The Government's official definition of Islamophobia is already having a chilling effect on free speech.
South Wales Police went even further, instructing officers to record any incident that went beyond "legitimate" discussion of Islam. But why should a police officer get to decide what constitutes "illegitimate" discussion of a religion in a country without blasphemy laws?
The Free Speech Union threatened South Wales Police with legal action unless it withdrew the guidance, and Claire Coutinho wrote to the Chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission.
The force has now confirmed that it has paused the guidance.
The Government's definition is a gold-embossed invitation for public bodies to go even further than ministers in stifling legitimate criticism and debate about Islam.
As Claire tells FSU Director of Research and Policy David Rose, if an officer records an incident on the basis that your comments went beyond "legitimate" discussion of Islam, that could appear on an enhanced DBS check and potentially affect your employment prospects.
That is effectively the reintroduction of non-crime hate incidents through the back door.
There is no democratic mandate for this.
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Look at this. Imagine if your old mum or nan had to walk past this lot to do her bit of shopping. Even worse. Imagine your daughter or granddaughter has to walk past them on a night out.
They are taking the piss. Swaggering around like they own the place. Where are all the men of Chelmsford? I'll tell you where they are. Because I was over there last night. They are all in the pubs. Not half a mile up the road. Every pub in the town centre was full of young men supping their pints and moaning about how the country is going to shit. And they can't put down their pint long enough to stand with the brave people who are protesting every Friday evening.
A Muslim woman catches a seagull, what happens next? Birds stop flying near people.
A Muslim woman in the Netherlands steals bouquets from Dutch cemeteries. What happens next? Dutch families stop leaving flowers for their dead.
A teacher in France criticizes Muhammad and is beheaded. What happens next? French citizens are too afraid to speak.
Muslims consider dogs impure.
What happens next? A UK town bans dogs.
Muslims don’t eat pork. What happens next? Hundreds of Belgian schools remove pork from their menus.
Muslims demand public calls to prayer over loudspeakers. What happens next? Non-Muslims leave the neighborhood.
Muslims insist on praying in public.
What happens next? They take over the public square.
Muslims become a significant voting bloc. What happens next? Politicians compete to appease them.
And what happens after that?
Whatever they want, goes.
And what happens after that?
The death of Western civilization as we know it.
Call me cynical but when you live in the Devon and Cornwall Police area you instinctively know that all is NEVER as it appears.
Yesterday I had a suspicion that this arrest was just a bit of showboating. "Look at us, we got him. Aren't we clever".
Today it appears I was right.
This is the same Police force who last week told me that the company who removed the slab sealing my Sons grave so they could use it on another grave had committed no crime.
The same force who say they're "too busy" to prepare a report for the Devon Coroners Office regarding my Sons death. They haven't even contacted essential witnesses yet, after 14 months.
They are utterly useless.
Russians just murdered two children in Ukraine's eastern city of Kramatorsk.
Playing on a Saturday morning, as kids do, and Russians do what comes natural to them for 500 years.
Ann won the 2019 Oxford free speech debate by 224–49 without needing a script. She always spoke her mind and stood by her principles.
Rest in peace, Ann. 🙏❤️🇬🇧
We’ve lost a remarkable woman and a brilliant speaker. It’s heartbreaking that her life ended in such a violent way. She deserved so much better.
Your apology is about you - desperate not be cancelled by @SkyNews and @TimesRadio
for your inhumane, insensitive and depraved misogynisric commentary. You fear becoming irrelevant and will say anything in order to stop that happening.
You are a fake and we see you.
You have lowered the standards not only of all broadcasters and journalism everywhere but of what is deemed acceptable narrative in a civil society when someone dies.
No channel should ever use you again. Focusing on her supposed virginity as if that was what defined her? You are a sick man.
I can’t stop thinking about how my friend Ann must have felt and how I wish I could have been there to protect her in those awful last minutes… I feel disgusted that this could have happened in my country
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I was locked up after Southport for tweets of my opinion, claiming i was inciting racial hatred, they used over 100 of my posts. I took them on and won my trial, and acquitted!
If we use the same standards after Ann Widdecombs brutal murder, hundreds of lefty tards should be rounded up in the morning!
Let’s see how many get a knock?
Place your bets?
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I worked for Waitrose for 25 years. In the final years, the company installed sanitary product dispensers in the men’s toilets and allowed men who identified as trans even without any surgery into the women’s changing rooms and toilets.
Many female staff, especially the younger women, came to me as I was a Councillor and Rep in distress. They felt uncomfortable and threatened. In one branch, a man was permitted to use and shave in the women’s changing rooms while young girls were getting changed and it was no secret he abused the power he was given because he said he was trans to get away with anything he wished as he knew he was untouchable as he quite often told everyone.
This is the same company that has now decided “not all people who have periods are women” and dropped “feminine” from their sanitary products.
Waitrose didn’t just ignore women’s boundaries they actively removed them. They prioritised the feelings of men over the safety, privacy and dignity of female staff and customers.
After 25 years on the inside, I can tell you this isn’t inclusion. It’s ideology and virtue signalling. Women who spoke out were silenced, intimidated, and sacked just as I was.
The female staff who actually work there are paying the price while being told to stay quiet or be sacked if they speak out.
One of the worst things about two-tier reporting is that they’ll label Ann Widdecombe as “divisive” and present her as an extremist, whilst they present Peter Tatchell as a kind and cuddly activist.
Another stabbing in Lincoln. Neck this time, so it's proper visible – even the lads on the beat might struggle to miss it. None of that "I don't think you have, mate" bollocks here.
The country's absolutely fucking cooked, isn't it? Murders, rapes, stabbings, grooming gangs, acid attacks, street robberies – the full multicultural enrichment package. At this rate, we're not "resembling" some third world shithole. We're auditioning to become one.
Pass the popcorn and the passport.
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