I sometimes wonder what world Keir Starmer lives in. This is what he said on the 20th bloody anniversary of the 7/7 bombing, which left 52 dead and 770 injured: ‘’Those who tried to divide us failed. We stood together then, and we stand together now.’’
No, we don’t. Our nation has never been so divided. We will never forget that the four Muslim bombers who carried out their evil carnage did so in the name of Islam. And nor should we. That day was the biggest terrorist outrage in the nation’s history.
Sorry, I don’t want to just ‘’move on’’. Incredibly, Starmer didn’t even mention the fact that they were Islamic terrorists. Why?
My hunch is that he doesn’t want to fall out with the Muslims that represent a decent chunk of his voter base, and he’s fearful they will switch to one of their own or to Corbyn’s new venture. So, he keeps schtum.
I wonder if Starmer’s going to say anything about a disturbing court martial in Burford, Wiltshire, yesterday.
Two Muslim soldiers in the British Army shared graphic helmet-cam videos of murdered and desecrated Israeli citizens after the Hamas attack on October 7.
Keir Starmer says the 7/7 Islamists failed to divide us. What world is he living in? — Kelvin MacKenzie
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The servicemen, both from the Signal Regiment, claimed ‘’you won’t see this in the media’’ as they shared clips of corpses being kicked and montages of dead Israelis lying in pools of blood.
The court was told Signaller Munir found the videos of what were war crimes while in the Middle East and sent them to his chum Signaller Salah.
It didn’t take the court long to kick them out of the Army. Are there many other Muslim soldiers sharing videos of Israelis being attacked? I think we should be told.
The chances of being told the truth about Islam are being affected by an organisation neither you nor I have ever heard of. Welcome to the Centre for Media Monitoring (CfMM).
It was set up by the Muslim Council of Britain, which successive governments have kept at length due to their hardline views.
This Muslim PR outfit puts pressure on news outlets to portray Islam in a more positive light.
According to them, the BBC should not have called Khalid Masood, the Westminster terrorist who killed five people, an ‘’Islamic terrorist’’ because Islam means peace. Give me strength.
News outlets are wrong, they say, to describe terror groups like Hamas, Boko Haram and Islamic State, as ‘’Islamist’’. Indeed, they say the very term Islamist is ‘’redundant’’ and should not be used by the press.
They even accused Andrew Norfolk, the Times journalist, who first exposed the grooming gangs, as ‘’scapegoating’’ Muslims. They claim to have ‘’fed into’’ the BBC terminology guidebook and say it is an instrument in guidance to the press self-regulator, Ipsos.
Can somebody explain to these dolts that we have free speech in this country. They can issue their own press statements, but the idea that they should try and influence the way stories about their medieval religion are written is quite wrong. I trust the media tells them to get stuffed
Mind you, when I wrote a column at The Sun, I received no support from CEO Rebekah Brooks when I wrote a piece criticising Channel Four news for using a Hijab-wearing Muslim presenter to air the story about a Muslim terrorist in Nice who killed more than 80 people by using a truck as a weapon.
I am entitled to my view, but Ipsos - let’s hope they weren’t influenced by CfMM - said I should be kinder. Really?
So Islamic extremists, as with everybody else, need to be held to account for their actions. Which is why Starmer was wrong not to mention who was responsible for the killings on 7/7.
But what was even more worrying is that we have a Prime Minister who doesn’t realise that we are not a united nation and actually have never been so divided. We do not stand together. We stand miles apart.
Regrettably, I can only see it getting worse.
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