Who are Led By Donkeys? | The Listening Post
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- After years of economic turmoil following Brexit, a calamitous response to COVID-19, and a constant stream of news about government corruption and ineptitude, many British voters have lost faith in the entire political class.
One guerrilla campaign group that has captured the public mood is Led By Donkeys. The Listening Post sat down with three of the co-founders to find out what motivates the group and how gaps left open by the British media have helped make the collective so successful.
Featuring:
Oliver Knowles - Co-founder, Led By Donkeys
James Sadri - Co-founder, Led By Donkeys
Ben Stewart - Co-founder, Led By Donkeys
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The Putin banner behind Farage at the rally was genius.
Odd that Al Jazeera didn’t explain the origin and meaning of “Led by Donkeys” -which has less impact and just sounds gimmicky if you don’t understand the context. It’s part of a phrase “Lions, led by donkeys” that was used in a number of European countries from the mid nineteenth century to describe the cause of military failures - ie the soldiers were great, their leaders were stupid.
It gained currency in the U.K. in the aftermath of WW1 when there was bitterness about the scale of casualties and the strong suspicion that much of it was the result of poor strategy by generals whose understanding of warfare was out of date. That was reinforced by a book in the 80s by the politician and historian Alan Clark “The Donkeys” about those generals.
But the underlying meaning remains - “a great people, led by incompetents”.
Thank you! Good to know.
Excellent work LBD! Highlighting the failures of our mass media.
Thanks, to Led by donkeys, for the work our MSM should be doing.🤝
LBD are absolutely brilliant in what they do ❤
I guarantee they will do nothing about our incoming Labour govt
@@keithparker1346 I think these guys will call out hypocrisy on any side, don’t forget they come from a Greenpeace background not a Labour one.
@@keithparker1346 What do you want to do about it. We absolutely can't afford another term of con-servative government, so what do you suggest as an alternative. If the con-servatives remain in power things can only get a lot worse for our country and the vast majority of people in the UK
@@keithparker1346 Go on then. What is your guarantee worth? It is worth precisely what these Tories guarantees have been worth..,.NOTHING. Because you know NOTHING. you care NOTHING and you "guarantee" is worth NOTHING.
And if you're wrong, what is that guanrantee worth? NOTHING.
@@fredatlas4396 why do you think I support the Tories?
Thank you Al Jazeera and LBD for all the great work you do.
These guys are national heroes. Keep the Tories out forever.
They started in 2019.
They are claiming to have had an effect on how people think, notably about the Tories.
How did the 2019 election go?
@@thesciencegod2776 Why not ask The Beatles how many number 1's they had in 1962?
@@marktrotter8971 Eh?
The claim here is that they made a massive impact with their campaign starting in 2019. The election was in December 2019. I saw one of their posters (it was the Rees Mogg one on Chicken) in my constituency in 2019. I live in a Red Wall seat which turned blue in December 2019. If their impact is measured by views, Woohoo! If it is measured by votes then they demonstrably failed in 2019.
(See that's how numbers work. 1962 was before 1963. 2019 was the same year as 2019 - the election year - and the election was in December. Before. The Same. After. Ever watched Sesame Street?)
Unfortunately Labour and the Tories are the same these days. Keir S is bad news for this country
Tories and labour.
Led By Donkeys are brilliant. Gives me hope in a dark world 🙏❤️
I'm a fan of their channel, but didn't realise who they were, or the full extent of their work. Great work guys, keep it up ❤
Love these guys for their commitment n efforts to bring the system to its realisation.
You never see this on our media, why is that, it's cruelty beyond belief what's happening in Gaza unbelievable horror every time after time after time, and still it goes on and on and on, why, how much more do they have to see ffsake people unbelievable horror
Great. What would the Palestinians do to the Israelis if the roles were reversed.? Hugs and kisses? Grow up
@@ey67 What Hamas did on October 7th (Putin's birthday) is a fairly good indication of what they would do across Israel had they the means. But that line of clothes along the beach was a very sobering message. Two wrongs very definitely do not make a right, and what Netanyahu is doing in Gaza is inhumane.
Who are Led By Donkeys? A cast of legends, that's who, speaking truth to power 🔥
There best one yet - rolling down the "Putin ❤ Farage" banner at his rally in Essex and the vein attempts to pull it down. Classic gold.
I think the recent Truss lettuce stunt may have topped that one
Bravo! AlJazeera! Well done Led By Donkeys!! I follow you Both!!
🙏.. Thanks for the truth🇵🇸💜
People should read Noam Chomsky's book: 'Manufacturing Consent'
"The media's job is not to educate us; it is to Guide public opinion along acceptable lines, marginalizing and excluding dissidents who challenge state or corporate power,"
Agreed. Amazing book
It's a good book but Chomsky turns around and parrots Putin's talking points about Ukraine and how the invasion is the fault of the west. It's NOT! Those countries CHOSE to join NATO.
It must have been very emotionally taxing to lay out all those children's clothes, but so was the impact of watching the result. Huge thanks to you all.
