For the first time in my life, I’m beginning to fear for the future of Britain

Nov 4, 2023 by Jill

by Camilla Tominey, Telegraph:

The aftermath of Hamas’s terror attacks has exposed intolerance, as well as the weakness of our leaders.

[…] It is tempting to ask how on earth did it come to this? But deep down, we already know the answer. We know that it has come to this because our politicians and our police have allowed it to happen. In the same way they initially turned a blind eye to the Rochdale grooming scandal, they have sat back and watched anti-Semitism and Islamist extremism flourish.

They have sat back and watched schools and universities become infected with hard-Left ideology that has seen professors and academics hounded out of their jobs and Jewish students intimidated on campus. Their frankly negligent inaction has created a sub-culture of intolerants who hate this country and its institutions and are seemingly intent on “cancelling” anyone they disagree with.

That is why it has come to this. That is why we have entered this post-truth, parallel universe where so-called “progressives” seem to think there is nothing wrong with pulling down posters of kidnapped Israeli children; where campaigners are so wantonly ignorant that they can unfurl “Queers for Palestine” banners with a straight face; where protesters can so casually advocate the annihilation of the only safe haven the most persecuted ethnic minority in the history of the world has ever had.

Why do the race-baiters continue to chant “jihad” and “intifada” on the streets of this democratic country? Because the police have let them. Police officers have been among those pulling down posters of kidnapped Israeli children, for heaven’s sake. They appear to have opted for the easy life of letting the mob rule rather than effectively policing the rogue elements of the protests.

And the politicians are no better. In the past month we have had a great deal of talk but very little action from our elected leaders. Behaving like pundits rather than the lawmakers they are, we have heard politicians denouncing “hate marches” while doing nothing to stop them. Why have they allowed Sir Mark Rowley, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, to wriggle out of taking responsibility, with his claims that the relevant legislation needs to be tightened? If that’s the case, why don’t they launch an urgent investigation into the loopholes, and plug them immediately?

Moreover, why have they not banned Hizb ut-Tahrir, the Islamist group at whose demonstration calls for “jihad” were made? The group, whose head, going by the name of Abdul Wahid, is an NHS GP no less, caused outrage the other weekend when members called for “Muslim armies” to attack Israel. Wahid told the crowd: “Victory is coming and everyone has to choose a side. Whose side are you going to be on?” As Rowley explained: “Hizb ut-Tahrir are a banned organisation across most of the Muslim world, they are banned in Germany. Our counter terrorism proscription powers don’t allow that.” Again, this is a matter requiring urgent action – yet Parliament is in recess ahead of the King’s Speech next week.

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