Britain’s drift towards civil war?

Monday blog

Mental ‘elf’ ishoos?

So, we learn that the suspect in the train stabbings was “British born”. Did I mention that he was “British born”? Anyway this “British born” suspect who was born in Britain and thus is “British born” has been arrested. And the police were uncharacteristically quick in informing us that this “British born” suspect was “born in Britain”.

But why does every news report repeat and repeat and repeat that the suspect was “British born”? A cynic might be tempted to suspect that repeatedly stressing that the “British born” suspect was born in Britain is a distraction technique to try and prevent people from concluding that the attack could have been motivated by some kind of extremist ideology or religion.

But hold on a minute. Wasn’t one of Britain’s worst terrorist attacks carried out by a cherubic, British born “Welsh choir boy”?

Though I heard one ‘reporter’ suggesting that, just like the train stabbings, the Southport murders were not motivated by any religious beliefs. Um, perhaps that reporter ‘forgot’ about the various documents which were found in the cherubic British born Welsh choirboy’s bedroom?

Anyway, some cynics probably won’t be surprised when our rulers declare that the train stabbings were due to “mental ‘elf ishoos” and absolutely nothing to do with any rather dodgy beliefs. After all, the suspect was “British born”!

Sorry, I was a bit late. The “mental ‘elf ishoos” explanation/excuse has already been pushed out in all the mainstream media. So nothing to worry about. And we’ll get the usual:

• horrifying events
• our thoughts and prayers blah blah
• praise for the emergency services blah blah
• isolated incident
• nothing to see here
• shut up plebs or the plods will be coming for you

Britain’s drift towards civil war?

There was a (IMHO) brilliant article on the Daily Sceptic a couple of days ago (link below). For me, the most significant lines in the article were:

According to a 2023 UnHerd–Focaldata poll, 32% of Britons agree that the ‘Great Replacement’ is real. In recent years, official reviews of the Prevent programme and the Commission for Countering Extremism have identified the idea as an “extremist” and “hateful” narrative. Rather than ask why so many believe it, the emphasis falls instead on policing the discourse. Once again, policy yields to narrative control – suppressing arguments and evidence that make the state uneasy. Effort is directed to the administrative management of disbelief: to discipline perception rather than address reality.

After all, following each “absolutely nothing to do with terrorism” attack, many more people are arrested for commenting on the attack than on actually participating in the attack.

Here’s a link to the article:

These Fractured Isles: Britain’s Drift Towards Civil War