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According to The History of English Law by Pollock and Maitland, which was referenced by the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales (see point 1 of bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/…), "Harm is harm and should be paid for. On the other hand, where no harm is done, no crime is committed". If you are charged under legislation, do not plead guilty, if you have not done harm.

The Free Speech Union has said that, should Heather Herbert join the Free Speech Union, we would do our best to help him. Heather Herbert posted a vile and deeply offensive statement on the social media platform BlueSky about the tragic murder of Ann Widdecombe. The University of Aberdeen employee has now been arrested and charged over his offensive comments. While the Free Speech Union does not support Heather’s offensive comments about Ann — a dear late friend of the FSU — it is not an offence, no matter how offensive, to speak ill of the dead. Ann was a staunch defender of our fundamental right to free speech, and we very much doubt she would have supported Police Scotland’s actions. Police Scotland has a poor record when it comes to recognising citizens’ rights to free speech. If Heather has been charged with a speech offence, the Free Speech Union is here to help. Watch FSU External Affairs Officer @_ConnieShaw 👇

youtu.be/7aR9yrWEpCI?is… Truth and Freedom festival Thetford starts tomorrow

The REAL Afghanistan mouse drone pilot story (I thought this was apocryphal - then the soldier came to my show....) British squaddie humour remains unmatched. A few months ago, I recounted a tale told to me by a comedian who'd been over to Afghanistan to perform for the troops. It was about British squaddies playing a trick on their Northern Alliance colleagues by pretending that the unmanned drones used by the British military are piloted by highly trained mice. Well, by chance, the soldier who originated this story came to see me perform on tour and sent me an email explaining how this misunderstanding came about, and it's even better than the apocryphal tale. I've had to censor some of it to keep his identity secret, but I hope you enjoy it.

@MsMelChen No, it's much simpler than that. The Scots are jealous of the English because the English are better than the Scots in every respect. That's why they cheer for the opposing team no matter which country it is.

Okay, this might stir up a hornet’s nest… At first, I thought Scotland’s 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 habit of cheering for whoever England plays - even Argentina - was just banter. But now I’m not so sure. It feels like it runs much deeper. What I find truly intriguing is how some Scottish nationalists blame English identity (and often the English people collectively) for British colonialism, while painting Scotland as its very first victim. Yet many Scots were enthusiastic participants in the empire, often serving as key figures in its ruling elite. After the 1707 Union, Scotland’s educated middle class, military tradition, and economic pressures pushed many talented Scots into imperial service. They excelled in law, engineering, medicine, and administration. Scots comprised roughly one-third of colonial governors-general in the later Victorian/Edwardian era. They were disproportionately represented in colonial governance, the military, and civil service, making up a significant portion of governors, administrators, and officials relative to Scotland’s population. Scots were prominent as governors in the Carribean, India, Canada, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaya, and African colonies. They also dominated roles in the East India Company and later imperial services. Rather than acknowledging Scotland’s active role, the narrative often shifts to claims of “internalised Anglo-phobia” or some sort of Stockholm syndrome. It’s as if Scotland was forced into complicity like Django Unchained’s ‘Stephen,’ the loyal house slave who sides with the master. The reality seems simpler. Scotland fought bravely, eventually lost, joined the winning side, and then did rather well out of the arrangement - certainly better than most of the world’s colonized peoples. Am I wrong?

@Keir_Starmer You still here? Fuck off you useless wanker.

Dear Muslims Please stop setting fire to churches. Thanks

A Restore Britain Burnley councillor is being removed from his apolitical post because Don is in Restore Britain. I stand with @_Don_Whitaker. Please give him some support.

UK Police- About as trustworthy as an email from a Nigerian asking for your bank details.

