The financial entrepreneur challenging the British government over its European Union exit plans says she has been subjected to sexual and racial abuse messages, threatening mail and hacks on her company's computer systems.

Gina Miller has had to make different arrangements for her children in school. She's hired bodyguards and contacted the police.

The case is considered to be the most important constitutional matter in a generation, revolving around the question of whether Prime Minister Theresa May can start negotiating Britain's exit from the European Union without an act of Parliament.

May says the referendum on EU membership gave her a mandate to take Britain out of the EU and that discussing the details of her strategy with Parliament would weaken the government's negotiating position.

May has announced plans to invoke Article 50 of the EU treaty, starting talks on Britain's future relationship with the single market, by the end of March.

Miller's lawsuit against the government seeks to answer this as well as much bigger questions about where power lies in this nation's democracy and whether rights can be revoked without a vote of lawmakers.

She won the first round of the legal challenge at the High Court last month, a decision that only accelerated the outrage. The lawsuit which is set to be heard before the Supreme Court in London on Monday.

She says that while she is not suprised by the anger generated by the issue, "what does surprise me is the level of sexual and racial violence that I've received."

Miller adds that her recent victory presented an opportunity for a "conversation" on the issue with politicians but to date has not heard from any.

It was her campaign in recent years for transparency in fees charged by investment managers to their clients that first won her widespread notice in business circles - even as it made her unpopular among fellow asset managers.

She recalled attending an event in which she noticed a group of men staring at her. She walked over and introduced herself.

"And they sort of muttered, and one of them said to the other - well you know you have a nickname in the city. And I thought, it's not going to be good, is it? So I said what is it? And they said we call you the black widow spider."

Miller says she hopes people will move on to other issues because she has a family to consider, but in the meantime, leaving the UK is an option she is considering which "would be the saddest day."

London - 1 December 2016

1. Set-up of lead claimant in Article 50 case Gina Miller

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Gina Miller, lead claimant in Article 50 case:

"I think it will take time, but if over time it doesn't abate and people don't move on to whatever next happens, then - I have young children. I'm really going to have to think about their lives and you know, they can't live in a bubble in a house, not going to be able to go out and not being able to be part of society and have the freedom to live in Britain and I would have to think about what to do then. But if at that stage the only solution is to leave the UK, because of my family, then to me that would be the saddest day. Because I love Britain, and everything about Britain is about its inclusiveness, about its tolerance, about the great British way. It's about fair play and you know around the world, Britain is seen as the country where, you know, even people say it - it's not the British way."

3. Cutaway

4. SOUNDBITE (English) Gina Miller, lead claimant in Article 50 case:

"When it comes to the anger, I'm not surprised. Everything to do with Brexit is so emotionally charged that it's almost become a religion. I say being Catholic, I can say that Catholics can criticise the pope but nobody one else can. And it's a bit like that with Brexit. Leavers can talk about it but nobody else dare talk to about it, even if what you are talking about is something that's very sober and pragmatic and strategic. You are not allowed to talk about that. So I think the anger from that doesn't surprise me. What does surprise me is the level of sexual and racial violence that I've received. Not just from social media. But letters, phone calls, emails, to my staff to our offices, this was a part of society that I really thought we had healed 20, 30, or 40 years ago, but it seems we haven't."

5. Cutaway

6. SOUNDBITE (English) Gina Miller, lead claimant in Article 50 case:

"We've had cyberattacks on our business websites, we've had to make different arrangements with the children and school. I don't go anywhere. I don't go out so it has turned into a poisoned chalice if you like. But I'm still determined that I'm carrying on with this, because I feel that if I didn't do it, then nobody would be asking the questions I'm asking. And we cannot have - all the people who were banging on the table and went on and on about parliamentary sovereignty, I mean they should be ashamed of themselves - and allowing the press and politicians to carry on like this because I'm actually fighting for the thing that they wanted."

7. Cutaway

8. SOUNDBITE (English) Gina Miller, lead claimant in Article 50 case:

"I think they've been cowards because they've let me take the case which gave them time to think about what they wanted to do but what I'm really angry about is the fact that when we won in the high court - surely that gave them the legal certainty and it gave them an area to have a conversation and to go forward. But I've not heard from a single politician about the case. There is no discussion. There is no moving forward. There still seems to me to be two camps to me politically. On one side we have the people who are misleading the public and still lying, and on the other side you have ones that are being quite cowardly and are thinking what will our constituents say. But I thought politics was about the people and what is best for our country. It's not about preserving their own self-interest and their power. So I'm really disappointed in them."

9. Cutaway

10. SOUNDBITE (English) Gina Miller, lead claimant in Article 50 case:

"And they sort of muttered, and one of them said to the other - well you know you have a nickname in the city. And I thought, it's not going to be good, is it? Of course, I said what is it? And they said we call you the black widow spider. At which point I paused and I thought well that's wrong on so many levels. And then I thought, well thank you because that must mean I'm doing something right. Because nobody in the city has managed to come up with an intellectual argument as to why I was wrong. And I have to say, it's very much the same here. People do not talk about the case, and the central pillars of our arguments of our case. They attack me personally. So I see it as they have nothing else to do. They are not attacking the message, they are attacking the messenger. Which must mean I am winning."

11. Various cutaways

When his friend Arek was killed in the street, Eric Hind had sickening evidence that the country he'd come to call home had changed.

But the Polish IT consultant had started to feel uneasy even before that, as Britain prepared to vote earlier this year on whether to remain in the European Union.

As debate heated up about the U.K.'s place in Europe, Hind's outsider status was made all too clear to him.

"When I first moved to the U.K. I felt like it was a dream come true," he said with quiet sadness. "It's the country where there are no differences, people just get on with each other, there are no questions asked about where you're from.

"But now I just have to watch my back. People are worried to use their own language in the streets. It's not what it is supposed to be like, or what it was like before."

Hind was among hundreds of thousands of Poles who seized the opportunity when the EU expanded into eastern Europe in 2004 to move to Britain, regarded as a welcoming country with a flexible labour market and relatively high wages.

Twelve years on, he'd settled in Harlow, near London, with a family and a good job.

After the June 23 vote, Hind says he received text messages that said things like, "What time is my bus back home, have I got my passport and good luck in Poland."

Free movement among member states is a key principle of the EU, and millions of Europeans have become used to studying, working or retiring abroad. Britain's vote to quit the bloc - after a "leave" campaign that urged people to "take back control" - is in part a renunciation of that borderless ideal.

The support for leaving the EU was swelled by citizens who felt the presence of so many people from other EU countries was making Britain less "British" and making it harder for Britons to find jobs, housing, and medical care.

One campaign poster featured a long line of migrants beside the slogan "breaking point."

Anti-racism groups say the vote also unleashed a wave of xenophobia that has brought insults, abuse and physical attacks.

Much of the recorded abuse has been aimed at eastern Europeans, who have come to Britain in the hundreds of thousands over the past decade - and particularly Poles, the largest group, who number a million in the U.K.

'Polish' has become derogatory," said Suresh Grover of the Monitoring Group, a charity that works with victims of hate crime.

"People who have racist views have become emboldened and they now keep on saying things that were seen to be unacceptable," he adds.

Official figures back up anecdotal evidence of a rise in hate crime since the referendum. According to the Home Office, police recorded 1,546 racially or religiously aggravated offences in England and Wales in the two weeks before referendum day, and 2,241 in the two weeks after it. The total for July was up 41 percent from the same month a year earlier. August's level was lower, but still higher than before for Brexit vote.

Incidents reported around the country include offensive graffiti daubed on a Polish community centre; cards saying "no more Polish vermin" left on cars; a Polish man punched and kicked in Yeovil, southwest England; another Polish man beaten by a gang of teenagers in the northern city of Leeds; and a 21-year-old Polish student stabbed in the neck with a broken bottle in the English Midlands town of Telford.

On Aug. 27, a Saturday night, Hind's friend Arkadiusz Jozwik, known as Arek, was involved in an altercation with youths outside a pizza parlour in Harlow, about 20 miles (32 kilometres) north of London. The 40-year-old was felled by a single punch, hit his head and died in hospital two days later.

Police said they were investigating the death as a hate crime, and arrested six teens aged 15 and 16. Five have been released for lack of evidence, while one remains on bail.

Poland's ambassador to Britain, Arkady Rzegocki, said he was "shocked and deeply concerned" by the hostility toward a community whose presence in Britain goes back to World War II, when Polish pilots fought in the Battle of Britain and a Polish government-in-exile was based in London.

"The hospitality of British society was very famous, and we appreciate it," he said.

Rzegocki said he is confident that common sense and British decency will prevail. He said the embassy has received many supportive letters from Britons condemning the attacks.

And he points out that Britain is a country with low unemployment whose economy relies on migrants, including armies of Polish plumbers, nannies and fruit-pickers.

"I am sure that most of British society is very welcoming to immigrants - especially to the Poles which had, and still have, a huge contribution to the British economy and to the British culture," he said.

