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@BritisherPaz49 Tell people ypu don't know anything without saying "i don't know anything." As dumb as a mate who once said "I don't know why you women moan, a period only lasts one day."

All they do is skip lunch before gorging themselves every evening.

@danny__kruger An ignorant man, showing everyone else how little he knows by peppering his stupid words with some scary Muslim ones. Vile vile vile.

Nick Timothy and Nigel Farage are right, and Sadiq Khan and Keir Starmer are wrong. Small groups of people, of whatever religion, praying in public places is fine. And as a Christian country we should allow a special privilege for churches to lead services in our national spaces, like the Palm Sunday celebration that happens in Trafalgar Square. What we don't want is mass ritual observances intended to claim the civic realm for another religion, or assert the domination of another culture over our own Christian traditions. What happens in our national spaces is not neutral. People use Trafalgar Square, for celebrations and demonstrations, to make a point about the kind of country they want us to be. The Palm Sunday pageant reminds us of who we are - not as individuals (many or most of us don't identify as Christians at all) but as a national community, with the roots of our institutions in the ground of the Bible and our most solemn communal moments, from coronations to funerals, mediated through the liturgies of the Church. A mass Adhan held there, or in any town square, is making a different point: that Britain is not a Christian country, and that - inshallah - one day it shall be Muslim. This is unacceptable to the British public and indeed incompatible with our constitution. As ever with these debates, the issue is partly one of kind and partly one of degree. There is an issue with Islam itself as a religion which in most interpretations does not admit of pluralism or freedom of conscience, and therefore is inherently aggrandising, including over territory. But with a bit of confidence and a bit of toleration we could handle that - if it were not for the issue of degree. It is the scale of Islam in Britain, and the ambition of its leaders for greater scale, that makes the problem. The numbers of people who assembled for the adhan in Trafalgar Square, clearly and openly claiming the territory for a faith with no connection (indeed, with strong doctrinal disagreement) with the model of Western liberal democracy that Britain has developed and exported to the world - that is the problem. The numbers, whether everyone there understood it this way or not (and I suspect many did), convey an explicit threat to the foundations of our country. Being relaxed about other people's religion is a good thing, a very British thing. I don't mind modern druids dancing around Stonehenge in my constituency (arguably, though the historicity is tenuous, they have a claim to the place). I don't mind small groups of Hindus or Buddhists or Muslims demonstrating the reality of Britain's religious toleration by worshiping in Trafalgar Square. But let's not kid ourselves about this adhan, or pretend that we're just seeing another harmless expression of Britain's religious diversity. We are seeing an abuse of liberalism, led by people who are not themselves liberal; or - let us imagine they are acting in good faith - who are themselves deceived about what they are doing. It should not happen again. And it would be good to hear the Church of England say so.

@Nigel_Farage Vile. You, Lowe, Nick T. Vile.

Our brilliant young minds are being replaced by goat herders from Afghanistan.

@NJ_Timothy Vile from an elected MP. Shame on you.

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.

@RupertLowe10 If you came to London, you'd see we embrace all faiths here, you tired old racist.

Mass dominating Islamic prayer in Trafalgar Square is not acceptable, and we should all have the courage to say it.

@RupertLowe10 Silly old racist. Quieten down. You're embarrassing yourself.

@CommanMan777589 Where do you people get your "facts"? Does one of you make something up and then the rest just copy it because "if it is on the Internet, it is true?" Check how many people Turkey took. It's not even hard.

85% of the worlds refugees are Muslim. Not one of the 56 Muslim countries are taking in refugees. 11 of these countries are the richest in the world. If Islam is so great; why are Muslims countries not taking care of their own?

@London_W4 Have you been to Taliban ruled Afghanistan tho? Not really the same, is it? 97% of schools in Tower Hamlets are good or outstanding and girls can go to them. Maybe don't be so daft with your comparisons.

On the tube heading home now. Turnham Green in Chiswick to Whitechapel. For those who don’t know London, it’s like going from a very lovely place, to Kabul in Afghanistan. And for those of you who haven’t been to Kabul, it’s shit. I wouldn’t recommend it. Anyway, does anyone else play the game while sat on the tube where you have to visualise what the outside of the station at each stop looks like? I always do. Maybe it’s just me.

@London_W4 There's a number of pubs a spit from there where you could have a lager and calm yourself down from whatever bothers you about a reminder to give charitable donations (if you are muslim).

I’ve arrived in Whitechapel. There are clues in the tube station that I’m in this Islamic stronghold.

@JodeeDubber @London_W4 It's reminding Muslims to do their bit for charity. It's called Zakat. Don't overthink it, silly.

@London_W4 Why is this even being allowed ???

A man who can't be bothered to do his job, talking to a load of retired and unemployed about how we work nowadays. Ok.

Laughable.

@TheHughAnthony Show your workings for how a tired old racist makes it to number 10 with zero party behind him. Let's assume 5m people think like him and are not all in the same place. How does it work, outside of a coup d'état? Really?

Rupert Lowe will make history. From a man outcast from the system, to being in Number 10. He has shown that the British people are his top, and only priority; and for that, the British people will back him to victory.

@London_W4 It's just reminding Muslims about charity. Don't worry about it. If you don't want to do any charity, that's fine. They're not Islamic flags. That's silly. It's not hard to work this stuff out.

Here we go again. These Islamic flags have just gone up all the way down Mile End Road in London. The Islamic takeover of London is complete. Why don’t I like that? Because I wanted to live in England, not a third world shithole.

@RupertLowe10 After he suggested they were cowards and hid behind Americans. You deeply embarrassing man.

A very honourable statement from President Trump.

@jtworr Would be like 52% of voters didn't learn a damn thing from Brexit.

Even Davos must now admit that this man is Britain’s Prime Minister in waiting.

@RupertLowe10 You hate Britain you silly old dinosaur.

I just voted in Parliament to disrupt Labour’s Chagos Islands surrender. We lost. Those who govern us hate Britain.

@GunnerLoulou There was talk about him eventually ending up as a 9, wasn't there?

Please give Nelli a few games up front. Even if just for 45 minutes

@terrychristian Blimey. Yeah. That would be a good hire. Then you'd just have to hope he was given a couple of years and some investment

Here's hoping

@campbellclaret Impressive

Final moonlit swim in the 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 snow before heading south