London Mayor Sadiq Khan faced a wave of intense backlash following his response to a suspected antisemitic arson attack that destroyed four ambulances.
Taking to X (formerly Twitter), Khan described the incident as a &#8220;cowardly attack&#8221; and said Londoners would not be &#8220;cowed by hatred.&#8221; He added that he was in contact with police, who were increasing patrols in the area.
“This is a cowardly attack on the Jewish community,” Khan wrote on X, while blocking replies. “I am in close contact with the police who are stepping up patrols in the area, and I urge anyone with information to come forward. Londoners will never be cowed by this kind of hatred and intimidation.”
His post triggered immediate condemnation from some journalists and politicians who argued his words rang hollow given his track record regarding anti-Israel demonstrations in London.
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This is a cowardly attack on the Jewish community. 
I am in close contact with the police who are stepping up patrols in the area, and I urge anyone with information to come forward. 
Londoners will never be cowed by this kind of hatred and intimidation. <a href="https://t.co/KFCqHXToW0">https://t.co/KFCqHXToW0</a>
&mdash; Sadiq Khan (@SadiqKhan) <a href="https://twitter.com/SadiqKhan/status/2035985035174519032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 23, 2026</a></blockquote>
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Author and journalist Melanie Phillips wrote: &#8220;This is cynical virtue signalling. You have supported two and a half years of hate marches on London streets chanting for the mass murder of Jews. You have never once called out this incitement, demonisation and lies against Israel and Zionists. The city you run is no longer a safe space for Jews. Own it.&#8221;
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This is cynical virtue signalling. You have supported two and a half years of hate marches on London streets chanting for the mass murder of Jews. You have never once called out this incitement, demonisation and lies against Israel and Zionists. The city you run is no longer a… <a href="https://t.co/YeWNNSlKSw">https://t.co/YeWNNSlKSw</a>
&mdash; Melanie Phillips (@MelanieLatest) <a href="https://twitter.com/MelanieLatest/status/2035997893069259003?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 23, 2026</a></blockquote>
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Conservative London Assembly Member Neil Garrett also criticized the mayor, pointing to a previous exchange at a public event. &#8220;At the last People&#8217;s Question Time, Mayor Khan spoke at length about the situation in Gaza without any reference to the events of 7th October 2023,&#8221; Garrett recalled, adding that when he raised the issue, Khan &#8220;opted to remain silent.&#8221;
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At the last People&#39;s Question Time, Mayor Khan spoke at length about the situation in Gaza without any reference to the events of 7th October 2023. I intervened to point out his omission, he option to remain silent rather than offer even the most perfunctory nod.
&mdash; Neil Garratt AM (@NeilGarratt) <a href="https://twitter.com/NeilGarratt/status/2036027134813065279?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 23, 2026</a></blockquote>
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There were others:
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THIS is Sadiq Khan and Mark Rowley&#39;s London.
If you display a Swastika at an antisemitic hate march it &quot;depends on the context&quot;.
But if a Jewish man wears a Star of David in public they get arrested and accused of &quot;antagonising&quot; antisemites.
Khan and Rowley should RESIGN NOW! <a href="https://t.co/wiuh0reOby">pic.twitter.com/wiuh0reOby</a>
&mdash; Lee Harris (@LeeHarris) <a href="https://twitter.com/LeeHarris/status/2036071080293486718?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 23, 2026</a></blockquote>
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Indeed. Whenever Jews are attacked (typically by Muslims), it is important to redouble our efforts to fight against Islamophobia. <a href="https://t.co/YxJRjn6tpH">https://t.co/YxJRjn6tpH</a>
&mdash; Gad Saad (@GadSaad) <a href="https://twitter.com/GadSaad/status/2036133501687242996?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 23, 2026</a></blockquote>
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In October 2025, <a href="https://combatantisemitism.org/cam-news/london-mayor-claims-from-the-river-to-the-sea-chant-not-antisemitic/#:~:text=Khan%20answered%2C%20%E2%80%9CI%20don',think%20it's%20all%20about%20context.%E2%80%9D">during</a> Mayor’s Question Time, Assembly Member Susan Hall asked whether the phrase &#8220;from the river to the sea” is antisemitic.
“I don’t think it’s antisemitic. I think it’s all about context,” Khan responded. He described anti-Israel protests coinciding with the Yom Kippur synagogue attack as “inappropriate and insensitive,” but he refused to call them antisemitic, contending that would involve judging “individuals’ behavior.”
His stance has been disputed by political opponents.
Sir James Cleverly, the shadow communities secretary, told The Telegraph the phrase “calls for wiping the world’s only Jewish state from the map,” pointing out that denying its antisemitic meaning was “patently absurd.”
Alex Wilson, leader of Reform UK in the London Assembly, told GB News, “We all know what ‘from the river to the sea’ means; it means wiping out all Jews. We all know what ‘globalize the intifada’ means; it means murdering Jews on British streets. These are calls for death to Jews, but Sadiq is not prepared to admit this.”
Former government adviser on political violence Lord Walney echoed, “Anyone who thinks it is okay for people to chant that hateful phrase needs to consider what it is calling for Palestine to be free from,” he added. “They mean free from Jews.”
Khan has consistently maintained that it is not a politician&#8217;s role to tell the police which marches to ban. This position led to <a href="https://www.itv.com/news/london/2023-11-09/mayor-home-secretarys-policing-comments-are-irresponsible-and-inflammatory">clashes</a> with former Home Secretary Suella Braverman, who previously described the protests as &#8220;hate marches&#8221; and accused the mayor and the Metropolitan Police of applying &#8220;double standards.&#8221;

