Britain's death rattle is no accident - it's by design. And the hourglass is about to run out - Lee Cohen

Here in the United States, 2025 was a year of hard-won progress. We too stared into the abyss the previous year, under Biden, when open borders, bureaucratic overreach, and assaults on tradition threatened our sovereignty and liberties.

Yet we Yanks rallied. We identified a leader with iron resolve, funded the fight, and reclaimed the country from entrenched leftist elites, waves of illegal entrants, and criminal networks.

It has been uphill, brutal work, but our freedoms are being defended, our borders reinforced, our economy strengthened, and our national pride restored. We learned to distrust a complicit press, to unite rather than quarrel, and to act decisively before irreversible damage could take hold.

Keir Starmer could have drawn inspiration from this American example as he assumed office. Instead, he chose capitulation. Britain is not merely failing; it is sliding toward a precipice. Small-boat crossings reach new records, endangering British children, straining communities and fraying cultural cohesion. Legitimate public anger is smeared as intolerance.

Free speech — once Britain’s proudest inheritance — is being criminalised; citizens are investigated or prosecuted for questioning mass migration or rapid societal change. Democratic consent feels like a relic.

An aloof elite imposes policies on welfare, foreign aid, and institutional reform while ignoring the Brexit mandate and the people’s demand for fairness.

The consequences are clear and alarming. The nation teeters on dangerous polarisation. Frustrations simmer beneath the surface—the quiet majority betrayed, trust in institutions eroding, a storm gathering that risks widespread unrest if ignored. This is no accident. It is the work of rulers who view national identity as embarrassing, borders as outdated, and patriotic pride as problematic. Starmer’s passivity accelerates the erosion, treating Britain’s heritage as a burden rather than a treasure.

Many Americans observing these developments fear the pendulum has swung too far left for easy rescue. Though I remain personally hopeful — Britain’s resilient soul has survived other dark moments — the hourglass is running out.

Britain must act decisively, as we did in 2025. Citizens must rally behind leaders with unbreakable will, fund the fight, and stop bickering while the country teeters. Your freedom of speech is already under attack. Communities are fracturing. Every month brings the nation closer to irreversibility.

There is still a path forward, embodied by leaders like Nigel Farage and Reform UK. Unyielding on immigration control, cultural preservation, and anti-elite fire, Farage channels the disruptive energy that transformed America.

He speaks for the forgotten millions who want their country returned — secure, sovereign, and proud. Harness this energy, unite behind leaders willing to act, pour resources into the struggle, and reclaim your country before the precipice becomes a fall.

This is not a matter of nostalgia or sentimentality; it is a matter of survival. Britain’s institutions, communities, and culture are under siege — not by accident, but by deliberate design.

The erosion of free speech, the hollowing out of borders, and the relentless pursuit of policies that ignore the will of the people are all pieces of the same troubling puzzle. Left unchecked, they will leave a Britain unrecognisable to those who cherish it.

As 2026 begins, this is my solemn New Year wish from across the Atlantic: Britain faces not mere decline but engineered erasure unless its people rise now.

The Special Relationship endures because we share the same love of liberty and defiance against overreach. Americans have seen how resolved leadership and decisive action can defeat corruption and despair. Britain must embrace that example. Unite, fight, reclaim your nation — and preserve the essence of Britain before it is lost forever.