On Saturday 13th September some 150,000 people (though some estimate this figure to be as high as 350,000) came out on the streets of London to vent their concerns about a range of issues including illegal migrants, taxes, energy costs, grooming gangs, housing, crime, and the economy. The Unite the Kingdom protest march orchestrated by Tommy Robinson, known as a far-right operator, would not normally get such traction. However, the Prime Minister Starmer’s betrayal on core issues, and the British Government’s incompetence on many national issues meant that ordinary angry people got an opportunity to protest under the flag of the nation. Only in the UK do we find Labour councils refusing to fly the national flag. An anti-national trait that has sent many Brits over the edge.
This is a Prime Minister who said he’ll smash the illegal migrant gangs, one year on from the election and it seems the gangs have smashed Starmer, and the people are angry.
Let’s get one thing straight upfront — I don’t support Tommy Robinson or his ilk. This does not mean that at times he does not raise a legitimate issue or have something important to say — eg Pakistani grooming gangs and the invasion of Britain by illegal migrants.
As far as the ‘Unite the Kingdom’ protest march is concerned, most media attempted to show that it was all ‘far-right’ and mostly ‘violent’. Both of those assertions being totally wrong. Most people on the march were ordinary Brits.
And many were women, granddads and grannies etc. Yes, there were far-right nutters whose only wish was to create problems. But to have an honest critique, let’s compare what happened on the Unite the Kingdom with what happened during the recent Notting Hill Carnival.
NOTTING HILL CARNIVAL: Two murders; 8 stabbings; 528 arrests; 50 cops injured.
UNITE THE KINGDOM: 25 arrests; 26 cops injured.
It’s clear from the above which of the two was far worse for London, yet many in the media, and the politicians on the left wanted to paint everyone on the Unite the Kingdom march as racists. If a nation persists in delivering two-tier policing, two-tier news, two-tier governance — is it any wonder the masses come out in huge numbers shouting, ‘enough is enough’.
Violence in all its forms is to be rejected but let us also tell the truth. The responsibility rests with the media, the commentators and the politicians to tell the truth. Lying will lead to anarchy. And anarchy will lead to civil disobedience. And civil disobedience is the beginning of the end of a nation united.
My concern is very simple. The relatively small number of far-right nutters who still exist want any excuse to vent their violent frustrations. And when they do, they will target anyone who looks like a Muslim (yes, no one wants to tell it as it is). Their immediate target will be the Muslim community, but please remember, these far-right numpties are not very intelligent. They will target anyone who looks like a Muslim. Hate and discrimination is often indiscriminate, and Hindus, Sikhs, Jains will all be targets. Mosques, Gurdwaras and Hindu Mandirs will all be targets. For several decades politicians on the left have pandered to the Islamists. This has led to them not only protecting the likes of the Pakistani grooming gangs, but as more information becomes available, it seems some politicians and even the cops took part in these heinous crimes against white vulnerable women and girls.
The Tories failed to deliver on their promise of sorting out illegal migrants and grooming gangs. What can you expect when you have gutless leaders.
Is it any wonder that Nigel Farage and the Reform Party are doing so well in the polls? All Farage had to do was tell the voters that all illegal migrants will be thrown out as soon as possible. The Reform Party is in a perfect place; being the new kids on the block they are the only party that does not have a good or a bad track record. They just don’t have any record, which ironically is their USP. Their message on illegal migration has been loud and clear, and it resonates with the ordinary Brit from the left, the right and the centre.
The Unite the Kingdom protest march is the final warning to not just the politicians, but to the nation itself. If seismic changes are not made to national policies soon, I fear the madness that it will unleash will impact and affect the good law-abiding LEGAL migrants. Hindus, Sikhs and Jains, who are the most integrated and the most contributory ethnic groups, are likely to suffer the most.
There is only one way to save the nation, and that means we need the Labour Government to collapse as soon as possible. Not a week goes by and yet another minister is forced to resign or is sacked. The Prime Minister has lost all credibility, as has his Chancellor. Every day more revelations come to light showing the sheer incompetence of the Prime Minister, his ministers and his Government. The latest news that the British Ambassador to the USA, Lord Mandelson, has had to be sacked because of his proximity to the convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The ramifications of this latest mess might even force the Prime Minister to step down in the coming weeks.
The majority of the British public have lost confidence in both the traditional parties. The minor parties like the Liberal Democrats and the Greens are just that, minor. That then just leaves Reform UK who are flying high in all the polls. If there was a general election tomorrow, Reform UK would win, and Nigel Farage would be the new British Prime Minister.
And if that happens, let us be very clear, the very fabric of British society would change overnight. Farage would deploy similar policies to those of Trump, but he is politically a lot more intelligent than Trump.
Will the catalyst of the Unite the Kingdom protest march unite the British people? Will it bring to power Reform? And if Reform do come to power, how united will ‘United’ Kingdom be, or will disunity and anarchy be the nation’s karmic reward?
The West is imploding, and this will generate waves of uncertainty globally. When chaos is the new norm, I suspect nations like India and China are well placed to benefit, if they play their cards right. We stand on the cusp of the changing of the guards. The 21st Century is going to be one hell of a ride, hold on tight my friends.
The writer is a seasoned commentator on British, European and Global socio-political issues. He is well known for his no-nonsense straight-talking style