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A shadow organization linked to the terrorist Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has reportedly claimed responsibility for a Monday morning arson attack in the heavily Jewish area of Golders Green, London, marking the latest escalation in a violent campaign targeting European Jewry.
The group, calling itself Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamiyya (The Islamic Movement of the Companions of the Right), released a video through &#8220;Axis of Resistance&#8221; networks claiming they targeted the Machzike Hadath synagogue due to its purported &#8220;ties to Israel.&#8221;
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A video purpotedly by Ashab al-Yamin has emerged on social networks linked to the Iran-led Islamic Resistance claiming responsibility for the arson attack in Golders Green, London on Monday morning. The group claims it attacked the Machzike Hadath Synagogue because of its ties to… <a href="https://t.co/UUsN6RmIad">pic.twitter.com/UUsN6RmIad</a>
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While the group’s propaganda focused on the synagogue, footage from the scene revealed a more chaotic reality. The primary damage was sustained by four ambulances belonging to Hatzolah, a Jewish volunteer emergency service. The fire caused onboard oxygen cylinders to detonate, sending shrapnel into nearby structures.
Analysts note that, unlike previous professionally produced videos from the group, this latest release did not show the perpetrators in the act, suggesting a shift in operational security or a failed attempt to strike the building itself.
The London attack is the fourth major incident linked to Ashab al-Yamin since its emergence in early March 2026. The group has already claimed responsibility for:
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<li data-path-to-node="5,0,0">An explosion at a synagogue in Liège, Belgium (March 9).</li>
<li data-path-to-node="5,1,0">An attack on a Jewish site in Greece (March 11).</li>
<li data-path-to-node="5,2,0">A Molotov cocktail attack on a synagogue in Rotterdam and the firebombing of a Jewish school in Amsterdam (March 13).</li>
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Ashab al-Yamin also claimed responsibility for an explosion at the World Trade Center in Amsterdam on March 15, 2026, and released a video stating it was the “final warning to the peoples of the world, especially in the European Union, to distance yourselves immediately from all American and Zionist interests and everything connected to them.”
The group’s justification for the London strike relied on a distorted historical narrative, claiming the synagogue was a &#8220;bastion of support for Israel&#8221; due to a century-old link to a rabbi they erroneously labeled the &#8220;first chief rabbi of Israel.&#8221; In reality, Machzike Hadath is a small, local place of worship serving a primarily ultra-Orthodox community.
The attack has ignited fury within the British Jewish and Persian-exile communities, who have spent years <a href="https://quillette.com/2026/03/15/half-measures-on-iran-irgc-uk-proscription/#:~:text=In%20addition%2C%20the%20sanctions%2Donly,the%20case%20for%20IRGC%20proscription%3A">pleading</a> with the UK government to proscribe the IRGC as a terrorist organization. Critics argue that the Home Office and police have been derelict in their duty, failing to act against activists who use IRGC-sponsored media platforms to broadcast &#8220;deranged conspiracies&#8221; targeting specific Jewish schools, synagogues, and families.
&#8220;They failed—and now this,&#8221; remarked one social media user, claiming there has been a collapse of private prosecutions against known extremists when the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and the courts refused to intervene.
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An IRGC-affiliated terror group has claimed responsibility for the attack. Apparently, their actual target was not the ambulances but the Machzike Hadath synagogue next door. They have previously attacked synagogues in Liège and Greece on Wednesday, as well as carrying out an… <a href="https://t.co/f7JZyp5bJh">https://t.co/f7JZyp5bJh</a> <a href="https://t.co/cUEG8WHUSG">pic.twitter.com/cUEG8WHUSG</a>
&mdash; Saul Sadka (@Saul_Sadka) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saul_Sadka/status/2036031032219037890?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 23, 2026</a></blockquote>
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Security agencies in Belgium, the Netherlands, and Israel view Ashab al-Yamin as a &#8220;shell&#8221; organization designed to provide Tehran with plausible deniability. Its logo — a raised arm clutching a rifle against a globe — is a <a href="https://www.terrorism-info.org.il/en/the-iran-israel-war-possible-iranian-orchestrated-attacks-on-israeli-and-jewish-targets/">transparent imitation</a> of IRGC and Hezbollah iconography.
Following the February 2026 preemptive strikes against the Iranian regime, experts warn that Tehran has &#8220;loosened the reins,&#8221; directing proxies to transition from intelligence gathering to active, violent sabotage against civilian &#8220;soft targets&#8221; across the Diaspora.

