The fightback has begun, and it started in a quiet market town in Essex. Epping, the leafy edge of London, a place where people still nod to their neighbours and kids walk to school, was turned upside down when an illegal immigrant was arrested for the alleged sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl (a charge he denies).
Whether he is guilty or innocent remains to be determined. But the mere fact of the arrest was the match thrown on dry grass. Parents were absolutely furious, grandparents were worried and ordinary people were saying out loud, what they’d whispered for too long…enough is enough.
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When I filmed outside the hotel, the videos exploded online. Thousands upon thousands of people shared them until I was seeing millions of views…Why? Because they recognised their own towns in Epping’s struggle.
They recognised their daughters and granddaughters in the allegations being aired. And so, the protests inevitably started.
Ordinary locals, not extremists…parents, pensioners and business owners. They gathered because they cared, and the mood, at the start, was one of community and righteous anger.
They went to the police. Tried to shut my pub. But Epping won. The genie is out of the bottle - Adam Brooks | Getty Images
But of course, the establishment couldn’t allow that to stand. The second police opened the gates to the so-called “anti-racism” protesters, it went sour.
Let’s call them what they are…professional agitators. People bused in from outside the town with mass-produced placards, funded by groups that despise working-class Britain , and what did they do?
They stood in the faces of worried mums and dads and screamed “racist,” “fascist”, and “Nazi.” Imagine that parents standing up for their children are smeared as extremists. That’s when clashes erupted.
That’s when young lads from other towns turned up, some just looking to scrap with the police… really ugly scenes, viral clips, and the media, predictably, lumped the entire movement in with a few dozen idiots who kicked off.
But here’s the truth: the heart of Epping didn’t give up. The people came back week after week, and when the so-called “anti-racism” rent-a-mob stayed away, the real message shone through.
Women turned out dressed in pink, and Girls stood proudly with their mums, nans and sisters. A whole community said with one voice, we will not be silenced, we will not be shamed.
Many on the Left reported me to the police simply because I was getting the message out there, writes Adam Brooks
| PABut let’s be clear, one battle won doesn’t mean the war is over. There will always be another hotel, another town, another community sold out by weak leaders who refuse to act.
The coordinated campaign against me also offers cautionary lessons for others.
Many on the Left reported me to the police simply because I was getting the message out there. I had people contacting my local council to try and get my pub licence revoked, and I was being defamed online daily.
Britain cannot be a host for the world’s problems. Greece now detains and deports. Other nations are tough, unapologetic, and effective in pushing back against economic migrants.
That’s the deterrence we need - not taxpayer-funded hotels, not free meals and free lawyers - a deterrent.
Epping stood up and showed the way for other communities to follow. Now it’s time for the government to show the same backbone, or Britain’s towns and villages will do it for them.
The genie is out of the bottle, and it's not going back in.