[ April 26, 2024 ]
An update to ITV’s forthcoming documentary ‘Exposure Undercover: Inside Britain’s Far Right’ as we uncover some rather interesting twists. Perhaps ITV should be reconsidering the reporting methods used.
David Henshaw, Executive Producer of Hardcash Productions, which made the documentary for ITV, has written a long letter to Anne Marie Waters concerning the programme, which she has made available here. She has posted a blow-by-blow reply to the points in Henshaw’s letter here. The programme, Henshaw tells Waters, looks at the ‘far right’, including discussing the claim that the ‘growth of the so-called “counter-jihad” movement is as extreme as the ideas and actions promoted by traditionally racist and anti-Semitic groups and individuals on the far right.’
‘Hazel’ covertly obtained evidence between 10 June and 21 October 2017. Here’s a picture of her which we found on the internet.
Story continues below advertisement
How it brings back happy memories of merry hours down the boozer. Henshaw claims that the covert recording was carried out strictly in accordance with the Ofcom Broadcasting Code and sanctioned at senior level in ITV. When considering if behaviour fits a code of conduct, there is obviously consideration of the individual case, and to comply with Ofcom in regard to privacy and covert recordings, there is a need to demonstrate that invasions of privacy are ‘warranted’. Not having been privy to the discussions of senior ITV management, from reading Henshaw’s letter to Anne Marie Waters, one can surmise that various points could have been considered as warranting invading not just the privacy of Anne Marie Waters, but that of all those private individuals who just happened to attend legal, peaceful political demonstrations at the same time as her, and who just happened to go to same pub afterwards. I presume that would require quite some standard of justification.
Some of the content of Henshaw’s letter refers to remarks by an individual whom Henshaw is implying has a close relationship to Anne Marie Waters, which she strenuously rebuts. There are allegations that this individual did indeed make some very misjudged remarks, and it is not my purpose here to defend or justify any such comments. All I can say is that I personally did not hear any, and that everybody I ever met on any of these demonstrations, to the best of my knowledge abhors and detests racism and hatred in any form.
With regard to the points we can guess would have been put forward by the very experienced senior folk at ITV as warranting invasion of privacy, of especial interest are the various claims which together, amount to the charge that Waters is whipping up unfounded concerns about Islamic ideology and extremism. Included in charges against her, is the claim that she has too close a connection with Jack Buckby, who formerly supported the BNP (British National Party). Waters defends herself in detail on every single count, and readers can read her careful account for themselves.
One could also add, that there are those who somehow manage to create entire careers out of their past association with highly dodgy groups – Maajid Nawaz springs to mind – and those who never manage to shake off any past associations.
Which brings me back to David Henshaw, the man on whom the senior executives at ITV presumably relied in forming their decision that the programme complied with Ofcom’s code. Our busy and talented researchers have been unable to find out much about him from searching the internet.
But look at the ‘experts on extremism, terror, and race and religious crime’ he uses, Nick Lowles and Matthew Collins of Hope Not Hate. There are many who would hesitate to call this organisation an unbiased group of experts. And there are some allegations out there that at least one of these experts has ‘connections’ with a former BNP member himself. It would appear that Lowles ‘congratulated’ former BNP member turned Independent Paul Cromie in a local election in Bradford. Sauce for the goose, sauce for the gander, David? Of course, not every bit of evidence one turns up is reliable, is it, Henshaw, so feel free to rebut these claims if you think they do not ‘warrant’ my mentioning them.
And the claims levelled at Waters amount in large part, to the claim that she is exaggerating or inventing dangers from Islamic ideology and Islamic extremism. The invasion of privacy would only be justified had Hardcash productions, using the recording devices secreted about the person of the mysterious and bewitching ‘Hazel’, unearthed anything new and of sufficient weight to be ‘in the public interest’. But Waters shows time and again that what Hardcash Productions ‘revealed’ about her was already in the public domain. So, no justifying grounds there then. These are claims Waters has made consistently for years. Surely, the researchers at Hardcash therefore already knew all this? Why go undercover then?
