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Back in 2014 the BBC presented a small list of ordinary Muslim opinions regarding a possible caliphate in the UK. Some were indifferent to the possibility, yet some were in favour of implementing this strict Sharia law - ruled system.
This was a snapshot of ordinary muslim opinion from 10 years ago.
So what does a UK caliphate actually mean?
The BBC also stated:
Many of those who want a caliphate today compare it to having an Islamic superpower - "an America for Muslims". It would also be a place to live that would be governed by Sharia law, the Islamic legal system.
However, the term 'caliphate' apparently sounds alarm bell within the UK Government's security forces. Their prescribed listing of terrorist groups that support a repressive Sharia law - oriented type system of caliphate include the following.
Al Ghurabaa - Proscribed July 2006
Groupe Islamique Combattant Marocain (GICM) - Proscribed October 2005
Harakat al-Muqawamah al-Islamiyyah (Hamas) – Proscription extended November 2021
Harakat-Ul-Jihad-Ul-Islami (Bangladesh) (HUJI-B) - Proscribed October 2005
Hizb ut-Tahrir - Proscribed January 2024
Imarat Kavkaz (IK) also known as the Caucasus Emirate - Proscribed December 2013
Islamic Army of Aden (IAA) - Proscribed March 2001
Indian Mujahideen (IM) - Proscribed July 2012
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) also known as Dawlat al-‘Iraq al-Islamiyya, Islamic State of Iraq (ISI), Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and Dawlat al Islamiya fi Iraq wa al Sham (DAISh) and the Islamic State in Iraq and Sham - Proscribed June 2014
Jamaat ul-Ahrar (JuA) - Proscribed March 2015
Jaysh al Khalifatu Islamiya (JKI) which translates as the Army of the Islamic Caliphate –proscribed November 2014
Jund al Khalifa-Algeria (JaK-A) which translates as Soldiers of the Caliphate - Proscribed January 2015
Saved Sect or Saviour Sect - Proscribed July 2006
Turkestan Islamic Party (TIP) also known as East Turkestan Islamic Party (ETIP), East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM) and Hizb al-Islami al-Turkistani (HAAT) – Proscribed July 2016
The list forms a non-exhaustive selection of proscribed terrorist groups,
A land of ‘animal lovers’ they say – well let’s see…
The RSPCA is actively campaigning against non-stun
slaughter, including within the halal industry, arguing it causes significant
pain and distress to animals. While UK law generally requires stunning, an
exemption permits religious slaughter (halal and kosher) without it.
The RSPCA advocates removing this exemption and implementing
mandatory, clear labelling for non-stun meat.
The public consequently have a right to know which political
parties are in favour of causing animals “significant pain and distress” to
basically satisfy fundamentalist fantasies of what a blood-thirsty Abrahamic godhead
apparently demands.
THE FOLLOWING PARTIES ARE MAINLY IN FAVOUR OF RITUAL SLAUGHTER…
Labour: Starmer’s government has overtly STATED IT
WILL NOT BAN RELIGIOUS SLAUGHTER, citing respect for the rights of
Jewish and Muslim communities to eat meat prepared according to their beliefs.
Reform UK: THE PARTY'S OFFICIAL STANCE UNDER NIGEL
FARAGE IS THAT IT WILL NOT BAN HALAL OR KOSHER SLAUGHTER.
Conservative Party: The party leadership has
consistently confirmed there WOULD BE NO BAN ON RELIGIOUS SLAUGHTER.
LibDems: The party believes in the protection of
religious freedoms and generally OPPOSES AN OUTRIGHT BAN ON NON-STUN RELIGIOUS
SLAUGHTER (HALAL AND KOSHER).
Green Party: Theofficial policy is to SUPPORT
THE RIGHT TO RELIGIOUS SLAUGHTER (HALAL AND KOSHER), viewing it as an
aspect of religious freedom.
Plaid Cymru: There is NO EVIDENCE OF A
PARTY-WIDE BAN ON HALAL, and some members have advocated for improving the
availability of halal products for communities.
Democratic Unionist Party: they are NOT ACTIVELY
CAMPAIGNING FOR A TOTAL BAN ON ALL MEAT CERTIFIED AS HALAL.
