One Nation leader Pauline Hanson discusses mass deportation, meets Tommy Robinson on Seven’s Spotlight program
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Pauline Hanson said she liked the idea of mass deportations to Australia and suggested Tommy Robinson would be welcomed Down Under if he became Prime Minister in a friendly meeting with the convicted criminal.
In an hour-long Seven Spotlight special that followed Hanson on what he described as his “truth-finding mission” to the UK, he claimed that the end of the White Australia Policy had caused serious problems in Australia. He also said he regrets nothing, including his use of the word monoculture, that the country was at risk of being “swamped” by Asians, or meeting Robinson.
“It’s really nice to come here for this trip and see what’s going on because it really makes me determined,” he said as he walked through London’s Tower Hamlets district. Almost 40 percent of its population is Muslim, the highest proportion in the UK.
“I was determined before, but now I’m even more determined because when I see what’s happening here, I’m going to fight this… I’m not going to let this happen in Australia,” Hanson said.
According to presenter Liam Bartlett, he was due to meet UK Reform leader Nigel Farage, but the meeting was disrupted by his decision to resign his seat in the previous days amid a scandal over his acceptance of funds.
To his right, Hanson meets with Restore leader Rupert Lowe, who is pushing for mass deportations across the UK. Lowe called for the elimination of 1.8 million to 2 million of Britain’s population of approximately 70 million.
“Oh, I love that,” he says when asked about his view on mass deportations, confirming that he is “pretty much in agreement” with the British politician.
Hanson then meets Robinson, a notorious racist and convicted criminal whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon. While Farage distanced himself from Robinson, calling him a “thug”, Robinson’s appearance on Karl Stefanovic’s podcast led to Nine terminating the Today show host’s lucrative contract.
The two smiled warmly at each other, and Robinson said, “The road has been paved by people like Pauline Hanson.”
He tells her he wants to come to Australia, but she dishonestly claims he never tried because he thought his conviction would prevent him from getting a visa. His visa application had been rejected twice before.
“Wait until I get in, you won’t be…” he says, before being interrupted for apparently adding “a problem.”
Hanson told him that Australia began to struggle with immigration following the end of the White Australia Policy. This imprint had previously published these comments, calling the news “fake news.”
When asked why she would become involved with a man considered too extreme for the Reformation in the UK, Hanson staunchly defends meeting Robinson.
“Why wouldn’t I talk to the guy?” Hanson said. he says.
“I will say and do what I want and talk to people if I feel like it… [I should spend time with] to learn. He is a man [a] A very proud British man.
“This is the first time I’ve met Tommy Robinson and I don’t regret meeting him… I won’t apologize.”
Asked later if there was anything he regretted during his political career, he said there was “nothing I can think of” before defending his warning that Australia was at risk of being “smothered by Asians”. He also defended the call for monoculture.
Barnaby Joyce was also interviewed for the programme, but stayed true to the message. He said his boss believed he had the intellectual capacity to become Prime Minister.
Hanson is heading to the Islamic College of Brisbane to speak to students at the back end of the programme.
“Australia is the only home I have ever known, and it is a country I am incredibly proud to call my own,” one girl told him.
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