Arson Attack On Jewish Community Ambulance Service In North London

Iranian-Linked Terror Group Claims Responsibility In Latest Terror Attack Against Jews

IRGC-Affiliated Terror Group Claims Credit For London Terror Attack, Latest In Series On Jews

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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who has seen his approval rating in the United Kingdom plunge to around 50 points underwater, boasted about his country&#8217;s decision to stay out of the conflict in Iran to a group of Muslims on Tuesday.
Starmer <a href="https://x.com/Suffragent_/status/2028949451490881950">spoke</a> to Muslims at a Ramadan ceremony held at Westminster Hall on Tuesday night and was applauded when he said, &#8220;On Iran, I want to make clear that the U.K. was not involved in the offensive strikes of the U.S. and Israel, and that remains the case.&#8221;
&#8220;As many of you know, I never supported the Iraq war back in 2003, and I&#8217;m determined that we learn and follow the lessons today,&#8221; he added. &#8220;However, Iran has attacked countries like us who played no role &#8230; the attacks are indiscriminate. And so what we are now doing is allowing our bases to be used for the defensive purposes of preventing those attacks and protecting innocent lives.&#8221;
After President Donald Trump authorized the U.S. military to conduct joint strikes with Israel on Iran last weekend, Starmer immediately <a href="https://x.com/Keir_Starmer/status/2027756559304966356">made clear</a> that while Iran &#8220;poses a direct threat&#8221; to many Brits, especially Iranian dissidents and Jewish people, the United Kingdom was not involved in the strikes targeting Iranian leaders, military infrastructure, and nuclear sites. Starmer also initially refused to allow American forces to use British bases to conduct strikes.
After Trump <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/02/uk-airbases-us-attack-iran-trump-starmer">ripped</a> Starmer over the refusal to grant the United States military permission to use U.K. bases, the prime minister backed down and allowed American forces to use the United Kingdom&#8217;s base in Diego Garcia, an island in the Indian Ocean. Trump said Britain &#8220;took far too long&#8221; to agree to the U.S. military&#8217;s request to operate out of Diego Garcia for &#8220;Operation Epic Fury.&#8221;
Trump argued that Britain should have been fully on board with the Iran strikes, saying that Iran has been responsible for killing a &#8220;lot of people from your country.&#8221;
Starmer&#8217;s remarks at the Ramadan ceremony on Tuesday were criticized by conservatives who have warned that Britain&#8217;s lax immigration policies are moving the country away from its traditional Western values, as scores of Muslim migrants have moved to London and the surrounding area in recent years. England&#8217;s Muslim population has jumped to around four million from less than three million in 2011. Muslims now make up around 6% of the United Kingdom&#8217;s total population.
England has also reportedly been a haven for Mojtaba Khamenei, the man poised to take over as Iran&#8217;s Supreme Leader following the death of his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Bloomberg <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-01-28/how-iran-supreme-leader-khamenei-s-son-built-a-global-property-empire">reported</a> in January that Mojtaba Khamenei is part of a vast Iranian network that has bought property throughout Europe, including &#8220;more than a dozen properties in London.&#8221;
Mojtaba Khamenei reportedly acquired the properties through Iranian businessman Ali Ansari, who has been sanctioned by the United Kingdom and the United States. One of Mojtaba Khamenei&#8217;s properties is on The Bishops Avenue, considered to be one of the most affluent streets in the world.
U.S. diplomatic cables published by WikiLeaks in 2008 also <a href="https://nypost.com/2026/03/04/world-news/ayatollah-khameneis-son-now-tipped-to-be-supreme-leader-was-apparently-treated-for-impotency-in-uk-hospitals-report/">report</a> that Mojtaba Khamenei made multiple trips to London to receive medical treatment for impotence after struggling to conceive a child with his wife.

