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A whistleblower was driven out of her policing role in Bradford for ‘offending Muslims’. Questioning the focus on Muslim sensitivities in the wake of last October’s heinous attack on a synagogue in Manchester, which left two people dead, led to the chairman of a hate crime panel being sacked. The former chairman has revealed the appalling treatment she has been subjected to, as well as the embedded capitulation to Muslim sensitivities within West Yorkshire Police. In an emergency Teams meeting that she attended in her voluntary role after the attacks, she said that community leaders were demanding: ‘What are you going to do to protect Muslims? We’re going to be attacked because of this, so the mosques need 24/7 security’. The whistleblower said that there was a “clear contradiction” between Muslim members of the panel claiming “immediate victim status”, as well as their insistence that “we don’t het know they identity of the attacker”. The former chairman is a retired academic in her 60s who was approached in 2022 to serve on West Yorkshire Police’s Bradford Hate Crime Scrutiny Panel, which is tasked with monitoring how the police respond to hate crime reports. She recalls another incident in her interview with Allison Pearson. She reviewed a case in which a man had been charged with a hate crime after he rang the police helpline and ranted to a Muslim operator about the Prophet Mohammed marrying a nine-year-old girl, calling him a “paedophile”. Elaine also referred Allison to the Free Speech Union’s successful defence of a “Quran burner” who was acquitted of an aggravated public order offence. She said she recognised that what the caller said was “deeply unpleasant”, but that it wasn’t a criminal offence. She added: “In Britain, you are allowed to criticise a religion — it’s free speech, isn’t it”. A senior legal panel agreed with her that this was not a criminal offence and the charge was downgraded to the infamous non-crime hate incident (NCHI). She was told that, during a heated meeting, Muslim officers were angry about the decision. This episode was later used as evidence against her to argue that she had displayed inappropriate, racist behaviour and was used to intimidate her. The Free Speech Union is proud to be supporting the former chairman. The Free Speech Union’s General Secretary, Lord Young, has asked: “What kind of country are we living in?” He adds: “You couldn’t ask for a clearer example of two-tier policing. West Yorkshire Police seems more concerned with protecting the feelings of Muslim community leaders than protecting Jews from terrorist attacks. It’s little wonder public confidence in the police is declining.” Britain voted to abolish blasphemy laws 18 years ago, but there is a very real ‘blasphemy belt’ in this country. This is a truly eye-opening piece and an absolute must-read by @AllisonPearson. Read more below 👇

The inability of juries to convict in the face of direct irrefutable evidence is a growing problem. We saw this in Bristol after obvious criminal damage to public property in the Colston riot and in the Cllr Ricky Jones case. It’s a feature of a divided, Balkanised society.

Police sacked hate crime adviser who warned the force favoured Muslims over Jews. After complaining that officers had been ignoring the “elephant in the room” of Islamist extremism during a meeting about an anti-Semitic terrorist attack, the chairman of the policing scrutiny panel was sacked. She was informed that she would be removed as chairman of the Bradford Hate Crime Scrutiny Panel because of her “divisive and inflammatory” comments. She has accused West Yorkshire Police of appearing to prioritise Muslims rather than focusing on the Jewish community following last October’s attack on a synagogue in Manchester. This follows another incident in which she was accused of “hate speech” by police officers after defending the right to criticise the Prophet Mohammed. The former panel chairman, a retired academic in her 60s, is now seeking a formal apology from West Yorkshire Police Chief Constable Sir John Robins. The Free Speech Union is proud to be supporting her. FSU General Secretary Lord Young said the force has shown that it is “more concerned with protecting the feelings of Muslim community leaders than protecting Jews from terrorist attacks”. The academic was approached in 2022 to volunteer on the scrutiny panel tasked with monitoring how police respond to hate crime reports. Soon after she was elected chairman, Muslim police officers began calling for her removal. She has suggested that the letter notifying her of her removal was “for the Muslim men who complained to him to get him to shut me up - and he did as they asked”. She also said it “sounded like a threat”, as the complainants had been demanding her personal details and asking whether she had herself committed a hate crime. Blasphemy laws were abolished in 2008. A free society must allow criticism, challenge and debate of any religion. The police must not kowtow to those who wish to enforce an Islamic blasphemy law that prevents others from doing their job. Read more below 👇

"Ex-Iraqi soldiers" are forcing away Belgian police trying to stop migrant boats crossing the Channel. This is an invasion and it's time Britain moved to a war footing to secure our safety. My latest Friday monologue.

@tomhfh Good point and I'd happily have a Lee Kwan Yew as our Prime Minister now all day long. However, this falls down if you also have a "captured" Judiciary (Constitutional Reform Act 2005 and the "Independent" Judicial Appointments Commission) then it's a no win. Perhaps as intended.

