Colin Robertson, known as Millennial Woes or simply Woes, is a Scottish former

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, and antisemitic conspiracy theorist. Robertson was previously aligned with the neo-fascist group Patriotic Alternative, but after a falling-out with them in 2020, his public influence has significantly diminished. Robertson has supported slavery, called for the bombing of refugees crossing the Mediterranean, and endorsed the white genocide conspiracy theory.

Career

Robertson attended an art college in

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in the mid-2000s. He launched his YouTube channel at the end of 2013. Robertson delivered a speech at the

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Conference in November 2016, in Washington DC. In January 2017, Robertson began receiving coverage from

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and national newspapers, after Scottish tabloid the '' Daily Record''

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Millennial Woes, exposing his

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, family's home address and sending reporters and photographers to his parents' home to try to find him. Robertson was reported to have "left Britain", posting a video to his YouTube channel named "Fugitive Woes". On 4 February 2017, Robertson gave a speech entitled "''Withnail and I'' as Viewed From the Right" at The London Forum in

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, On 25 February 2017, Robertson gave a speech at a white nationalist event in

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organised by Motpol. On 1 July 2017, he appeared at the far-right Scandza Forum's "Globalism v the Ethnostate" conference in

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. In August 2017, ''

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'' described Millennial Woes as one of only a few alt-right platforms to rapidly grow, alongside Red Ice, VDARE and The Rebel Media. On 10 December 2017, he began an interview series named ''Millenniyule 2017'', inviting various internet personalities from the

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movement, including an appearance from Faith Goldy. Until 2020, Robertson was aligned with the neo-fascist group Patriotic Alternative until that group distanced themselves from him following multiple allegations of sexual misconduct. Since then, according to Hope Not Hate, Robertson's influence has been "radically diminished".

Views

Robertson is a proponent of the white genocide conspiracy theory. He has claimed in interviews that "there are problems with the Jewish people". According to

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and

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research group Hope Not Hate, Robertson is known for supporting slavery, and has called for the bombing of refugees crossing the Mediterranean.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Millennial Woes 1983 births Living people Alt-right activists Antisemitism in the United Kingdom British conspiracy theorists Critics of multiculturalism British critics of Islam Far-right politics in Scotland Male critics of feminism Conservatism in the United Kingdom Scottish bloggers Scottish YouTubers Scottish white nationalists Scottish proslavery activists