I’ve been watching the events unfold over in the UK, and not for the entertainment value of a bunch of working-class people boiling over with rage at how the masses of immigrants have more or less taken over their country — and yes, it is their country. I would venture to suggest that a huge majority of the protesting working class folks have roots in Britain that go a lot further back than those of the many “immigrants” (legal and illegal) that now live in Britain, and let me tell you, that has to count for something.
You see, their forebears endured all sorts of hardship for King and Country — the trenches in WWI-era France, fighting against an evil empire, and having their cities bombed and their civilians killed by the next-gen evil empire, to mention but two.
I’ll bet that a huge number of those protesting working-class men have ancestors who go even further back: ancestors who fought for king and country at Balaclava, Isandlwana, Waterloo, Malplaquet, Trafalgar and countless other times when their king (and sometimes their queen) asked that they make the supreme sacrifice for the sovereign and their country.
It is a long and storied heritage, and one quite worthy of veneration. In fact, I envy them that heritage.
So when you see that this heritage is being subverted and dismantled by wave upon wave of people who do not share that heritage, who would seek to replace their system of ancient British law with some loathsome gobbledygook like shari’a, wokism, Communism or a ghastly combination of all of these, where individuals have no rights and their basic freedoms of thought, religion and speech can be suppressed by some new regime of oppressors, a regime actually supported by their elected government over their own — and it must be said, shared — heritage… well, small wonder that ordinary people are rising up against it.
And needless to say, the powers that be — in this case, the horrible governing Labour Party, but it’s difficult to see how the Conservative Party would have behaved any differently — have described these disaffected people with all kind of sobriquets (“Right-wing thugs” being the most common) and even gone after those who support the protestors by their own speech, with elderly people being arrested for Facebook posts and other online methods that, so far, fall outside government control.
Small wonder too that this new breed of totalitarians, this ghastly soup of bureaucrats and politicians, want to clamp down on the freedom of speech; only this time, they want to extend their reach past the shores of Great Britain and prosecute citizens of other sovereign nations for daring to speak against them and their terrible actions.
We (citizens of said other nations) are being cautioned to avoid going anywhere near the UK, lest the British government use that opportunity to arrest us in situ (where we are beyond the help of our own governments) had we ever dared to voice opposition to them and to their actions.
I love Britain. Well, let me expand on that a little. I love the British heritage, its history, its castles, its monuments, its countryside — hell, I even love their silly Royal Family — and I’ve visited there often, enjoying every single minute I was there.
No more.
Simply by writing this post, I could be added to some BritGov list of undesirable people and face arrest at the airport should I ever be in a position to go back there. So why take the chance?
A number of my British friends — and I have many — have told me in no uncertain terms that they are making concrete plans to leave their country of ancestry and birth for other climes. “I don’t care for where the country is headed” is a common theme, but here’s one — a classic libertarian — who responded in a completely different manner when I asked his opinion of current events:
That should tell you all you need to know.
The bobby’s helmet used to be a symbol of all that was good about British policing: unarmed, civilized, part of the community. Now it’s synonymous with government thuggery (although it’s instructive to note that they don’t wear those helmets anymore and they sure as hell are not unarmed).
Let’s hear it from Rule, Britannia!
♫ ♪ ♫ ♪♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ “Britons never never never shall be slaves.” ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪♫ ♪ ♫ ♪
Uh huh. No wonder they’re rioting.
It’s a good thing they aren’t allowed to own firearms, isn’t it? (That’s not a snarky comment; that’s a sentiment most likely being expressed all over the British government and its police force.)
Update: I see that in my Comments section there have been one or two instances of what might be termed “hate speech” by the Wokists. I can only hope that more of you follow that fine example. If I may say so: the Wokists haven’t seen real hate yet.
This kind of nonsense and flight therefrom has been going on in England for a very long time. Some of my people bailed out of there in the 1630’s because they were persecuted by Archbishop Laud under Charles I. Laud later lost his head for his trouble after the English Civil War. (There’s that phrase again.) A shame we can’t expect the same result today with Starmer and his crew.
All of it coming soon to a former British colony near you, particularly if the rancid cunt wins – which she has every chance of doing. The extreme totalitarian left (read: mainstream Dems) are in open warfare against the Constitution. If you thought Timmy Tampon’s Minnesota snitch line was bad, you ain’t seen nothin’ yet.