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LONDON FALLEN: Keir Starmer Brags To Muslims That Brits Didn’t Help Strike Iran

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A graffiti exhibition at Canterbury Cathedral, one of the oldest Christian structures in England dating back to 597, has many people baffled and enraged.
The newly unveiled installation by the poet Alex Vellis and curator Jacqueline Creswell includes graffiti-style messages applied directly to the stone walls of the massive cathedral. Questions such as, “What is the architecture of heaven?” and “Does everything have a soul?” can be seen in the customary graffiti style script on the walls and columns of the building.
“Why are you indifferent to suffering?” another message found beneath a stained glass window says, per <a href="https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/canterbury-cathedral-graffiti-art-hear-us-controversy-1234756433/">ARTnews</a>.
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The Church of England decided this week to cover the interior of the oldest cathedral in England in graffiti in order to represent the voices of “marginalised communities.”
The Very Rev David Monteith, Dean of Canterbury, said: “There is a rawness which is magnified by the… <a href="https://t.co/bQ6BYsNU2A">pic.twitter.com/bQ6BYsNU2A</a>
— Drew Pavlou 🇦🇺🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼 (@DrewPavlou) <a href="https://twitter.com/DrewPavlou/status/1976571987381395614?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 10, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Creswell explained the exhibition’s goals on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DPjR6L9gmfG/?hl=en&amp;img_index=1">Instagram</a>, writing, “By collaborating with marginalized communities—including the Punjabi, black and brown diaspora, neurodivergent individuals, and the LGBTQIA+ population—the exhibition promotes inclusivity and representation. It transforms the cathedral into a space where diverse voices can be heard, validating their experiences and fostering a sense of belonging.”
The exhibition has the support of the dean of Canterbury, David Monteith, who <a href="https://www.the-independent.com/news/uk/home-news/canterbury-cathedral-artwork-graffiti-drawings-b2843041.html">said</a> of the display, “There is a rawness which is magnified by the graffiti style, which is disruptive. There is also an authenticity in what is said because it is unfiltered and not tidied up or sanitized. Above all, this graffiti makes me wonder why I am not always able to be as candid, not least in my prayers.”
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Meanwhile, social media users are voicing their dismay at temporarily desecrating a house of worship.
Irish author Keith Woods <a href="https://x.com/KeithWoodsYT/status/1976595414565466254">posted</a> on X, “Was horrified to see this graffiti on Canterbury Cathedral, founded by St. Augustine [himself], then I discovered it was actually an initiative welcomed by the Church of England!”
“It’s actually stunning how much the elite of Britain hate their own culture and civilization,” Australian conservative activist Drew Pavlou wrote. “You couldn’t even invent this as satire. They are literally scrawling graffiti on the walls of ancient cathedrals. Everything beautiful is just torn down and destroyed.”
The graffiti display is scheduled to remain until January 2026.