Sinn Féin: There is presently NO EVIDENCE THAT
SINN FÉIN PLANS TO BAN HALAL SLAUGHTER IN EITHER IRELAND OR NORTHERN IRELAND.
The party’s official policy focuses on protecting religious freedoms.
SNP: the Scottish National Party (SNP) has NO
OFFICIAL POLICY TO BAN HALAL SLAUGHTER. The party generally supports current
legislation that allows for religious exemptions to pre-stunning requirements.
Social Democratic and Labour Party: They have not announced plans to ban halal
slaughter.
APNI: The Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (APNI)
has no stated policy to ban halal slaughter.
Your Party: There is no evidence that Jeremy Corbyn's political movement, Your Party, intends to ban halal slaughter.
Workers Party of Britain: There is currently no official policy or public statement from the Workers Party of Britain indicating an intention to ban halal slaughter.
PARTIES THAT OPENLY OPPOSE RITUAL SLAUGHTER
UKIP: Historically, UKIP was the FIRST BRITISH
POLITICAL PARTY TO PROMISE A BAN ON SLAUGHTERING ANIMALS WITHOUT STUNNING.
Restore Britain: Launched in February 2026, THE PARTY
PLEDGES TO OUTLAW BOTH HALAL AND KOSHER SLAUGHTER ON "DAY ONE" OF ITS
GOVERNMENT.
Advance UK: The official stance of Advance UK, apparently
ADVOCATES FOR A BAN ON RELIGIOUS SLAUGHTER WITHOUT PRE-STUNNING.
Consequently, there we have it. Only three parties that will
clearly oppose causing ‘significant pain and distress to animals.
SO – ARE WE REALLY A NATION OF ‘ANIMAL LOVERS’?
Fundamentalist extremism and brutality based on hand-me-down manmade religious
fantasies is no excuse for animal torture. It’s high time that humanity ditched 'all' the destructive Abrahamic fables and grew up.
Lightport is a brand-new, free immersive light and sound experience that transforms Lord Street in Southport into a 400-metre walk-through "rainbow of colour and creativity".
Produced by international artists Lucid Creates, the event features a series of interactive light installations, including high-tech lasers, mirrored LEDs, and a towering 10-metre luminous rainbow finale called ARC.
MORE PICTURES OF THE EVENT...
Lightport serves as the official launch for Southport 2026, a year-long programme of major events celebrating the town's "Elegantly Eccentric" identity. It is funded by Sefton Council and the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority to boost local tourism and engagement during the winter months.
The "Elegantly Eccentric" identity was introduced as the core vision for the Southport 2026 cultural programme. The phrase and the surrounding branding were officially launched by a collaboration of local leaders and creative directors:
Claire McColgan CBE: As the Associate Director of Culture for the Liverpool City Region and Director of Culture Liverpool, she has been a primary spokesperson for the "Elegantly Eccentric" project, describing it as a way to turn the town into something that celebrates its unique, flamboyant history.
Patrick Hurley (MP for Southport): He has strongly endorsed the branding, stating that the "Elegantly Eccentric" vision "captures that spirit [of Southport] perfectly and updates it for the 2020s".
Councillor Marion Atkinson: The Leader of Sefton Council launched the programme alongside McColgan, framing the identity as a tribute to Southport's history of "spectacle and eccentric entertainment".
Dates: Saturday 14th – Monday 16th February 2026.
Time: 5pm – 9pm each evening.
Cost: Completely free; no tickets or booking required.
Route: A 400m trail divided into four zones:
Mermaid Gardens: Immersive illuminated landscape and mirrored LEDs.
Monument Square: Features "Gradients" (layered light sheets) and overhead laser spectacles.
Christ Church Gardens: Pulsing neon light experience.
Town Hall Gardens: The "ARC" finale, a massive walkthrough rainbow made of 7,000 pixels.
Advance UK’s promotional video sincerely needs a reality
check. Within this abstract clip we are treated to images of
invading Romans being faced off by Celts with a woman at the helm, who is presumably
the Iceni Queen Boudicca.
