HassleMonkey

Just an average being, awakening to the insanity of humanity and the nudging of nations.

Libertarian / Free Speech / Reality

[The Free Speech Union @SpeechUnion]

Why is Sir Keir Starmer’s Government set to ban under-16s from accessing 10 major social media platforms — including X — but not left-wing platforms like Bluesky?

Since coming to power, this Government has been openly hostile to X, a forum for debate that prides itself on free speech. Ministers have even floated the idea of blocking UK citizens’ access to the platform altogether.

Starmer can no longer pretend this is solely about protecting children.

[J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling]

Every single person who still cringes at the memory of trying to bullshit their way through an interview or exam question: today, the slate is wiped clean. Set down your burden of shame. Nothing - nothing, I say - could touch this.

[The Free Speech Union @SpeechUnion]

In the wake of Henry Nowak’s brutal murder, the FSU has published a new briefing: Fear and Favour: Britain’s Policing Emergency.

Britain’s policing culture has made a false accusation of racism the most powerful card a guilty man can play — the result of policy that has worsened over the past 30 years.

This briefing reveals:

• Why Henry Nowak’s killer reached for the race card — and why it worked.
• How a doctrine that rejects equal treatment under the law has come to shape modern policing.
• How the Met rejected a free speech and impartiality policy, only to embrace one that described impartiality as a racial myth.
• How the Free Speech Union foresaw these developments — and their likely consequences — in 2022, but was ignored.

Watch FSU Director of Policy and Research @DavidRoseUK 👇

[The Free Speech Union @SpeechUnion]

📣🚨 FSU Victory!!

The Free Speech Union has just heard from South Wales Police that it has withdrawn its guidance on “anti-Muslim hostility”.

The force had effectively adopted its own Islamic blasphemy law, instructing officers to record any conversation that went beyond “legitimate” discussion of Islam.

Under this guidance, criticism of Islam could have been recorded as an anti-social behaviour incident and potentially appeared on DBS checks, affecting someone’s ability to work as a teacher, carer, or in other regulated professions.

South Wales Police has backed down because the Free Speech Union threatened them with a judicial review if it chose to press ahead with the policy.

The force has described this move as a “pause” to the guidance — but we think it is highly unlikely to return.

We must also thank Shadow Equalities Minister @ClaireCoutinho for referring South Wales Police to the Equality and Human Rights Commission after we brought this issue to her attention.

Blasphemy laws were abolished by Parliament 18 years ago. We must not allow them to return through the back door.

Let this be a warning to any other public body — particularly police forces — considering the adoption of its own blasphemy laws.

Watch Lord Young below 👇

[Ant Middleton @antmiddleton]

2 weeks ago I was stood on the summit of Mount Everest with my 17 year old son Gabriel.
2 days ago I was finishing of a 4 day charity hiking for a veteran charity across the beaches of Normandy for the 82nd anniversary of D-Day to remember and to pay our upmost respects to our fallen heroes from WWII 🫡🎖️
Today I was in Makerfield supporting a fellow veteran, friend and all round good guy @RobKenyonReform not only to help unite the right but also to help prevent at all costs Labour and Andy Burham from winning this all important by-election.
It’s a two horse race (Rob Kenyon and Andy Burham) if Labour lose this seat then they’re done and will be gone in no time. If Burham gets in, he becomes the next PM with months, Labour stabilises and then stick around until the next general election. We need them out NOW!
This is a strategic vote, not a time to play into Labours hands. We are a lot smarter than this. Those on the right I urge you to think this by-election through.
It’s the most important one we’ve had for decades #unitetheright 🫡🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[Julia Hartley-Brewer @JuliaHB1]

Isn't this you happily shaking hands with the Syrian President, Ahmed al-Sharaa, who led an Al-Qaeda linked terror group which carried out multiple beheadings? Just checking on your tolerance levels for this sort of stuff @Keir_Starmer

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Murderous migrants beheading innocent people in their home town is what’s making people angry, not “social media”!

[Graham Linehan @Glinner]

It would be amazing if this tweet of Jill's blew up and we forced @NadiaWhittomeMP to answer the question

[Julia Hartley-Brewer @JuliaHB1]

This is simply not true @Keir_Starmer.

You absolutely DO tolerate abhorrent scenes of violence like this attack. Just like you tolerate all the rapes and sexual assaults of women and girls by illegal migrants.

You - and most of the political class - decided long ago that these crimes are a price worth paying in return for achieving your multicultural, diverse, open bordered nirvana.

So don't pretend to be shocked and don't wring your hands in sadness. This is the predictable (and predicted) result of the policies YOU support.

[HassleMonkey @hasslemonkey]

@lowles_nick Where do you get you stats for 'most of us in the UK' ?

[HassleMonkey @hasslemonkey]

https://t.co/osq4prsnWQ

Who would have thought that sexy AND intelligent women are amazing!

But, if you're a Dem or Lib, where the women you cultivate are screaming crazies who hate men, because that's what you've promoted - why not jump on the very capitalistic bandwagon you detest and pay for services in the market economy.

You can't make this shit up, lol 😂

[Patrick Christys @PatrickChristys]

Police now say they got his nationality wrong. He’s Sudanese. Call me old fashioned, but I preferred our country before Sudanese men started trying to behead people in the street.

[Suella Braverman @SuellaBraverman]

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

It takes Kemi about 3 years to copy the rest of us. Unable to come up with their own ideas the Tories are putting out a half-baked, heart- hearted copy of what Reform announced 6 months ago. But of course, like typical Tories, it doesn’t go far enough and won’t fix the problem.

Leaving the ECHR, banning the hate marches, Grooming Gangs, two tier policing and now the Equality Act. Every time, in government, she was implacably opposed but now hopes that no-one will remember.

Some of us had the guts to do what was necessary at the time- when it was hard, but vital, and would make a difference.

Others didn’t.

[HassleMonkey @hasslemonkey]

Why do you support a ban? It's not been successful in places that have tried it. It pushes the issue undergound.

Let's let parents teach their kids, look after them and be accountable - stop with government overreach that admonishes parental responsibility, gives a false impression of safety and doesn't work.

[HassleMonkey @hasslemonkey]

@UKLabour One might argue that being raped 'multi-culturally', and then failed by the people supposed to protect them, might be more of a concern for women ?

[HassleMonkey @hasslemonkey]

Only a dwindling number of people believe you any more and even your crazies have switched to the Greens. Your credibility is gone with ordinary people.

Surely it's only humane to call a general election and put Labour and @Keir_Starmer out of your delusional misery that you have the competency to run a country?

[Paul Embery @PaulEmbery]

Please remember that you must not express your feelings about the Belfast atrocity until the political establishment has told you exactly how you are supposed to feel. That's how it works now.

[Richard Tice MP 🇬🇧 @TiceRichard]

Calm is essential following the brutal attack in Belfast last night

The Government must return to the Commons as soon as more information is available, possibly later today.

Providing early and maximum information is vital to prevent misinformation.

[Rupert Lowe MP @RupertLowe10]

I want to know exactly what that Somalian scumbag is doing in our country.

How did he arrive? On what visa? Is he working? On benefits? Living in social housing/a migrant hotel? Criminal record? Who authorised it?

Demand answers.

I am doing that in Parliament.

[HassleMonkey @hasslemonkey]

@Keir_Starmer Yes, it is horrific, and yet you have enabled it @Keir_Starmer