{"id":87,"date":"2026-04-30T17:00:50","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T17:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/daevilmedia.com\/?page_id=87"},"modified":"2026-05-14T07:52:02","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T07:52:02","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/daevilmedia.com\/?page_id=87","title":{"rendered":"ABOUT ME"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"87\" class=\"elementor elementor-87\" data-elementor-settings=\"{&quot;ha_cmc_init_switcher&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec3f247 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ec3f247\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b3c3e8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4b3c3e8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e6fd8e5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e6fd8e5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9318582 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9318582\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span style=\"color:#ffffff\">REAL TALK.<\/span><br>\n<span style=\"color:#e10600\">REAL CHANGE.<\/span><br>\n<span style=\"color:#ffd000\">REAL PEOPLE.<\/span><br><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a6120af elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a6120af\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I speak the truth they don&#8217;t want to hear.<br \/>I have solutions they don&#8217;t want to try.<br \/>I take action where others stay silent.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca5502b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ca5502b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9e5e12f elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"9e5e12f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"#\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-play\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M424.4 214.7L72.4 6.6C43.8-10.3 0 6.1 0 47.9V464c0 37.5 40.7 60.1 72.4 41.3l352-208c31.4-18.5 31.5-64.1 0-82.6z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">WATCH MY VIDEOS<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d7ea4a elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"3d7ea4a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"#\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-mouse-pointer\" viewBox=\"0 0 320 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M302.189 329.126H196.105l55.831 135.993c3.889 9.428-.555 19.999-9.444 23.999l-49.165 21.427c-9.165 4-19.443-.571-23.332-9.714l-53.053-129.136-86.664 89.138C18.729 472.71 0 463.554 0 447.977V18.299C0 1.899 19.921-6.096 30.277 5.443l284.412 292.542c11.472 11.179 3.007 31.141-12.5 31.141z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">FOLLOW ME<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05bded1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"05bded1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c1821c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1c1821c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84b8da0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"84b8da0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">MY <span style=\"color:#ffD000\">STORY<\/SPAN><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5bc625c ha-timeline-icon-box-vertical-align-center ha-timeline-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-ha-timeline happy-addon ha-timeline happy-addon-pro\" data-id=\"5bc625c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"ha-timeline.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ha-timeline-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ha-timeline-block elementor-repeater-item-7d69120\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ha-timeline-icon-box align-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ha-timeline-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-calendar-alt\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ha-timeline-date ha-timeline-date-desktop\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"date\">1990-2008<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ha-timeline-tree\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ha-timeline-content arrow\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ha-timeline-date ha-timeline-date-tablet\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"date\">1990-2008<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"ha-timeline-title\">FROM BOY TO MAN<\/h2><div class=\"ha-timeline-content-text\"><p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"27\">I was born in Huddersfield. Always sharp. Never built for the classroom. I got into Greenhead College, one of the best in the country at the time, and left after five weeks. Not because I couldn\u2019t do it. <strong>Because it wasn\u2019t for me.<\/strong><\/p><p data-start=\"235\" data-end=\"263\">So at 16, I joined the Army. The start was brutal. Homesick, exhausted, constantly at the back.<\/p><p data-start=\"333\" data-end=\"363\"><strong>That\u2019s where most people quit.<\/strong><\/p><p data-start=\"365\" data-end=\"374\"><strong>I didn\u2019t.<\/strong><\/p><p data-start=\"376\" data-end=\"479\">I pushed through it at my lowest, and that changed me. When my strength came back, I overtook everyone. By the end of training, I was named <strong data-start=\"517\" data-end=\"533\">best recruit<\/strong>.<\/p><p data-start=\"536\" data-end=\"601\">That\u2019s when I learned something that\u2019s stayed with me ever since:<\/p><p data-start=\"603\" data-end=\"650\"><strong data-start=\"603\" data-end=\"650\">Pressure either breaks you or builds you.<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ha-timeline-block elementor-repeater-item-c8f6dea\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ha-timeline-icon-box align-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ha-timeline-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-calendar-alt\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ha-timeline-date ha-timeline-date-desktop\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"date\">2008 - 2011<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ha-timeline-tree\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ha-timeline-content arrow ha-timeline-content arrow\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ha-timeline-date ha-timeline-date-tablet\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"date\">2008 - 2011<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"ha-timeline-title\">BUILT UNDER PRESSURE<\/h2><div class=\"ha-timeline-content-text\"><p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"188\">I deployed to Iraq in 2008, where me and one other soldier built the JFLogC forward HQ in Basra \u2014 the base coordinating the British withdrawal. Responsibility came early, and I handled it.