The narrator quips – “Rome arrived but we resisted”.
He however failed to clarify that the Romans and the Celt were
at the time Pagans, not Christians.
The image suddenly jumps to the St George Cross flag with lofty
claims that the land was ‘forged on Christianity’.
The St. George’s Cross (red cross on a white background)
first appeared as an English emblem in the late 12th to 13th century,
initially used by soldiers in the Crusades. So, we have suddenly jumped many centuries
here and dismissed many essential aspects of our native British Pagan heritage.
The massive Pagan achievements that actually created the British
nation were conveniently omitted from this cherry-picking pro-Church political video.
When the Romans officially invaded and conquered Britain in
43 CE, the country was not Christian. The native Britons
practiced Celtic Paganism, and the incoming Romans brought their own
polytheistic, state-sponsored Pagan religion.
Any talk of 'resistance' was undertaken by
native Pagan warriors, not Christians, and one great example would be Queen Boudica.
Queen Boudica was the 1st-century Pagan Queen of the Iceni tribe in Britain who led a massive uprising against Roman occupation in 60-61
AD.
Known as the "Victorious Woman," she has become a
lasting British national symbol of our Pagan resistance against oppression,
independence, and the defense of our indigenous ways.
At the end of this clip, we see a list of famous historical
figures, including one‘Caractacus’.
Whilst Boudica fought in the 60s AD, Caratacus was the leader
of the Catuvellauni tribe who commanded the British resistance against the
initial Roman invasion starting in AD 43, fighting for eight years before his
capture.
Again, we see that this is a vital part of our PAGAN
heritage and resistance!
Anyone who has foolishly fallen for the absurd Christian propaganda in the video seriously needs to consider the following.
Farming and agriculture were invented by Pagans
Military defence was invented by Pagans.
Architecture was invented by Pagans.
Roads were invented by Pagans.
Coinage was invented by Pagans.
The original traders and merchants were Pagans.
Central heating was invented by Pagans.
Clothing and fashion were invented by Pagans.
Art and philosophy were an expression of the earliest Pagans cultures.
Modern religious traditions, festivals and customs were hijacked from Paganism.
Medicine was invented by Pagans.
Writing was invented by Pagans.
Marine travel was invented by Pagans.
Laws were invented by Paganism.
Democracy was a Pagan invention.
Metalwork was invented by Pagans.
Days of the week and months named via Pagans.
It is wholly wrong, unjust and manipulative for 'any' political group to misrepresent our native Pagan heritage, via promoting the much later imported
foreign religion of Christianity as our only true heritage.
Rewriting the past to rubber stamp biased missionary narrative by one
conquering Abrahamic faith system over overs is the highest form of deceit! Such misleading propaganda is unhelpful and holds no connection to authenticity. To be taken seriously, especially within politics, first of all we need to speak the truth.
Some months ago, Mr Farage of the Reform Party was also guilty of the very same spin, which I highlighted here:
I also note here that whilst the UK is in a state of chaos, thanks to the authoritian blunderings of the current Fabian PM and prior to him the last bungling blue-rinse government, I do actually agree with quite a few of the more commonsense aspects promoted by both Advance UK and Reform.
Nevertheless, I for one will never permit them to bang the old missionary church drum against our native Pagan heritage, without challenge!
If they want genuine support from the electorate then first, they must promote truth, not discredited eccleciastical religious spin. I realise that they think they will win over floating lip-service Christians with this 'holier-than-thou' approach, yet houses built on such shaky foundations will sink in due course.
Britain, like other countries, is originally built on ancient Pagan wisdom. Foreign cults like Christianity, Islam, and Judaism are modern eastern imports that have been craftily injected into our native culture, mainly due to shrewd fanancial decisions taken by powerful mind - controllers in high places many centuries ago.
If this Advance UK evangelical nonsense was not enough, we now have Restore Britian foolishly insulting countless Brits, via saying you cannot be a true British patriot unless you are Christian.
Restore Britain’s fundamentalist fantasist Rupert Lowe and his new fan club haven’t quite grabbed the reality that, like Islam and Judaism, CHRISTIANITY IS IN FACT AN ALIEN ABRAHAMIC FAITH TO THE BRITISH ISLES.