Well, surely, they must have thought that Waters was just making up all that stuff about how radical Islamic views are present among us, and how they present a danger? Because if such radical views really do exist, then anyone warning about them, far from being labelled ‘right wing’, ought to be congratulated, and certainly, there would be no warrant for a legit undercover investigation of such a person. So, no, Hardcash Productions must genuinely think Waters is exaggerating the threat from radical Islam …
But but but … David, have you been to your GP and had your memory checked? Because look, back in 2007, Hardcash Productions made a documentary for Channel 4 called Undercover Mosque. I quote from a Guardian article, which described how the makers of the programme
went undercover in several mosques in the Midlands and showed examples of preachers calling for homosexuals to be killed, espousing male supremacy, condemning non-Muslims and predicting jihad.
Henshaw said: “A lot of these mosques were in terms of their public image very moderate and were apparently committed to inter-faith dialogue. Yet what was going on on a very regular basis was pretty uncompromising, hardline, antisemitic, homophobic, misogynist preaching.”’
Dearie, dearie, dearie me. I do very much hope that the senior executives at ITV who thought that they were warranted, under the terms of Ofcom’s Broadcasting Code, in invasions of privacy, are not going to have to revise their judgement, and reconsider if the reporting was indeed unethical.
And look, here’s something else our hardworking researchers found out about Hardcash Productions, by searching Companies House. They have had a substantial loan from Coutts, the same bank that the Queen uses.
As a constitutional monarch, the Queen of course is committed to political impartiality. So, indeed, are ITV, under the terms of the Broadcasting Code. Perhaps next time the Queen pops into Coutts to pay a few bills, should she bump into David ‘Opinion for Sale’ Henshaw in the foyer, she could have a quiet word with him about maintaining such impartiality, and quietly but firmly tick him off for invading the privacy of her citizens, for apparently attempting to smear the leader of a political party, and hence interfering in the smooth running of democracy in her beloved country. Just a thought.
The Truth Must be Told
Your contribution supports independent journalism
Please take a moment to consider this. Now, more than ever, people are reading Geller Report for news they won't get anywhere else. But advertising revenues have all but disappeared. Google Adsense is the online advertising monopoly and they have banned us. Social media giants like Facebook and Twitter have blocked and shadow-banned our accounts. But we won't put up a paywall. Because never has the free world needed independent journalism more.
Everyone who reads our reporting knows the Geller Report covers the news the media won't. We cannot do our ground-breaking report without your support. We must continue to report on the global jihad and the left's war on freedom. Our readers’ contributions make that possible.
Geller Report's independent, investigative journalism takes a lot of time, money and hard work to produce. But we do it because we believe our work is critical in the fight for freedom and because it is your fight, too.
Please contribute here.
or
Make a monthly commitment to support The Geller Report – choose the option that suits you best.
Quick note: We cannot do this without your support. Fact. Our work is made possible by you and only you. We receive no grants, government handouts, or major funding.Tech giants are shutting us down. You know this. Twitter, LinkedIn, Google Adsense, Pinterest permanently banned us. Facebook, Google search et al have shadow-banned, suspended and deleted us from your news feeds. They are disappearing us. But we are here.
Subscribe to Geller Report newsletter here— it’s free and it’s essential NOW when informed decision making and opinion is essential to America's survival. Share our posts on your social channels and with your email contacts. Fight the great fight.
Follow Pamela Geller on Gettr. I am there. click here.
Follow Pamela Geller on Trump's social media platform, Truth Social. It's open and free.
Remember, YOU make the work possible. If you can, please contribute to Geller Report.
Join The Conversation. Leave a Comment.
We have no tolerance for comments containing violence, racism, profanity, vulgarity, doxing, or discourteous behavior. If a comment is spammy or unhelpful, click the - symbol under the comment to let us know. Thank you for partnering with us to maintain fruitful conversation.
If you would like to join the conversation, but don't have an account, you can sign up for one right here.
If you are having problems leaving a comment, it's likely because you are using an ad blocker, something that break ads, of course, but also breaks the comments section of our site. If you are using an ad blocker, and would like to share your thoughts, please disable your ad blocker. We look forward to seeing your comments below.
