History And Such

Don't understand why the likes of Jeremy Corbyn, Jeremy Bowen, Owen Jones, David Miller, Gary Lineker, Hollywood Elite, Greta Thunberg, CND, Stop the War, Code Pink, George Galloway, Pulp, Kneecap, Massive Attack, Blur, Paul Weller, and others haven't condemned the murder of an 19 year old Iranian wrestler, by the Iranian regime.

Can’t believe British culture is at such a dead end we’re remaking America’s least funny show. We used to be a country

There has been no left wing government in the UK since 1976 America arguably hasn't had a left wing in their 250 year history The left have stolen nothing since 2000.

i've never seen a photograph so perfectly encapsulate what it doesn't mean to be British

Sayeeda Warsi: “Nick would have been sacked by Thatcher and Major and numerous former Conservative PMs.” I agree that Major, Cameron, May, Johnson and Sunak would have sacked Nick Timothy, but I'm party to primary source testimony from Margaret Thatcher, and she would not have done so. Badenoch's refusal to bow to the mob is really quite impressive.

For a number of years, more than 20 years ago, I worked for a Pakistani owned business and lived in a Muslim dominated area of Manchester. I understand why Nick feels this way, and those railing against it in the name of diversity are ignoring that Islam is aggressively intolerant of other religions. I have many years of personal experience with both immigrant and British born Pakistanis. There was no real difference. Islam is the one true faith and all others are "kafir". It's a far more exclusive religion than others, there is no interest in diversity of faith. You are Muslim, or you are "kafir". This was highlighted to me on the day of 9/11. It was early in the morning, around 9am, and cheers started echoing down the corridors. Word started to spread and they were all grinning and clapping each other on the backs. These were men and women born and raised here for the most part. The owner wheeled in a big CRT TV and 30-40 of them gathered around BBC news laughing and cheering like Pakistan were in the cricket world cup final. It is not hard to see why large public prayers by followers of a religion perceived as hostile to your very existence can feel less like worship and more like an assertion of dominance. I'm sure there are many good, tolerant Muslim people in this country who mix Western ideals with the muslim faith. People that consider themselves British among all else. But I learned that day that there are less than you think.

If you want to understand why today’s youth support Zack Polanski, look no further than the replies on this post. It’s a sea of illiterate boomers telling the young they’re stupid to demand a different system to the one that has priced them out of home-owning and familyhood.

Genuinely what happened to northerners hating the tories? You’re still voting for them but in a different shade of blue

This kind of stuff happens during war. We should be on guard.

Britain wasn’t built on Judeo-Christian values. It was built on Roman Catholic values, expelled its Jews for 366 years, went through a Reformation, created Anglicanism and Nonconformism, and quite robustly exported those values globally.

Farage channeling Oswald Mosley to stir up hatred against minorities. There have been celebrations of Christmas, Chanukah & Diwali in Trafalgar Square. Now its the turn of Britain’s Muslims to celebrate their festival- only to face pure Islamophobic hate speech. Shameful.

Steve Hilton is such a weird figure. An airy fairy green adviser to David Cameron in the 2000s who is now a hardcore MAGA lunatic. Never ever trust people like this.

Timothy spoke in context of rising tide of political Islam in UK, Europe & globally. He was right in every respect, esp when so-called moderate Muslims turn a blind eye to fanatics within & without. Kumbaya liberals reaction past 24hrs entirely predictable: shoot the messenger.

Too many are too polite to say this. But mass ritual prayer in public places is an act of domination. The adhan - which declares there is no god but allah and Muhammad is his messenger - is, when called in a public place, a declaration of domination. Perform these rituals in mosques if you wish. But they are not welcome in our public places and shared institutions. And given their explicit repudiation of Christianity they certainly do not belong in our churches and cathedrals. I am not suggesting everybody at Trafalgar Square last night is an Islamist. But the domination of public places is straight from the Islamist playbook. Trafalgar Square belongs to all of us. It is a national memorial to our independence and our salvation. Last night was not like a televised football match or a St Patrick’s Day celebration. It was an act of domination and therefore division. It shouldn’t happen again.

I’m proud of our tolerant and diverse country. I’m proud that in Trafalgar Square we celebrate all faiths. That’s British values. The comments from Nick Timothy are shameful. Kemi Badenoch should do the right thing and sack him.

But that's precisely the reason I would vote against it if I was an MSP. I support assisted dying in principle, but in neoliberal austerity Britain, there's no chance i'd unleash the power of the state to enact euthanasia.

Can a lawyer explain why it’s legally permissible for the Muslim mayor of London to join a bunch of Muslims in prayer in Trafalgar Square, instead of in a mosque, while one young Christian man is held to be breaking the law if he, alone, proclaims his faith in the street? If a lawyer sees this I’d like an informed opinion please.