We can’t have “hate speech” now can we.
You must conform and accept everyone and everything the left presents as normal.
If you do not, you are a terrible person who is racist, sexist, and you need to be jailed and reprogrammed to be more accepting, tolerant and open to the ways of the modern world.
To the commies, the constitution is a relic, no more valuable than a piece of toilet paper or a doormat.
As pointed out over in Area Ocho, it won’t be the British troops at your door gathering you up, but your local LEOs, federal marshals, and / or the FBI. To that end, I am wondering why various republican governors aren’t stepping up and making statements about how their citizens will never be arrested or extradited for free speech prosecution in the UK? It must be settled law so it seems like a no brainer to me. Yet, they aren’t doing it. Why? Can such a basic point be so controversial that they don’t want to take a stand on it?
“the law” is your oppressor not your protector. More and more every day.
I don’t relish the thought, but it seems there will come a time soon when weapons will need to be wielded against everyone you meet if you want your person to remain as unmolested as possible.
The USA authorities will allow US citizens to get buttfucked by the UK. Republicans are the lesser of evils but many have no balls to stand up to leftist commie bullshit and also many are in bed with the commies (Rino’s). Mitt Romney (Aka Shitt Onme) is one example of a RINO piece of shit.
It’s enough to make one consider smuggling guns into Britain by way of Ireland. And where are the Vikings when you need ’em?
Indeed. It practically calls for it. If we ever wondered why we have a 2nd amendment, this should stand as the primary example. The second amendment is the ultimate guarantor of the remainder of the bill of rights.
We must never forget: all governments, left to their own devices, ALWAYS trend toward tyranny. Always. There are few truths in the universe more certain than that.
Everywhere the pattern is the same; in the EU, and now in the (formerly) Great Britain. Remove the firearms from the citizens, and you permit governments free reign to run roughshod over its citizens’ rights.
And this is for the gov’t of (formerly) Great Britain: letting Muslims in without limit, without requiring and encouraging assimilation, is the destruction of your culture, and what made Western civilization the dominant force in the world – and for the world’s benefit, I might add. The citizens there are rightfully demanding to be heard. You fail to listen at your peril. Weapons are not that hard to get, if you want them bad enough, banned or not.
If you find this offensive, tough shit. The internet being as it is, I’m sure you can find were I live. My local law enforcement, if called upon to enforce your edicts at my home, I have no doubt will tell you to pound sand. If you dare to come yourself, you’d better come armed. I will be.
BTW – hello, nice NSA overlord. You too.
the only problem I see is that the criteria for go time is far too high. Our forefathers would have dumped tea and burnt the HMS Gaspee to the waterline by now. Tax collectors would be tarred and feathered that every chicken and bird around would be naked and tar would be in short supply
GMC70 makes a good point.
The ex-Great Brits are getting replaced by Mediocre Brits, with the goal of Cesspool Brits.
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“Pity, really” as those few remaining Great Brits might grumble.
You may note my lack of a comment 😀
https://x.com/wolsned/status/1823277280426090619
I have a U.S. M1917 that still has Brit red paint on the front handguard from it’s service there during WWII. The rifle will be staying right here. We’ve already bailed them out, twice.
I’ve become quite fond of the meme with General Washington that reads “Me and my homies would be stacking bodies by now”.
Just saw this–
https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/1823277639760597105
Saw the clip from the Covid Days of the gendarmerie in Minneapolis-St.Paul was commanding anyone out in front of their house to “get inside”. I wonder how they would have treated that group of four women standing on a front porch if the women had had arms?
I am afraid that we will soon find out.
Covid was a test run. To see how many people will fall in line with the unlawful unconstitutional commands. Many Americans obeyed like good little sheep.
I think if there is another virus, sadly, many Americans would still obey.
I guess many people in the USA like to lick boots and get on their knees.
TPTB did not like the way the test run turned out.
My governor John Bell went on TV complaining about how people weren’t staying home, are he saw the cell phone meta data, which didn’t identify people, but it showed the general trends.
He was told basically to kiss off.
This fucking censorship bullshit and criminalizing of speech is happening in America too. Has been for a while.
