The Peter McCormack Show

#145 - Montgomery Toms - The British Charlie Kirk

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Feb 5, 2026
Montgomery Toms, a 20-year-old British political commentator and activist who founded Freedom Watch GB, talks about youth politics and free speech. He discusses how lockdowns and institutional coercion changed state–citizen trust. Conversation covers campus confrontations, digital ID and surveillance risks, generational debt and economic inequality, and building grassroots youth organising.
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INSIGHT

Lockdowns Rewrote The State-Citizen Contract

  • Montgomery Toms argues lockdowns revealed a shift where the state enforces one narrative and curtails liberties.
  • He links that era to lasting institutional capture in universities, schools, and workplaces.
INSIGHT

Education Encourages Victimhood, Not Responsibility

  • Monty argues schools teach victimhood and discourage personal responsibility, shifting youth toward statism.
  • He frames traditional liberalism as life, liberty, and property with a minimal state.
ADVICE

Scrutinize Digital ID For Children

  • Reject centralized digital ID plans that expand state surveillance and control over homeschooled children.
  • Scrutinize transfers like NHS numbers into permanent digital identity systems before accepting convenience-based justifications.
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