Daniel

Missing the point completely If the majority of Muslims - the non-radical ones - are not in favour of radical Islam, could some of them start speaking out and saying so What is the reason why they are not doing this ?

"Just because you’ve got a flag in your van and you scream at people in the street doesn’t make you a patriot." Chancellor Rachel Reeves tells Channel 4 News' Economics Editor Helia Ebrahimi that being a patriot is about "loving this country and treating other people with respect", after being heckled during a previous interview.

New look at Lupita Nyong’o as Clytemnestra in ‘The Odyssey.’ (via ELLE) In theatres on July 17.

I don’t know about you but I’m getting a bit sick of the likes of Reeves and Streeting lecturing us on what is and isn’t ‘British’.

🚨 Reform UK figures Nigel Farage, Richard Tice, Robert Jenrick, and Zia Yusuf have all publicly praised, amplified, and even celebrated a man who shouted repeated verbal abuse at Labour Chancellor Rachel Reeves at a petrol station on May 20th, 2026. The man swore and shouted political abuse at her, including “Get Starmer the FUCK out” and “You’re ruining the country.” Farage responded by saying he wanted to “buy the man a pint” and asked how he could find him. Tice and associated Reform accounts amplified the footage approvingly. Jenrick publicly replied “good for him.” Notably, Jenrick himself was defended by fellow Conservatives in 2022 after receiving online abuse and threats from far-right elements, who attacked him for not being extreme enough in support of Priti Patel’s “activist lawyers” rhetoric. At the time, such abuse was widely condemned by his colleagues as unacceptable intimidation. Yusuf went furthest, describing the heckler as a “legendary gentleman” who deserved a peerage for “outstanding public service.” This celebration of public abuse against Reeves is consistent with the highly personal insults the four men have repeatedly directed at her. Farage has called her “hopelessly out of her depth” and mocked her as “Rachel from accounts.” Jenrick has branded her a “wrecking ball” and a “compulsive liar.” Tice has said she “cannot even manage her own CV let alone manage the economy,” while Yusuf has called her “insanely incompetent” and accused her of “lying her whole career.” These reactions stand in stark contrast to the way several of the same men have responded when similar public shouting, heckling, or verbal abuse has been directed at themselves or their political allies. In January 2019, during an interview on Good Morning Britain discussing the murder of Jo Cox and rising intimidation in politics, Farage explicitly warned against applying different standards depending on political allegiance. He said: “If you allow one side of an argument to abuse people like me, to intimidate people like me, to threaten people like me, and you don’t act, it’s very difficult when the abuse starts to go to the other side… there’s a huge double standard at play.” In March 2026, after protesters in Felixstowe shouted at Farage, he said he felt “intimidated” and abandoned the walkabout. The following month, in Lerwick, Farage again condemned people shouting at him in public, describing the protesters as “extreme left wingers,” engaged in “modern day Marxism,” “utterly deluded,” and creating an atmosphere with an “anti-democratic” and “sinister” feel. He questioned why they could not “have a civilised debate” instead of shouting abuse in the street. Yusuf has also accused Keir Starmer of “inciting violence” against Farage through “inflammatory vilification” and “demonisation,” arguing such rhetoric created a dangerous climate. Yusuf has additionally spoken about the serious personal impact of racist and Islamophobic abuse directed at himself online, sometimes by Reform UK supporters. In contrast to Farage, Reeves did not accuse the man who shouted at her of being an “extreme right winger,” engaged in “modern day Fascism,” “utterly deluded,” or of creating an “anti-democratic” and “sinister” atmosphere. Indeed, while being interrupted by the heckler, Reeves turned toward him and replied calmly but pointedly: “I love our country. I love our country. I love our country. And one of the things about our country is good manners. Not very British.” She then turned back to the reporters with a wry smile and joked: “I don’t think he heard the news about the freeze in fuel duty.” (And suggested they “put that on the telly.”) This was her direct rebuke to the shouting, swearing, and personal abuse. She remained composed throughout and continued the interview shortly after the man drove off. She did not subsequently give TV interviews or public statements framing the incident as political intimidation or abuse, and has instead (at time of posting this tweet, some 18 hours later) maintained a dignified silence. The contrast is difficult to ignore. These Reform UK figures routinely object to, condemn, and characterise public shouting and verbal abuse as intimidating, anti-democratic, or even incitement when it is directed at them or their allies. Yet they celebrated and elevated precisely the kind of behaviour they routinely condemn when the target was a female Labour cabinet minister. The double standard is glaring: this is a clear case of ‘two-tier’ standards, where conduct they denounce as sinister and dangerous when aimed at themselves is treated as admirable and humorous when directed at political opponents.