He notes that for Europe, the 20th century was the era of "borders and protectionism - and it wasn't a good century in European history."

No one is arguing that the referendum introduced prejudice to Britain - earlier groups of immigrants, from Jews 100 years ago to West Indians after World War II, also experienced hostility. In the 2014 British Social Attitudes survey, about a third of people admitted to being a little or very prejudiced against other races.

Dorothy Spriggs, an 85-year-old who has lived in Harlow for almost 50 years says she can here people making derogatory comments about 'foreigners coming in' when she's on the bus.

Harlow is a post-World War II "new town" whose first residents included bombed-out Londoners. Over the years they've been joined by others - Chinese, Indians and more recently eastern Europeans, whose shops and delis sit alongside the town's fish-and-chip shops, Indian restaurants and kebab takeaways.

Spriggs stopped recently beside a makeshift memorial near the spot where Jozwik died: bunches of flowers, a candle and three large stuffed animals lined up neatly on benches.

"Try to understand the opinion of the other people," she urges.

"Listen to them, listen to them about their culture, things like that. You know, learn more about their way of life and our way of life and sort of intermix in that way," she adds.

That appeal may be too late to keep Hind in Harlow, or in Britain.

He's stopped going into town after 6 p.m. He's planning to leave the U.K., so his 2-year-old British-born daughter can grow up somewhere she will feel safe.

Hind worries he won't be allowed to remain in Britain even if he wants to.

The government has refused to guarantee that the estimated 3 million EU nationals in Britain can stay unless U.K. citizens elsewhere in the EU get the same right. Europe's borders are firming up again.

"It's just not nice to live in a country where you don't know where you stand ... if you don't know what will happen tomorrow, if someone will come to your door and say, 'OK, time for you to pack your bags and go home,'" Hind said.

"Everyone wants to feel safe and I don't think this is the case now in the U.K."

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Harlow - 20 October 2016

1. Bench with flowers, lantern and picture of Arek Jozwik, a Polish national who was killed on 27 August

2. Photo of Arek, pan

3. Wide of benches

4. Mid of bench area, soft toys where Polish national Arkadiusz Jozwik, known as Arek, was killed

5. Various of Polish national Eric Hind, living in the UK since 2004 and friend of Arek smoking a cigarette

6. Mid of Hind seated

7. SOUNDBITE (English) Eric Hind, Polish IT consultant, living in the UK since 2004, friend of Arek:

"When I first moved to the U.K. I felt like it was a dream come true, it's the country where there are no differences, people just get on with each other, there are no questions asked about where you're from, the dialect you are talking with, and stuff like that. But now I just have to watch my back. People are worried to use their own language in the streets. It's not what it is supposed to be like, or what it was like before."

8. Close-up Hind's hands

9. SOUNDBITE (English) Eric Hind, Polish IT consultant, living in the UK since 2004, friend of Arek:

"It's just not nice to live in a country where you don't know where you stand. So that's worrying and not very assuring to anyone. If you don't know what will happen tomorrow, if someone will knock to your door and say, 'OK, time for you to pack your bags and go home. I mean everyone wants the same, everyone wants to feel safe and I don't believe this is the case now in the U.K. You don't know what will happen and that's not good."

10. Mid of Harlow shopping centre street

11. Close of Union Flag flying from window

12. Various of shop exteriors selling goods from Europe

13. Various exteriors of Polish food shop

14. SOUNDBITE (English) Dorothy Spriggs, an 85-year-old who has lived in Harlow for almost 50 years:

"You've only got to hear people's conversation - if you're on the bus or somewhere like that, you know, over the course of the years, they say 'oh, its all these foreigners coming in'."

15. Cutaway of candle for Arek

16. SOUNDBITE (English) Dorothy Spriggs, an 85-year-old who has lived in Harlow for almost 50 years:

"Well, try to understand that's the opinion of the other people. Listen to them, listen about their culture, things like that. You know, learn more about their way of life and our way of life and sort of intermix in that way. I think so anyway."

17. Various set up shots of Suresh Grover, Director of the Monitoring Group, a charity that works with victims of hate crime.

18. SOUNDBITE (English) Suresh Grover, Director of the Monitoring Group:

"That underbelly has been let out loose. People who have racist views have become emboldened and they now keep saying things that were seen to be unacceptable. The 'n' word is back on the agenda, the 'p' word and Polish, the word Polish has become as derogatory as a 'Paki'. That's absolutely senseless, degrading, dehumanising in the 21st century Britain. A modern Britain which won Olympics on the basis of multicultural dynamic society."

19. Pan down of photo of race protest

20. Close of books

21. Various set up shots of Poland's ambassador to Britain, Arkady Rzegocki

22. SOUNDBITE (English) Arkady Rzegocki, Poland's Ambassador to Britain:

"Poles are present in Britain for decades or even centuries. Permanent presence of Poland is going (back) to the Second World War and after that, so I was a little bit shocked when it appeared that after the referendum we noticed more xenophobic incidents in different parts of Great Britain. Unfortunately after the referendum, we noticed some increase of incidents."

23. Cutaway hands

24. SOUNDBITE (English) Arkady Rzegocki, Poland's ambassador to Britain:

"I am sure that most of British society is very welcoming to immigrants, especially to the Poles which had, and still have, a huge contribution to the British economy and to the British culture, so I hope it will remain."

25. Wide of Polish embassy

26. Pan up to Polish and EU Flag

27. Close of Polish flag

The Lithuanian National Anthem resonated loudly in the square in front of Peterborough's majestic gothic cathedral. About 100 Lithuanians assembled to celebrate the Baltic country's national holiday.

For the third largest immigrant community in the town the joyous event was over shadowed by fears for their future living in a nation that recently voted to leave the European Union.

"They see this country like their home. For them, for their kids, for their future," said Judita Gru who volunteers in the community organizing events and publishing a Lithuanian-language magazine.

More than 30,000 migrants have moved to Peterborough since the turn of the century, and foreign influence is noticeable in multi-ethnic Millfield, where some supermarkets are stocked with Polish sausages, Indian spices, Chinese vegetables and other imported goods.

While the city has long been home to Pakistani, Afro-Caribbean and Italian minorities, it was the surge in migrants from EU members Poland, Lithuania and Slovakia and more recently Romania and Bulgaria that pushed many residents to vote "leave" in the 23 June referendum. Sixty-one percent of Peterborough's electorate wanted out, compared to 52 percent in all of Britain.

For many people who voted Britain out of the European Union, Peterborough is a warning: streets taken over by foreign languages, customs and religions; British identity eroded with each pub converted into a shawarma shop or ethnic food store.

'Bram' runs the last English pub in the area and he remembers of the names of each one that closed in the past decade. He laments that newcomers don't mix into the community.

Today, the landlord has put the building up for sale and he fears the new owners have no intention of keeping the business running.

'Leave' voters strongly rejected the idea that their concerns over immigration were racially motivated. Their resentment focused mainly on the number of new people moving into city, the apparent segregation of communities, and the lack of proper integration.

"Where I used to work, I was the only person who spoke English," said Mick Bullock, 53, who says he took early retirement to escape the loneliness of having no one to chat with a coffee or lunch break.

While immigration was a major factor pushing many to vote 'leave,' most people acknowledge the hard work done by Eastern European immigrants, often filling jobs British citizens shy away from.

"All the workers who work they are Latvian, Polish, Russian, Czech republic," said Antra Jansone, 43-year-old Lithuanian working as an interpreter for the British National Health Service.

One of the workers is Viktor Savicius who's lived in Peterborough for 10 years. His day started at 5 a.m. with a 45 minute drive to a factory where he spray-paints trailers 10-hours a day, four or five days a week. Right now he's also working Saturdays spray painting a bridge to earn some extra money for his family of six.

"They were shouting on every corner 'You come to us, we need you, you'll get plenty of work," Savicius remembers. "Now it's very different."

Attitudes toward migrants have hardened since, but he said he understands why.

"If you look at a map of Great Britain, it's not that big a country," he said. "It may be a great country, but not a big country."

Savicius himself is no fan of the European Union and originally voted against Lithuania joining.

A former lumberjack in Lithuania, he says his company collapsed when Lithuania joined the European Union and new regulations capped his production, so he understands Britain's desire for independence.

British tabloids a few years ago sent alarming dispatches from the city about hordes of migrants queuing at the city's welfare offices to claim benefits.

Yet even the coordinator of the local "vote leave" campaign, said reports of welfare abuse were exaggerated and noted that some British people abuse the system, too.

"The actual reality is people do come here and they work hard. That's never been the issue," said Jay Beecher, the deputy leader of the nationalist UK Independence Party's branch in Peterborough.

"The problem we are seeing now is not anything to do with the quality of the people, it's the quantity of people coming here."

The Lithuanian National Anthem resonated loudly in the square in front of Peterborough's majestic gothic cathedral. About 100 Lithuanians assembled to celebrate the Baltic country's national holiday.

