How Britain fell to censorship

[@offshoretomorrow3346]

13 girls and women stabbed, not "three". And a soldier stabbed 70 times.

[@walkerhaw5468]

Britain needs Dan Pena.

[@lavienestpasunlongfleuvetr2559]

Pretending that some men are women is definitely harmful. If they bring back in the ban on 'legal but harmful' speech, Starmer should be the first to be prosecuted under it.

[@RuneRelic]

Starmer also not only supported the rioters, but got down on one knee and worshipped them.

[@KnightmareUSA]

👮 The new online safety bill may have added biological men identifying as women as a protected group not allowed to be debated or criticised, online or off 👮

[@frankkelly207]

I vaguely recall during the pandemic, the Police wanting to work from home - everyone laughed. I guess they do it now trawling through social media sites

[@Chinhoyi62]

If you were in prison for a really long spell and your cell mate pretended to be woman so they could pleasure you, would you be okay with that? Genuine question question.

[@walkerhaw5468]

Britain needs Dan Pena.

[@shaunpatrick8345]

"Enough is enough" is not the cry of race rioters, it is the cry of people who have long objected to government policy and always been ignored. Please don't adopt the government's talking points.

[@ashwayn]

They have probably read the Koran and islam is not a race Have a look in a Koran you will be shocked .

[@walkerhaw5468]

Britain needs Dan Pena.

[@martin4787]

It shows how scared the Establishment are.

[@Fiddling_while_Rome_burns]

Yes, Farage is shitting himself.

[@martin4787]

@@Fiddling_while_Rome_burns I don't think so. The one shitting himself is Sharia Starmageddon and his bunch of cronies.

[@trimaxionerror5696]

@@Fiddling_while_Rome_burnshow’s that?

[@walkerhaw5468]

Britain needs Dan Pena.

[@KamiTenchi]

​@@walkerhaw5468No we don't.

[@NeraBuffy]

Nothing was contemptible about what most of them said, one pointed out that British taxpayers are paying for life expenses of their assailants and he'd prefer not to.

[@unorodriguez3368]

2TK is a complete nutcase screwing the entire country, his father (a toolmaker) can be proud.

[@offshoretomorrow3346]

Take a moment to imagine the situation had the atracker been white and the victims black... 1. Automatic assumption of racism. 2. Extreme, extended riots including deaths. 2. Expressions of sympathy from govt. 3. Justification of riots by media and govt. 4. New laws to restrict expression by the killer's community (NOT rioters')

[@walkerhaw5468]

Britain needs Dan Pena.

[@Hickalum]

I genuinely do not understand how “coming to a town near you” is hateful.

[@shaunpatrick8345]

It's government policy, but restated in a manner to suggest it is something negative. When they define opposition as being motivated by animosity, as the speaker essentially did in this video, they can justify arresting their opposition. Spiked is following them down this path, cheering.

[@aafgahfah]

yes he put a major foot wrong in that part of an otherwise good video. he has not seen the exact images and he should not be agreeing how to characterise them.

[@unorodriguez3368]

The irony is that the government ordered to disperse migrants to any and all towns. This demonstrates those in power are LITERALLY insane.

[@walkerhaw5468]

Britain needs Dan Pena.

[@fightforaglobalfirstamendm5617]

Fight for your freedom, fight for your rights, fight for your nation, fight for your homes, fight for your culture, fight for your history, fight for your family, fight for your future! 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧

[@DaveThompsonfairlife4all]

Should paedophiles have the right to be paedophiles? Just checking where you're at.

[@unorodriguez3368]

Stand up, but do so in a non-violent way. YOU wouldn't be mistaken as the aggressor! #F2TK

[@DaveThompsonfairlife4all]

(Sorry for spelling the word correctly KZbin. Allow me to try again.) If you're for freedom, do you think pd-files have a right to be pd-files?

[@Chinhoyi62]

If part of the fight involved fisting, would you be up for it? Genuine question.