Lee Kuan Yew abolished trial by jury in Singapore after determining that it was too easy for defence lawyers to appeal to racial and religious biases of juries in multicultural Singapore. He writes in his memoirs how as a young lawyer he was able to get three clients acquitted who he was sure did commit murder. LKY writes that he "worked on the weaknesses of the jury -- their biases, their prejudices, their reluctance really to find four Muslims guilty of killing in cold blood or in a heat of great passion, religious passion, an RAF officer, his wife and child." He writes "The judge was thoroughly disgusted. I went home feeling quite sick because I knew I'd discharged my duty as required of me, but I knew I had done wrong.” Study after study shows that in multi ethnic societies, there is significant in-group bias on juries.

@CPhilpOfficial Blair knew what he was doing with the constitutional reform act 2005 and the "Independent"Judicial Appointments Commission.Dressed as an unbiased Judiciary but, in reality, ideologically captured in perpetuity. This is the result.Those that might have undone this for 14yrs didn't

Apparently this video isn’t enough evidence to convict the guy in blue for assaulting all three police officers Yet Lucy Connolly got two years in prison for an off colour tweet - prosecutions Keir Starmer encouraged Labour’s two tier justice system has to end

A police hate crime adviser says she was left “gobsmacked” after West Yorkshire Police focused on protecting mosques, not Jews, after last October’s Manchester synagogue attack – then sacked her for speaking up. dailysceptic.org/2026/05/29/pol…

Blair knew what he was doing with the constitutional reform act 2005 and the "Independent"Judicial Appointments Commission.Dressed as an unbiased Judiciary but, in reality, ideologically captured in perpetuity. This is the result.Those that might have undone this for 14yrs didn't

@ArchRose90 Blair knew what he was doing with the constitutional reform act 2005 and the "Independent"Judicial Appointments Commission.Dressed as an unbiased Judiciary but, in reality, ideologically captured in perpetuity. This is the result.Those that might have undone this for 14yrs didn't

After Farage rightly branded the Manchester Airport assault trial "two tier justice,” Judge Neil Flewitt KC referred him to the AG for potential contempt of court. We all saw the CCTV and the Judge proves Farage’s point. The Judiciary needs a purge, it’s not fit for purpose.

Here are two other UK power records: 1. Highest industrial energy costs in the world. 2. Second highest domestic energy costs in the world. As E Miliband says, we’re setting an example for the rest of the world. Indeed we are. Which is why nobody is following us.

Ministers tried to hide Mandelson messages. Dame Priti Patel said: “The public will be appalled to know that self-serving Labour Cabinet ministers are trying to wipe their phones and cover up the truth about their relationships with, and the influence of, Peter Mandelson on this Government. “Parliament voted for the release of every document in the Mandelson files, but at every stage Keir Starmer, his ministers and Labour MPs have tried to stop the public scrutiny of Mandelson’s appointment and hide the facts” It can now be revealed that the Cabinet Office was forced to ask twice for the messages, because some ministers initially refused to send a full transcript of their conversations. It is understood that some ministers argued that all their conversations with the US ambassador were not strictly related to their ministerial work, and were therefore exempt, finding an apparent loophole in the Cabinet Office’s request. Civil servants were dismayed to receive “nil return” responses from some ministers with a known connection to Lord Mandelson, suggesting that some material had been censored or withheld” Telegraph

It has become clear that the BBC has sacrificed impartiality on the altar of diversity, equality and inclusion. Those who refuse to subscribe to trans orthodoxy are ostracised by their peers and driven out of the corporation. The BBC has been captured by trans ideologues. For the best part of a decade, Stonewall has maintained a firm foothold within the BBC — particularly through its diversity team — and has been able to exert pressure on the corporation to embed its worldview. Rob Burley — a former senior BBC editor of 13 years — says that, as groupthink took hold, a number of people refused to toe the line. One was producer Cathy Leng, who was ostracised by colleagues after daring to question the inaccurate use of pronouns. Speaking to Rob Burley for the first time since she stepped down as director of BBC News, Fran Unsworth said that she was forced out of the BBC. She said “It was bullying”, adding that it “wasn’t just the trans issue. There was lots and lots of bullying going on about all sorts of things: people didn’t want to hear from certain points of view; they’d ‘no platform’ them; all that safe spaces shit.” Unsworth did add that it isn’t just the BBC that has been impacted by this issue and insisted that “The world went mad, and the BBC, because it is part of the world, went a bit mad with it. There was a sort of progressive madness going on.” But how can the BBC claim to be the unbiased national broadcaster — and pride itself on the quality and impartiality of its journalism — if it refuses to challenge trans ideologues? Rob Burley has exposed the capture of the BBC by trans activists and lifted the lid on the collapse of impartiality at the heart of the corporation. Read more in @thetimes and watch @RobBurl on the latest episode of the FSU Podcast with FSU Director of Policy and Research @DavidRoseUK 👇

A reminder that, under our soil, we have 1.5 billion barrels of oil, 150 billion cubic meters of natural gas and 300 years' supply of coal. ofgem.gov.uk/press-release/…

🚨 The UK Government has just confirmed it will spend £6 BILLION of tax payers money on International Climate Finance over the next 3 years. Meanwhile … criminal trials are being listed for 2030!!! … Because the government has no money to fund courts to work every day.