For the third largest immigrant community in the town the joyous event was over shadowed by fears for their future living in a nation that recently voted to leave the European Union.

"They see this country like their home. For them, for their kids, for their future," said Judita Gru who volunteers in the community organizing events and publishing a Lithuanian-language magazine.

More than 30,000 migrants have moved to Peterborough since the turn of the century, and foreign influence is noticeable in multi-ethnic Millfield, where some supermarkets are stocked with Polish sausages, Indian spices, Chinese vegetables and other imported goods.

While the city has long been home to Pakistani, Afro-Caribbean and Italian minorities, it was the surge in migrants from EU members Poland, Lithuania and Slovakia and more recently Romania and Bulgaria that pushed many residents to vote "leave" in the 23 June referendum. Sixty-one percent of Peterborough's electorate wanted out, compared to 52 percent in all of Britain.

For many people who voted Britain out of the European Union, Peterborough is a warning: streets taken over by foreign languages, customs and religions; British identity eroded with each pub converted into a shawarma shop or ethnic food store.

'Bram' runs the last English pub in the area and he remembers of the names of each one that closed in the past decade. He laments that newcomers don't mix into the community.

Today, the landlord has put the building up for sale and he fears the new owners have no intention of keeping the business running.

'Leave' voters strongly rejected the idea that their concerns over immigration were racially motivated. Their resentment focused mainly on the number of new people moving into city, the apparent segregation of communities, and the lack of proper integration.

"Where I used to work, I was the only person who spoke English," said Mick Bullock, 53, who says he took early retirement to escape the loneliness of having no one to chat with a coffee or lunch break.

While immigration was a major factor pushing many to vote 'leave,' most people acknowledge the hard work done by Eastern European immigrants, often filling jobs British citizens shy away from.

"All the workers who work they are Latvian, Polish, Russian, Czech republic," said Antra Jansone, 43-year-old Lithuanian working as an interpreter for the British National Health Service.

One of the workers is Viktor Savicius who's lived in Peterborough for 10 years. His day started at 5 a.m. with a 45 minute drive to a factory where he spray-paints trailers 10-hours a day, four or five days a week. Right now he's also working Saturdays spray painting a bridge to earn some extra money for his family of six.

"They were shouting on every corner 'You come to us, we need you, you'll get plenty of work," Savicius remembers. "Now it's very different."

Attitudes toward migrants have hardened since, but he said he understands why.

"If you look at a map of Great Britain, it's not that big a country," he said. "It may be a great country, but not a big country."

Savicius himself is no fan of the European Union and originally voted against Lithuania joining.

A former lumberjack in Lithuania, he says his company collapsed when Lithuania joined the European Union and new regulations capped his production, so he understands Britain's desire for independence.

British tabloids a few years ago sent alarming dispatches from the city about hordes of migrants queuing at the city's welfare offices to claim benefits.

Yet even the coordinator of the local "vote leave" campaign, said reports of welfare abuse were exaggerated and noted that some British people abuse the system, too.

"The actual reality is people do come here and they work hard. That's never been the issue," said Jay Beecher, the deputy leader of the nationalist UK Independence Party's branch in Peterborough.

"The problem we are seeing now is not anything to do with the quality of the people, it's the quantity of people coming here."

Peterborough - 6 July 2016

1. Various of the Peterborough Lithuanian community singing national anthem

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Judita Gru, Lithuanian community leader:

"They see this country like their home. For them, for their kids, for their future, so there are worries about this (means: outcome of the referendum): how it will be in the future because for now there is big uncertainty."

3. Various of Lincoln Road

Peterborough - 5 July 2016

4. Exterior of 'The Hand & Heart' pub

5. Interiors of 'The Hand & Heart' pub

6. Pub manager pouring pint of beer

7. SOUNDBITE (English) Brammer, no first name given and known as 'Bram', pub manager:

"To have a multicultural organisation or a multicultural society, it's a gentle trickle, isn't it, surely? A gentle trickle, people coming in, getting to know each other and learning to work with each other and fine. But to 'whoom' all of a sudden to swamp a particular area with a lot of people from a particular culture that is alien to the people who already live there, it causes friction."

8. Cutaway of patrons

9. Bram drinking

10. SOUNDBITE (English) Brammer, no first name given and known as 'Bram', pub manager:

"Virtually everybody on the street got on. There was never any trouble. There was predominantly a lot of English people, a lot of them elderly, there was a West Indian doctor across the road who was very friendly, there was a Pakistani family who lived next to me who were very, very friendly. One or two Polish people in the street, but it was a very good mix and it was very, very very, very friendly. And everybody drank in the pub."

11. Exterior pub

12. 'For Sale' sign on the pub

13. Various of the Peterborough market

14. SOUNDBITE (English) Bruce Johnson, 67-year-old market seller:

"I don't think it has anything to do with racism. The people that are here now, I'm quite happy with them stopping (means: staying) but as long as they mix in and work, and don't come here for just the benefits of living in England, which I think a lot of them have done."

15. Various cutaways of market

16. SOUNDBITE (English) Mick Bullock, 67-year-old retiree:

"Where I used to work, I was the only person around me who spoke any English. All the rest of them spoke either Lithuanian or Polish. So I had no one to talk to at work."

17. Various cutaways of market

18. SOUNDBITE (English) Antra Jansone, 43-year-old National Health Service interpreter from Lithuania:

"All the factories around Peterborough, all the workers who work they are Latvian, Polish, Russian, Czech Republic, all those people they are foreign people who does all the hard jobs in factories and the fields, and also in those conditions where I don't think English people would work."

Peterborough - 6 July 2016

19. Various of Viktor Savicius leaving his house for work at 5:00 am

20. Various of Viktor driving

21. SOUNDBITE (English) Viktor Savicius, 44-year-old industrial painter:

"England and all the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland they said 'Oh, you can come straight away and work for us' but they needed (us) then. They were shouting on every corner 'You come to us, we need you, you'll get plenty of work.' Yes, it was like that at that time, now it's very different."

22. Cutaway

23. SOUNDBITE (English) Viktor Savicius, 44-year-old industrial painter:

"And now it's so many of Eastern Europeans in here. If you look at a map of Great Britain, it's not that big a country. It may be a great country, but not a big country. So they simply run out of where (means: space). They can't take everybody, there are limits and they are just about to exceed them."

24. Various of Viktor walking into his workplace

Peterborough - 5 July 2016

25. Various of central square in Peterborough

26. Close-up British flag

27. SOUNDBITE (English) Jay Beecher, 'Vote Leave' campaign coordinator for Peterborough and deputy chairman of the nationalist UK Independence Party's branch in Peterborough:

"The actual reality is people do come here and they work hard. That's never been the issue. The problem is a lack of integration that we are starting to see. In Peterborough, you originally had the Italians that moved here because they went over and moved (worked) in the brick pits - we were short on labour. They came in smaller numbers, they integrated, and as a result of that, we have Italian communities but they are English-speaking and they have introduced bits of their culture to us as well. So we absorbed that really nicely. The same with the Pakistani community who came to Peterborough and established here. They did exactly the same: came in smaller numbers and integrated really well into our society and have made massive contributions. The problem that we are seeing at the moment is not anything to do with the quality of people coming here, it's the quantity of people coming here."

28. Cutaway

29. SOUNDBITE (English) Jay Beecher, 'Vote Leave' campaign coordinator for Peterborough and deputy chairman of the nationalist UK Independence Party's branch in Peterborough

"We normally see areas in Peterborough where for instance Polish people will live on a few streets in a certain area, Romanians in another because it's familiar to them. They know they can come to England and they can move to an area that is Polish speaking. It's similar to when the Brits (means: British) move over to Spain. Stereotypically, English people tend to move to an English speaking resort or area. So you cannot blame the immigrant for coming here and for not integrating - we need to promote better integration. But the only way we are ever going to do that is by controlling immigration and reducing the volume."

30. Various of the Peterborough Lithuanian community singing traditional song

Seven British lawmakers quit the main opposition Labour Party on Monday over its approach to issues including Brexit and anti-Semitism, blasting open a long-simmering rift in the left-of-centre party.

Many Labour lawmakers have been unhappy with the party's direction under leader Jeremy Corbyn, a veteran socialist who took charge in 2015 with strong grass-roots backing.

They accuse Corbyn of mounting a weak opposition to the Conservative government's plans for leaving the European Union, and of failing to stamp out a vein of anti-Jewish prejudice in the party.

The quitters represent a small fraction of Labour's 256 lawmakers, or the 650 total members of Parliament.

But this is the biggest split in the party since four senior members on the right wing quit in 1981 to form the Social Democratic Party.

One of the MPs, Mike Gapes, accused the party's leaders of being "complicit in facilitating Brexit."

The seven lawmakers said they will continue to sit in Parliament as the newly formed Independent Group.

Corbyn said he was "disappointed that these MPs have felt unable to continue to work together for the Labour policies that inspired millions at the last election and saw us increase our vote by the largest share since 1945".