[@walkerhaw5468]

Britain needs Dan Pena.

[@RexCymru]

This is a pretty limp-wristed take. Acknowledging our own demographic replacement is not 'hate speech.' The term is bogus.

[@cobithedoggaming2119]

The way they spoke, it sounded like they were trying to tread very light in fear that Two-Tier Keir may come for them next. Thank God I live in a freer country!

[@shaunpatrick8345]

@@cobithedoggaming2119 to me it sounded like he was genuinely comparing normal people with sensible opinions to the thing we're told was the worst thing ever. There are ways of treading lightly while remaining reasonable.

[@walkerhaw5468]

Britain needs Dan Pena.

[@rickbear7249]

Are we "allowed" to say that; or even to 'think' these days? Whatever happened to the concept of Parliament being the servant of "the Will of the People", as versus our dictatorial overlords?

[@unorodriguez3368]

Politicians have lost the plot, see what a comeback looks like be searching for Fidias (recently interviewed by Russell Brand)

[@walkerhaw5468]

Britain needs Dan Pena.

[@janpetersen7440]

UK voters have with open eyes elected a socialist government with an absolute majority. Now the UK is served socialism (authoritarian rule) 24/7 until the next election in 2029. Bon appetit.

[@nickbrown6457]

Correct. It's all down to those too lazy, or simple, or apathetic to vote. Labour won the election with a smaller share of the overall public vote than what they had when Corbin lost heavily. The Tory and red wall Labour voters should have got behind Farage and actually turned up and voted Reform UK.

[@scottttym]

The Tory government was socialist. They were hated and replaced, with something worse... That's the irony if a two party system. And don't argue that it isn't. It is more of a two party system than the US...

[@walkerhaw5468]

Britain needs Dan Pena.

[@trevorloughlin1492]

@@walkerhaw5468 The Tories also implemented thought-crime laws as well. They are basically the same party.

[@aaronknight9759]

Capital Punishment has been done in the past for speaking out against an ideology. It can easily happen again, the road is getting wider sadly.

[@walkerhaw5468]

Britain needs Dan Pena.

[@walkerhaw5468]

Britain needs Dan Pena.

[@timothyj1966]

CENSORSHIP in the name of ISLAM!

[@unorodriguez3368]

UK jails more people for political crimes then Russia. Per capita it's 10x

[@WhyWhyWhy-ms3we]

Britainstan is the 1st fascist country in 21st century 😢😢😢😢😢

[@walkerhaw5468]

Britain needs Dan Pena.

[@mydespair_]

grow up

[@aafgahfah]

2015: Je suis Charlie. 2024: Je suis in prison.

[@walkerhaw5468]

Britain needs Dan Pena.

[@4ofdubs]

Well said, mec, bien dit.

[@4ofdubs]

Well said, mec, _bien dit._

[@CallousCoder]

“Posts that are Grossly offensive and cause needless anxiety” that’s so arbitrary and immeasurable and subjective! How could such a law have passed without uproar and mass demonstration and strikes?! Were you all asleep on that bloody island of yours?!

[@Gloops01]

The UK hasn't had free speech for decades. The Malicious Communications Act has been on the statutes since the 1980s, prohibiting a "letter, electronic communication or article of any description which conveys- (i) a message which is indecent or grossly offensive" Of course, indecent or grossly offensive is subjective. I inadvertently fell foul of the law nearly 30 years ago, and it's been ramped up since then.

[@TimJBenham]

@@Gloops01 Indeed it goes back to Thatcher at least.

[@walkerhaw5468]

Britain needs Dan Pena.

[@moonie-zw5by]

It's not censorship but blasphemy laws.

[@WhyWhyWhy-ms3we]

Blasphemy according to who???

[@moonie-zw5by]

@@WhyWhyWhy-ms3we The government apparently

[@TwoOnions275]

As Andrew Dole said: 'People have been not breaking the law and getting away with it'.

[@walkerhaw5468]

Britain needs Dan Pena.