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Irish comedian Graham Linehan said he was arrested in London on Monday over social media posts deemed “transphobic.”
The 57-year-old celeb, who is best known for appearances in popular British comedies like “The IT Crowd” and “Father Ted,” said he was rushed to the hospital after being taken to jail due to high blood pressure likely caused by stress.
Linehan said he was greeted by law enforcement after he stepped off a flight from Arizona to London. 
“The moment I stepped off the plane at Heathrow, five armed police officers were waiting. They escorted me to a private area and told me I was under arrest for three posts on X,” he wrote in an op-ed for <a href="https://www.thefp.com/p/i-posted-on-x-the-british-police-arrested-me-free-speech">The Free Press</a>. “In a country where pedophiles escape prison, where knife crime is out of control, the state had mobilized five armed officers to arrest a comedy writer for these three posts.”
Linehan said many law enforcement officers he encountered during the ordeal exhibited “bafflement” and seemed to have “absolutely no idea” what his alleged crime was.
But then, during an interview with one of the officers, the tone changed.
“He asked about each of the posts in turn, with the sort of earnest intensity usually reserved for discussing something serious like. . . oh, I don’t know—crime?” Linehan wrote.
“I explained that the post about punching a trans-identified man in a female-only space was a serious point made with a joke. Men who enter women’s spaces are abusers, and they need to be challenged every time.”
“The officer mentioned the term trans people. I asked him what he meant by the phrase. ‘People who feel their gender is different than what was assigned at birth,’” he continued. “‘Assigned at birth?’ I responded. ‘Our sex isn’t assigned.’ He called it semantics. I told him he was using activist language.”
The Irish comedian said a nurse checked his blood pressure, and it was in “stroke territory.” He was transported to the hospital and was put under observation. Linehan said the arresting officers offered him bail on the condition that he stop posting on X.
“I was arrested at an airport like a terrorist, locked in a cell like a criminal, taken to the hospital because the stress nearly killed me, and banned from speaking online—all because I made jokes on X,” he wrote.
“The UK has become a country that is hostile to freedom of speech, hostile to women, and far too accommodating to the demands of violent, entitled, abusive men who have turned the police into their personal goon squad.”
The posts in question include one that says, “If a trans-identified male is in a female-only space, he is committing a violent, abusive act. Make a scene, call the cops and if all else fails, punch him in the balls.”
Another has a photo of a trans activist gathering and includes the caption, “A photo you can smell.”
The third one says, “I hate them all. Misogynists and homophobes. F*** em.”

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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer laughed uncomfortably as President Donald Trump took a swing at London Mayor Sadiq Khan, interrupting to protest that Khan was a friend of his.
Trump sat down with Starmer during his weekend trip to Scotland — a trip that also helped bring about a ceasefire between Cambodia and Thailand and secured a major trade deal between the United States and the European Union — and the two took questions from the press.
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REPORTER: Will you visit London during your state visit?<a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a>: &#8220;I will. I&#8217;m not a fan of your mayor&#8230; I think he&#8217;s done a terrible job, the Mayor of London. He&#8217;s a nasty person.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/9rKhWMthlV">pic.twitter.com/9rKhWMthlV</a>
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&#8220;Will you visit London during your state visit?&#8221; one reporter could be heard asking President Trump.
&#8220;I will,&#8221; Trump responded before going on to jab at London Mayor Sadiq Khan. &#8220;I&#8217;m not a fan of your mayor &#8230; I think he&#8217;s done a terrible job, the Mayor of London. But, ah, a nasty person. But no, I think he&#8217;s done a terrible —&#8221;
Starmer raised a hand to interrupt, and then interjected with a slight laugh, &#8220;He&#8217;s a friend of mine, actually —&#8221;
The reporters in the room laughed as well, but Trump kept going.
&#8220;No, I think he&#8217;s done a terrible job,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;But I would certainly visit London.&#8221;
Trump also remarked during the same press availability that he had used a potential trade deal as leverage to bring about the ceasefire at the border between Cambodia and Thailand.
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&#8220;We solved it through trade. I said, &#8216;I don&#8217;t want to trade with anybody that&#8217;s killing each other,'&#8221; he explained, thanking Starmer directly for supporting the United States in such negotiations.

U.S. President Donald Trump Visits Scotland For Rounds Of Golf And Trade Talks

‘He’s A Friend Of Mine’: Keir Starmer Laughs Uncomfortably While Trump Trashes London Mayor

'He's A Friend Of Mine': Keir Starmer Laughs Uncomfortably While Trump Trashes London Mayor