UK POOL

London - 18 February 2019

1. Pan from audience to independent (formerly Labour MP) Ann Coffey speaking

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Chris Leslie, independent MP (formerly Labour): ++INCLUDES MULTIPLE ANGLES++

"Choosing to stand by while our constituents' lives and future opportunities are hurt by Brexit is a fundamental violation of Labour's traditional values. But our differences go far deeper than Brexit. The past three years have confirmed how irresponsible it would be to allow this leader of the opposition to take the office of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Many people still in the Labour Party will privately admit this to be true but we owe it to our constituents now to say it publicly and honestly. The pursuit of policies that would threaten our national security through hostility to NATO, the refusal to act when needed to help those facing humanitarian distress, preferring to believe states hostile to our country rather than believing our police and security services: these are all rooted in the Labour leadership's obsession with a narrow, outdated ideology."

3. Close of Leslie's hands on lectern

4. SOUNDBITE (English) Mike Gapes, independent MP (formerly Labour):

"I am sickened that the Labour Party is now a racist, antisemitic party. I'm furious that the Labour leadership is complicit in facilitating Brexit which will cause great economic, social and political damage to our country. Jeremy Corbyn and those around him are on the wrong side on so many international issues from Russia to Syria to Venezuela. A Corbyn Labour government would threaten our national security and international alliances. Now this is personally very difficult for me. I've got lots of very good friends locally, nationally and internationally through the Labour Party but I must be true to myself and my values."

5 . Wide of independent (formerly Labour MP) Chuka Umunna speaking to media

6. SOUNDBITE (English) Chuka Umunna, independent MP (formerly Labour):

"Too many in Britain face barriers in fulfilling their dreams, their potential, and people don't get the support that they need. We believe it doesn't have to be that way. Fundamental change is needed. Now the last few years have shown the established parties are simply not up to this challenge. They can't be the change because they have become the problem. They have failed to provide the leadership and clear direction which the UK desperately needs. They are deeply divided. They have failed to fulfil their duties with the competence the public rightly deserves. They've put their party political interests before the national interest and they don't represent the complex tapestry which is more than Britain."

7. Wide of Umunna speaking to media

8. SOUNDBITE (English) Chuka Umunna, independent MP (formerly Labour):

"You might come from a Labour background but you might come from other political traditions. And yes it's a difficult decision. Make no mistake about that, but think about it. You don't join a political party to spend years and years fighting the people within it. You get involved in politics, you join the party to change the world. So we invite you to leave your parties and help us forge a new consensus on a way forward for Britain. We will sit together as an independent group of MPs in the House of Commons from here on. We haven't yet assigned roles or responsibilities between us but we will have our first formal meeting as a new group of employees in the coming days."

9. Independent (formerly Labour MP) Luciana Berger approaching podium

The Assistant Secretary General of the Muslim Council of Britain said the Brexit vote appeared to have emboldened some people to commit hate crimes in the UK.

Speaking in London on Monday, Miqdaad Versi said that hundreds of hate crimes had been committed across the country in the past two days since the vote to leave the EU.

He said that the type of language being used in the abuse indicated that there was some sort of link with the referendum result.

Versi said it was now very important that civic society and politicians stood up to this racism and bigotry.

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has asked London police to be on heightened alert to deal with a possible increase in hate crimes as a result of the Brexit vote.

Khan said on Monday that there would be "zero tolerance" of any attempt to divide communities. He spoke after a Polish diplomat complained about abuse directed at the Polish community since Thursday's vote.

A Polish community centre in west London was vandalised and police in Cambridgeshire are looking into reports of racist notes being given to Polish residents.

Immigration was a big issue in the vote, with those wanting to take Britain out of the EU saying it would make it easier for Britain to control its borders.

Prime Minister David Cameron has also condemned a spate of racist attacks since the referendum, saying he would "not tolerate intolerance".

The Assistant Secretary General of the Muslim Council of Britain said the Brexit vote appeared to have emboldened some people to commit hate crimes in the UK.

Speaking in London on Monday, Miqdaad Versi said that hundreds of hate crimes had been committed across the country in the past two days since the vote to leave the EU.

He said that the type of language being used in the abuse indicated that there was some sort of link with the referendum result.

Versi said it was now very important that civic society and politicians stood up to this racism and bigotry.

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has asked London police to be on heightened alert to deal with a possible increase in hate crimes as a result of the Brexit vote.

Khan said on Monday that there would be "zero tolerance" of any attempt to divide communities. He spoke after a Polish diplomat complained about abuse directed at the Polish community since Thursday's vote.

A Polish community centre in west London was vandalised and police in Cambridgeshire are looking into reports of racist notes being given to Polish residents.

Immigration was a big issue in the vote, with those wanting to take Britain out of the EU saying it would make it easier for Britain to control its borders.

Prime Minister David Cameron has also condemned a spate of racist attacks since the referendum, saying he would "not tolerate intolerance".

London – 27 June 2016

1. Set up of Assistant Secretary General of Muslim Council of Britain Miqdaad Versi

2. Close-up of Versi

3. SOUNDBITE (English) Miqdaad Versi, Assistant Secretary General of Muslim Council of Britain:

"What we can say is that in the last two days we've had hundreds of hate crimes across the country, and they type of language that has been used, like 'Go back to your own country', 'We voted this way, now you have to get out,' - that type of language indicates there is some sort of link (to the referendum result), and that people on the ground feel somehow legitimised to say the things that they are (saying.) They feel emboldened that this result has meant that a majority of people support their racist and bigoted views, when in reality, that's not the case."

4. Cutaway

5. SOUNDBITE (English) Miqdaad Versi, Assistant Secretary General of Muslim Council of Britain:

"The reality is that this (referendum result) may have unleashed a Pandora's box of bigotry and Islamophobia that has emboldened those who wanted to say things in the past and haven't felt they've been able to. And as a result it is very important that civic society and politicians stand up to say 'no' to racism, 'no' to bigotry, and act rather than just stay silent on an issue that affects the whole of society."

6. Cutaway

Seven British lawmakers quit the main opposition Labour Party on Monday over its approach to issues including Brexit and anti-Semitism, blasting open a long-simmering rift in the left-of-centre party.

Many Labour lawmakers have been unhappy with the party's direction under leader Jeremy Corbyn, a veteran socialist who took charge in 2015 with strong grass-roots backing.

They accuse Corbyn of mounting a weak opposition to the Conservative government's plans for leaving the European Union, and of failing to stamp out a vein of anti-Jewish prejudice in the party.

The quitters represent a small fraction of Labour's 256 lawmakers, or the 650 total members of Parliament.

But this is the biggest split in the party since four senior members on the right wing quit in 1981 to form the Social Democratic Party.

Luciana Berger, one of those who announced Monday that she is leaving, said Labour had become "institutionally anti-Semitic".

Another, Mike Gapes, accused the party's leaders of being complicit in facilitating Brexit.

"It's not just the politics. It is whether you can feel a moral integrity to go along with things that you can no longer justify or accept. And I've come to my own breaking point. I cannot do that any longer", he added.

The seven lawmakers said they will continue to sit in Parliament as the newly formed Independent Group.

Corbyn said he was "disappointed that these MPs have felt unable to continue to work together for the Labour policies that inspired millions at the last election and saw us increase our vote by the largest share since 1945".

Those Labour lawmakers who quit in 1981 eventually became today's Liberal Democrats, a centrist party that has failed to topple the dominance of Britain's two main political parties, Conservatives and Labour.

The new Labour splitters urged others to join them in creating a new centrist force in British politics.

"We do not think any of the major parties is fit for power", said lawmaker Angela Smith.

"People feel politically homeless and they are asking and begging for an alternative."

UK POOL

London - 18 February 2019

1. Journalist asking question

2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Mike Gapes, UK Member of Parliament for Ilford South:

SOUNDBITE (English)

"This is not the Labour Party that I fought to save when Neil Kinnock was leader. It isn't the Labour Party that I fought against Trotskyists in student politics. This is the Labour Party which has changed beyond recognition. And you have to make a decision. It's not just the politics. It is whether you can feel a moral integrity to go along with things that you can no longer justify or accept. And I've come to my own breaking point. I cannot do that any longer."

3. Journalist asking question

4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Angela Smith, UK Member of Parliament Penistone and Stocksbridge:

"People feel politically homeless and they are asking and begging for an alternative. This is why we believe our politics is broken and that something has to be done to build back a politics that people believe in, and we cannot be complicit in a political system which is broken and which is failing to put the country first and put people first."

5. Journalist asking question

6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Chukka Umunna, UK Member of Parliament for Streatham:

"Make no mistake, it's not just Labour MPs who are privately wrestling with their consciences on this every single day. We know of lots of other members of parliament in other parties too. The whole thing is broken, so we've got to change it."

