OPINION
November 10th 2023
As Remembrance Day approaches, the UK is becoming riddled with dissent and conflict from various groups.
The UK is awash with these demonstrations, ostensibly in support of the innocent victims of Israeli aggression in the Gaza Strip. If one looks at them closely you can see the usual protesters who seem to attend as many demonstrations as possible – worthy cause irrelevant as it’s attending the demonstration that is the point.
Among the demonstrators, one can see representatives of various organisations selling newspapers from the far left. (Is there such a thing as the far left? I’ve never seen it referenced in the MSM).
Some of the youngsters at one demonstration were interviewed on TV and when asked what their reaction was to Hamas’s invasion of Israel on October 7th they denied all knowledge of it.
There has been a huge political stoush about whether to ban the planned march from Hyde Park to the American embassy in Nine Elms, south of the river. The Home Secretary wanted it banned but the Metropolitan Police Commissioner said that he did not have legal grounds to cancel it. He argued that he needed intelligence that there would likely be a breach of the peace in order to cancel. The Home Secretary Suella Braverman wants it cancelled and is now in a freedom of speech row with elements of the Conservative party.
The police said that they had also been given assurances that the march, scheduled for the 11th November would not divert from its planned route and go anywhere near the cenotaph. They also said that they would not march by the Cenotaph on Sunday when the remembrance ceremony is due to take place.
They further pledged that their March would start assembling at noon on Saturday, thus not interfering with the normal two minutes of silence at 11 am. We’ll see how all that pans out, but they have not given any pledges about not marching to the Israeli embassy in Kensington after the march nor progressing to the Royal Albert Hall, also in Kensington, where the Festival of Remembrance is taking place on Saturday as usual. There are two performances scheduled, 2 pm and 7 pm, with a delayed broadcast on BBC TV at 9 pm.
Kensington is just a short distance from the US embassy and a small diversion from the original assembly point in Hyde Park.
Various groups have pledged to mount guard at the Cenotaph on Saturday, including the usual “right wing”, “far right” groups, football supporters and assorted veterans’ groups. On Saturday there are a couple of big soccer games, Arsenal vs Burnley and Crystal Palace vs Everton which will result in an influx of supporters from the north. The police have got to be very careful how they police this, as they have been accused of being too soft at previous rallies, with comments from the Home Secretary being very strong on the police’s perceived soft approach.
We have seen the police say that they can’t arrest anyone for shouting Jihad as it has many meanings in Islam, and the chant “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” is similarly imprecise, although we all know what is meant by it.
On a radio chat show some one asked how they would be treated if they attended a pro-Israel rally (not that there are any, as the Jewish population are extremely frightened to have a public presence as violence against Jews is growing) and chanted “From the river to the Med, Hamas will be dead”. Crickets and mumbling from the police spokesperson.
Meanwhile, the Cenotaph in Rochdale was defaced, and two youths arrested. This is Rochdale, home of huge child abuse and prostitution scandals, the Adams organised crime group (OCG), and new cases of child exploitation. All of the incidents were perpetrated and controlled mainly by people of Pakistani origin.
The Adams OCG case resulted in the leader being jailed for eighteen years for assault, causing injury and GBH etc and another dozen or so members being jailed.
Coming back to the London March, one of the reasons for the lack of intelligence may have something to do with MI5’s resources being diverted away from Muslim and middle eastern dangers to concentrate on “far right” threats.
Rishi Sunak is too politically naive and unaware to realise that there is a chance to pull back his poll numbers and give him a fighting chance in the next election. Labour is in disarray with antisemitism rearing its ugly head again, and a show of leadership and an ability to read the room would see Sunak gaining popularity (or more probably Labour losing theirs). The average voter is fed up to the teeth with police inaction at demonstrations (stop oil, Palestine etc etc) and just wants them to get a grip and let the voters get on with leading a normal, uninterrupted life.
Anyone who gets on top of the demonstrations of whatever ilk would see a huge rise in popularity. It is close to overtaking the cost of living as an issue. To the average “worker” the demonstrations are full of privileged middle class kids and retirees who need a hobby.
What is genocide?
2.048 million 2020, Gaza population. 50% children.
2006 1.44 million 838,000 under 18.
Is that genocide? Pretty incompetent if so.
Source: UNICEF.