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We are not solving our deficit problem.
You can see what&#8217;s going to happen to the United States down the line, because no one takes this problem seriously. Most Republicans don&#8217;t. Most Democrats don&#8217;t. The American people certainly do not. 
All you have to do is take a look across the ocean at Great Britain. On Wednesday, there was a shocking and fraught moment that happened there. The Wall Street Journal <a href="https://www.wsj.com/world/uk/britains-chancellor-in-tears-as-investors-turn-on-government-22aee17f?gaa_at=eafs&amp;gaa_n=ASWzDAjZpkxEZH_qTxXcl-zvbi7np_J3qYRtV5gD99cAFFKx9W04z7JDoMWZ-xkzK3w%3D&amp;gaa_ts=6866caec&amp;gaa_sig=0k3E5u5VSkXj7mYSs0Q3EQLJqtEknleCqra4ptlRa79N59RLrBTHOVLmsAPH4A3zsL6rpF65FSo9B8cDPH9nDA%3D%3D">reported</a>:
<blockquote>Investors sold off British government bonds and the pound fell sharply on Wednesday after the Labour government abandoned plans to cut ballooning welfare costs and the country’s Chancellor of the Exchequer was seen crying in parliament. The selloff came hours after the government of Prime Minister <a href="https://www.wsj.com/topics/person/keir-starmer">Keir Starmer</a> shelved a plan to cut disability payments following a rebellion by Labour’s own lawmakers. 
The U-turn raised the prospect of the government hiking taxes or issuing more debt to fund its welfare system. It also casts doubt over the future of Rachel Reeves, the U.K. chancellor, who took the job just over a year ago promising a return to economic stability in Britain by<a href="https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/stock-market-today-dow-sp500-nasdaq-live-01-23-2025/card/u-k-will-stick-to-fiscal-rules-reeves-tells-wsj-lyApDGigeve1oDWxyzwP?mod=article_inline"> sticking to strict spending rules. </a> The pound sank in value, losing more than 1% to trade at $1.36. U.K. government bonds, too, tumbled in price, sending the yield on 10-year gilts up 0.12 percentage point to 4.581%. That far outpaced the more muted gains for yields in the U.S. and in other major markets. 
“Markets have latched onto the idea that Reeves’s departure might be much more imminent,” said Mark Dowding, chief investment officer for fixed income at RBC BlueBay Asset Management. “That is unsettling investors in terms of what that means of the Labour government’s commitment to the fiscal framework.” </blockquote>
Of course, the Labour Party didn&#8217;t have any commitment to the fiscal framework; they are a far-Left party. They were never going to be fiscally responsible.  
This is demonstrative of a crisis that is eventually going to face every Western government, including the government of the United States. “The government’s climbdown points to a broader truth for governments across Western Europe, where weak economic growth means countries are struggling to raise enough revenue to pay for rising costs from an aging population, the Journal stated “With voters largely wary of spending cuts, that leaves higher taxes, which could hurt growth further, as the most likely outcome.”
“Britain is already on course to register the <a href="https://www.wsj.com/world/uk/britains-labour-party-bets-on-big-taxes-borrowing-to-boost-economy-5d3eba82?mod=article_inline">highest tax burden</a> since World War II thanks to big spending during the pandemic and paying out for energy subsidies after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Meanwhile its growth prospects remain meager,” the Journal noted.
If you look into the future for the United States, this sort of thing could happen here, too. The United States is demographically growing only because of immigration.
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The reality is that the fertility rate in the United States is actually below replacement levels, at 1.66 births per woman. The United States is not replacing its own population. The only way we are able to do that is through large-scale immigration, which we have stopped, which means we have a shrinking tax base, an aging population, just like Western Europe, slower but similar.
We also have the possibility of serious economic stagnation, absent a massive breakthrough in AI that suddenly translates into higher productivity.
If all of that materializes and we don&#8217;t cut any of the massive welfare state that we have built, we are going to end up inflating our way out of this. That&#8217;s the reality. As I&#8217;ve said myriad times, there are only three solutions to massive debt: inflation, massive tax increases, or austerity. Our population is so used to its benefits that they do not want austerity.
But eventually, the West is going to have to grow up and recognize that the welfare state has costs attendant upon it. And those costs are going to have to be paid for by someone; they can&#8217;t be kicked down the road indefinitely. You can&#8217;t just magically manufacture money and hope the economy is going to continue to sail forward.
So, what does the United States need? It needs massive economic growth, and eventually it&#8217;s going to need some real cuts to the size and scope of government.
The kind of cuts in the Big, Beautiful Bill are not going to do it. They need to be a lot larger than that.
I know that&#8217;s an unpopular view. It also happens to be an economically sane view that very few people in politics are willing to take because most people don&#8217;t want to hear it.
But we must be willing to listen to reality, even if it’s painful, for one reason, and one reason alone: In the end, reality always wins.