We have heard now from the liberals and Rino’s the term “Hate Speech”. “Hate speech should be censored and banned”, etc.
The USA does not have a first amendment so that someone can wake up and say, hello good morning, You are a nice person and I hope you have a good day.
The first amendment exists so one can say, Fuck you, your an illegal criminal piece of shit that broke the law crossing the border, you are the worst example of what your shithole home country is exporting and you should be deported immediately. Want to come to the USA? FOLLOW THE RULES!
I work for a left leaning organization, and am in a union. When the China Virus came, and we were forced to get the jab, some held their ground and refused. A few of the favorites that refused got waivers. There was someone who did not get a waiver and she lost her job. I spoke up about this. My fellow union members, no doubt liberal, complained to union leadership about my emails. Yea, about that first amendment.
In general day to day business, I see rampant dishonesty, so I copy my boss, the persons boss and the boss of the dept on these issues. Does anything happen to the dishonest shitbag? NOPE. Not a fucking thing. I am then told to NOT COPY EVERYONE ON THE EMAILS as my emails can come off as offensive and they waste people’s time.
20 years ago when I was a student in college, there was an online board / forum where students could discuss anything. One forum was about politics. This was the days of Bush. People posted all kinds of shit about Bush, and they had every right to. I poked fun at the left. I had some of my posts removed and I was warned several times my account could be suspended due to my “rhetoric”.
It is NOT just the UK. This shit has been going on in the USA for a long time. And it has gotten worse lately.
FUCK censorship. FUCK criminalizing speech. And FUCK anyone who supports this communist censorship bullshit. I don’t like either party (Repub or Dem), but I notice the Dems (lefty commies) love to violate people’s rights that they don’t agree with. Most of the problems with censorship occur with lefties. Ever notice most (not all) but most of the problems in the world occur where the liberals are?
CoffeeMan,
I strongly suspect it’s reciprocal.
The uniparty doesn’t much care for you, either.
By the way, in the spirit of free speech, illegal aliens – fuck them. And fuck trannies who think men should be able to compete in women’s sports too. If you were born with a penis, you should not be boxing a woman who was born with a vagina.
CoffeeMan,
re : transvestites
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I live and work near Hippie Land (Eugene, Oregon).
I wear bib-overhauls, and my hair is usually a buzz-cut.
My clod-hoppers are usually coated in mud and goat residue.
Nobody dares call me ‘transvestite’.
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I worked in three penitentiary settings, I can shut-down douche-bags with a glare.
If they need further convincing, I absolutely love smiling as I get inside their comfort-zone.
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Although my heritage is Irish, I feel like I might have some berserker in me.
That probably has something to do with my eyes… they do ‘crazy and do not care, nor will I care’ quite effectively.
The Vikings ruled the eastern part of Ireland for several hundred years, with Dublin as their capital. It’s very likely that you have Norse heritage somewhere down the line.
But we’d be losing our shit if Putin threatened to try and extradite people from foreign countries who talked trash about him on the internet.
I guess it’s because he’s not trying to save democracy.
Should the Brits attempt to enforce their laws on our soil, the local constabulary would be well advised to tell them, “You’re on your own.”
Zombie Enoch Powell: “I warned you.”
If I wanted to exist under totalitarian tyranny, I would move to China.
Or some big city.
Or California.
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In our favor, we have The One Indisputable Fact:
* the larger the number of government agents, the worse their ineptitude.
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Fortunately, in fUSA, we have another point in our favor:
* Diversity Ineptitude Equivalents (‘D.I.E.’).
The larger the number of D.I.E. hires, the worse Northern European Heritage folk have it in the employee department.
Fortunately, Northern European Heritage folk are extremely capable of operating outside and beyond the reach of any government agents, D.I.E. or otherwise.
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As one example, my people are Irish.
On those rare occasions we happen to notice a government agent, we chuckle and return to doing something productive.
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I imagine Vikings and other self-motivating entrepreneur types probably get along just fine, ignoring the government agents…
… until some regulation or some code or rule trepasses into the ‘intrusive’ area.
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And then, things get re-set.
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An aside:
Regulators write regulations.
Coders write codes.
Do rulers write rules?
Those who seek to control your thoughts, seek to control your mind and your life. Glad I have a .308