Associate Editor @LD_Sceptics and host of the Sceptic.

London
Joined February 2019
“Multiculturalism now expects ordinary Brits to channel the Blitz spirit just to live in their own country… Mass immigration was always reckless and foolish, as well as wholly undemocratic. The mess it has created… needs to be undone.” @spectator on ‘Protecting What Matters’.
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We just published 10 new transcripts, these have been some of the most difficult to get, & turn out to be some of the most shocking cases yet —including police refusing to investigate an allegation. Her teacher and judge both agree they were asking her to get raped again
🧵 Today the Centre for Justice Policy is publishing 10 new grooming gang sentencing remarks from Rochdale, Huddersfield, Rotherham, High Wycombe, Nottingham and Chelmsford. Some had no reporters in the room, and coverage of the rest missed much of what the judges said.
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EXCLUSIVE: Leaked Home Office counter-terrorism documents link “nostalgia for traditionalism” and fears over immigration, liberalism and multiculturalism to “Christian extremism”. Officials propose working with churches to promote “theological resilience” against the use of Christian teachings to justify hatred or violence. I obtained dozens of pages from RICU’s report on “Christian extremism”. Among the findings: • Images of happy families in wartime, peaceful countryside and classical statues are described as a “hook” towards an extremist worldview. • Tommy Robinson’s rallies and a Christmas carol concert come under scrutiny, alongside Christian fitness groups. • “Bob from Speakers’ Corner” features, despite RICU identifying no extremist content from him. Yet the report acknowledges that the threat of violence from Christian extremists remains “low”. Jeremiah Igunnubole, UK legal counsel for ADF, says the report “suggests an institutional anti-Christian bias has taken hold in the Home Office”. stevenedginton.substack.com/…
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I want to tell you about one of the people ITV psychologically damaged, who does not appear in any documentary. He is a Reform member in Portsmouth. He served as a Royal Marine in Afghanistan and Iraq, with distinction. One of ITV's undercover reporters told him they shared the same military background. That was a lie. The Marine, believing him, took him for a drink. They spent hours talking about their 'shared' service. He shared deeply personal stories from the front line. He thought he was talking to a friend who had been through the same things. He has since learned that the man across the table was an actor with a hidden camera, sent by a television company to damage the party he volunteers for. Violated. That's the word he used, and I'm not going to soften it. A man who put his life on the line for this country had his most private memories extracted by deception for a TV programme. ITV should be ashamed.
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One of the signs that Restore is set to be a terminal delusion is its thoroughgoing transformation into a self-esteem movement. Every single devastating result—yet another leftist victory by the tiniest of margins, even when the combined right has a thumping majority—becomes an opportunity to assert triumphantly, “You [Reform] aren’t entitled to our vote.” We reject your presumption! We are very dignified! If you don’t woo me correctly in every single way, well the country can burn! I am not a cheap mistress! The instant resort to the language of self-esteem and personal dignity is very telling. There’s a great line in Bronze Age Mindset about the constant desire for respect being the refrain of the perennially slighted. It’s true. I certainly don’t believe any party is “entitled” to anybody’s vote. There isn’t a perfect option and there’s never going to be. In fact, the problems facing Britain—and the rest of the Western world—are only partially amenable to political solutions. The immediate issue facing us is demographic change and whether Britain can survive another decade of left-wing government. It obviously can’t. If you think otherwise, your eyes are shut. Talk of an inevitable uprising is loose at best. You say you want to save the country, but then you vote and encourage others to vote in a way that makes the prospect of a left-wing victory in a general election all-but assured. That’s your revealed preference. Pointing that out is not an affront to your dignity.
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"If you're tempted to take some money to go and do a job and go and firebomb a synagogue or a mosque, don't do it" – extremism expert Jonathan Hall's sage advice for Newsnight viewers on how they too can help reduce societal "polarisation".
“You, society, are polarised; you are making it very easy for our adversaries.” Jonathan Hall KC, the government’s Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation, says the MI5 Chief’s speech today was directed at a society “besotted by social media” #Newsnight
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No mention by Nigel Farage of a meal of chips, beans, double egg, peas, sausage, bacon rashers, and the soft drink of your choice
Still no mention of folic acid by uniparty farage. Thank God Rupert Lowe cares about our health!!
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Ninety years ago, Britain was top nation. Its population was ~99% white British; today it is 74%. By the 2060s, we will likely be a minority. I interviewed those who grew up in Britain’s heyday and witnessed its decline and demographic transformation. Watch the full film below.
