You are the "rot in society" and Starmer intends to clear you out!

Most of us are peaceful, law-abiding citizens, but because we're socially and culturally conservative in nature, we're being labelled as "far-right" "rot" that needs clearing out.

I suspect it’s not without reason that Sir Keir Starmer decided to use his trip to Berlin as an opportunity to highlight the supposed threat of “far-right nationalism and populism”. Such a message has particular resonance when made in Germany.

The first thing to point out is that, as serious and totally unacceptable as they were, the riots we saw last month involved no more disorder than the Black Lives Matter protests we saw in 2020. Over the weekend of the 6th and 7th of June 2020, police arrested 135 people. The BLM protests were mostly peaceful, but as the then Home Secretary Priti Patel said at the time, a "lawless minority of protesters" turned to violence and at least 35 police officers were injured during protests in London alone (Coincidentally, 35 police officers were also injured during this year’s Notting Hill Carnival). Furthermore, while BLM and other left-wing groups are very well organised and funded, while comparative groups on the far-right are comparatively very small, have very little support and almost no funding.

There is, of course a threat from far-right terrorism which we must not discount or underestimate. Extreme right-wing terrorism accounts for approximately 22% of attacks in the UK since 2018 and about a quarter of the MI5 caseload. But by far the biggest terrorist threat comes not from the right, but from Islamist terrorism which accounts for 67% of attacks since 2018, and about three quarters of MI5’s caseload¹. My point is not that right-wing extremism is not a problem – it is. My point is not that we need not do anything about right-wing extremism – we must. My point is that while I hear the Prime Minister highlight the threat from the far-right almost every day, I do not hear him say a word about Islamic terrorism, or about violence and disorder during the Notting Hill Carnival. Why not?

Returning to the comments the Prime Minister made in Berlin, he expressed concern that the United Kingdom could face a rise in far-right populism and said it is his mission “…to inject some hope into the country.”

These words were clearly used to create pillory any organisation or any opinion on the right. He is portraying the right as the antonym of hope. He is portraying his leadership as the country’s hope against a far-right enemy that he is attempting to create in people’s minds. He is presenting himself as the man who brings hope. He is attempting to embed the idea in people’s minds that far-right is the enemy of all that's good or, in other words “if you're suffering it's because of them”.

Starmer reinforces this by saying that the increase in support for such groups is “something that occupies my time”. In using that wording he creates the impression that right wing politics is such a serious problem, such a serious threat, that the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom must prioritise it. He said, “I do think that we should be alive to the challenge of the of far-right populism and nationalism” and “I think the challenge has to be met by democracy.”

But whose democracy Prime Minister? You refuse to even acknowledge the views of people who have concerns and opinions that differ from your own. How democratic is that?

Progressive Democracy

Sir Keir Starmer’s version of democracy rejects any opinion at variance with his own. His version of democracy delegitimises any opinion that differs from his own by labelling it as far-right. He has even come up with a name for this sort of democracy.

He calls it “progressive democracy”.

Starmer said “the whole point of the exercise is to ensure that we can bring about the change we need.” What he really means the change that he wants.

He said:

“If you don't clear out the rot - and by that he clearly meant the right - you've got nothing to build on, so this is a vital step.”

TRANSLATION: I intend to clear out, sideline or suppress opposition.

the Prime Minister then used the analogy of renovating a house. He said:

“It's usually better to get rid of the cracks and the damp first rather than painting it in 5 minutes and then by Christmas the cracks in the damp have come back.”

TRANSLATION: “The right is the rot, the rot has to be cleared out, and that I intend to clear it out in such a way that it cannot come back.

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I have already accused the Prime Minister of misleading the nation, particularly pensioners, prior to the General Election. I have expressed my opinion that he has demonstrated a distinct lack of integrity in appointing Labour cronies to senior positions in the civil service. I have condemned the renting out the garden of 10 Downing Street to a Labour party donor, as a demonstration of Starmer’s lack of respect for a high status asset that belongs to the nation and is not his to rent out. I have condemned his deceit in blaming the Conservatives for creating a £20bn black hole, when it is he and his government who have made the choice to increase public sector pay by £9bn and to give £11.6bn to other countries to fund their climate change programmes.

However, what I seek to highlight in this piece is that Sir Keir Starmer is going to war against anyone who opposes his agenda.

He has refused point blank to even acknowledge concerns about the rate of immigration, the lack of integration and the impact on housing, public services, our culture and communities, on the rule of law and policing, and on our politics – we’re already seeing the rise of religiously based political sectarianism. He implies anyone who expresses such an opinion, or a concern about two-tier policing and justice, are far-right racists or nationalists encouraged by populist politicians.

What Sir Keir Starmer is doing is labelling people who have those concerns as far-right and as “the rot in society” He is then saying that the rot must be cleared out and that he won’t “take lectures from the people who dragged our country so far down in the last few years."

It is plain that Starmer is out to destroy the far-right. He is virtually saying as much, and he is certainly de-legitimising your concerns. But here’s the real question for you,

Who or what does he define as far-right? For many months if not years now, he, his party, and its supporters, have been labelling everyone and anyone supporting Brexit, strong borders, equitable law enforcement and justice, reduced immigration and better integration, and who is opposed to children being encouraged to question their sexuality and gender, and who is a patriot, as a far-right nationalist. They are deliberately conflating patriotism and nationalism because it suits them to do so.

Most of us share these concerns. 99.99% of us are peaceful, law-abiding citizens who abhor violence and disorder. Most of us are social and culturally conservative in character, and most of us are worried for our country, but our concerns are being pilloried and de-legitimised by a Prime Minister who labels us “far-right nationalists” and as “rot” that needs to be cleared out so that it doesn’t return.

Starmer is very clearly no democrat in our British tradition. He is no believer in the principles of the Magna Carta. As a Trotksyist he is a ‘Democratic Centralist’. He believes that once he has a mandate - which he has - the decisions of the central party are binding on everyone, including you and I, regardless of our concerns or opinions. This is why Peter Hitchens, who knows the left very well, was so concerned before the General Election by the short sighted and naive opinion amongst many voters that the Conservatives, who he hates, had to be punished, no matter that it would result in an absolutely disastrous Labour government.

Mark my words, if Starmer ever thinks he’s silenced us, he will march forward on his true agenda, which will be disastrous for our country. If we let him cow us, Starmer will irrevocably wreck our constitution and the independent, confident, optimistic and prosperous country we so hoped to see will be but a hopeless pipe dream.

We must not, under any circumstances, be silenced. Your concerns are legitimate and you have every right to hold and express them. Do not let Starmer or anyone else tell you otherwise.

We live in worrying times. Sir Keir Starmer should remember that hard times produce hard men and that less than 20% of the registered electorate voted for him and Labour.

1. House of Commons reply, Hansard, 23rd July 2023