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Britain now arrests people for speech at industrial scale. At least 62,199 people were arrested for “communications offences” between 2021 and 2025 — roughly 34 a day. Campaign group Big Brother Watch compiled the figures from Freedom of Information replies covering 38 of 45 territorial forces. Seven forces refused or failed to supply full data. If those missing forces tracked the national average, the real total would sit closer to 73,000. One arrest for every 940 people in the country.

The UK’s agreement with France to return small boat migrants is facing renewed uncertainty, with Andy Burnham appealing directly to President Emmanuel Macron to preserve a deal that officials fear Paris could abandon. The arrangement, which is due to expire at the end of the month, allows Britain to return people who have crossed the English Channel illegally in exchange for France accepting an equivalent number of asylum seekers for transfer to the UK. A UK government source said France was “on the verge of pulling out” of negotiations, as the two governments have yet to agree terms for extending...

Shocked villagers have uncovered the Government asked for assessments to place more than 3,500 male migrants at a former MoD base which would have left residents outnumbered 10 to one. The ex-MoD Bicester Site A storage depot has been earmarked by the Home Office to house at least 1,256 male asylum seekers. The staggering numbers already dwarf the population of the neighbouring village of Piddington, Oxfordshire, which is home to just 350 people. But now a tranche of newly-released government planning documents includes an Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) risk assessment, which states “the proposed scheme” relates to “accommodation for 3,510 service...

Police are seeking to identify protesters after several officers were injured and vehicles damaged in Portsmouth at a demonstration sparked by the arrival of 120 migrants in a single dinghy. Policing Minister Sarah Jones told the House of Commons the disorder on Sunday night was "intimidating and thuggish" and warned "those who cross into illegality" would "face the full force of the law". The protests followed a large group of masked men holding a demonstration over small-boat crossings at the Port of Dover on Saturday, causing major disruption. Portsmouth City Council said the Home Office had "serious questions to answer"...

Ministers have been urged to investigate a surge in white prisoners being forced to convert to Islam by Muslim gangs. Ministry of Justice (MoJ) data show that one in five Muslims in prisons in England and Wales is white, nearly four times the rate of 5.8 per cent in the general population. The number of Muslim prisoners in jails in England and Wales has also increased and accounts for nearly one in five (18 per cent) of the prison population, despite making up 6.5 per cent of the general population. The figures have been revealed by Nick Timothy, the shadow...

Visit a mosque to learn about IslamSeek out new knowledge and insights with a discovery hunt, as you explore your local mosque. Planning your visit Get in touch with your local mosque to find out if you can arrange a visit on a suitable day or time. You could search online for mosque or ‘masjid’, which is the Arabic word for mosque. Many mosques hold open days or run tours for groups. You could get in touch with the Muslim Scout Fellowship (MSF) and see if there are any nearby Muslim Scout groups you could link up with. You can...

If your object is to save the west, then the public discourse is nowhere near where it needs to be. The necessary action is comparatively easy, at least according to the US Department of Homeland Security. But the problem is intractable and insoluble as long as, beyond a few redoubts of the Trump Administration, the west's ruling class insists in framing it in mendacious and self-contradictory terms. For example, diversity is our strength, yet mysteriously leads to "a whole host of challenges", including - per "conservative" bigwig Edwina Currie - the need for brothels in small Oxfordshire villages ...because, apparently,...

EXCLUSIVE: Nigel Farage told Fox News Digital that mass migration has radically changed the country's makeup. The Reform UK leader argued that Britain’s political system is "completely broken" following Prime Minister Keir Starmer's resignation. Farage is calling for a new general election, predicting his party has "every chance of winning." Speaking exclusively from the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship conference in London this week, a forum focused on debates over culture, Western civilization and Judeo-Christian values, Farage said Starmer’s downfall was not an isolated political event, but the latest aftershock of the Brexit revolt that upended British politics a decade ago....

President Donald Trump was right to suggest that there is a national security risk posed by open borders, the British government’s top terrorism expert has belatedly admitted in the wake of yet another gruesome, alleged migrant-versus-native outrage that triggered riots. Senior lawyer Jonathan Hall, who has been the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation since 2019 and is the Independent Reviewer of State Threats Legislation under the National Security Act 2023, has demonstrated his remarkable perspicacity by noting that mass migration carries a security risk and a potential threat to “the health of the nation”. Responding to the alleged “attempted beheading”...

British Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy has said that not all ethnic groups should be treated the same by police in the wake of the murder of 18-year-old Henry Nowak, who died in police handcuffs after officers refused to believe he had been stabbed by a Sikh man. Lammy, who also serves as the left-wing Labour Party government’s Justice Secretary, said that while the “starting point” should be equality before the law, it is not always appropriate to be treated “the same”, noting the disproportionate arrest rates of certain ethnic minority groups, such as Roma travelers [Gypsies] and black Britons....

