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Britain Is the Canary in the Coal Mine
American Thinker ^ | 15 May, 2026 | J.B. Shurk

Posted on 05/15/2026 4:50:11 AM PDT by MtnClimber

Replacing globalism with national self-sufficiency is a life-or-death decision.

The United Kingdom’s recent elections were a bloodbath for the Establishment political parties and a resounding success for Nigel Farage’s Reform UK. Voters are furious with their “ruling elites.” Because these were local elections, though, Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour Party remains in control of the national government. Therefore, the election results will likely prove symbolically seismic yet practically anemic.

Starmer insists on rejecting the democratic will of Brexit voters and reintegrating the U.K. with the European Union. The “ruling elite’s” hostility toward British citizens’ desire for national sovereignty will produce many unsavory outcomes, including a likely surge of foreign migrants resettling in the U.K. Whereas the local elections have been correctly interpreted as an expression of the public’s overwhelming opposition to mass migration of foreigners into their communities, Starmer’s Labour Party will exacerbate the problem.

Ever since voters chose to leave the E.U. back in 2016, the U.K.’s political Establishment (Conservative and Labour) has undermined the effort. It took four years to negotiate a “divorce” that ended up looking more like a temporary separation. Many of the most important issues for British citizens — including the reimplementation of sovereign decision-making over economic, regulatory, and immigration policies — were almost immediately watered-down, skirted through legal workarounds, or outright ignored.

Ten years ago, the Brits tried to take their country back from the globalists who use all national homelands as little more than junkyards for spare parts, plantations for slave labor, or dumping grounds for unwanted migrants. As the globalists have remained in control of the national and international institutions, however, they simply bided their time and hollowed out the substance of the people’s vote until the consequential referendum became Brexit-in-name-only. The will of ordinary voters proved insufficient to overcome the political

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Society
KEYWORDS: globalism; leftism
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1 posted on 05/15/2026 4:50:11 AM PDT by MtnClimber
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Maybe it is not the voters who need to be replaced, but the elitist politicians.


2 posted on 05/15/2026 4:50:27 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber

“Britain Is the Canary in the Coal Mine”

Didn’t Britain already close their coal mines and blow up their coal power plants? That’s my understanding at least.

If so, they need another indicator, like, maybe, blackouts.


3 posted on 05/15/2026 4:59:58 AM PDT by BobL (Trusting one's doctor is the #1 health mistake one can make.)
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To: MtnClimber

Britain is done.


4 posted on 05/15/2026 5:11:16 AM PDT by wny
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To: MtnClimber

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5 posted on 05/15/2026 5:51:07 AM PDT by sauropod
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To: MtnClimber

King William and Queen Katherine will have the People to Make Britian Great Again


6 posted on 05/15/2026 5:53:04 AM PDT by bert ( (KE. NP. +12) Quid Quid Nominatur Fabricatur)
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To: MtnClimber

It will be interesting to see how they will handle Tommy Robinson’s rally this Sunday in London. Will this be the citizens’ last stand or will the support of the government’s unfettered illegal immigration rule the day going forward.


7 posted on 05/15/2026 5:57:04 AM PDT by grcuster
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To: wny

Yes. Sad.


8 posted on 05/15/2026 5:58:05 AM PDT by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization? )
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To: MtnClimber

Where’s the Luftwaffe when you need them.


9 posted on 05/15/2026 6:01:43 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: grcuster

Correction: the “Unite the Kingdom” rally is today.


10 posted on 05/15/2026 6:02:57 AM PDT by grcuster
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To: MtnClimber

“Britain Is the Canary in the Coal Mine”

Seems to me the canary is already dead.


11 posted on 05/15/2026 6:40:50 AM PDT by antidemoncrat
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To: MtnClimber

‘Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.’—John F. Kennedy


12 posted on 05/15/2026 7:24:26 AM PDT by Tench_Coxe (The woke were surprised by the reaction to the Bud Light fiasco. May there be many more surprises)
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To: wny

https://jihadwatch.org/2026/05/uk-muslim-independents-take-over-100-councillor-seats-in-england


13 posted on 05/15/2026 8:06:45 AM PDT by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization? )
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To: MtnClimber

OOPS

Little yellow bird in big black environment.


14 posted on 05/15/2026 8:32:12 AM PDT by Scrambler Bob (Running Rampant, and not endorsing nonsense; My pronoun is EXIT. And I am generally full of /S)
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To: MtnClimber

Britain

15 posted on 05/15/2026 12:06:10 PM PDT by Obadiah
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