[@johnpaulnash8144]

Remember "The Ministry of Love" was the worst of them all.

[@walkerhaw5468]

Britain needs Dan Pena.

[@4ofdubs]

How was it that _bad?_

[@ennobrandrok6842]

People should not be afraid of their government’s, government’s should be afraid of their people. A line from the film V for Vendetta which is increasingly starting to look prophetic.

[@unorodriguez3368]

The complete lack of action on part of the government is easily mistaken for ignorance or incompetence. In fact is it simply is ill will of an elite that hates plebs. They first starve the people of sense and then proceed to force feed us utter nonsense.

[@walkerhaw5468]

Britain needs Dan Pena.

[@usernextuser5385]

Jess Philips said in her maiden speech that she had 2 children, "unfortunately boys" . Should she not be prosecuted for that.

[@dolly22215]

WOW - seriously??? I can’t imagine being raised by such a hateful woman!

[@jonathanhole8240]

Race riots? Are you serious? Bwahahahaha

[@shaunpatrick8345]

Spiked has always supported the policy that led to the riots, so they can't accept that there was any rationality to the outburst of dissent.

[@walkerhaw5468]

Britain needs Dan Pena.

[@walkerhaw5468]

Britain needs Dan Pena.

[@VV-bk1wv]

Today, the British government started releasing violent criminals from prison to make room for people posting facebook mems.

[@moritamikamikara3879]

Spiked has gone woke. Why do you not recognise the purpose of the riots?

[@unorodriguez3368]

This is a bit of a controversial take but one could argue riots at the police are justifiable. The security apparatus has completely failed three innocent girls at their Taylor Swift dance class. Just days prior to this tragedy a Taylor Swift concert was cancelled over an IS terror threat. If now 1000's of officers can be deployed on short notice EVIDENTLY 100's could have been sent to secure any and all "Taylor Swift" targets. This would have spared the families of the victims unbearable grief and unnecessary distress to countless people.

[@arfurascii2232]

@@unorodriguez3368 Fascinating.

[@offshoretomorrow3346]

Here we go again - THIRTEEN stabbed - but the only ones worth mentioning are the ones that died.

[@infobeam1902]

Grifters gonna grift.

[@walkerhaw5468]

Britain needs Dan Pena.

[@LucienCanon]

Fantastic work, Spiked. I'd never have known any of this.

[@richardlbowles]

"Censorship is poison. Never, ever let it in." Okay, Clever Clogs. How do you suggest that we stop it? It _is_ in. It is here. How do we get rid of it?

[@shaunpatrick8345]

For starters, he should stop repeating the government narrative that people who disagree with them are motivated by animosity. This is what they use to make dissent appear to be the first step on the path towards...things described by words we can't use on this platform.

[@richardlbowles]

@@shaunpatrick8345 I don't think that was something that Tom Slater actually thought was the case, if I've understood you correctly.

[@shaunpatrick8345]

@@richardlbowles if it's not what he meant then he should not have kept repeating it, or shown images from the 1930s.

[@patrickh9937]

I'd suggest that you guys send the Magna Carta over here for safekeeping, but whoever is running this country is taking notes. Maybe if Trump makes it to January 20, we'll be deserving of it.

[@walkerhaw5468]

Britain needs Dan Pena.

[@johnsimspon8893]

Politics, policing and the judiciary are particularly attractive to psychopaths. These people have moralities based on what they can get away with and we have given them a huge amount of power, (or rather they have taken it). Victims of real crime don't bother reporting it.

[@unorodriguez3368]

Absolute power corrupts absolutely, the fairy tail of an independent justice system was smashed on the altar of breaking the riots.

[@walkerhaw5468]

Britain needs Dan Pena.

[@LucienCanon]

Around ten years ago I repeatedly tried posting the following warning/prediction on various social media over several months: "Multicultralism/diversity is incompatible with free speech. We cannot have both". Every time I posted this it was immediately removed

[@arfurascii2232]

"Think before you post" is great advice. It's evident that many people don't think before they post. There still seems to a belief that the internet is not part of the real world. I'm inclined to agree with the rest of the video and its main argument. And it's refreshing to hear criticism of the law without downplaying the offending behaviour.