Vice President JD Vance has spoken out against “the politics of self-hatred and the mass invasion of migrants” in the United Kingdom after the brutal death of student Henry Nowak, the second U.S. intervention on “civilisational decline” in Britain in 24 hours. British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer attempted to kick back against the President Donald Trump Administration and American concern for the country’s descent into chaos on Friday night, characterising comments from Washington as political interference and even an attempt to “stir up division on our streets”. U.S. Vice President JD Vance made one of the present Trump Administration’s...

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has hit out at people “trying to interfere in our democracy” after US Vice President JD Vance waded into a national controversy by blaming “mass migration” for the recent murder of a student. The killing of Henry Nowak, an 18-year-old White student, sparked a national outcry after it emerged that police officers had handcuffed him as he lay dying from stab wounds inflicted by Vickrum Digwa, a 23-year-old Sikh man, in an attack late last year. Digwa, who at the time falsely claimed to police that he had been the victim of a racist attack,...

@RupertLowe10 Enough is enough - a deep line needs to be drawn in the sand. Talk is weak. Britain needs to say no more, and mean it. A Restore Britain Government, with the British people's approval, would put Vickrum Digwa to death. Henry Nowak was stabbed by Digwa five times, including twice in the back of his legs, once in the face and a fatal wound to the chest. Rather than calling an ambulance, Digwa filmed Henry. Digwa gave the knife to his mother and it was found by police at their home along with more than 20 other weapons....

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Sir Keir Starmer has been accused of being too scared of his Left-wing backbenchers to implement his own immigration crackdown. Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp has written to Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood warning her not to water down her own proposals, branding it "shocking" that the measures were not included in the legislative programme. Mr Philp said: "I can only conclude that the Government is too scared of its left-wing backbenchers to implement its own plans. Time is now of the essence, and the rules urgently need to be changed." He added: "Only very highly skilled migrants who have made...

A Sikh man accused of the murder of a first-year university student has told a court that he had acted in self-defence after the teenager had racially abused him and knocked his hair out of his turban before grabbing it. Vickrum Digwa is on trial at Southampton Crown Court charged with the murder of 18-year-old Henry Nowak, from Chafford Hundred, Essex, in Belmont Road in Southampton, on December 3 2025. The 23-year-old is also charged with carrying a knife in public and his mother, Kiran Kaur, 53, is accused of assisting an offender by removing a weapon from the scene....

A teenage stabbing victim bled to death on the street in Southampton after British police arrested and cuffed him rather than his alleged Sikh attacker, after the suspect claimed he’d been racially abused, according to court testimony. Henry Nowak, 18, a finance student at the University of Southampton, was walking home from a night out in December 2025, chatting with some friends on Snapchat, when he was encountered by Vickrum Digwa, 23. After a brief exchange, Digwa stabbed Nowak with an eight-inch Sikh ceremonial shastar blade, according to court testimony reported by BBC. A post-mortem examination showed Nowak had four...

In a disturbing snapshot of today’s Britain, the Henry Jackson Society published figures after this month’s local elections suggesting that more than 570 of new councillors were what it classed as “sectarian-style” candidates. The criteria used to define this were the emphases those candidates had, in their campaigns, put on issues of “Muslim communal grievance” and “transnational Muslim causes”. The Green Party, illustrating how it has stopped focusing on the environment or ecology, accounted for 350 of those councillors. What this has to do with local government is unclear; what it has to do with a complete failure of certain...

Tens of thousands of protesters have descended on London for two rival marches - the Unite the Kingdom rally, organised by far-right figure Tommy Robinson, and a pro-Palestinian demonstration. More than 4,000 police officers have been deployed to the capital, and they are managing a so-called "sterile zone" between the two marches. Officers are also using drones, police horses and dogs, and have armoured vehicles on standby. The Metropolitan Police has called it one of the most significant policing operations in years. In addition to the protests, tens of thousands of football fans are heading to Wembley Stadium for the...

UK Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has sharply criticized the government’s handling of rising antisemitism, describing the situation as a “national emergency" and calling for immediate action, including a ban on pro-Palestinian marches, as reported in the Daily Mail. Her remarks come as Prime Minister Keir Starmer convenes senior officials, police representatives, and public figures in Downing Street for a “whole of society" discussion on the recent surge in attacks targeting Jewish communities throughout the UK. The meeting follows a stabbing incident in Golders Green last week, which left two Jewish men injured and heightened concerns over public safety. Badenoch warned...