27 Comments
6 years ago
I’m sorry to say it, but the television media in Britain is just about as biased and left wing as most are in America, and this latest “informative” documentary is proof of it.
As I wrote in a recent post, everything those of us who are trying to cling to in the way of culture, stability, identity and accustomed freedoms is fair game for examination in the smallest detail while the motives of our political masters, introducing the enemy within our gates busy raping and assaulting their way across our societies remains undiscussed or examined in any meaningful way at all.
I feel that whatever a party leader or individual renounces will never be enough to “stay the hunt” because a truce or live and let live is not what the political / media left seek, they seek in my view the silence of the grave – our
graves and the grave of any political OR moral counter force to their grand scheme of white Judaeo Christian civilisation Armageddon. We are to be shamed, bullied and threatened, publicly, into surrendering all we hold dear.
This for me is the case, and as such, the justification I need to go on the offensive when confronted and speak the truth, ramming their anti white anti Justice agenda right back down their throats with the appalling record of selective outrage and outright denial shown to matters of fact by our political and cultural foes.
6 years ago
Reply to
Poppey
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrt6msZmU7Y
A must-watch primer on the “Critical Theory” of the Frankfurt School each dinosaur media “journalist” was taught today.
It is little wonder they want to censor free speech and the internet everywhere their illegitimate brood infect Western civilization today.
6 years ago
Reply to
Gunter
Google is paying 97$ per hour,with weekly payouts.You can also avail this.
On tuesday I got a great New Land Rover Range Rover from having earned $11752 this last four weeks..with-out any doubt it’s the most-comfortable job I have ever done .. It sounds unbelievable but you wont forgive yourself if you don’t check it
da13d:
➽➽
➽➽;➽➽ http://GoogleDailyConsumerClubJournalsJobsReport1/easy/jobs… ★✫★★✫★✫★★✫★✫★★✫★✫★★✫★✫★★✫★✫★★✫★✫★★✫★✫★★✫★✫★★✫★✫★★✫★✫:::::!da73luuuu
6 years ago
ITV needn’t worry: Britain is so crippled by political correctness and the terror of offending black and Muslim minorities that no one will dare challenge its programme. Had it been about black or Muslim groups, on the other hand, the uproar would have been deafening. If a country can turn a blind eye to sexual abuse by Muslim men, honour killings and female genital mutilation to avoid offending “minorities”, it is certainly not going to take action over a TV programme.
6 years ago
Reply to
Mike Wolff
You never see the thousands upon thousands of anti Muslim posts on Facebook every day then not to mention the other propaganda aimed at dehumanising every single Muslim? Muppet. I notice that you only mentioned Muslims and blacks does this mean you think the other minorities in Britain never whine about anything?
6 years ago
Reply to
Pinky Floyd
Wow!! Ant-muslims posts? Is it possible that these views are well deserved? Has that thought eve entered your mind? Why don’t you read the koran, the Sharia textbook, the hadith, an official muhamamd biography then study the trail of blood that poured out of SA in 632? That is IF you can find a textbook not revised by such as you.
6 years ago
Reply to
Pinky Floyd
You should hear what muslims say about non-muslims in mosques. Pretty eye opening and scary, not to mention disgusting. What they advocate is sedition and treason and far more hateful than anything non-muslims can come up with.
6 years ago
Reply to
Mike Wolff
“Britain is so crippled by political correctness and the terror of offending black and Muslim minorities”
The regime are so crippled. The non-regime population are not so crippled but do generally hold their tongues lest the thought police are sent to descend on them. Ukistan is the homeland of 1984 after all!
6 years ago
Reply to
Qur'an 18:86
Why Quran 18:86? I looked it up. Why do you find it special enough to name yourself after it?
6 years ago
The lame stream media in the useless kaliphate is still believed by the unwashed masses. Once the idea is out, no matter what happens after that, the idea is planted in the very well fertilized craniums of the viewers who, like the brain dead, will mindlessly perpetuate it.