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A shocking poll <a href="https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/women-safety-london-streets-shock-poll-itv-sadiq-khan-sarah-everard-met-police-b1234774.html">found</a> that over half of London women do not feel safe in the capital city.
ITV News London <a href="https://www.itv.com/news/london/2025-06-24/hold-us-to-account-over-target-to-reduce-violence-against-women-and-girls">conducted</a> the Survation poll of 1,528 women and discovered that 57% of respondents do not feel safe on the city streets. Only 32% said they do. Nearly half said they have been followed or verbally harassed by a man, while a third said they’ve experienced physical or sexual assault, some more than once.
The issue of women’s safety in London has gained traction over the last few years, especially after the murders of Sarah Everard and Zara Aleena, as well as sisters Nicole Smallman and Bibaa Henry.
Mayor Sadiq Khan, who is Muslim, <a href="https://www.itv.com/news/london/2025-06-24/hold-us-to-account-over-target-to-reduce-violence-against-women-and-girls">told</a> ITV News London that every three days, a woman in London is killed at the hands of a man.
“Across the globe it is every 10 minutes,” he said. “We&#8217;re doing our bit from City Hall, but we can&#8217;t do it ourselves. That&#8217;s why we are working really closely with the police, with the courts, with the CPS, with the judiciary, but also schools. It&#8217;s got to start from primary school.”
Despite the government committing to halving violence against women within the next decade, 58% of poll respondents said they do not believe the mayor is doing enough on the issue, with only 26% saying better education for young boys would help. 51% said increasing the number of law enforcement officers would make them feel safer. 
Jess Phillips, the Minister for Safeguarding and Violence Against Women and Girls, <a href="https://www.itv.com/news/london/2025-06-24/hold-us-to-account-over-target-to-reduce-violence-against-women-and-girls">said</a> the poll figures “saddened” her.
“Every woman I know has been harassed at some point in their life,” she stated.
When asked whether London has become more or less safe over the previous five years, 49% said it has become less safe while only 21% said it has become more safe.
Ben Russel, the Met’s deputy assistant commissioner, said that the volume of violence against women and girls is the real challenge.
“We are receiving thousands and thousands of reports every year. … We know we have got more to do to get to where we want to be. But it&#8217;s something that is important and we all recognise that,” he said.

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Actor Russell Brand pleaded “not guilty” to charges of rape and sexual assault on Friday.
The 49-year-old appeared at Southwark Crown Court in London for a very short pre-trial hearing. Brand pleaded not guilty to the five charges filed against him.
As The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/russell-brand-charged-rape-sexual-assault">reported</a>, the <a href="https://news.met.police.uk/news/russell-brand-charged-by-the-metropolitan-police-service-495944">accusations</a> stem from four alleged incidents; one in 1999 in which a woman said she was raped in the Bournemouth area, one in 2001 in which a woman claimed she was indecently assaulted in the Westminster area of London, one in 2004 when a woman said she was orally raped and sexually assaulted in the Westminster area of London, and one between 2004 and 2005, in which a woman claimed she was sexually assaulted in the Westminster area of London.
Brand will remain on conditional bail until his trial begins in June 2026, per <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/arts/russell-brand-pleads-not-guilty-rape.html">The New York Times</a>. The actor will have to keep the court advised of any address changes going forward until the trial begins. The celebrity is being represented by lawyer Oliver Schneider-Sikorsky, who also defended actor Kevin Spacey against sex assault allegations in 2023.
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Brand released a lengthy video in response after the charges were made public, admitting he used to be a sex addict but claiming that all sexual behavior in his past was consensual.
“I’ve always told you guys that when I was young and single before I had my wife and family… I was a fool,” he said in a video shared on social media on April 4. “Man, I was a fool before I lived in the light of the Lord. I was a drug addict, sex addict, and an imbecile. What I never was was a rapist.”
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“I’ve never engaged in non-consensual activity,” Brand stated at the time. “I pray that you can see that by looking in my eyes.”
He thanked fans again and said he was “grateful” for the opportunity to “defend these charges in court.”