7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Chris Leslie, UK Member of Parliament for Nottingham East:

"So, of course, for myself the Brexit saga has been very much a tipping point. You know I've been trying for a very, very long time to push and cajole and nudge the Labour Party to do what I would regard that its traditional values to point it towards which is protecting jobs and livelihoods, but instead we've seen the consistent attempt to put this sort of political calculations above what I regard as the national interest and that for me has been a tipping point. But there's a combination of issues as you've heard today."

8. Journalist asking question

9. SOUNDBITE: (English) Luciana Berger, UK Member of Parliament for Liverpool Wavertree:

"Well when I joined the Labour Party thought I was joining a broad church and it's now clear that that broad church which brought many of us into the Labour Party no longer exists, and therefore we have to be true to ourselves and true to our values. It would be much easier for us if we just kept quiet and kept our heads down. But we don't believe or I certainly don't believe that's what I came into politics to do."

10. Journalist asking question

Seven British lawmakers say they are quitting the main opposition Labour Party over its approach to issues including Brexit and anti-Semitism.

Many Labour lawmakers are unhappy with the party's direction under leader Jeremy Corbyn, a veteran socialist who took charge in 2015 with strong grass-roots backing.

They accuse him of mounting a weak opposition to the Conservative government's plans for leaving the European Union, and of failing to stamp out a vein of anti-Jewish prejudice in the party.

Luciana Berger, one of those who announced Monday she is leaving, said Labour has become "institutionally anti-Semitic."

The quitters are only a fraction of Labour's 256 lawmakers.

But this is the biggest split in the party since four senior members quit in 1981 to form the Social Democratic Party.

UK POOL

London - 18 February 2019

1 . Group of seven Labour MPs arriving at news conference, surrounded by reporters

2 . SOUNDBITE (English) Luciana Berger, independent MP (formerly Labour):

"This morning, we have all now resigned from the Labour Party. This has been a very difficult, painful but necessary decision. We represent different parts of the country. We are of different backgrounds. We were born of different generations, but we all share the same values. From today we will all sit in Parliament as a new independent group of MPs."

++SEPARATED BY WHITE FLASH++

2 .  SOUNDBITE (English) Chris Leslie, independent MP (formerly Labour):

"But the Labour Party we joined, that we campaigned for and believed in, is no longer today's Labour Party. We did everything we could to save it but it has now been hijacked by the machine politics of the hard left. As Luciana said, our values haven't changed. We absolutely oppose this Conservative government and desperately want an alternative which tackles the barriers of poverty and discrimination by extending opportunity for all. But British politics is now well and truly broken. And in all conscience, we can no longer knock on doors and support a government led by (Labour party leader) Jeremy Corbyn or the team around him."

4. UK's Opposition Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn leaving house

5. SOUNDBITE (English) Chuka Umunna, independent MP (formerly Labour):

"Too many in Britain face barriers in fulfilling their dreams, their potential, and people don't get the support that they need. We believe it doesn't have to be that way. Fundamental change is needed. Now the last few years have shown the established parties are simply not up to this challenge. They can't be the change because they have become the problem. They have failed to provide the leadership and clear direction which the UK desperately needs. They are deeply divided. They have failed to fulfil their duties with the competence the public rightly deserves. They've put their party political interests before the national interest and they don't represent the complex tapestry which is more than Britain."

Seven British lawmakers say they are quitting the main opposition Labour Party over its approach to issues including Brexit and anti-Semitism.

Many Labour lawmakers are unhappy with the party's direction under leader Jeremy Corbyn, a veteran socialist who took charge in 2015 with strong grass-roots backing.

They accuse him of mounting a weak opposition to the Conservative government's plans for leaving the European Union, and of failing to stamp out a vein of anti-Jewish prejudice in the party.

Luciana Berger, one of those who announced Monday she is leaving, said Labour has become "institutionally anti-Semitic."

The quitters are only a fraction of Labour's 256 lawmakers.

But this is the biggest split in the party since four senior members quit in 1981 to form the Social Democratic Party.

UK POOL

London - 18 February 2019

++INCLUDES JUMP CUTS++

++PART MUTE++

1. UK's Opposition Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn leaving house

2. Group of seven Labour MPs arriving at news conference, surrounded by reporters ++MUTE++

3. SOUNDBITE (English) Luciana Berger, independent MP (formerly Labour):

"This morning, we have all now resigned from the Labour Party. This has been a very difficult, painful but necessary decision. We represent different parts of the country. We are of different backgrounds. We were born of different generations, but we all share the same values. From today we will all sit in Parliament as a new independent group of MPs."

4. Berger at podium

5. SOUNDBITE (English) Luciana Berger, independent MP (formerly Labour):

"For my part I have become embarrassed and ashamed to remain in the Labour Party. I have not changed. The core values of equality for all, opportunity for all, anti-racism against all, and social justice, the values which I hold really dear and which led me to join the Labour Party as a student almost 20 years ago remain who I am. And yet these values have been consistently and constantly violated, undermined and attacked as the Labour party today refuses to put my constituents and our country before party interest. I cannot remain in a party that I have today come to the sickening conclusion is institutionally anti-Semitic."

6. SOUNDBITE (English) Chris Leslie, independent MP (formerly Labour):

"But the Labour Party we joined, that we campaigned for and believed in, is no longer today's Labour Party. We did everything we could to save it but it has now been hijacked by the machine politics of the hard left. As Luciana said, our values haven't changed. We absolutely oppose this Conservative government and desperately want an alternative which tackles the barriers of poverty and discrimination by extending opportunity for all. But British politics is now well and truly broken. And in all conscience, we can no longer knock on doors and support a government led by (Labour party leader) Jeremy Corbyn or the team around him."

7. Leslie leaving lectern

MICHAEL MOORE SAYS TRUMP SUPPORTS A '21ST CENTURY VERSION OF FASCISM'

American filmmaker Michael Moore spoke out against Donald trump at a press conference in London on Thursday (9 JUNE 2016), ahead of the U.K. release of Moore's latest film, "Where to Invade next."

Known for his political documentaries such as "Bowling for Columbine," and "Fahrenheit 9/11," Moore strongly criticized the presumptive Republican nominee and discussed the possibility of Trump becoming president.

"He knows how to manipulate a dumbed-down population whose schools have been wrecked, whose media is just insipid and stupid and doesn't give people the facts about what's going on," said Moore.

"The public is easily manipulated by somebody like him. Those who vote for him, he had record turn outs, he has the largest rallies, he supports a 21st century version of fascism of marrying the state and capital together to benefit the few at the expense of the many and, in the process, blame the other. The other is causing your problems, let's build a wall. Let's ban Muslims. I don't believe the majority of Americans agree with him, but it's going to be who shows up to vote, that's your problem too. "

"He's not as stupid as he looks," continued Moore. "You should take it very seriously. He knows the manipulation that's going on here and the use of propaganda and the way he's doing it is just brilliant in the sense that he is succeeding and has succeeded. 17 other candidates couldn't find a way to bring him down, 17 others. And now Hillary Clinton is trying to do the same thing using logic, brains - things like that. It's going to require something else."

The 62-year-old Michigan-born director also looked back on Barack Obama's time as president.

"We have our criticisms of Barack Obama. He has deported more immigrants than any previous president, he's arrested more whistleblowers than any previous president. He's turned his back on Flint, my home town, with the water crisis there. So, many criticisms but everything they said, it's all true and history will look back and record that there was a racist party, and this racist party did everything they could to stop him simply because he was black, they had no other reason. That a large percentage of that party didn't even believe that he was born in the United States. 19 percent of Republicans, according to one poll, believe he is the Antichrist, in other words he is the Devil himself. But those are the dying voices."

After stating that Republicans thought of Obama as "President Blackula," Moore was interrupted by a journalist who said, "That's not funny at all."

"Well it's satire," responded the documentarian. "That's how the Republicans think. This is a racist party and he won two times and now hopefully we'll have our first female president and hopefully she will not be to the right of him."

"Where to Invade Next" is Moore's first film in six years. It's shot in the style of a travelogue and follows Moore as he spends time in various countries on three continents. During his journey he experiences how those countries deal with social and economic problems compared with the U.S..

"I've spent 25 years pointing out everything that's wrong with the United States and I not only not have to point it out any longer to my fellow Americans, most Americans or the majority at least get it," said Moore. "Most Americans by now know that the rich have gotten a lot richer, everybody else is working harder and longer for less pay, less benefits, not much time off. And so, to make another film, and I said this at the end of 'Capitalism: A Love Story' – my end of my last film, there's really – I've said pretty much what I want to say here. I'm not going to keep making these issue films because the issues are what's wrong has, at its core, an economic system that's unjust and unfair and it's not democratic."

The director also weighed in on the current Brexit debate raging in the U.K., questioning why Britain would want to leave the European Union.

"We thought that Europeans would also love this movie because it's a reminder to you of the good things that you have. And to take a look to yourselves through the outsider's eyes – yes, I know the problems, yes there's a lot of – in all the countries including yours. But still, you came up with the idea of a National Health Service. No other country has this and yeah, OK, so there's some problems. Fix 'em. Quit whining. Fix 'em."

