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The reason Americans fear for Britain
The Spectator ^ | 10 Dec 2024 | Roger Kimball
Posted on 12/10/2024 5:22:42 PM PST by Rummyfan
The old England, which cherished liberty, is dying and a more sinister society is emerging in its place
As an American Anglophile, I find it difficult not to look upon the news emanating from Great Britain and despair. “Terminally ill pensioners could end their lives earlier to spare loved ones six figure tax bills, experts have warned,” says the Telegraph. A Christian preacher in West London has just had his conviction upheld for standing in silent protest too close to an abortion clinic while holding a placard displaying a Bible verse.
The old England, which cherished liberty, is dying and a more sinister society is emerging in its place. Prime Minister Keir Starmer just gave an extraordinary speech in which he admitted that Britain’s open immigration policies were an “open borders experiment.” He blamed the Tories, even though the floodgates were opened under Tony Blair.
Preserving the emotion of virtue is paramount to Labour, which is why Britain under Starmer, while signaling that he understands the concerns over immigration, has upped the ante on wokeness and censorship.
Following the summer’s violent riots after the Southport attack, a House of Commons Committee on Science and Technology announced that it wanted to call Elon Musk, who owns X (formerly Twitter) to give evidence on “social media, misinformation and harmful algorithms.” Musk responded that the committee members “will be summoned to the United States of America to explain their censorship and threats to American citizens.” Good for him.
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1 posted on 12/10/2024 5:22:42 PM PST by Rummyfan
To: Rummyfan
I'm also an anglophile, but the formerly great British have with malice of forethought squandered the hundreds of thousands of American lives and billion$ of dollars the US sacrificed to save their bacon in two world wars.
If they were a person you'd have them declared non compos mentis, but you can't so all you can do is try not to let our country catch fire from the sparks as they burn theirs to the ground.
They made this mess, now they get to lie down in it. I haven't an ounce of pity for them
2 posted on 12/10/2024 5:38:12 PM PST by Paal Gulli
To: Rummyfan
The reason Americans fear for Britain!
The Spectator ^ | 10 Dec 2024 | Roger Kimball
Posted on 12/10/2024, 5:22:42 PM by Rummyfan
The old England, which cherished liberty, is dying and a more sinister society is emerging in its place
As an American Anglophile, I find it difficult not to look upon the news emanating from Great Britain and despair. “Terminally ill pensioners could end their lives earlier to spare loved ones six figure tax bills, experts have warned,” says the Telegraph. A Christian preacher in West London has just had his conviction upheld for standing in silent protest too close to an abortion clinic while holding a placard displaying a Bible verse.
The old England, which cherished liberty, is dying and a more sinister society is emerging in its place. Prime Minister Keir Starmer just gave an extraordinary speech in which he admitted that Britain’s open immigration policies were an “open borders experiment.” He blamed the Tories, even though the floodgates were opened under Tony Blair.
Preserving the emotion of virtue is paramount to Labour, which is why Britain under Starmer, while signaling that he understands the concerns over immigration, has upped the ante on wokeness and censorship.
Following the summer’s violent riots after the Southport attack, a House of Commons Committee on Science and Technology announced that it wanted to call Elon Musk, who owns X (formerly Twitter) to give evidence on “social media, misinformation and harmful algorithms.” Musk responded that the committee members “will be summoned to the United States of America to explain their censorship and threats to American citizens.” Good for him.
(Excerpt) Read more at thespectator.com …
https://thespectator.com/topic/reason-americans-fear-for-britain/
3 posted on 12/10/2024 5:42:19 PM PST by Grampa Dave (If history teaches us anything, It's that history rarely teaches anything. (outofsalt))
To: Paal Gulli
Britain should have stayed out of WWI.
4 posted on 12/10/2024 5:44:26 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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