Anyone who has visited the UK’s capital recently, will know that the right to protest is alive and kicking. No matter how inflammatory the language, the Metropolitan Police are seemingly loathe to intervene when it comes to the Islamic cause du jour. Back in June 2023, MET Chief Sir Mark Rowley insisted his force ‘cannot legally stop’ pro-Palestine protests. In November 2023, Rowley went further and defied government pressure to ban a pro-Palestine march, which was controversially scheduled for Armistice Day. Even after the synagogue attack earlier this month, the police refused an outright ban. Instead, in a statement on X, the MET urged the group to “do the responsible thing and delay or cancel their plans.” Starmer himself would go no further than imploring the protestors to “respect the grief of British Jews”.
The kid gloves approach to policing however, is not universal. Last weekend’s planned UKIP protest in Tower Hamlets – London’s Little Mecca – was blocked by the MET Police, on the grounds that there was a “realistic prospect of serious disorder”. While it is undoubtedly true that the protest (described as a ‘mass deportation tour’ and a ‘crusade’ to ‘reclaim Whitechapel from the Islamists’) would have proved provocative, it is notable that the MET stops short of announcing who precisely it expected to be disorderly. With Tower Hamlets 40% Muslim, I suspect they know only too well who.
MET Commander Nick John, put it delicately:
“Tower Hamlets has the largest percentage of Muslim residents anywhere in the UK and the prospect of this protest taking place in the heart of the borough has been the cause of significant concern locally.
It is our assessment that there is a realistic prospect of serious disorder if it was to go ahead in the proposed location. This is in addition to the disruption that two large protests taking place on a key arterial route through east London would cause.
We have a responsibility to use the powers available to us to take steps to avoid both those outcomes. UKIP are free to organise their protest in an alternative location but they will not be holding it in Tower Hamlets.”
Where there’s a will, there’s a way.
Weasel words nowadays are de rigueur throughout the British Constabulary. When Hizb ut-Tahrir – an Islamic fundamentalist group so racy, it is banned in all Arab countries except Lebanon, Yemen and the UAE – called for “Jihad, jihad, jihad” outside the Turkish Embassy in 2023, the MET Police pontificated that the word jihad “had a number of meanings”. During the Leeds riots of 2024, West Yorkshire Police fled for their lives after the Muslim mob peppered them with bricks and missiles. According to Assistant Chief Constable Pat Twiggs, “this allowed for further community mediation to take place in order to calm the situation.” But when a copy of the Koran was being burnt in Manchester back in 2023, Greater Manchester Police uncharacteristically leapt into action, arresting the culprit immediately. As Assistant Chief Constable Stephanie Parker explained, “We understand the deep concern this will cause within some of our diverse communities … We recognise the right people have for freedom of expression, but when this crosses into intimidation to cause harm or distress we will always look to take action when it is reported to us.” Perhaps the police were unaware of the irony of this statement, as a man had been shot just two days prior in Sweden for doing the same thing. Shootings it seems, are neither ‘intimidating’ nor ‘distressing’.
With two-tier policing (and indeed, a two-tier society) no longer up for debate, it is interesting to note not merely the carte blanche afforded to Islam, but also the sense that the ‘community leaders’ and the mosques are playing a fundamental role in shaping police policy in Britain. It is no longer uncommon to witness community outreach videos opening and signing off in Arabic, with officers no doubt keen to audition early for Al Jazeera.
West Midlands Police:
The Chief Constable of @WMPolice Craig Guildford opens with a welcome in Arabic, & signs off in Arabic. He is sat in an Islamic centre.
Without a shred of irony he denies the force is delivering two-tier policing.
Oi @andrewlawrence is he nicking all your best ideas? pic.twitter.com/w6LRbGHhdX
— David Atherton (@DaveAtherton20) August 7, 2024
Merseyside Police:
British police using Islamic phrases like ‘Salaam alaikum’ in grovelling messages to Islamists while the only message they’ve given patriotic white British people is to shut up or be locked up… #TwoTier pic.twitter.com/6MOtmXpz8p
— Britain First (@BFirstParty) August 9, 2024
Greater Manchester Police:
❗️BREAKING❗️
NEW HOSTAGE VIDEO RELEASED FROM OLDHAM! pic.twitter.com/bdU8lvHUR2
— Reform UK GRASSROOTS 🇬🇧 (@ActionBrexit) August 7, 2024
Infinitely worse however, was the response of West Midlands Police to the disorder in Birmingham, in the wake of the Southport murders, where hordes of masked, armed Muslim men were allowed to run amok. Astonishingly, Superintendent Emlyn Richards admitted subservient negotiations with Muslim leaders. “We had the opportunity to meet with community leaders… to understand the style of policing that we needed to deliver” he said. He went on to confirm that the ‘community’ was keen to ensure the rioting “was policed within themselves.” The tail it seems is well and truly wagging the dog:
This is West Midlands Police ADMITTING two-tier policing.
They meet with Muslim community leaders and agree how to police events. They also allow the community to ‘police themselves’.
This is the SAME captured police force that banned Jewish fans from watching the football. pic.twitter.com/LooYY9peAK
— Lee Harris (@addicted2newz) October 17, 2025
Speaking of dogs, an interesting aside is the palpable absence of police dogs from these proceedings. Almost two decades ago, it was revealed that police sniffer dogs would be forced to wear dog shoes or ‘booties’ in an effort to ‘avoid offending’ Muslims. Tayside Police apologised for using an image of a puppy on postcards to advertise their new non-emergency phone number. And earlier this year, it was reported that Islamic terrorists including Hashem Abedi and hate preacher Anjem Choudary are exempt from sniffer dog searches at HMP Frankland in Manchester.