[@mrtraffic97]

Who knew Children of Men would become a documentary.

[@karagongro-malog]

You got a licence for that opinion. Modern Day Britain

[@presstodelete1165]

It's a red flag marking most failing regiemes.

[@unorodriguez3368]

North Korea has a supreme leader Great Britain has a (not so) great leader who actually has nukes.

[@armondtanz]

A worried citizen : hey government i think that volcano is about to blow. Government bureaucrat : its ok we just gonna fill it in with rubble, pack it down tightly, that should hold it.

[@walesruels]

And we'll throw you in jail if you dare say we're doing anything wrong. RACIST! 😂

[@TimJBenham]

Policeman: We have report you've been causing needless anxiety.

[@cnrspiller3549]

I do not understand the rule that Bernadette broke? She cautiously framed her point behind an if/then sentence structure, instantly making her prediction conditional. By the same measure, if i write, "If the government censor free speech, it will lead to widespread violence", am I guilty also? What about this question, framed as a conditional statement about a conditional statement, is that arrest-worthy? Can I be arrested for asking what exactly are the new rules - are my questions here all one major crime? Should I hand myself in? Perhaps I should... between you and me, I've had some pretty spicy thoughts!

[@stablefairy9437]

excellent piece from Tom. but why are all these people who have recently been arrested and jailed in Britain for posting offensive memes all pleading guilty?

[@SoupDragonish]

Hate is an emotion. You cannot cure it.

[@Scrogan]

Bring back “Draw Mohammed Day”.

[@WhyWhyWhy-ms3we]

👏🏻👏🏻💯👏🏻👏🏻😂😂😂😂

[@davelordy]

Stop using the word 'censorious' to relate to censorship !! Ahhhhh !! 😂 The two words aren't related, 'censorious' has nothing to do with censorship, I know it really sounds like it does, but it really doesn't, it's root is found in 'censure' rather than in 'censor', it means to express disapproval, not to censor. The adjective you want is 'censorial'. If I do one thing before I die, it'll be to stop Spiked's constant misuse of 'censorious' in relation to censorship ! 😂 Example of 'censorious': "It's a useless school staffed by idiots and crooks" Example of 'censorial': "We will limit what people can discuss online" Ok, everyone at Spiked, get ready for this . . . [drum roll] . . . This is *_NOT_* an example of censoriousness: "We will limit what people can discuss online"

[@walkerhaw5468]

Britain needs Dan Pena.

[@jimbanda]

I remember the Broadwater Farm riot in the mid 80's , a police constable died having been hacked to pieces , there had been "unrest" in other cities leading up to this tragedy but this was by far the worst. There was a miscarriage of justice afterwards in who was convicted for that murder but that's a long story, the most striking thing for me is that those riots were much worse than this summer and guess what?.....There was NO internet, social media ,and not even texting and it still happened. I think THAT should be pointed out to the more extreme " shut them down" crowd. Rioting is wrong and dangerous but it was happening before social media. 😢

[@williamstewart7725]

Lawyer up, people.

[@unorodriguez3368]

We need to get a GoFundMe going to sue 2TK out of power and into a psychiatric ward

[@Joeseph-t2e]

@@unorodriguez3368 The most effective thing the British people can do is actually nothing....Literally do nothing...Dont go to work dont pay your bills dont pay any taxes...Just watch how fast things change when the money stops coming in for the Government.

[@bcoxal]

The difference between the UK and USA on this issue appears to be very Soviet

[@jutsu1]

A hint, because of multiculturalism.

