Will There Always Be an England?
“…For an American, it’s not only shocking, but also painful, to see what is happening to Britain today. The country of the Magna Carta, the nation that gave the world liberal democracy, and a people who stood indomitably against the Nazi totalitarian menace, succumb to utter demoralization and soft (for now) totalitarianism imposed on them by a corrupt ruling class. How far away seem the lyrics to the popular 1939 patriotic song “There’ll Always Be An England,” which lifted spirits through the Blitz:
There’ll always be an England,
And England shall be free
If England means as much to you
As England means to me.
It has become possible now to doubt that sentimental claim—precisely because England has ceased to mean much to its ruling class, and to many Englishmen. A friend who is a respected member of the British establishment wrote to me last week in despair.
“No sign it’s going to get any better, or that there is any way the country can come back from this,” he said. “We’ve faced wars, recessions, and pandemics for centuries, but this is different. You can’t reverse the slow dissolution of an entire culture and people, which is what is happening to the English.”…”
Related:
61-Year-Old Brit Gets 18 Month Prison Sentence For Chanting “Who The F**k Is Allah”.
That sure sounds like free speech, ugly, hateful, and free. It’s the ugly stuff that must be protected. More speech is the correct response, not censorship, not arrest, and not jail.