United Kingdom
June 13, 2026 — John Hinderaker
I wrote here about the attempted decapitation of a random citizen on a Belfast street by a Sudanese immigrant. The result has been predictable: riots, accompanied by indefensible violence. Josh Hammer writes: This week’s coverage has been instructive. The framing in outlet after establishment outlet has been nothing if not predictable: “anti-immigrant violence,” “far-right protesters,” “racist riots.” Northern Ireland’s first minister called the rioters “thugs” but had very little to
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June 9, 2026 — John Hinderaker
This is another story that is roiling the U.K.: “Billions in aid handed to terrorists and criminals.” Sounds just like us: Terrorists, hostile states and gangsters have been given more than £28bn of taxpayers’ money, including through aid payments, according to a secret government report. The Telegraph can reveal details of a dossier showing that billions of pounds went to organised crime, with millions going to Russia and Islamic State.
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June 9, 2026 — John Hinderaker
It seems that hardly a day goes by without the United Kingdom suffering another immigration-related disaster. This one involves a Sudanese who tried to decapitate a passer-by: A Sudanese migrant has been arrested after a barbaric video shows someone seemingly trying to behead another man in the middle of a UK street in scenes likened to “something out of a horror movie.” The horrific footage shows the blood-soaked knifeman pinning
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June 7, 2026 — John Hinderaker
Protests are currently going on in the U.K. over Britain’s two-tier system of criminal justice, but it turns out that the U.K. has a two-tier mental health system, too: NHS doctors are under pressure not to section psychotic black patients to avoid appearing racist. *** Nine current and former NHS psychiatrists reported being encouraged to limit the number of black patients they section under the Mental Health Act to avoid
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June 6, 2026 — John Hinderaker
We have been following the Henry Nowak case that his roiled Great Britain. It is only the latest of many instances of Britain’s two-tier justice system, but for whatever reason it seems to be the incident that has opened the floodgates. Yesterday JD Vance weighed in on Twitter: Vance’s comments were only incidentally about the particulars of the Nowak case, and only partly about the U.K. His point was broader–a
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June 3, 2026 — Bill Glahn
It has been decreed by official Britain: the unprovoked, brutal murder of Henry Nowak shall not be “politicized,” lest the wishes of Henry’s surviving family be dishonored. In practice, to avoid politicization, one must refrain from any criticizing or questioning any errors or omissions by anyone in government. How dare you. The 0nly prominent political figure to not go along with the Omerta is Reform leader Nigel Farage. For this
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June 2, 2026 — John Hinderaker
For years, working-class white Britons have suffered under a discriminatory system of justice in which they are second-class citizens. Left-wing British authorities have consistently had their thumbs on the scale in favor of non-white minorities, the Pakistani rape gangs being the most notorious, but by no means the only, instance. British police have come in for well-deserved criticism, as they have been more interested in arresting whites for controversial Facebook
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June 2, 2026 — Bill Glahn
Say his name. At the demand of the U.K. parliament, the prime minister dispatched his home secretary, the Right Honorable Shabana Mahmood, to make a statement and answer questions today. From the BBC, Home Secretary Mahmood addresses ‘horrifying’ murder of Henry Nowak in Commons I disagree with the BBC’s choice of verb. For now, official Britain is hiding behind an alleged independent watchdog investigation of the incident. The investigation may
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June 1, 2026 — Bill Glahn
Say his name. This young university student was murdered in England back in December. He spent his last few minutes on earth bleeding out from five stab wounds, including one to the face, while handcuffed and under arrest for “racism.” The police wouldn’t believe his repeated cries for help, “I can’t breathe,” “I’ve been stabbed,” because his killer had accused Nowak, age 18, of “racism.” Instead, police mocked Nowak in
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May 31, 2026 — Bill Glahn
Say his name. Nowak was a young university student murdered late one night in an inexplicable incident in the United Kingdom back in December. Compounding the tragedy 100-fold is the fact that he might have survived his wounds if not for the reverse racism demonstrated by the responding police. Nowak was murdered by one Vickrum Digwa, 23, who was convicted in court last week of the crime. Digwa is an
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May 27, 2026 — John Hinderaker
The British Museum, in recognition of Jewish Culture Month, scheduled a lunchtime lecture event titled “Ancient Israel and Judah in the British Museum.” The lecture was to be given by Dr Paul Collins, Keeper of the Department of the Middle East. The description sounds interesting if you like ancient Near Eastern history: The histories of the kingdoms of Israel and Judah can be illuminated by the archaeology and art of
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May 20, 2026 — John Hinderaker
Price controls are in the Hall of Fame of bad ideas. They have an unbroken record of failure, stretching back literally thousands of years. And yet, they remain alluring to people with no knowledge of either history or economics, or–probably more relevant–to failing governments. There was a time when Britain’s government was known for a certain level of financial sophistication. No longer: [British Chancellor] Rachel Reeves is pressuring supermarkets to
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May 17, 2026 — John Hinderaker
Is the special relationship between the U.S. and Britain on the rocks? I think it depends on which Britons you ask. At yesterday’s Unite the Kingdom rally, they showed pictures of world leaders on the screen. One after another was booed by the crowd, with Prime Minister Keir Starmer getting the loudest boos. Until they came to… Tommy Robinson led the crowd in a chant: At the Unite The Kingdom
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May 16, 2026 — John Hinderaker
Last September, British conservatives held a massive march through London. Estimates varied, but the crowd was at least 100,000 to 150,000 strong. We wrote about the march here. There was another Unite the Kingdom demonstration today. These events were organized in part by Tommy Robinson, and, although entirely peaceful, they are viewed as anathema by the British establishment. Thus, Prime Minister Keir Starmer denounced this year’s rally as “peddling hatred
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May 11, 2026 — Bill Glahn
I can announce with great confidence that we have reached the peak of western civilization. The headline from the Times of India speaks for itself, Non-binary Indian on student visa elected to Scottish Parliament. I honestly don’t know how this can be topped. The Times reports, A non-binary transgender Indian and former PhD student, born in Tamil Nadu, has become the first person to be elected as a Member of
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May 9, 2026 — Bill Glahn
This has to rank as the biggest upheaval in British politics in more than a century, since 1924, when Ramsay MacDonald led the first-ever Labour government in the United Kingdom. Fast forward to 2026 and the off-year municipal and regional elections held on Thursday. Left-wing Labour was obviously the biggest loser. In city council elections held across England, the current majority party in the national Parliament finished a distant second
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May 8, 2026 — Bill Glahn
Most of the votes still remain to be counted in yesterday’s local and regional elections in the United Kingdom. But the upstart, right-leaning U.K. Reform party is already the clear winner. In city council elections across England, Reform has won more seats than any other party. At times during the count, the ruling Labour party (in red) has fallen to fourth place, behind Reform, Liberal Democrats and the Conservatives. The
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