[@michaelpyatt831]

with the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably. -- Star Trek: The Next Generation Jean luc Picard

[@snowysnowyriver]

“A Communist system can be recognized by the fact that it spares the criminals and criminalises the political opponent.” Alexandr Solzhenitzyn

[@steveplc2003]

I am 60. The thing I have always been proud of is that the UK have never been far right nor far left. Extremes in any form don't work. We are off track but will get back on.

[@Gloops01]

I don't share your optimism. Multi-ethnic societies usually become increasingly authoritarian to maintain order - e.g. Yugoslavia, Sri Lanka, Iraq...

[@JonM-ts7os]

As if the UK isnt miserable enough lol

[@fionawhiteford2128]

Please keep reporting ..you are helping me stay sane . Facts are more Important than ever ... In this madness

[@mrpad0]

Thank you for this. What a breath of fresh air it is to listen to common sense again.

[@localbod]

Imagine living in a country where you can be charged and convicted of "annoyance".

[@creepysleeping4901]

Why does everyone keep saying "4 young girls"? They were children. Little, innocent children.

[@mkhud50n]

"sticks and stones may break my bones but hearing someone else's opinion gave me PTSD!"

[@thinfourth]

I'll be dead within the next decade I'm looking forward to the peace and quiet

[@benjamin1720]

Remember, only hate speech in English is forbidden. In Arabic, or any other language spoken by islamists, anything goes.

[@WhyWhyWhy-ms3we]

Multicultural enrichment 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

[@fionawhiteford2128]

Prohibition and stopping people speaking ,discussing or thinking will not lead to anything good for uk citizens

[@findas16]

Have a 16 year old friend who got arrested and kept in jail for 18 hours over a retweet

[@StimParavane]

Calling anything anti-feminist a form of terrorism is appalling.

[@NorthernExposure1]

Great summary

[@ikvangalen6101]

Somehow it makes me think of the MILGRAM experiment????

[@fionawhiteford2128]

Omg this is terrifying

[@snowysnowyriver]

“A Communist system can be recognized by the fact that it spares the criminals and criminalises the political opponent.” Alexandr Solzhenitzyn

[@EvgeneXI]

“Despicable race riots.” Mate, not even close.

[@ChrisGroggyCreaser]

George Orwell Shud have called his book,"2024" NOT "1954"!!... :(

[@NeraBuffy]

*84, but yes

[@adammoss5284]

He was 40 years early. Obviously the British preserve lasted out fairly well whilst it waited for its opportune moment..

[@johnsimspon8893]

They have taken it as an instruction manual.

[@spezzington]

Oh no, someone wrote something nasty online. 😴 Moving on. If you are offended or upset or do something stupid because of something online, then it's YOUR responsibility. Wtf is the matter with our daf government. Have they lost the plot???

[@tonystravelsvlog]

Simple solution, mass Boycott of social media, if only people weren't completely addicted to it.

[@JckSwan]

2:43 And true.

[@grimsbyhackney479]

Derision of Elon Musk is not censorship. He's still free to talk out of his arse. We remain free to say that he's talking out of his arse, as he always seems to.

[@walkerhaw5468]

2024 is the new 1929 except far more bloody. Britain needs Dan Pena more than they needed Churchill.

[@RH-vq6gk]

Great work guys

[@-DC-]

Has Starmer made it Illegal to hate the Labour Party yet ?

[@WhyWhyWhy-ms3we]

😂😂😂😂😂😂 very close 😢😢😢

[@andrewcharlton2709]

what is disgusting about "'coming to a town near you"'

[@drwhatson]

It's fake news - it's already "in a town near you"!

[@evad7933]

And yet KZbin influencers seem to have immunity from prosecution.

[@khankrum1]

""Starmer is a Stalinist ! An Iron Curtain is descending upon the land""

[@spezzington]

Are you safe when using quotes? 😅

[@CallousCoder]

I understand the anger of the Brittons and it was predicted. And the fascist reaction is the whole plan. But imo any words spoken or written that do not immediately call for action, should fall under the freedom or speech.

[@JoeyXSmith]

This why I don't use twitter. I stick to youtube.