"Where to Invade Next" is released in the U.K. on 10 June.

MICHAEL MOORE SAYS TRUMP SUPPORTS A '21ST CENTURY VERSION OF FACISM'

American filmmaker Michael Moore spoke out against Donald trump at a press conference in London on Thursday (9 JUNE 2016), ahead of the U.K. release of Moore's latest film, "Where to Invade next."

Known for his political documentaries such as "Bowling for Columbine," and "Fahrenheit 9/11," Moore strongly criticized the presumptive Republican nominee and discussed the possibility of Trump becoming president.

"He knows how to manipulate a dumbed-down population whose schools have been wrecked, whose media is just insipid and stupid and doesn't give people the facts about what's going on," said Moore.

"The public is easily manipulated by somebody like him. Those who vote for him, he had record turn outs, he has the largest rallies, he supports a 21st century version of fascism of marrying the state and capital together to benefit the few at the expense of the many and, in the process, blame the other. The other is causing your problems, let's build a wall. Let's ban Muslims. I don't believe the majority of Americans agree with him, but it's going to be who shows up to vote, that's your problem too. "

"He's not as stupid as he looks," continued Moore. "You should take it very seriously. He knows the manipulation that's going on here and the use of propaganda and the way he's doing it is just brilliant in the sense that he is succeeding and has succeeded. 17 other candidates couldn't find a way to bring him down, 17 others. And now Hillary Clinton is trying to do the same thing using logic, brains - things like that. It's going to require something else."

The 62-year-old Michigan-born director also looked back on Barack Obama's time as president.

"We have our criticisms of Barack Obama. He has deported more immigrants than any previous president, he's arrested more whistleblowers than any previous president. He's turned his back on Flint, my home town, with the water crisis there. So, many criticisms but everything they said, it's all true and history will look back and record that there was a racist party, and this racist party did everything they could to stop him simply because he was black, they had no other reason. That a large percentage of that party didn't even believe that he was born in the United States. 19 percent of Republicans, according to one poll, believe he is the Antichrist, in other words he is the Devil himself. But those are the dying voices."

After stating that Republicans thought of Obama as "President Blackula," Moore was interrupted by a journalist who said, "That's not funny at all."

"Well it's satire," responded the documentarian. "That's how the Republicans think. This is a racist party and he won two times and now hopefully we'll have our first female president and hopefully she will not be to the right of him."

"Where to Invade Next" is Moore's first film in six years. It's shot in the style of a travelogue and follows Moore as he spends time in various countries on three continents. During his journey he experiences how those countries deal with social and economic problems compared with the U.S..

"I've spent 25 years pointing out everything that's wrong with the United States and I not only not have to point it out any longer to my fellow Americans, most Americans or the majority at least get it," said Moore. "Most Americans by now know that the rich have gotten a lot richer, everybody else is working harder and longer for less pay, less benefits, not much time off. And so, to make another film, and I said this at the end of 'Capitalism: A Love Story' – my end of my last film, there's really – I've said pretty much what I want to say here. I'm not going to keep making these issue films because the issues are what's wrong has, at its core, an economic system that's unjust and unfair and it's not democratic."

The director also weighed in on the current Brexit debate raging in the U.K., questioning why Britain would want to leave the European Union.

"We thought that Europeans would also love this movie because it's a reminder to you of the good things that you have. And to take a look to yourselves through the outsider's eyes – yes, I know the problems, yes there's a lot of – in all the countries including yours. But still, you came up with the idea of a National Health Service. No other country has this and yeah, OK, so there's some problems. Fix 'em. Quit whining. Fix 'em."

"Where to Invade Next" is released in the U.K. on 10 June.

MICHAEL MOORE SAYS TRUMP SUPPORTS A '21ST CENTURY VERSION OF FASCISM'

American filmmaker Michael Moore spoke out against Donald trump at a press conference in London on Thursday (9 JUNE 2016), ahead of the U.K. release of Moore's latest film, "Where to Invade next."

Known for his political documentaries such as "Bowling for Columbine," and "Fahrenheit 9/11," Moore strongly criticized the presumptive Republican nominee and discussed the possibility of Trump becoming president.

"He knows how to manipulate a dumbed-down population whose schools have been wrecked, whose media is just insipid and stupid and doesn't give people the facts about what's going on," said Moore.

"The public is easily manipulated by somebody like him. Those who vote for him, he had record turn outs, he has the largest rallies, he supports a 21st century version of fascism of marrying the state and capital together to benefit the few at the expense of the many and, in the process, blame the other. The other is causing your problems, let's build a wall. Let's ban Muslims. I don't believe the majority of Americans agree with him, but it's going to be who shows up to vote, that's your problem too. "

"He's not as stupid as he looks," continued Moore. "You should take it very seriously. He knows the manipulation that's going on here and the use of propaganda and the way he's doing it is just brilliant in the sense that he is succeeding and has succeeded. 17 other candidates couldn't find a way to bring him down, 17 others. And now Hillary Clinton is trying to do the same thing using logic, brains - things like that. It's going to require something else."

The 62-year-old Michigan-born director also looked back on Barack Obama's time as president.

"We have our criticisms of Barack Obama. He has deported more immigrants than any previous president, he's arrested more whistleblowers than any previous president. He's turned his back on Flint, my home town, with the water crisis there. So, many criticisms but everything they said, it's all true and history will look back and record that there was a racist party, and this racist party did everything they could to stop him simply because he was black, they had no other reason. That a large percentage of that party didn't even believe that he was born in the United States. 19 percent of Republicans, according to one poll, believe he is the Antichrist, in other words he is the Devil himself. But those are the dying voices."

After stating that Republicans thought of Obama as "President Blackula," Moore was interrupted by a journalist who said, "That's not funny at all."

"Well it's satire," responded the documentarian. "That's how the Republicans think. This is a racist party and he won two times and now hopefully we'll have our first female president and hopefully she will not be to the right of him."

"Where to Invade Next" is Moore's first film in six years. It's shot in the style of a travelogue and follows Moore as he spends time in various countries on three continents. During his journey he experiences how those countries deal with social and economic problems compared with the U.S..

"I've spent 25 years pointing out everything that's wrong with the United States and I not only not have to point it out any longer to my fellow Americans, most Americans or the majority at least get it," said Moore. "Most Americans by now know that the rich have gotten a lot richer, everybody else is working harder and longer for less pay, less benefits, not much time off. And so, to make another film, and I said this at the end of 'Capitalism: A Love Story' – my end of my last film, there's really – I've said pretty much what I want to say here. I'm not going to keep making these issue films because the issues are what's wrong has, at its core, an economic system that's unjust and unfair and it's not democratic."

The director also weighed in on the current Brexit debate raging in the U.K., questioning why Britain would want to leave the European Union.

"We thought that Europeans would also love this movie because it's a reminder to you of the good things that you have. And to take a look to yourselves through the outsider's eyes – yes, I know the problems, yes there's a lot of – in all the countries including yours. But still, you came up with the idea of a National Health Service. No other country has this and yeah, OK, so there's some problems. Fix 'em. Quit whining. Fix 'em."

"Where to Invade Next" is released in the U.K. on 10 June.

MICHAEL MOORE SAYS TRUMP SUPPORTS A '21ST CENTURY VERSION OF FACISM'

American filmmaker Michael Moore spoke out against Donald trump at a press conference in London on Thursday (9 JUNE 2016), ahead of the U.K. release of Moore's latest film, "Where to Invade next."

Known for his political documentaries such as "Bowling for Columbine," and "Fahrenheit 9/11," Moore strongly criticized the presumptive Republican nominee and discussed the possibility of Trump becoming president.

"He knows how to manipulate a dumbed-down population whose schools have been wrecked, whose media is just insipid and stupid and doesn't give people the facts about what's going on," said Moore.

"The public is easily manipulated by somebody like him. Those who vote for him, he had record turn outs, he has the largest rallies, he supports a 21st century version of fascism of marrying the state and capital together to benefit the few at the expense of the many and, in the process, blame the other. The other is causing your problems, let's build a wall. Let's ban Muslims. I don't believe the majority of Americans agree with him, but it's going to be who shows up to vote, that's your problem too. "

"He's not as stupid as he looks," continued Moore. "You should take it very seriously. He knows the manipulation that's going on here and the use of propaganda and the way he's doing it is just brilliant in the sense that he is succeeding and has succeeded. 17 other candidates couldn't find a way to bring him down, 17 others. And now Hillary Clinton is trying to do the same thing using logic, brains - things like that. It's going to require something else."

The 62-year-old Michigan-born director also looked back on Barack Obama's time as president.

"We have our criticisms of Barack Obama. He has deported more immigrants than any previous president, he's arrested more whistleblowers than any previous president. He's turned his back on Flint, my home town, with the water crisis there. So, many criticisms but everything they said, it's all true and history will look back and record that there was a racist party, and this racist party did everything they could to stop him simply because he was black, they had no other reason. That a large percentage of that party didn't even believe that he was born in the United States. 19 percent of Republicans, according to one poll, believe he is the Antichrist, in other words he is the Devil himself. But those are the dying voices."