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Sir Ian McKellen, perhaps best known for portraying Gandalf in the “Lord of the Rings” film trilogy, will stage a reading to introduce a new Shakespeare production in London that’s being touted for its all transgender and &#8220;non-binary&#8221; cast.
The 86-year-old actor is slated to appear in support of a new adaptation of “Twelfth Night” being staged by the Trans What You Will theater group in London in July. 
“Twelfth Night is perhaps the funniest and most moving of Shakespeare’s plays. This is achieved through the complexity of gender and sexuality from first to last. I’m really looking forward to the impact of this latest version of the play at The Space. I hope to see you there!&#8221; a quote attributed to McKellen that was posted to the theater group’s Instagram page <a href="https://www.instagram.com/transwhatyouwilltheatre/p/DKMVuhMtnNx/?img_index=3">said</a>.
Those involved with the production gushed about the upcoming stage play. 
Director Phoebe Kemp <a href="https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/sir-ian-mckellen-to-open-historic-all-trans-and-nonbinary-production-of-twelfth-night-484397/">told</a> Attitude Magazine, &#8220;Twelfth Night already toys with gender and performance — it feels like Shakespeare wrote it for us. This reading is about joy, solidarity and showing what’s possible when trans and nonbinary artists are at the center of the story.&#8221; 
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&#8220;With mistaken identities, cross-dressing, and declarations of love across shifting gender roles, Twelfth Night has long explored the complexity of identity. This production makes that queerness explicit, reclaiming the story through the lived experiences of trans and nonbinary artists,&#8221; a rep for Trans What You Will added.
Twelfth Night is a comedy centered on mistaken identity involving the main character, Viola, who disguises herself as a man after being shipwrecked. Viola becomes stuck in a love triangle, and the play ends in multiple marriages and the revelation of true identities. 
McKellen, who is gay, said in 2017 that his political activism was ultimately &#8220;more important&#8221; and &#8220;longer-lasting than any acting&#8221; he’s done. In the 1980s, he helped fight a law in England that prohibited authorities from &#8220;promoting homosexuality&#8221; and co-founded a U.K.-based gay rights organization.
“I’m very proud of my small contributions to changing the law in this country and changing attitudes, all for the better,” he <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/ian-mckellen-talks-gay-rights-activism-documentary-his-life-1054158/">told</a> The Hollywood Reporter at the time.

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Actor Russell Brand has been granted conditional bail and released by a London judge after his first court appearing over th charges of rape and sexual assault.
The 49-year-old arrived at Westminster Magistrates&#8217; Court on Friday morning. Brand was asked to state his name and address, and to provide addresses for both his U.K. and United States residences, per <a href="https://variety.com/2025/tv/global/russell-brand-london-court-rape-charge-hearing-1236383897/">Variety</a>. He responded “yes” when asked if he understood the consequences of failing to appear before the court. 
Chief Magistrate Paul Goldspring scheduled his next court appearance for London&#8217;s Central Criminal Court on May 30.
The actor was initially charged with various crimes by London&#8217;s Metropolitan Police on April 4. Four women allege Brand sexually assaulted them between 1999 and 2005.
The accusations stem from four alleged incidents; one in 1999 in which a woman said she was raped in the Bournemouth area, one in 2001 in which a woman claimed she was indecently assaulted in the Westminster area of London, one in 2004 when a woman said she was orally raped and sexually assaulted in the Westminster area of London, and one between 2004 and 2005, in which a woman claimed she was sexually assaulted in the Westminster area of London.
Brand released a <a href="https://x.com/rustyrockets/status/1908184087304548484">statement</a> on April 4 addressing the charges and thanking fans for their “incredible and overwhelming messages of support.”
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My response. <a href="https://t.co/wJMGxlwBh0">pic.twitter.com/wJMGxlwBh0</a>
&mdash; Russell Brand (@rustyrockets) <a href="https://twitter.com/rustyrockets/status/1908184087304548484?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 4, 2025</a></blockquote>
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“I’ve always told you guys that when I was young and single before I had my wife and family… I was a fool,” he said in a video shared on social media. “Man, I was a fool before I lived in the light of the Lord. I was a drug addict, sex addict, and an imbecile. What I never was was a rapist.”
“I’ve never engaged in non-consensual activity,” he stated. “I pray that you can see that by looking in my eyes.”
He thanked fans again and said he was “grateful” for the opportunity to “defend these charges in court.”

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