<\/p><p data-start=\"190\" data-end=\"247\">After promotion, I deployed again to Afghanistan in 2010.<\/p><p data-start=\"249\" data-end=\"362\">I led one of the busiest tech desks in Helmand before moving out to a patrol base, where things became very real. Freezing desert nights. No comfort. No guarantees. Sleeping in an 8-man tent wondering if someone might unzip the door and open fire. That\u2019s when war stopped being an idea.<\/p><p data-start=\"539\" data-end=\"554\"><strong>I made it home.<br \/><\/strong><strong>Not everyone did.<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ha-timeline-block elementor-repeater-item-7111f89\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ha-timeline-icon-box align-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ha-timeline-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-calendar-alt\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ha-timeline-date ha-timeline-date-desktop\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"date\">2012-2013<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ha-timeline-tree\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ha-timeline-content arrow ha-timeline-content arrow ha-timeline-content arrow\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ha-timeline-date ha-timeline-date-tablet\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"date\">2012-2013<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"ha-timeline-title\">THE MOMENT EVERYTHING CHANGED<\/h2><div class=\"ha-timeline-content-text\"><p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"30\">This deployment was different.<\/p><p data-start=\"32\" data-end=\"183\">It was a specialist task I can\u2019t go into detail about but I achieved something no one had done before. A mission that wasn\u2019t supposed to be possible.<\/p><p data-start=\"185\" data-end=\"206\"><strong>Then my son was born.<\/strong><\/p><p data-start=\"208\" data-end=\"230\">I wasn\u2019t there for it. But when I finally held him, everything changed. In that moment, I knew my time in the military was over.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ha-timeline-block elementor-repeater-item-d60624a\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ha-timeline-icon-box align-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ha-timeline-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-calendar-alt\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ha-timeline-date ha-timeline-date-desktop\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"date\">2014- 2017<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ha-timeline-tree\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ha-timeline-content arrow ha-timeline-content arrow ha-timeline-content arrow ha-timeline-content arrow\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ha-timeline-date ha-timeline-date-tablet\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"date\">2014- 2017<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"ha-timeline-title\">LOST WITHOUT A MISSION<\/h2><div class=\"ha-timeline-content-text\"><p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"25\">Civilian life didn\u2019t fit.<\/p><p data-start=\"27\" data-end=\"72\">No structure. No mission. No clear direction.<\/p><p data-start=\"74\" data-end=\"183\">Being a \u201ccomputer guy\u201d without a rifle felt empty. Like a lot of lads leaving service, things got messy fast. My relationship broke down, and after we separated, I was stopped from seeing my children.<\/p><p data-start=\"277\" data-end=\"294\"><strong>That changes you.<\/strong><\/p><p data-start=\"296\" data-end=\"386\">I moved between jobs until I landed in construction and slowly started rebuilding my life. But even as things stabilised, something still didn\u2019t sit right.<\/p><p data-start=\"454\" data-end=\"494\">After everything we\u2019d fought for abroad<\/p><p data-start=\"496\" data-end=\"576\"><strong>Why did it feel like basic things back home weren\u2019t working the way they should?<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ha-timeline-block elementor-repeater-item-d40d0e1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ha-timeline-icon-box align-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ha-timeline-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-calendar-alt\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ha-timeline-date ha-timeline-date-desktop\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"date\">2018 - 2020<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ha-timeline-tree\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ha-timeline-content arrow ha-timeline-content arrow ha-timeline-content arrow ha-timeline-content arrow ha-timeline-content arrow\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ha-timeline-date ha-timeline-date-tablet\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"date\">2018 - 2020<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"ha-timeline-title\">FLAGGED. MONITORED. TARGETED<\/h2><div class=\"ha-timeline-content-text\"><p data-start=\"394\" data-end=\"444\">Then in 2018, I started studying market mechanics. By 2020, I was deep into it and I was seeing patterns that concerned me.<\/p><p data-start=\"522\" data-end=\"558\"><strong>Not guesses. Not theories. Patterns.<\/strong><\/p><p data-start=\"560\" data-end=\"693\">Signals that pointed toward a major economic shock. And historically, those moments don\u2019t just hit markets they spill into society.<\/p><p>So in March 2020, as COVID hit, I raised the alarm. I used Twitter deliberately to trigger government monitoring systems. Time proved my predictions were correct. But no one in power acted. I was putting forward solutions. Practical, structural changes I believed (and most of my follows believe) could fix deeper problems in the country.<\/p><p data-start=\"560\" data-end=\"693\">That\u2019s when things turned. They didn&#8217;t ignore me. What they did was worse.<\/p><p>I was flagged, monitored, and then, from my perspective, targeted. Surveillance ramped up in a variety of ways.\u00a0<\/p><p data-start=\"560\" data-end=\"693\">I asked for help. Police. MPs., Doctors. Anyone who should have stepped in. Nothing. That isolation does something to you. It wears you down. What was worse, If I spoke out about it, My words where twisted and what are credible accusations where framed as delusions.<\/p><p>It turned out that the policians have their own secret police force based in Buckingham palace called FTAC, who specialise in detaining people using the mental health act. It is the perfect subversion of political values. 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