After stating that Republicans thought of Obama as "President Blackula," Moore was interrupted by a journalist who said, "That's not funny at all."

"Well it's satire," responded the documentarian. "That's how the Republicans think. This is a racist party and he won two times and now hopefully we'll have our first female president and hopefully she will not be to the right of him."

"Where to Invade Next" is Moore's first film in six years. It's shot in the style of a travelogue and follows Moore as he spends time in various countries on three continents. During his journey he experiences how those countries deal with social and economic problems compared with the U.S..

"I've spent 25 years pointing out everything that's wrong with the United States and I not only not have to point it out any longer to my fellow Americans, most Americans or the majority at least get it," said Moore. "Most Americans by now know that the rich have gotten a lot richer, everybody else is working harder and longer for less pay, less benefits, not much time off. And so, to make another film, and I said this at the end of 'Capitalism: A Love Story' – my end of my last film, there's really – I've said pretty much what I want to say here. I'm not going to keep making these issue films because the issues are what's wrong has, at its core, an economic system that's unjust and unfair and it's not democratic."

The director also weighed in on the current Brexit debate raging in the U.K., questioning why Britain would want to leave the European Union.

"We thought that Europeans would also love this movie because it's a reminder to you of the good things that you have. And to take a look to yourselves through the outsider's eyes – yes, I know the problems, yes there's a lot of – in all the countries including yours. But still, you came up with the idea of a National Health Service. No other country has this and yeah, OK, so there's some problems. Fix 'em. Quit whining. Fix 'em."

"Where to Invade Next" is released in the U.K. on 10 June.

London, 9 June 2016

1. Wide shot Michael Moore entering press conference

2. Pan across panel

3. UPSOUND (English) Moderator:

"Question to all of you. I mean this film was shot largely around Europe, as we will have seen, but Michael would you agree that it's a film about America and for Americans?"

Michael Moore, director: "Are we still in Europe by the way, right now?"

Moderator: "We are, technically."

4. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Moore, director - on why the film is shot in Europe:

"Well, I've spent 25 years pointing out everything that's wrong with the United States and I not only not have to point it out any longer to my fellow Americans, most Americans or the majority at least get it. Most Americans by now know that the rich have gotten a lot richer, everybody else is working harder and longer for less pay, less benefits, not much time off. And so, to make another film, and I said this at the end of 'Capitalism: A Love Story' – my end of my last film, there's really – I've said pretty much what I want to say here. I'm not going to keep making these issue films because the issues are what's wrong has, at its core, an economic system that's unjust and unfair and it's not democratic."

5. Medium shot of press conference

6. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Moore, director - on why the UK will enjoy the film:

"While we were here, while we were making the film here – here meaning Europe, because I'm still going to refer to the U.K. as Europe - while we were making this film though, we thought that Europeans would also love this movie because it's a reminder to you of the good things that you have. And to take a look to yourselves through the outsider's eyes – yes, I know the problems, yes there's a lot of – in all the countries including yours. But still, you came up with the idea of a National Health Service. No other country has this and yeah, OK, so there's some problems. Fix 'em. Quit whining. Fix 'em."

7. Wide shot press conference

8. Close-up Michael Moore

9. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael, director - on what the U.K. has done well:

"I think, especially for Brits, this film can act as a reminder as to why you have done some things that are really good. And we for the life us don't understand why you want to be more like us. And we love ourselves. We love being Americans, but seriously, we look to you and think jeez, it must be nice to send your kid to school every day and not have to think that they're going to be mowed down in a hail of bullets."

10. Medium shot press conference

11. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Moore, director - on Donald Trump:

"I think there's an excellent chance of Donald Trump becoming the next President of the United States. People need to take that very seriously. I said last August that he would be the Republican nominee. He knows something - he knows how to manipulate a dumbed-down population whose schools have been wrecked, whose media is just insipid and stupid and doesn't give people the facts about what's going on. So the public is easily manipulated by somebody like him. Those who vote for him, he had record turn outs, he has the largest rallies, he supports a 21st century version of fascism of marrying the state and capital together to benefit the few at the expense of the many and, in the process, blame the other. The other is causing your problems, let's build a wall. Let's ban Muslims. I don't believe the majority of Americans agree with him, but it's going to be who shows up to vote, that's your problem too. "

12. Wide shot press conference

13. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Moore, director - on Donald Trump:

"He's not as stupid as he looks. You should take it very seriously. He knows the manipulation that's going on here and the use of propaganda and the way he's doing it is just brilliant in the sense that he is succeeding and has succeeded. 17 other candidates couldn't find a way to bring him down, 17 others. And now Hillary Clinton is trying to do the same thing using logic, brains - things like that. It's going to require something else."

14. Wide shot press conference

15. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Moore, director - on Obama's presidency:

"We have our criticisms of Barack Obama. He has deported more immigrants than any previous president, he's arrested more whistleblowers than any previous president. He's turned his back on Flint, my home town, with the water crisis there. So, many criticisms but everything they said, it's all true and history will look back and record that there was a racist party, and this racist party did everything they could to stop him simply because he was black, they had no other reason. That a large percentage of that party didn't even believe that he was born in the United States. 19 percent of Republicans, according to one poll, believe he is the Antichrist, in other words he is the Devil himself. But those are the dying voices. Last September, it was the first time in the history of the U.S. that the majority of children entering school, in kindergarten, were not white. That's the new America and that's why Trump sounds the way he sounds and his supporters, and his rallies look strangely familiar and they are having a hard time realizing that the end is near for the angry white guy being in charge. They've had to suffer through eight years of a black president, as Bill Marr refers to. In their minds his name is President Blackula..."

(Reporter: "That's not funny at all.")

"Well it's satire. That's how the Republicans think. This is a racist party and he won two times and now hopefully we'll have our first female president and hopefully she will not be to the right of him. Hopefully she will not be a hawk. We talked about this, the day we went into vote for him in 2008, each one of us, everybody teared up. We all cried that night when he won. We couldn't believe that in this country, with its history, with its racism, could do this – that we'd live to see it. It was an amazing moment, and it's been an amazing time."

STORY

In time 04:09:36:00

Duration 00:38:55:07

MICHAEL MOORE SAYS TRUMP SUPPORTS A '21ST CENTURY VERSION OF FASCISM'

American film-maker Michael Moore spoke out against Donald trump at a press conference in London on Thursday (9 JUNE 2016), ahead of the U.K. release of Moore's latest film, "Where to Invade next."

Known for his political documentaries such as "Bowling for Columbine," and "Fahrenheit 9/11," Moore strongly criticized the presumptive Republican nominee and discussed the possibility of Trump becoming president.

"He knows how to manipulate a dumbed-down population whose schools have been wrecked, whose media is just insipid and stupid and doesn't give people the facts about what's going on," said Moore.

"The public is easily manipulated by somebody like him. Those who vote for him, he had record turn outs, he has the largest rallies, he supports a 21st century version of fascism of marrying the state and capital together to benefit the few at the expense of the many and, in the process, blame the other. The other is causing your problems, let's build a wall. Let's ban Muslims. I don't believe the majority of Americans agree with him, but it's going to be who shows up to vote, that's your problem too. "

"He's not as stupid as he looks," continued Moore. "You should take it very seriously. He knows the manipulation that's going on here and the use of propaganda and the way he's doing it is just brilliant in the sense that he is succeeding and has succeeded. 17 other candidates couldn't find a way to bring him down, 17 others. And now Hillary Clinton is trying to do the same thing using logic, brains - things like that. It's going to require something else."

The 62-year-old Michigan-born director also looked back on Barrack Obama's time as president.

"We have our criticisms of Barrack Obama. He has deported more immigrants than any previous president, he's arrested more whistle-blowers than any previous president. He's turned his back on Flint, my home town, with the water crisis there. So, many criticisms but everything they said, it's all true and history will look back and record that there was a racist party, and this racist party did everything they could to stop him simply because he was black, they had no other reason. That a large percentage of that party didn't even believe that he was born in the United States. 19 percent of Republicans, according to one poll, believe he is the Antichrist, in other words he is the Devil himself. But those are the dying voices."

After stating that Republicans thought of Obama as "President Blackula," Moore was interrupted by a journalist who said, "That's not funny at all."

"Well it's satire," responded the documentarian. "That's how the Republicans think. This is a racist party and he won two times and now hopefully we'll have our first female president and hopefully she will not be to the right of him."

"Where to Invade Next" is Moore's first film in six years. It's shot in the style of a travelogue and follows Moore as he spends time in various countries on three continents. During his journey he experiences how those countries deal with social and economic problems compared with the U.S..

