TheNodeProject (20 February 2026). 'Danny Bones - Traitors Freestyle'
https://www.youtube.com/embed/_vwcxRJQDAA
Discussion: "Danny Bones is a working-class British rapper with a fast-growing online following. His content has attracted millions of views. He raps about immigration, national identity and a broken Britain. One lyric accuses opponents of trying to 'rid you of your heritage'. The video to his most popular song, This Is England, shows him leading a crowd of men carrying St George’s crosses with their fists in the air. Another shows him in black military gear with the words MASS DEPORTATION UNIT on the back. A third shows an Asian man within a crowd saying to the camera 'We are here' before Danny Bones, in a union jack mask, replies 'Not for long'. It cuts to a clip of him throwing a man to the ground and deporting him. At first glance, he looks like a rising rapper courting controversy. Except Danny Bones is not real. He is an AI-generated persona – the front for an anonymous influencer 'collective' called the Node Project. https://www.youtube.com/@TheNodeProject We can reveal that some of its Danny Bones content was repurposed for the recent Gorton and Denton byelection campaign by the far-right party Advance UK, which paid the Node Project to produce its main campaign video" The Bureau of Investigative Journalism. (2026, March 12). Discussion: romantic nationalism working class hero myth e.g. http://trigg.gr/tag/PoliticsNationalismRomantic Further: https://newpractices.co.uk/ReactionaryPolitics/ Related: http://trigg.gr/tag/PoliticsNationalismChristian Bibliography: The Bureau of Investigative Journalism. (2026, March 12). 'Danny Bones: The AI Rapper Funded by a Far-Right Party'. TBIJ. https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026-03-12/danny-bones-meet-the-ai-rapper-funded-by-a-far-right-party