6 years ago
Reply to
Mahou Shoujo
Actually my experience is that a very high proportion in Ukistan no longer believe what the lamestream constantly churn out. That’s why the Ukistan regime are getting so worked up about “hate crimes” (in reality any thinking that dissents from the multi-clique wonderland ideology). But their “religion of peace” mantra is getting increasingly hard to make out as credible and the truth is now out and won’t go back away. Meanwhile the great thing is that the regime won’t apply their “hate crime” principle to the constant free distribution of Allah’s all-time greatest revelation book, which just happens to be Islam’s greatest own goal anyway (though many Muslims are too brainwashed to understand this).
6 years ago
You are an evil and psychotic Zionist who wants to do to Muslims what Hitler did to Jews. You sick sick creature.
6 years ago
Reply to
Pinky Floyd
WTH would you know about the truth ? You define yourself . Evil and psychotic? Big words for a little boy who is so ignorant that it is embarrassing while they could well be applied to you. But don’t worry when Sharia comes you will be one of the first to go..unless you are already muslim. I just loved your comment: “deal with the consequence of gun ownership” “and “I don’t like calling soldiers heroes” who then rock stars, football stars, Hollywood fools? You really need to study pragmatism and pull your head out of the clouds(I was tempted there). We have to deal with fools like you every day. One day you will find out just how wrong you are and have been.
6 years ago
Reply to
Pinky Floyd
What Hitler did to the Jews is what Muslims want to do to ALL non believers. You are one sick puppy Pinky Poo
6 years ago
Reply to
Pinky Floyd
You really are a dickhead. ‘It is, ‘sick, sick creature,’ There is a comma after the first ‘sick’. Anti-Semitic prick.
6 years ago
The next war against terror will be waged in Eurabia.
Provided of course they pull their heads out in time.
Alas, the shadow of Mordor is upon them already.
6 years ago
Reply to
Gunter
Auks roam freely across our lands. King Theoden no longer recognizes friend from foe.
6 years ago
I ignore all TV unless there happens to be a desired movie. Unfortunately even then the ads are deliberately skewed by the Left and it becomes a trial of endurance (I NEVER watch the government subsidized stations are they are so blatantly biased). I no longer read newspapers and even the websites that I use in my occupation are splattered with leftist lies. There seems no limit to the spread of the leftist cancer and I really fear that their revisionism is fast becoming that of 1984 and “factual to most. If you care, buy some older books on history(pre1980 but pre1960 better) before they too are replaced by leftist lies.
All knowledge especially digitalized knowledge, it at the mercy of the politics of the day and you can imagine(and if you cannot then you should not be here) as ephemeral as the BladeRunner tear in the hands of the left. What they now teach children is incredibly WRONG and no one seems to care and the Christian schools are at the forefront of PC correctness and this is fact not opinion.
6 years ago
I remember when ads for goods were unbiased, but even to buy soap, one has to be careful of words used. TV has gotten so biased lately that I don’t watch anything but the most unbiased of sports or movies. I refuse to watch CNN for their blatantly stupid way of skewing facts; I refuse to watch the NFL at all, and will watch any sports until a “protester” decides to ruin the event. I dislike boxing, but I’d watch that because it’s better than watching a bunch of crybabies kneeling and protesting what doesn’t exist.
6 years ago
Soros funded Hope not hate…
6 years ago
It does make the blood boil to read the drivel of Henshaws’ letter.
Two things to remember:
!. The smear campaign means the politically correct drones are worried about support for Anne Marie Waters and her new party.
2. Smear campaigns can backfire with a savvy public, which is emerging to some extent in the Uk (in spite of how bad things are). We should not assume this blitzcrieg of a smear campaign doesn’t ensure its own backlash.
6 years ago
Are you kidding,the “Queen” is complicit in the Muslim invasion…..they know all about it,but could care less about their low life subjects.They after all have 24 hour ARMED guards at the Palace…….
6 years ago
Everyday is a self-expose of Far-Left. Pro-Jihad every day.
6 years ago
most people no longer trust these media organisations any more, they are waking up to their lies.
