The New Danegeld in the Yookay

Birmingham is known as the Second City of the United Kingdom, or even the Venice of the North and the Workshop of the World. It was arguably the most important city in the Industrial Revolution. Today, it is the herald of an even more important development in world history, the Islamization of the United Kingdom and the replacement of the English people with non-whites.

Birmingham is now a white-minority city, with the largest population “Asian,” mostly subcontinental, and mostly Pakistani. This transformation has brought remarkably little violence or political unrest, considering it may be the largest population transfer since the retreat of Rome from Britain and the arrival of the Saxons. The future may not be apocalypse or civil war but a slow decline into Third World squalor.

Birmingham is an important location in the anti-fascist memoir No Retreat: The Secret War Between Britain’s Anti-Fascists and the Far Right. It was where Eric Clapton gave a speech praising Enoch Powell, thus inspiring socialists to launch Rock Against Racism, and sparking the beginning of a war between nationalists and leftists over the youth music scene. Neither side won, but nationalists assuredly lost more. Birmingham is now one of the premier examples of the “Ulsterization” of the United Kingdom, with non-whites claiming ownership of formerly English territory. The Palestinian flag is the victory banner, symbolizing where the Dar al-Islam begins and the Dar al-Harb ends.

MP Robert Jenwick famously said that there are neighborhoods in Birmingham where one cannot see even one white face. Ed Dutton finds much the same in his new documentary The Yookay: Searching for whites in England’s second city. Indeed, in some neighborhoods, he cannot even find people who speak English.

Dr. Dutton refers to the band UB40 (from Unemployment Benefit, Form 40), a multiracial Birmingham band formed in 1978 that is a kind of touchstone for the first wave of replacement, which has itself since been overtaken by a second wave. When he walks the streets in a what were once black neighborhoods, he finds subcontinentals.

He does find an older black who claims the neighborhood has not really changed. Britain hasn’t changed either. “The country is a shithole,” he says, arguing that people complain about immigration rather than real problems, such as the failure to pick up trash. The city is littered with refuse, probably a consequence of the Third-World population and left-wing politics, which led to a trash strike that continues as of this writing. The black complains that the English did not welcome blacks: “The English have always been hostile; wouldn’t give them no jobs, wouldn’t rent them no houses or anything like that.”

The Pakistanis Dr. Dutton meets often seem friendly, occasionally telling him, “Respect,” a common subcontinental expression of approval. Sometimes he wears Muslim clothing, and this pleases them. He notes that this is simply a recognition that this is their territory, whether we like it or not. So many people tell him “Respect” that it becomes a running joke. Despite the overwhelming Pakistani presence, Dr. Dutton says he is surprised by the diversity: Sikhs, Hindus, and others. He even plays with a dog at one point, not an animal one usually sees in Muslim areas. In certain places, something he never sees is a white person.

One older non-white man offers what may be the defining statement of the documentary. He notes that when he first moved in, he had English friends and they worked together, but eventually they all moved away. He clearly sees “English” people as unlike himself, and admits that unrest or even civil war may be coming — but it will take time.

White advocates who expect to see chaos may be surprised by how normal these parts of Birmingham seem. They are run down, but have a certain vitality. The shops are seedy — mobile phone repair shops and fast food — but independent and entrepreneurial. One law office specializes in immigration, fraud, and taxes, a revealing trifecta of what interests his clients. There is rubbish everywhere, and though this is a kind of mini-Pakistan, it is still within the larger British state, so there is an external force that prevents total collapse. Palestinian flags fly from the flagpoles, protected by cameras.

But the city has little meaningful connection with the larger country. Dr. Dutton meets a man who does not speak English, but has a Dutch passport. Dr. Dutton speaks Dutch, but this man does not. The friendliness Dr. Dutton finds comes from his performative submission by wearing their garb. Dr. Dutton is surprised to be denied entrance to a mosque.

The historic downtown may be the hardest thing for whites to watch. The architecture, buildings, and cathedral are a reminder of the British at their best. They recall a time “from the height of Empire, when we knew who we are, when Britain ruled the waves.” Dr. Dutton meets a man playing loud music on cathedral grounds who dismisses the cathedral as “shit” — a place to smoke weed. Why should he care about a church? “When it all becomes Asian, when it’s all invaded, when it’s all destroyed, they may possibly leave alone some of these things,” Dr. Dutton says. “Possibly not, though. They will decommission the church, dig up the graves and move them.”

“What do you think of Birmingham Cathedral”

“It’s sh*t but it’s a nice place to smoke weed”

“They’re not my ancestors” pic.twitter.com/Uc9CE6lzhy

— Basil the Great (@BasilTheGreat) February 2, 2026

The United Kingdom is in retreat, but this does not mean there will be collapse. Society still functions. There are still public services, though reduced. There is not utter anarchy; it is simply a lower level of civilization. The English have abandoned their second city.

Will peace last? The Labour Government has a plan to make rural England more diverse, which would set targets for non-white settlers. This would involve catering to non-white cultural preferences, such as distaste for dogs, pubs, quiet, and solitude. The “white environment” of rural England must change, warn the authorities, or it will become “irrelevant.”

Irrelevant to whom? Birmingham could become as irrelevant to the English as its cathedral is to weed-smoking non-whites. The English face dispossession. They once paid colossal sums in Danegeld to try buy off invaders. It will take a different kind of effort if English history is not to end in the depressing mediocrity of trash-strewn Pakistani streets in what was once the greatest empire in the world.

The first 23 minutes of Dr. Dutton’s documentary is available here. The rest can be seen by subscribing to his Substack.

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