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“For over two centuries, the Home Secretary has safeguarded the nation. Today, we begin a new chapter as we welcome Shabana Mahmood to the Home Office as the new Home Secretary,” the British government announced. It is indeed a new chapter for the Pakistani Muslim politician, who took her oath of office on a Koran and who has now become the highest ranking Muslim in the British government. And a new chapter for Islamic colonialism as seeing the white flag, 1,000 Muslim invaders crossed the Channel and invaded England on Mahmood’s first day at work. ... The Home Secretary is...

The Clarkson's Farm star has had his say on the saga that's hit headlines. Jeremy Clarkson has sided with Labour over its decision to refuse an inquiry into the grooming gangs scandal - but has suggested the "political correctness" that "shackles the police" needs to be addressed instead. The 64-year-old delivered his candid verdict on the saga after a bid by the Conservatives to launch a national inquiry into grooming gangs was rejected by MPs last week by 364 votes to 111 votes. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has argued that a number of inquiries have already taken place into...

The long-running dispute revolves — most recently — around an effort by the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on British Muslims, a cross-party formation of around two-dozen MPs in the British Parliament, to institutionalize the definition of Islamophobia in racial rather than religious terms. The proposed definition has been opposed by many Britons, including British Muslims, who warn that it would effectively shield Islam from scrutiny and valid criticism. "We have here a clash between two very different ways of viewing a society: broadly individualism and collectivism.... In a collectivist society the aim is for the rulers to determine how...