#212 - Callum Smiles - "They Are Stealing The Country": Border Gangs, Fake Deliveroo Accounts & The Civil War

Callum Smiles is an investigative reporter and Associate at the Wyvern Fellowship. Having spent years conducting on-the-ground reporting across Calais, Dunkirk, and the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, he has documented the operational realities of Channel crossings, NGO involvement, and human trafficking networks across Europe. In this episode, Callum and I discuss the true mechanics behind illegal migration - from TikTok marketing campaigns run by trafficking gangs to the widespread abuse of gig-economy delivery accounts within the UK. We examine the systemic collapse of public infrastructure, government procurement waste, and the rise of local "parallel institutions" designed to rebuild community resilience independent of central state control. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:00 - A 200 Grand Crossing 00:01:04 - The Failure of Modern Britain 00:02:46 - Where Is The Tax Money Going? 00:03:45 - NHS Inefficiency vs. Private Healthcare 00:05:45 - Single Air Fresheners & £600 Bed Moves 00:07:08 - The True Scale of Channel Crossings 00:10:00 - UN Conventions & Albanian Marketing Campaigns 00:12:30 - The Business Model: £3,000 Seats & TikTok Deals 00:14:32 - The Deliveroo Black Market & Criminal Networks 00:20:00 - What Are NGOs Actually Doing in Northern France? 00:22:21 - Conditions in Calais & Human Exploitation 00:26:34 - MOD Housing Contracts & Government Procurement 00:31:28 - Where Do National Lottery Grants Go? 00:37:38 - Undocumented Arrivals: Destroyed Passports on Planes 00:41:21 - Demographic Shifts & The Risk of Civil Unrest 00:44:25 - Legal Aid, Human Rights Laws & Border Enforcement 00:47:31 - The Political Class vs. Productive Taxpayers 00:52:48 - Eyewitness Report: The Ceuta Border Crisis 01:05:08 - Repurposing Military Bases for Migrant Housing 01:11:07 - Property Drop & High Street Decline in London 01:15:00 - Building Parallel Institutions: The Wyvern Fellowship 01:23:21 - Taking Back Local Control - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - CONTACT PETE › Website – http://petermccormack.com › Feedback – https://www.petermccormack.com/contact › Email – [email protected] › Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/mccormack555/ › X/Twitter – https://x.com/petermccormack/ CONNECT WITH CALLUM SMILES › X/Twitter – https://x.com/FranklySpeakP › Website – https://www.callumsmilesmedia.com/ SPONSORS › https://venice.ai/ - Code PETER15 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - LISTEN / SUBSCRIBE › Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/40ruY9K › Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3Wc94Vu › Fountain: https://bit.ly/FountainPM › YouTube: https://bit.ly/YouTube_PM › Rumble: https://bit.ly/RumblePM FILMED BY CURTIS TAYLOR › https://www.curttaylor.co.uk/ › https://x.com/curttayloruk/ EDITED BY CONOR MCCORMACK › https://x.com/ConorM04 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.