Miles Routledge
English author and war tourist (born 1999)
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Miles Routledge, or Lord Miles on social media, is an English far-right YouTuber and war tourist.
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He gained notoriety for being evacuated during the 2021 Fall of Kabul after traveling Afghanistan to engage in danger tourism.
Early life
Routledge worked part-time as a hairdresser as a teenager.[1] He studied physics at Loughborough University.[2]
2021 trip to Afghanistan
In March 2021, he began planning a trip to Afghanistan.[3]
On 13 August 2021 Routledge arrived in Kabul from Turkey,[4][5] with a return flight scheduled for 19 August.[6] Due to the ongoing Taliban offensive the FCDO had advised against all travel to the whole country, and urged British nationals in Afghanistan to leave immediately.[7] On 15 August he told The Times that he had "accepted death".[8]
The Taliban claimed victory in Afghanistan on the 16 August.[9] On the same day, a spokesman for the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office said that they were "aware of [Routledge's] case" and were "attempting to reach the individual to offer assistance".[3] On 17 August Routledge was evacuated to Dubai.[10]
In November 2021 Routledge signed a publishing contract with Antelope Hill Publishing to recount his experience during the fall of Afghanistan.[11] His book Lord Miles In Afghanistan was released December 2022.[12]
2023 imprisonment by the Taliban
Routledge departed for a third holiday to Afghanistan in late February 2023, and was apprehended by the Taliban's General Directorate of Intelligence on 2 March 2023.[13] The GDI also apprehended a volunteer medic named Kevin Cornwell and an unidentified hotel manager, both British citizens.[14] Routledge was released from Taliban custody in October 2023.[15]
Political views
Routledge has made a number of comments on the social media platform X targeting Indians that have been considered racist, and has also joked about nuking India.[16][17] After his AirPods were stolen and found in Pakistan, Routledge blamed Indians for stealing them, accusing them of being thieves and insulting them as 'cow worshippers'.[18]
Routledge is a known supporter of the far-right political party Restore Britain and was noted in April 2026 for having called another Restore supporter a “liberal” for wanting to deport millions of people from the UK, saying: “I have better solutions.” When asked about the comments in relation to a post from the previous year calling for another "Hitler", Routledge replied in the affirmative, also declaring his belief that journalists should be imprisoned.[19]
Bibliography
Books
- Routledge, Miles (2 December 2022). Lord Miles in Afghanistan. Antelope Hill Publishing. ISBN 978-1956887532. OCLC 1356508024.[20]