Tony Blair has torched Ed Miliband's Net Zero agenda as a "quixotic fantasy", warning that Britain is crippling itself with high energy costs while countries like China couldn't care less what the Energy Secretary thinks. dailysceptic.org/2026/05/28/bla…

Yes, Sir Tony. But your 'coherent plan' was destroying a 1,000 year old country in a wrecking spree from which we may never recover. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

A Charity Whose Trustees Read Like a Labour Honours List Is Trying to Win a By-Election. Hope Not Hate is a registered charitable trust. Charities operating in the political arena are bound by a simple and unambiguous rule. They must stress their independence. They must not encourage support for any particular party or candidate. They must not give funding to political parties or politicians. These are not guidelines. They are legal obligations enforced by the Charity Commission. Nigel Farage has written to the Charity Commission citing what he describes as a clear breach of those obligations in the Makerfield by-election constituency ahead of the June 18th poll. The facts documented in his letter are precise. Hope Not Hate sent leaflets to addresses in Makerfield encouraging voters to join the local fightback against Reform and scan a QR code to participate. The leaflet was promoted by Nick Lowles on behalf of Hope Not Hate Limited, a private company. That private company received £787,858 in grants from Hope Unlimited Charitable Trust in 2024, representing almost the entirety of the charitable trust's expenditure for the year. The action apparently changed nothing. The trustees of Hope Unlimited Charitable Trust and the directors and former directors of Hope Not Hate Limited include Frances O'Grady, former TUC General Secretary and Labour Peer. Gurinder Josan CBE, current Chair of HUCT and Labour MP. Jon Cruddas, former Labour MP. Alison Phillips, Chief Executive of LabourTogether, a Labour supporting think tank. Ruth Lauren Anderson, Labour Peer. Anna Turley, former Labour MP and Chair of the Labour Party. A charitable trust whose trustees are overwhelmingly current or former Labour politicians is funding a private company to distribute leaflets in a by-election constituency explicitly targeting Reform and backing the Labour candidate. The Charity Commission's own guidance states that a charity must steer clear of explicitly comparing its views with those of political parties or candidates taking part in an election. The leaflet's footer, to join the local fightback against Reform, does precisely that. This is not the first time the Charity Commission has been required to intervene. It opened a compliance case in July 2025 and concluded it in January 2026, declaring itself satisfied that the charity had taken sufficient steps to distinguish itself from Hope Not Hate Limited. The case was closed. Within months the same funding arrangement appears to have resumed with charitable funds flowing into electoral leaflets in a specific by-election constituency. The Commission closed the case. The behaviour apparently continued. The Makerfield by-election is the vehicle through which Andy Burnham intends to return to Westminster and challenge for the Labour leadership. Reform took every council seat in the area at the May local elections with 46.2 percent of the vote. The stakes could not be higher. And a charity whose trustees read like a Labour Party honours list is spending charitable funds to help deliver the result. The Charity Commission has 22 days to act before the votes are cast on June 18th. It has already investigated this arrangement once and the funding continued unchanged. Charitable money is being spent to influence a by-election that could determine who leads the country. The regulator that failed to stop it in January faces a simple question. Will it act before the result or after it no longer matters? "The leaflet was promoted by Nick Lowles on behalf of Hope Not Hate Limited, a private company."

I agree people should be stopped from making large donations to political parties to buy influence and subsidies. A good example is Dale Vince giving £5 million to the Labour Party and getting £100 million+ in subsidies for his windmills in return. Will you be posting about him?

The Pakistani Muslim mayor of London campaigns on ‘inclusivity’ and ‘diversity’, claiming London is ‘for everyone.’ Meanwhile, he’s on a pilgrimage in Mecca, a city where ONLY Muslims are allowed. Non-Muslims are forbidden to enter for being ‘impure.’ Hypocrisy knows no bounds.

Thought @toadmeister handled this question really well. Sometimes, issue of anonymity is treated as dodgy. In contentious matters of free speech, it's an understandable precaution. For too many people, there's a threat of cancellation or worse if you eg support crowdfunding for contentious issues. At @acadofideas we know only too well that esp young people fear getting into trouble at work/university for supporting 'wrongthink'. Out & proud is a great ideal BUT right to privacy matters.