good human beings, who want the best for their nation and the world at large.
Western politics is fixed. It is a script, chosen rich people whose kids get to go to Eton, it's a disgrace.
No one can tell me Donald Trump Boris Johnson are equivalent to Einstein, Nikola Tesla.
ID LOVE TO SEE THE LIKES OF MICK AND EDDIE HELP YOU GUYS TAKE THIS FORWARD TO THE END . . .
i been in the Music industry a long long time, I have the utmost respect for ALL musicians, artists, small & big, mostly the small independent artists, because it is a very hard sector to break into & be sucessful at the same time. Not everyone can do it day in & day out all year round. So i give a big thumbs up to Joe here who shairs a passion, or view that i have. That is exposing these corrupt politicians & corporations for what they are. I have NEVER EVER voted for any major party since 1994. Why? Obviously because, doesn't matter who you vote for, the same policies & corruption will always be in place.
I have been living in UK since i was born just like Joe here, i am disgusted, angry even, that these burgiouse pricks in Downing Street, have messed up the entire country for everyone else.
Theres one thing i have noticed as well. Somthing that i didn't know before. When a PM of UK resigns or finishes thier term, they are entitled to a large lump sum of money, in the hundreds of thousands of pounds, whilst the rest of us, are struggling to make ends meets, take for instance NHS staff, nurses who can't even afford to feed their damn families, who have dedicated organisations which hand out food to NHS staff, what does this say about this entire country?
Its completely broken across the board, many sectors are now facing extreme trouble, the foundations of this entire country is no longer there, all it will take is a gust of wind to blow it all away, & the country will fall & crumble. The only thing thats keeping this entire country moving is us, the masses of slaves working away, toiling away to support this so called "Democracy".
I always joke to my collegues calling this country a "Plutocracy". If we look at the facts of this entire country, it basically is a Plutocracy & NOT a Democracy. This country is a complete joke.
And these idiot politicians we have in UK think we can implement our targets of CO2 emmisions by the year 2030?
They''re all in dream land, la la land, living in their own bubble, outside of reality.
The level of politicians we have in UK currently is a complete disgrace to the word democracy.
With how things are currently heading towards in 2023 in UK, things are starting to boil & people simply can't take it anymore, sooner or later, the pitch forks are gonna come out & people will want blood, all theese burgiouse idiot UK politicians will be running for the hills to escape, but theres no escape for them this time, no this time people have had enough of their antics & WE THE PEOPLE DEMAND REAL change, or else we will bring the country to a complete standstill by PEOPLE POWER. These burguoise pricks are nothing without us the people, we give them their power, their wages, we have let them take advantage of us all for so long, but NOT ANYMORE!!!!!! ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!!!! 😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡
i can't believe how so many people during covid failed to see that all political parties seamed to morph into one single party with one single voice & one single agenda , simply no opposition from any party just like there was somebody else was pulling the strings of every party in parliament ,
I am inspired by this man, I just wish it could even be 1/10 of the despair I feel thinking on how our future is so irreversibly f*cked
Certain councils like Wandsworth council dont abide by the fire safety regulations in their social housing but make sure private dwellings have these regulations in place
Lowkey was absolutely spot on about the music industry. As an Independent working class artist it’s nigh on impossible to try and make any kind of living from releasing your own Music. I’ve had 10s of thousands of streams and I can’t even recoup the cost to make it…so the middle class artists and the larger labels are able to flood the Industry. It’s tough out there so respect to all of the Independent artists/bands/songwriters just trying to get by ✊🏻
Great interview, very interesting guy, hadn't heard of him before. 👍
Check his music.
Playing with fire is a great track
I think a large part of the issue is politicians get into politics not to make this country better, to work for the people, no. They get into politics to gain the power and clout to take payments from industry, to land consultant roles, to lobby. They get into politics for the shady money. Look at Nick Clegg’s package now for example.
I can’t trust politicians who get into politics for politics sake. But if fall into it because you want to make the country better for the people then I salute you 🫡
What a fabulous communicator, his depth of knowledge is inspiring. Thank you. FTT
It's so interesting for me, knowing you for your wise words and activism and then catching a bit of your music at Boomtown! I left with knowledge of your music and people I met found out about your activism. And it was great to see the girl on your left with a Palestinian flag. Keep on doing what you do. Legend.
We all know this, the average person cannot do anything, those who are privileged will not help because it threatens their privileges
I've met really powerful educated people, they don't care the immediate concerns is to keep their families in opulence, and the average person a servant,. And Grenfell tower is one among of many servant quarters
The way we the people win this war is by not showing up to fight it for them...
Tell them to fight their own war.... ✌
Spot on.
His activism and journalism is so good that I _almost_ don't miss his music. I do miss his music, though!
We know they're corrupted to the core
Lowkey, eloquent and knowledgeable as always.
Excellent interview,m very clear thanks….Barb
Low-key is the man for this mess he's the realist brother out there trying to help the public
Incredible interview.
At last someone worth listening to. Lowkey for Prime Minister !
Ma ma always protects the suffragettes. X Her quote: "Vote! Remember the suffragettes".
So articulate. I feel like I speak with socks in my mouth. Thank You.
My poor Celtic lands are ruined.
Heil
More of our politicians would be like Lowkey, we wouldn't be in the shit where we are right now.
More Lowkey please 👌
Smart guy. What once was governed by the state, which had some democratic influence and accountability has been intentionally shifted to corporate. Private and governed by profit and the interests of the wealthy where citizens have no influence.
Damn his analysis is very very good. Starts with the material, where it should start.
More people need to know that this is an ongoing catastrophe whose blame can be solely put on the shoulders of the profit "greed is good" motive.
Such a smart man, I wish our politicians were like him
What an eloquent and incredible articulate human being, more of this please.
Lowkey. U.k. legend