Rishi sunak rigorously wants to protect his two children even from verbal slurs against himself. Yet he has no hesitation to his continued wholescale support of Israel's assaults and industrial scale slaughtering of innocent Palestinian children and their families. Why does he think that Palestinian children's welfare is less worthy of protection from grave significant harm than the welfare of his young innocent children??
Something like them is needed in every country.
About time too, I’ve been following ‘Led By Donkeys’ from day one , about time they got the plaudits they deserve; keep up the sterling work chaps, just love it!❤
I think it’s really important the work LBD does, so thank you.
The most ignorant, uneducated and closed minded people that I know, are the ones who have chosen to turn a blind eye and close their ears to what is happening in Gaza. They don't want to know, they don't care. They like their blinders on for anything that doesn't serve their own lusts and desires in this world. If this sounds like harsh judgment on my part, I'm aware of that, "Judge not, for by the measure you judge, you shall also be judged." I'm very careful of not doing that. But in these days, in this situation, I can't imagine or remember a time or event where what is right and what is wrong is so painfully clear.
It's an interesting conundrum.
The level of wilful ignorance and otherisation, it’s enough to leave one questioning ones own sanity..
agreed, this has become a clear marker as to what sort of person you are. I will never associate with anyone who supports Israel and I'm disinterested in anyone who doesn't care or too frightened to form an opinion
“to forgive and forget” or just to will to forget is a cop-out. Enjoyed this episode, Al Jazeera. More please on those who tackle false narratives that confuse people.
LND positive direction rekindles journalistic approaches that help crack the mud caked around people’s clear perception faculties. Humour, satire, irony, cartoons, for example, are all great ways as they contain a level of artistry snd creativity difficult to ignore.
@@ModoBro It is important to understand the difference between foreign policy and domestic issues. Right now people in the UK can't afford basics like food, NHS treatment and we don't have clean drinking water because of sewage. You really expect people below the breadline, to be voting based on Gaza? Utterly delusional
@@blazzz13 where in my post (or op's) does it say anything about voting? What are you on about?
These guys are the Dog Bollox,,a huge thank you to them from everyone who has be touched,amused and made righteously angry at the empty suits in power.Cheers geezers!
What a group very proud of them
Just dont ever make a mistake or you will lose ALL credibility. The British Media, will grind your popularity into the ground. Keep doing what you do.
Great work!
That's a tall order. Everyone makes mistakes.
As long as they own up to them, they should be okay. They are on the right team.
@@dandare1001 no - sorry, thats not true.
the british media build you up to pull you down. The drama, failures, outrage and despair. These are clickbait and the media dont care what happens to anyone as long they get people 'watching'. So one mistake is all it takes and the media will be down their throat like the mirror in 'Matrix'.
Led By Donkeys should be nominated for the Turner Prize.
Nobel Peace Price.
And the Orwell prize.
A British politician said of the troops dying in trench warfare and their commanding officers, in the First World War "They are lions led by donkeys"
LBD sets high standards for themselves and to their credit, not only keep to them but often surpass their original aims. Journalism at its best. We need more people who support them and more people prepared to get involved and truly report on the horrendous things going on but not reported in much of the right-wing press and media.
Cassette Boy on TH-cam has some satirical video clip compilations of Tory Prime Ministers.
The voices of sanity!
Brilliant interview...thank you.
they need to do more about gaza and the people who support israel
Inequality between MP’s ex Health Minister (White) £10000 a day Chancellor of the Exchequer (Black) $10000 a Month 😂😂😂😂
Awesome!
I know the answer to this caption: Americans, Right??? LOL
Not quite!
But if you follow them on TH-cam you may see some cross over!
🙂
I think ’Led by Donkeys’ is a really good and effective News medium. Well done you guys and keep it up? 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
We have lost faith in the US officials
Offer solutions, not attacks.
Attacks aren't helpful and are lazy.
@@drifter-qg6vn- No u
@@shoxx48 I did.
@@drifter-qg6vn what kind of solutions do you suggest? I think its a perfect time to find our pitchforks and find walking meat.
Desperately need more reason in America. Way, way too many corporate interests.
They are brilliant we need them because the media don’t do their jobs properly
Brits that don't follow politics get a good education from satire and these guys do it brilliantly. Many thanks to them for their work and dedication in highlighting the utter hypocrisy and corruption of politicians.
Great report
Love these guys. Heroes of the truth. And of the people.
Well done mates absolutely tremendous work
No war with Russia!
2:03 is so powerful
It should be called,we are lel by donkeys and foxes 😊
All very well you reporting on what fits your narrative but you don't report on the other side do you. Some of what you report on is good but you forget conveniently about other things. Spiraling migration , who are those people committing crime on our streets. Why people on housing lists now have to go back to the end of the queue. The pensioners not getting heating allowance this winter because they are 20p short of pension credit.