"I've spent 25 years pointing out everything that's wrong with the United States and I not only not have to point it out any longer to my fellow Americans, most Americans or the majority at least get it," said Moore. "Most Americans by now know that the rich have gotten a lot richer, everybody else is working harder and longer for less pay, less benefits, not much time off. And so, to make another film, and I said this at the end of 'Capitalism: A Love Story' – my end of my last film, there's really – I've said pretty much what I want to say here. I'm not going to keep making these issue films because the issues are what's wrong has, at its core, an economic system that's unjust and unfair and it's not democratic."

The director also weighed in on the current Brexit debate raging in the U.K., questioning why Britain would want to leave the European Union.

"We thought that Europeans would also love this movie because it's a reminder to you of the good things that you have. And to take a look to yourselves through the outsider's eyes – yes, I know the problems, yes there's a lot of – in all the countries including yours. But still, you came up with the idea of a National Health Service. No other country has this and yeah, OK, so there's some problems. Fix 'em. Quit whining. Fix 'em."

"Where to Invade Next" is released in the U.K. on 10 June.

MICHAEL MOORE SAYS TRUMP SUPPORTS A '21ST CENTURY VERSION OF FASCISM'

American filmmaker Michael Moore spoke out against Donald trump at a press conference in London on Thursday (9 JUNE 2016), ahead of the U.K. release of Moore's latest film, "Where to Invade next."

Known for his political documentaries such as "Bowling for Columbine," and "Fahrenheit 9/11," Moore strongly criticized the presumptive Republican nominee and discussed the possibility of Trump becoming president.

"He knows how to manipulate a dumbed-down population whose schools have been wrecked, whose media is just insipid and stupid and doesn't give people the facts about what's going on," said Moore.

"The public is easily manipulated by somebody like him. Those who vote for him, he had record turn outs, he has the largest rallies, he supports a 21st century version of fascism of marrying the state and capital together to benefit the few at the expense of the many and, in the process, blame the other. The other is causing your problems, let's build a wall. Let's ban Muslims. I don't believe the majority of Americans agree with him, but it's going to be who shows up to vote, that's your problem too. "

"He's not as stupid as he looks," continued Moore. "You should take it very seriously. He knows the manipulation that's going on here and the use of propaganda and the way he's doing it is just brilliant in the sense that he is succeeding and has succeeded. 17 other candidates couldn't find a way to bring him down, 17 others. And now Hillary Clinton is trying to do the same thing using logic, brains - things like that. It's going to require something else."

The 62-year-old Michigan-born director also looked back on Barrack Obama's time as president.

"We have our criticisms of Barrack Obama. He has deported more immigrants than any previous president, he's arrested more whistle-blowers than any previous president. He's turned his back on Flint, my home town, with the water crisis there. So, many criticisms but everything they said, it's all true and history will look back and record that there was a racist party, and this racist party did everything they could to stop him simply because he was black, they had no other reason. That a large percentage of that party didn't even believe that he was born in the United States. 19 percent of Republicans, according to one poll, believe he is the Antichrist, in other words he is the Devil himself. But those are the dying voices."

After stating that Republicans thought of Obama as "President Blackula," Moore was interrupted by a journalist who said, "That's not funny at all."

"Well it's satire," responded the documentarian. "That's how the Republicans think. This is a racist party and he won two times and now hopefully we'll have our first female president and hopefully she will not be to the right of him."

"Where to Invade Next" is Moore's first film in six years. It's shot in the style of a travelogue and follows Moore as he spends time in various countries on three continents. During his journey he experiences how those countries deal with social and economic problems compared with the U.S..

"I've spent 25 years pointing out everything that's wrong with the United States and I not only not have to point it out any longer to my fellow Americans, most Americans or the majority at least get it," said Moore. "Most Americans by now know that the rich have gotten a lot richer, everybody else is working harder and longer for less pay, less benefits, not much time off. And so, to make another film, and I said this at the end of 'Capitalism: A Love Story' – my end of my last film, there's really – I've said pretty much what I want to say here. I'm not going to keep making these issue films because the issues are what's wrong has, at its core, an economic system that's unjust and unfair and it's not democratic."

The director also weighed in on the current Brexit debate raging in the U.K., questioning why Britain would want to leave the European Union.

"We thought that Europeans would also love this movie because it's a reminder to you of the good things that you have. And to take a look to yourselves through the outsider's eyes – yes, I know the problems, yes there's a lot of – in all the countries including yours. But still, you came up with the idea of a National Health Service. No other country has this and yeah, OK, so there's some problems. Fix 'em. Quit whining. Fix 'em."

"Where to Invade Next" is released in the U.K. on 10 June.

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SHOWS

London, 9 June 2016

1. Wide shot Michael Moore entering press conference

2. Pan across panel

3. UPSOUND (English) Moderator:

"Question to all of you. I mean this film was shot largely around Europe, as we will have seen, but Michael would you agree that it's a film about America and for Americans?"

Michael Moore, director: "Are we still in Europe by the way, right now?"

Moderator: "We are, technically."

4. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Moore, director - on why the film is shot in Europe:

"Well, I've spent 25 years pointing out everything that's wrong with the United States and I not only not have to point it out any longer to my fellow Americans, most Americans or the majority at least get it. Most Americans by now know that the rich have gotten a lot richer, everybody else is working harder and longer for less pay, less benefits, not much time off. And so, to make another film, and I said this at the end of 'Capitalism: A Love Story' – my end of my last film, there's really – I've said pretty much what I want to say here. I'm not going to keep making these issue films because the issues are what's wrong has, at its core, an economic system that's unjust and unfair and it's not democratic."

5. Medium shot of press conference

6. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Moore, director - on why the UK will enjoy the film:

"While we were here, while we were making the film here – here meaning Europe, because I'm still going to refer to the U.K. as Europe - while we were making this film though, we thought that Europeans would also love this movie because it's a reminder to you of the good things that you have. And to take a look to yourselves through the outsider's eyes – yes, I know the problems, yes there's a lot of – in all the countries including yours. But still, you came up with the idea of a National Health Service. No other country has this and yeah, OK, so there's some problems. Fix 'em. Quit whining. Fix 'em."

7. Wide shot press conference

8. Close-up Michael Moore

9. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael, director - on what the U.K. has done well:

"I think, especially for Brits, this film can act as a reminder as to why you have done some things that are really good. And we for the life us don't understand why you want to be more like us. And we love ourselves. We love being Americans, but seriously, we look to you and think jeez, it must be nice to send your kid to school every day and not have to think that they're going to be mowed down in a hail of bullets."

10. Medium shot press conference

11. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Moore, director - on Donald Trump:

"I think there's an excellent chance of Donald Trump becoming the next President of the United States. People need to take that very seriously. I said last August that he would be the Republican nominee. He knows something - he knows how to manipulate a dumbed-down population whose schools have been wrecked, whose media is just insipid and stupid and doesn't give people the facts about what's going on. So the public is easily manipulated by somebody like him. Those who vote for him, he had record turn outs, he has the largest rallies, he supports a 21st century version of fascism of marrying the state and capital together to benefit the few at the expense of the many and, in the process, blame the other. The other is causing your problems, let's build a wall. Let's ban Muslims. I don't believe the majority of Americans agree with him, but it's going to be who shows up to vote, that's your problem too. "

12. Wide shot press conference

13. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Moore, director - on Donald Trump:

"He's not as stupid as he looks. You should take it very seriously. He knows the manipulation that's going on here and the use of propaganda and the way he's doing it is just brilliant in the sense that he is succeeding and has succeeded. 17 other candidates couldn't find a way to bring him down, 17 others. And now Hillary Clinton is trying to do the same thing using logic, brains - things like that. It's going to require something else."

14. Wide shot press conference

15. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Moore, director - on Obama's presidency:

"We have our criticisms of Barrack Obama. He has deported more immigrants than any previous president, he's arrested more whistle-blowers than any previous president. He's turned his back on Flint, my home town, with the water crisis there. So, many criticisms but everything they said, it's all true and history will look back and record that there was a racist party, and this racist party did everything they could to stop him simply because he was black, they had no other reason. That a large percentage of that party didn't even believe that he was born in the United States. 19 percent of Republicans, according to one poll, believe he is the Antichrist, in other words he is the Devil himself. But those are the dying voices. Last September, it was the first time in the history of the U.S. that the majority of children entering school, in kindergarten, were not white. That's the new America and that's why Trump sounds the way he sounds and his supporters, and his rallies look strangely familiar and they are having a hard time realizing that the end is near for the angry white guy being in charge. They've had to suffer through eight years of a black president, as Bill Marr refers to. In their minds his name is President Blackula..."

(Reporter: "That's not funny at all.")

"Well it's satire. That's how the Republicans think. This is a racist party and he won two times and now hopefully we'll have our first female president and hopefully she will not be to the right of him. Hopefully she will not be a hawk. We talked about this, the day we went into vote for him in 2008, each one of us, everybody teared up. We all cried that night when he won. We couldn't believe that in this country, with its history, with its racism, could do this – that we'd live to see it. It was an amazing moment, and it's been an amazing time."