- So my Sunday afternoon yesterday
was interrupted by an announcement that the BBC
was holding a mayoral debate.
Imagine, being the candidate who's been ranked second
for the past six months to be the next mayor of London
was surprised to know there was a BBC debate
because the BBC didn't tell anybody about it.
They didn't contact me and all of a sudden, boom,
I see four candidates on stage having discussions
about the future of this city, the future of this city
that I spent eight months researching
that I've got a 50 page manifesto on,
that I've spent 5,000 miles travelling on my battle bus
throughout London, met with citizens
in every single borough of the 32 boroughs in London
and yet I haven't been invited to this debate.
I was frustrated.
They ask questions of these candidates
and they were not answered properly.
I just wish I could have answered some of these questions
about the current mayor's failings
when it comes to the economy, crime, transport, housing,
and yet I was boxed out
and this is media paid for by your tax dollar
because you are taxed to keep the BBC in business.
They are supposed to be objective journalists.
They're supposed to be part of free and fair elections
and yet they decide not to invite me,
the independent candidate who has the only chance
of beating the current mayor of London.
No, they bring the also rans, the Lib-Dems
and the greens who have no chance of winning.
They don't even believe they can win.
They're paid for by you to get up there and put on a show
and they end up usually just complimenting each other
and then four more years of the same thing
and we play it again.
And what I find most comical and basically insulting
is the four people on this BBC debate
are all paid for by you to show up
in the Greater London Assembly
and had this same discussion every month.
You pay their high, high salaries to do that
and now they show up on the BBC
giving you the illusion of choice for the next mayor
and it's just hard to watch.
And again, you should feel insulted
when our mainstream media channels try to say
they are giving you objective journalists
and trying to give you an idea of who the candidates are.
Every one of the streets of London knows
that I'm the only person that can beat Sadiq Khan
and yet we're continually ignored
by some of the biggest channels out there
and it just goes to show you how the gatekeepers
have been in control of the political process
for the past 100 years, they remain in control,
and I'm trying to change that
through my digital channel, through my independent voice,
through going out there and doing things,
through fighting back against police trying to ban me
from arresting and finding my team and intimidate me.
And again, there will come a day
where people can go directly to the voters
via these digital networks,
but they're gonna try to hold that off as soon as possible
because their entire business model
of a political party, of a television channel,
of a newsprint publication is all based
on the restriction of information.
It's all based as keeping things the way they are
the status quo.
And it always takes an independent voice
whether you're Elon Musk
or Brian Rose to come in here and say guess what?
I got a crazy new way how we're gonna do something
even better than what's currently out there
and we're gonna make everyone win on the back of it.
It always takes an independent party to do that
because they're never gonna do it
because they have no motivation to innovate.
Whether you're a labour or a conservative,
they have no motivation to innovate because for them,
they know they're gonna get elected.
They can pull the same game on you every four or five years,
give you the illusion of choice.
Give you a little fake fight, a little farce,
a little side show like we saw on the BBC on Sunday
and then you'll go ahead and vote,
feel like you had an option,
and then it's four or five more years of the same things.
More knife crime, no housing being built,
bankrupt transportation system,
nobody really rebuilding London's economy and guess what?
Next time they'll give you another choice and another choice
until finally one day you put your hand up and say,
wait a second.
Are we really hearing from all the voices?
Are we really hearing?
What about this guy, Brian Rose, I've heard about him.
How come he's not on that debate stage?
And so that's the question you need to go to BBC
and ask them right now, go to ITV and say,
where's Brian Rose?
How come he wasn't invited to this debate?
He's clearly been out there campaigning,
he's clearly loved and liked by many, many people in London.
He clearly as the only person that can beat Sadiq Khan,
why didn't you invite him?
What are you scared of?
These are the questions I'm asking.
I encourage you to ask these of your media providers,
especially the ones that tax you by penalty
of throwing you in jail to provide you media.
Yes BBC, I'm talking about you.
Why am I such a threat?
I've worked with members of the House of Lords,
members of the metropolitan police members,
of TFL, senior architects, senior economists
from the Imperial College to create my 50 page manifesto.
I spent eight months on this document.
I could have spoke about that on Sunday.
Why won't you hear these ideas?
These are the questions we must ask.
Leave me your comments below.
Yes, I get emotional about this
because if it wasn't so tragic,
it would be comical how I'm being ignored,
but it's our future.
It's the future of our children.
It's the future of our business.
It's our health, it's our mental health
and that's why I'm so passionate about this
so I'm still waiting, BBC.
You still got time to invite me on.
I'm still waiting to be invited for this debate.
I can't wait to go head to head with the current mayor
and expose all of his horrible, horrible failings
when it comes to this city.
But again, be aware
that this supposedly objective media out there
is actually running their own game.
They're putting on a side show for you
and it's about time we say enough is enough.
So leave me your comments below.
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We're still gonna move forward.
And on May 6th with your help,
we're gonna pull off the greatest political upset
in British history.
We're gonna take London in a new direction
with independent ideas and a fresh perspective,
and I can not wait.
So thank you so much for the support.
Leave me your comment below
and I'll see you out there campaigning.