[@TwistedwithPower]

All really started to get going with Political Correctness back 15 yrs ago imo

[@grimsbyhackney479]

Any content that incites violence absolutely should be illegal.

[@spezzington]

If you are stupid enough to commit violent crime because of what someone posted then you deserve everything you get. What you are stating is that the poster is responsible for someone else's violent crime. Make it make sense.

[@4evaavfc]

Some of those police could transfer to the morality section of the police once sharia is implemented. Cofiscating ale and beers from Brits might be tough, though.

[@StimParavane]

Anti-British Stasi Starmer ...

[@seanfindlay1521]

Can sombody tell me how posting something that may not have been true any different as to when MSM does it?

[@unorodriguez3368]

They can afford a legal team to get away with it or pay a hefty fine. Main difference is MSM is perfectly aligned with government, see Operation Mockingbird

[@BanjoSick]

What race riots??? This was about religion and illegal immigration and had nothing to do with race.

[@stuartsutherland7664]

History repeats itself!

[@boedilllard5952]

V was an amazing forcast.

[@neilblackburn6869]

They're not race riots, be perceptive please.

[@tigersforever4577]

And as far as the stabbings?

[@unorodriguez3368]

The politicians continue to take a stab in the dark. They now offer a tenner for anyone who turns in a knife.

[@sadako24]

If you're so anti-censorship, why am I blocked by you on twitter just for speaking against the spiked party line?

[@JasperTees-y8z]

What did you say?

[@JasperTees-y8z]

@@AndiWard okay, and what did you say?

[@davidmccormick3742]

This Utube isn’t comprehensive enough &’it Fails to live up to its Title

[@davidaemayhew]

No respect what ever.

[@Tmuk2]

I couldn't possibly comment (literally)

[@unorodriguez3368]

#F2TK

[@KevinSolway]

Spiked, you are quick to judge something as "racist", but without defining what racism is. Racism is when you pre-judge an individual based on their race. I saw no evidence of that.

[@fredgarvinMP]

You should say "so called misinformation". "Misinformation" is being used as the cheapest of pretexts for the censorship you and I both decry. Normalizing and adopting their pretext can only help them.

[@fancyfeast4610]

Well the only good thing I could potentially see coming from this is that maybe people will try a bit harder to regulate their speech to get around it by maybe introducing some logic, reasoning and sensibility into their argument and approach the debate of the topic at hand in a formal manner. I feel it could teach people to be more tactful which I think is more constructive and effective anyway. Other than that..this is fast becoming clown world 😅

[@TimJBenham]

2:42 That the memes were disapproved by the powers that be is obvious, but were they true or at least a reasonable hypothesis?

[@paulwally9007]

Jess Phillips's teeth.

[@sim8603]

Muh debate

[@RuneRelic]

12/10

[@crulove]

But migrants from the islamic world will be coming to a town near all of us. Being put up in any available hotels. Is that racist or is that factually true? I know hotels in my local town that are housing them. I make no comment on whether that is a good or bad thing but a man has been jailed for factually accurate memes.

[@grimsbyhackney479]

2:20 Yes those posts were racist, contemptable and disgusting. Why is advocating for free speech always about defending people who are racist, contemptable and disgusting? What things are you so desperate to say that you think you're not allowed to say?

[@lkae4]

UK didn't fall to censorship. You fell to the delusion of humanism. UK safety police, you are not good and just people upholding good and just laws. So what are you? What are you doing with your very short lives?

[@grimsbyhackney479]

At no point in this video do you mention the excessive jail sentences handed down to Just Stop Oil protesters. You only seem to care about people who want to perpetuate hate.

[@mramg6038]

I dont get how religion = race

[@gavinbissell8847]

Your introduction is ridiculous, there were no race riots and saying illegal immigrant hotels were burned down and mosques were attacked is a bit much.

[@Gloops01]

A church was attacked in Wembley. Media (and Starmer) strangely quiet about that.

[@dereknesbitt5378]

Return of the mask