Dunstaffnage Castle near Oban in Scotland.
It was built before 1240 on the site of a stronghold of the ancient Kingdom of Dalriada (or Dal Riata). It was the seat of the MacDougalls of Lorn.
It commands a wide view of the sea and the entrance to Loch Etive.
@PengilleyIan@RafHM We would have that under the Tories also - they are just as keen on digital ID and surveillance, and removing individual liberty.
In fact, one might argue the danger is greater coming from the Tories because it takes people unawares. We fight back against Labour.
@TheHauskarl@AkkadSecretary The Americans have already thought of this in giving refuge to the Afrikaners.
Some of the first questions the Afrikaners seemed to ask online were "can we work as soon as we get there" and "can we own a gun on the farm".
It was basically a match made in heaven.
There is much of interest in Richard's analysis. But I do not think it invalidates Rupert's report. These crimes are clearly ethnoreligious in nature. Rupert has focused mostly on the religion motivations from Islamic theology. Richard is focusing on the clan nature of the criminal network of gangs and how they operate (which is obviously important).
However, I think you and he are missing the point of Rupert's report, which is not as an academic paper or as a policy document on how to deal with the criminal network, but as a blunt instrument to raise public awareness and pressure (nationally and internationally); and to break down what Richard describes as the "toxic political and social environments that paralyse objective thinking and prevent the formulation of an effective policy response".
Frankly, I think that one of the reasons that Rupert has not gone into detail about the nature of the criminal network is not to overload the public with more terrifying information than they can take in or believe at one time. Remember that we have been on X for years. Many members of the public are only just learning about this now. (And I suspect that X has provided a good sample of the public to see how fast the public can process this information and to study the public reaction - and this information is now starting to be rolled out across the country via the media.) We will have to be somewhat patient while the public outside of X catches up.
Rupert's report is part of a process to build the public and political will to do what is necessary to deal with the network of gangs. It looks likely to me that this will amount to a military-style operation and he needs the entire British people behind him.
Rupert focuses attention in his report on the dangers of the spread of Islam across Britain. This is very important. I am not saying that there do not exist cultural Muslims who do not believe in aspects of Islamic theology (or have a different interpretation). Of course there are, but this is beside the point. This danger needs to be discussed openly without people shying away from the term "Islamophobia". Then, once this is understood, we can have a more nuanced discussion of the ethnic clan nature of the criminal network and how it operates, and learn the scale of what we face.
@RupertLowe10
Elon Musk is a trillionaire. I am not a trillionaire. This strikes me as unfair. Nobody should be allowed to have more than me. The amount of money a person should be allowed to have is exactly the amount I currently have, and no more. I am smart. I really am. I’m serious.
Raping a baby to death I think is a clear cut case for the death penalty. There is absolutely no chance of rehabilitation here. One of the most disgusting things I’ve ever read
What a disaster. Because Laura does politics-by-poll, devoid of any philosophical compass, she can’t even see why it’s such a bad stance for her to take. Overton window?
Britain’s entire Prevent anti terror strategy is now suspect. Set up to counter Islamism, it has morphed into suppressing legitimate British folk concerns.
The Daily Mail has reported the Home Office uses psychological manipulation tactics to coerce families like Henry Nowak's to give statements that denounce division and preserve "community cohesion".
I've been reporting on RICU for years. It is the nerve centre of two-tier policing.
It controls newspaper front pages in the aftermath of terror attacks. It planned the "spontaneous" vigil after the Manchester Arena bombing.
Here's everything you need to know about the British government's "Don't Look Back in Anger" department.
You should be angry about what is being done to us.
https://t.co/hwBRfLz8zB
The threat from radical Islam is not just terrorism.
Islamists seek to subvert our society and our democracy.
But what we have is worth defending.
We have to fight back.
Lorcan Barker and Callum Barker are brave, self-respecting patriots who simply want their nation to survive.
The authors of this vile hit piece will go down in history, if they are remembered at all, as spineless collaborators.