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We've got a real history buff on our hands here folks👇
Brilliant reference to this:
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“The protests are a symptom of the wider issue of ILLEGAL MIGRATION.” Julia Hartley-Brewer SLAMS the government’s handling of the small-boat crisis in Gosport, saying she would have attended the protests if she were a local resident. @JuliaHB1 @L_Wastell
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EXCLUSIVE: Tan Ikram, deputy chief magistrate, is an adviser to a Pakistani organisation that referred to “so-called ‘grooming gangs’” and called Suella Braverman’s comments about British-Pakistani gangs “reprehensible”. My investigation reveals: • He targeted Bradford to encourage Pakistani lawyers to become judges: “[Bradford has] lots and lots of Pakistani practitioners… I specifically went there to reach out to that particular group of lawyers.” • He is listed as an adviser to the British Pakistan Foundation, which attacked Braverman over her grooming-gang comments and condemned the “collective punishment of the Palestinians” following October 7. Ikram spared three women punishment for a terrorism offence involving paraglider images. • Grooming gang survivor Fiona Goddard called his association with the foundation “deeply concerning”, asking: “Why is a senior judge connected to such a partisan group?” • He helped organise a meeting between judges and senior imams at the Old Bailey. • He sits on the Judicial Appointments Commission and has helped edit the guidance judges use on race and cultural differences. • He said he used his ethnicity as “a bit of an advantage” in his legal career. He also said his mother “today doesn’t really speak English”, despite coming to Britain in the early 1960s. I’ve examined his speeches, interviews, links to Pakistani and Muslim groups and rulings. Read the full investigation: stevenedginton.com/p/we-need…
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Guy who has never met a single person who has listened to music ever: music is over because AI
I am not joking when I say this. Spotify, Apple Music, and streaming in general is over. AI music is now very, very good. You just don't know yet because all AI music circulating today is from ~2-3 generations ago. Suno v6 pro et al has solved infinite personalized music.
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Anyone who’s heard of the judge Tan Ikram knew exactly how he’d respond to Danny Tommo’s request for bail. You can guess whether he’ll treat a defendant harshly or leniently based purely on their politics. He’s the face of two-tier justice, says Hugo Timms buff.ly/KRnkZmT
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Tweet about migrant hotels? Throw a plastic bottle at a protest? Allegedly slash a migrant boat? Remanded in custody, exerting immense pressure to plead guilty. But a migrant allegedly rapes a schoolgirl? Bailed for two years to roam the streets. What an utter disgrace.
Kenilworth, Warwickshire A pretty well-off place. Ahmad Hania Assisted in court by Arabic translator. Accused of rape & other sex offences against teenage girls. Bailed until his trial in 2028. Yes, bailed until 2028. Two tier. birminghammail.co.uk/news/mi…
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Why did Del Somerville receive a 2 year sentence for shouting and throwing a plastic bottle? Judge Daniel Sawyer labelled him a 'thug', claimed the protest was 'detrimental' to the community and sniffed about its 'cost to the public purse'. Two-tier justice. Me @spectator
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Ikram should have been dismissed as a judge a long time ago.
🚨NEW: Judge Tan Ikram CBE, the judge who denied Danny Tommo bail and said he was "satisfied there is a real possibility of an immediate custodial sentence", has a history of being placed in politically motivated cases. . Sentenced a man to 20 weeks in jail for posting a racist joke in a WhatsApp chat. . Let off the OnlyFans girl who threw milkshake at Nigel Farage. . Let off two women for terrorism charged after glorifying 7 October massacre. . Was himself given a disciplinary after liking a post on LinkedIn that stated Israel was a terrorist state. Although obviously not a crime, it did bring into question his impartiality. . He was given a CBE by Boris Johnson in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to judicial diversity. He has spoken out about what he sees as the problems due to the lack of ethnic diversity in the police and the judiciary.
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The plastic bottle he threw at officers was EMPTY.
🚨 Del Somerville, 42. Portsmouth Crown Court. Two years. For throwing a plastic bottle and swearing at police at a migrant-landing protest. I’m not condoning assaulting officers or abusing them. That crosses a line. But two years? Thought the jails were full. Thought they were letting people out early for “space.” Knife thugs get referral orders. Crypto home invaders still free. A plastic bottle gets you a cell. gbnews.com/news/portsmouth-m…
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Good Law Project enthusiasts, please unsubscribe from the Daily Mail
Jolyon Maugham says 'we are going to take the fight right to the throats of these vile outlets' - announces paid ad campaign to try to reach the subscribers of @DailyMail @Telegraph @thetimes @spectator
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In Lucy Connolly's trial, the court accepted as evidence other tweets of hers, criticising pro-migration activists and migrant crimes. These supposedly showed she was a bad person who wasn't against violence. Likewise, at the trial of his killer, 6 years' worth of Henry Nowak's private messages – mostly while he was a child – were trawled to attempt to prove that he was "racist" and therefore might have deserved to be murdered. This is utterly disgusting. Any trifling example of wrongthink against state multiculturalism can be weaponised to treat you as a second class citizen.
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So the rules are Reform MPs - fearing for their lives - cannot even insinuate that the brutal murder of their colleague may have been a targeted attack - even when it was obvious from the start. But the Labour Home Secretary, PM, incoming PM, Police, the BBC and entire establishment media can instantly speculate wildly and loudly about a “right wing” terrorist plot on an Islamic event - only for the it to be proven totally false. This is Britain in 2026. This is why Britain needs REFORM.
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