You have a birthday. So does England. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 And it’s today. The 12th of July. Almost 1,100 years ago, on this exact day, England became a country. Almost no one knows it. The island was old long before it had a name. Farmers. Romans. Saxons. Then out of the sea came the Danes. ⚔️ They came to raid. They stayed to farm. And one hard question hung over the whole land. Two peoples, Saxon and Dane, one small island. Whose country was it now? Alfred of Wessex held the last corner and turned the tide. But he wanted more than a truce. One country. For both peoples. One England. He died before he could build it. 🔥 So his family finished it. His son took back town after town. His daughter Æthelflæd led the armies herself. A woman commanding armies more than 1,000 years ago. But it was Alfred’s grandson who ended the work. Æthelstan. In 927 he rode north and took York, the last Viking crown in England. One man now held every English kingdom. Then he did something stranger. He called the other kings of Britain to a bridge in the north. A quiet place called Eamont. 📜 Scots. Welsh. The kings of the north. There, by the river, they bent the knee. And that morning he took a new title. Not king of Wessex. Not king of the Saxons. King of the English. All of them. That bridge, on this day in 927, is the closest thing we have to the morning a country began. ⚖️ He made it real. One law, coast to coast. One coin, struck the same everywhere. On it he wears a crown, not a war helmet. Then in 937 they came to destroy it. Vikings, Scots, the men of the north. The largest army the island had ever seen. They met him at Brunanburh. Dawn to dark. Five kings fell. And when the sun went down, Æthelstan was still standing. 🏛️ England had been tested. And England had held. He left no son. He died in 939 and chose a quiet abbey at Malmesbury. Alone, in the country he had made. But it never came apart. Every king and queen of England since has sat on the throne he built. More than 1,000 years. Unbroken. You were taught 1066. The Tudors. The wars. But not this. Not the king who made the country. Not the bridge. Not the 12th of July. Æthelstan. The first king of England. And the one we forgot. Next year it turns 1,100. England has a birthday. And now you know when it is. 🇬🇧 You did not choose to be born here. But you inherited a country with a beginning. A name won on a bridge, 1,100 years ago. That is yours. No one can take it from you. Help us remember the king who made us. Help us remember who we are. 👇🙏 👉 proudofus.co.uk/support 👈 Be part of us. ☝️🇬🇧 Be Proud Of Us. 🙏🇬🇧

Incredible how quickly the police have arrested Ann Widdecombe's killer, I can only assume he's white.

@5Pillarsuk Great clips. Thanks for sharing.

Absolutely genius - what a song!! 😁

I don't think the police will ever get the message (that they should be policing our streets instead of our tweets) because they don't lose anything each time. As you rightly point out, it is tax payers money at the end of the day. Can you not sue the chief constable/commissioner personally rather than the police generally, since he ultimately is responsible for the behaviour of those under his command?

The Met Police have paid Graham Linehan £25,000 and offered an unreserved apology after arresting him at Heathrow over three gender-critical posts last year. The Free Speech Union welcomes this, but Graham should never have been arrested in the first place. Time and again, the taxpayer is left to foot the bill for the Met Police’s repeated failures. It is time — once and for all — for the police to learn the lesson: police our streets, not our tweets. Graham’s story is emblematic of the UK’s free speech crisis and exposes the hollowness of Keir Starmer’s assurance to President Trump that Britain still has a proud tradition of free speech. It is a national embarrassment. Linehan, an Irish comedian who lives in the US, was arrested by five armed police officers, detained for hours and questioned, before being rushed to hospital with dangerously high blood pressure. What sort of signal does that send to the rest of the world? When he was released, he was placed under draconian bail conditions, initially including a ban on posting on X. Watch FSU External Affairs Officer @_ConnieShaw on GB News 👇

@ABridgen I think @Ed_Miliband would stop the scam he's running

Who thinks the Philippines have got it right ? What do you think the effect of this would be on elected politicians around the world?

🚨Vile migrant on his bike harasses a lady in Kent whilst going for her morning run! All us men need to step up and start protecting our women & children because no one else will!

@frankwrighter And we all just acquiesce. Is that your plan?

There will be no transparency over the introduction of Digital ID in the UK. What is likely “the most significant erosion of our civil liberties” will be undertaken without fully informing the public or Parliament:

Marlon West is the man to restore Greater Manchester. Vote @MarlonTag and Restore Britain on July 30th.

@daveatherton @NickBuckleyMBE @BrumPolice Could easily be @metpoliceuk too

It might be AI but sums up the police, especially the @BrumPolice.

The Fabian Society, which was formed, as you know, in 1884, has turned out to be the perfect smokescreen for the legislation that was enacted in 1873-4 relegating the King's Bench to a mere division of the High Court. Prior to that it had been the highest court in England from the time it was established during the reign of Henry II.

The Fabian Society has done immense damage to Britain.