One causal factor in terms of police acquiescence could be that the UK constabulary have adopted the term ‘Islamophobia’ (even while the Labour government rows back on its own definition of the term), and are implementing it as a blasphemy law in all but name. That, at least, is the suspicion of Conservative MP Nick Timothy, who has urged the College of Policing to “Produce new guidance to make clear to your officers and prosecutors that the law exists to protect people from harm and discrimination, but not to protect religious ideas and beliefs from scrutiny or criticism.”
I suspect Timothy is rather on the money in this regard. Police capitulation in the face of an increasingly restive Muslim population, is now a permanent feature of the landscape. Whether it’s Korangate (the case of an autistic boy subject to death threats for the minor scuffing of a Koran), Batley Grammar School (where a Muslim mob forced a teacher into hiding for showing depictions of the Prophet Muhammad), or The Lady of Heaven (a film about the daughter of the Prophet Muhammad) which was pulled in response to Muslim threats, the police response is always the same: de-escalation and leniency, rather than simple law enforcement.
The numbers tell the tale. Over 1,800 arrests were made during the Southport riots, mostly for ‘far-right’ types who dared wave flags, post naughty tweets or say things the police didn’t like. But invariably when Muslims riot, there is not a handcuff in sight.
The mosques themselves are problematic, and might be better thought of as military outposts. Not content with being hate-preaching factories – a common occurrence, seeing as 110 extremist mosques were identified back in 2017 – some mosques are obviously little more than armouries, as evidenced by the famous raid on the Finsbury Park mosque. This is obviously fully understood by UK police, who were filmed advising Muslim mobs to ‘discard’ their weapons at the mosque with assurances that they need not fear arrest.
Armouries the mosques may be, but they’re clearly not fortified enough for the UK government, which has seen fit to plough another £10 million into mosque security. Mosque attacks do occur of course, but the fact that no one was injured during the recent arson attack on the Peacehaven mosque while two people were killed at the Heaton Park synagogue, suggests a flagrant degree of gaslighting on behalf of the Home Office:
Violence and intimidation directed at any community are attacks on us all.
We are providing an extra £10 million to strengthen security at places of worship, ensuring Muslim communities are protected.
The right to follow your faith – free from hatred and fear – must be… pic.twitter.com/BtnZGj0n3O
— Shabana Mahmood MP (@ShabanaMahmood) October 23, 2025
From the beginning of his tenure as Prime Minister, Keir Starmer promised a ‘standing army’ of police to deal with anti-Muslim rioting. Perhaps he simply means the UK constabulary in its entirety; a constabulary, much like the government, which clearly knows who is issuing the orders on the streets of Britain.
The remedy, in the unlikely event anyone in Westminster wants to try it, is going to be a bitter pill: sack the woke commissars, enforce the law without fear or favour, and brace the nation for the inevitable Muslim insurrection when they realise their get out of jail free card has expired. With Keir Starmer at the helm however, there’s more chance of us ending up singing ‘God save the Prophet!’ And even then, that will likely be in Arabic!
Frank Haviland is the author of Banalysis: The Lie Destroying the West and The Frank Report, which you should probably subscribe to.
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Answer – Yes; everyone knows it but only the Islamists, Police and Politicos think that this is OK (plus some of the deluded chattering classes who support every ‘good’ cause, oblivious to the inevitable outcome).
We should truly be very worried about our senior police. Sadly our senior military are little better.
We should be worried about any “senior” anythings, from CIII down to those ‘Director of x’ in Council Offices. The one saving grace is these gravy train parasites will inevitably jump to the side of reason when they see the writing is finally on the wall (then they should be used, before…..)
Yet another terrific article on the subject of the dire state of the UK, from Frank Haviland – packed with key information, and fearlessly spelling out the dominance of the Muslim community in matters of Law and (Dis)Order.
I saw the article when it arrived in my inbox first thing this morning and sent the link to a number of friends and relatives. Shabana Mahmood MP has risen to the giddiest of heights in the Westminster Parliament yet, while Catholic MPs like Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg were interrogated by journalists at every opportunity to demand that his religious beliefs did not interfere with his duty as a MP/Government Minister, Ms Mahmood receives no such scrutiny. Her concern that we are all able to follow the Faith of our choice is laughable, although the Jews attacked in the Manchester synagogue recently will certainly not be laughing.
Two tier policing is clearly here to stay – with the police ensuring that the Muslim community is not in any way troubled by the laws of the UK. If they happen to transgress in some way, not to worry, it’ll be whitewashed (if I’m allowed to use the term) out of existence.
The following was one of the many facts in the article which shocked me to the core:
“The mosques themselves are problematic, and might be better thought of as military outposts. Not content with being hate-preaching factories – a common occurrence, seeing as 110 extremist mosques were identified back in 2017 – some mosques are obviously little more than armouries, as evidenced by the famous raid on the Finsbury Park mosque. This is obviously fully understood by UK police, who were filmed advising Muslim mobs to ‘discard’ their weapons at the mosque with assurances that they need not fear arrest.”
As I’ve said before here, there’s really nothing any of us can do: the deep state control of the Civil Service and their paymasters at the top, means that no matter which political party wins any election, nothing will change now. The mass immigration policy has worked – this, as a greater mind than mine has already said, was the whole purpose of said mass immigration. And yes, there really are some minds greater than mine. [smiley face here]!