More power to you guys, doing great work, ✊👍😁
👏👏👏 they are so intelligents may Allah bless them give good health wealth ameen
LBD have always been anti-Tory but the elephant in the room has always been the beliefs of the Labour leadership! If Keir Starmer becomes PM will LBD be just as critical?
I'm guessing probably not.
Lassic whataboutism 👏
Now we know whose behind. Just ❤ LBD 👍😃
I'am from Russia. My country is shith too Ukraina, we many naishinl, we never say never.
In the world of mules - there are no rules - Ogden Nash.
Very inspiring 👏
Thank you.
Love them!
Dan..... pemberontakan sosial lahir. Keadilan sosial bagi seluruh rakyat indonesia MENDUNIA.
Superb guys. More power to you all....
Liked it
Tactical voting could help reduce the numbers of Tory MPs and unpopular MPs elected.
Examples include but not limited to:
Tactical Vote
StopTheTories (MVTFWD)
Get Voting (Best for Britain)
Rejoin Vote
The Muslim Vote
Nations is hungry for genuien news. Keep up the great journalism work. Tq guys!
❤❤
Love @ledbydonkeys calling truth to power. Keep the good work going lads.
The eunuchs started the dynasty's downfall before the Yellow Turbans started the fighting
Nice one!! Have you btw, done anything with what Prof Jeffrey Sachs is saying about NATO, UK and US?
Donkey power is a methodology to forge social justice.
Be the Donkey..the Donkey will not move if it decides not to or will move like nature's machine if it decides. Be the Donkey. That's been my motto for the past 35 years.
Read Nasseeden Hodjas anecdotes on rising into town seated backwards on his Donkey
Who are Led by Donkeys? We are Led by Donkeys!
These videos are so biased!!!!!!!!!!!!
Brilliant with reform
Wow Led By Donkeys rock!
Excellent work keep it up LBD 🎉
Heroes!
LBD we appreciate you ♥
Great report, thanks.
Heroes of western world
The title is conflicting, because Donkeys are humble servants . 😂😂😂😂.From Kenya with Love🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪
It comes from the First World War, where the British army was seen as "Lions Led By Donkeys". Donkeys not being seen as very bright & very stubborn.
@@philthrelfall5294 Well noted
Brilliant work ❤
Brilliant lads
LBD's create more thoughtful, provoking - content, journalism, activism in one carefully placed barb, than msm creates in hours of news broadcast or columns of newspaper print.
Excellent work 👍
5:34 Aaargh! No! It's a Bi-O-pic, as in 'biography' not a Bi-OP-ic, like a 'biopsy' 🤯
Here's a deep cut; does anyone remember the episode of Steptoe & Son where Harold was practising for an AmDram play and got Albert to help? Albert kept saying pol-Op-o-nies rather than Polo Ponies? Despite getting infuriated with his Dad (Albert) for constantly saying it incorrectly, he (Harold) inadvertently mispronounced it himself on opening night, and it was mentioned in the local paper's review 🤣
Brexit in Hindsight seems like acute British Farsightedness.. Congratulations United Kingdom.
Very good work exposing all this, but who funds Led By Donkeys? Why are they not going for the racism in the Labour Party. In particular Starmers racist attacks on the Bangladeshi community. There bad and rotten things going on at the top. Expose them all.
Keep fighting the good fight LBD! Your work is so needed and appreciated 👏🏿♥️♥️♥️
We need something similar in Pakistan.
I think it is funny sad how we talk about "investigative journalism," as if any other journalism had meaning or value beyond stenography. Sports scores and stock prices and tornados and official press statements. Everything else requires investigation.
Of course it had to be Al Jazeera to explain Led by Donkeys 🫡❤️🇬🇧
Shame they're intent on banging on about Putin, which just shows they don't understand Geopolitics.
Love what you do, as someone who spent most of life in jobs trying to creatively campaign, but think it unfair on Donkeys. They don't deserve having these people being led by them 😉
Well-timed and well-produced profile of LBD's excellent counterpoint to mainstream media.
Doing God's work. Well done chaps! You give UK hope again. 👏👏👏
The idea this billboard’s ‘unique message’ is doing anything but mopping up audience that dropped off from the guardian…
do we believe this professional publicity campaign is crowdfunded
You guys deserve to be knighted by Keir Starmer for services to the country. Its a new day and we now have a sensible, competent government.
Thank you for this fantastic journalism. Excellent
😅😮😢😂😆👍👏
This report was emancipatory for what the Journalistic fraternity is capable of achieving, resounding truth!
LBD want our politicians to be honest and to act in the interests of the people they were elected to represent, and LBD hold up a mirror when our politicians fail to do that. They are doing a public service, one that our so-called "free press" ought to be doing, but which is in fact complicit.
How would the Qatari government react if a similar group started up in Qatar?
But Qatar seem to be getting most things right..
Go there for yourself, and see
@@ferozabismilla637 if a group posted on billboards in Qatar the number of dead workers on infrastructure projects or exposing the system whereby passports are held by employers, how long would they spend in prison?
Let me summarize, this is qbout catfh phrases, emotional manipulation and propaganda