Postcards from Airstrip One

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A thread for news items and commentary documenting the further decline of fall of Merrie Olde England (and Scotland, and Wales - and what the hell, let's even throw Ireland in there, too) - America's mother country, which once gave Western Civilization things such as the legends of King Arthur and Robin Hood ... the Magna Carta ... Isaac Newton ... John Locke ... J.R.R. Tolkien ...

... but now ...

 

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THREAD:

'UK considers eliminating jury trials "except in [the] most serious cases"'

Nov 25, 2025

Justice secretary wants jury trials scrapped except in most serious cases
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy7vdvrnnvzo
{Dominic Casciani & Anna Lamche | 25 November 2025}

Justice Secretary David Lammy is proposing to massively restrict the ancient right to a jury trial by only guaranteeing it for defendants facing rape, murder, manslaughter or other cases passing a public interest test.

An internal government briefing, produced by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) for all other Whitehall departments, confirms plans to create a new tier of jury-less courts in...

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• Forum: World News & Affairs

 

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THREAD:

'Censorship in the U.K.'

Aug 7, 2024

SPLIT FROM: Protests over 12 children stabbed, 3 dead in Southport, England [see this post - OB]

https://x.com/DC_Draino/status/1821244772667023650

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• censorship united kingdom
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• Forum: World News & Affairs

 

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Post in thread 'Invasion USA'

Nov 29, 2025

Meanwhile, in the UK.

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https://x.com/BGatesIsaPyscho/status/1995419574506799289

Meanwhile in Birmingham, UK

Two young Girls signing Christmas Carols to collect money for charity are harassed by Police.

As Birmingham quickly comes majority Muslim it’s muted that in years to come the City will cancel Christmas altogether due to the local populations religious beliefs.

 

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Post in thread 'Taking things from white people'

Dec 8, 2025

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Post in thread 'Invasion USA'

Sep 6, 2025

Meanwhile, in Merrie Olde England:

https://x.com/RealDonKeith/status/1963608055200784391

A Shocking Admission: Jess Phillips, the Minister for Safeguarding Girls, has now admitted in Parliament that she had prior knowledge of young girls being raped by police officers in grooming gangs:

“I would be lying if I said that over the years I have not met girls who talked to me about how police were part of the perpetration, not just the cover-up.”

This is the same Jess Phillips that campaigned against a national inquiry into grooming gangs.

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https://x.com/mazemoore/status/2001359903521214478

This guy was turned in by his brother in law for making "anti-immigrant" posts. The two posts that landed him in prison got 33 views between the two of them. He made the posts after a car attack in Germany.

Before the car attack the German government had been warned repeatedly by the Saudi government that the man was planning something. The guy even posted videos talking about his plans to do something big. The German government did nothing with the warnings because they didn't want to appear to be anti-immigrant.

Absolute insanity.

 

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https://x.com/mazemoore/status/2001359903521214478

This guy was turned in by his brother in law for making "anti-immigrant" posts. The two posts that landed him in prison got 33 views between the two of them. He made the posts after a car attack in Germany.

Before the car attack the German government had been warned repeatedly by the Saudi government that the man was planning something. The guy even posted videos talking about his plans to do something big. The German government did nothing with the warnings because they didn't want to appear to be anti-immigrant.

Absolute insanity.

Post in thread 'Taking things from white people'

Wednesday at 10:13 PM

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https://x.com/pr0ud_americans/status/2002527198788661386

This is absolutely insane.

UK police show up at the door of an American cancer patient undergoing chemo – a mom and grandma – because her Facebook posts "upset someone." They demand she apologize or face investigation. She stands her ground: "I'm a US citizen. Go catch real criminals instead."The case was dropped after backlash, but is this the Britain they have now. Policing hurt feelings while burglaries go unsolved?

What do you think – free speech or thought police?