This land was, like other places, PAGAN eons before the Christian ONE GOD faith system was officially enforced on the British Isles. All the native traditions, festivals and customs etc that Christianity absurdly calls its own were hijacked from our PAGAN ancestors.
IT’S TIME THAT ADVANCE UK AND RESTORE BRITAIN WOKE UP. INSULTING MILLIONS OF NONE – CHRISTIAN BRITISH PATRIOTS IS BASICALLY A VERY STUPID IDEA FOR ANY SERIOUS POLITICAL OUTFIT TO UNDERTAKE.
One could almost think that these two new political parties were little more than MISSIONARY EVANGELICAL OUTREACHES set up to get more reluctant bums back onto church pews.
Ye gods – save us all from these evangelists in posh suits … I wonder what our heroic Pagan Queen Boudica would have thought about all this...
An unpopular stance perhaps - yet my sincere sympathy has always resided with the ongoing loss of our precious British Countryside. Wild spaces that are vital to numerous wild animals, birds, and flora etc, always take second place to business profits.
Above: legally protected species such as the Water vole, exist in and around the Kew area. The region is considered a stronghold for this rare mammal, which is the UK's fastest-declining native mammal. Conservation Status: Although they are often found in this area, they are heavily threatened by habitat loss. Research and surveys by the Lancashire Wildlife Trust have identified the area as a vital location for the remaining population.
Legal Aspects (Water Vole Law)
Protection Level: Included in Schedule 5 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, prohibiting acts against the animals and their habitats.
Offences: It is illegal to damage, destroy, or obstruct access to any structure or place used for shelter or protection, and to disturb them while in such a place.
Penalties: Offences can result in fines up to Level 5 on the standard scale and/or up to six months imprisonment per offence.
Development Impacts: If a project (e.g., in Arun Ecology or E3 Ecology) might impact water voles, surveys are necessary to avoid prosecution.
Licensing: If impacts cannot be avoided, a licence from NatureScot or Natural Resources Wales may be required for mitigation, such as displacing them before work starts.
Brookdale, nestled in the heart of Ainsdale, is a unique daycare centre designed exclusively for older adults and individuals with varying stages of dementia. The centre is distinguished by its safe, secure, and stimulating environment, complemented by a beautiful private garden, offering a warm and welcoming atmosphere. At Brookdale, the team is committed to promoting dignity, independence, and overall well-being. They understand that each individual is unique, and work closely with them and their families to develop personalised care plans that address their specific needs and preferences
Key aspects of Brookdale's approach include: Person-Centered Care: Tailoring services to meet individual needs and preferences. Brookdale believes in the power of therapeutic activities. Attendees engage in a diverse range of activities, including exercise, sensory stimulation, reminiscence therapy, arts and crafts, gardening, and music therapy, ensuring a holistic approach to their care. Community Engagement: Facilitating social interaction and community involvement through outings and local activities. Family Support: Providing guidance, support, and information to family members and caregivers.
By fostering a supportive and inclusive environment, Brookdale is dedicated to improving the quality of life for individuals with dementia. The team understands the challenges that families face, and our aim is to provide much-needed respite and support to all our carers.
I recently stumbled upon a worn yet mysterious medal while looking inside a dusty old tin full of my metal detecting finds, from many years ago.
I vaguely
recall that it was unearthed somewhere in the Halsall to Scarisbrick area and probably back in the 1970s.
I shall let
the images within this article and the data below explain this curious matter
in more detail...
Sir Charles
Scarisbrick was a significant figure in Southport's development; known for
extensive land ownership and philanthropy He briefly served as Mayor of
Southport from 1901-1902.
He acquired significant
tracts of land, including areas where Southport grew, from the Bold and Hesketh
families.
Charles also
donated £7,000 for the Southport Infirmary (opened 1895), with his German wife
Bertha's name on the children's ward.
He was seen
as a fairly secluded man from an old Catholic family. He habitually avoided
public life despite his wealth and influence.
The medal
that I discovered displays the wording 'Charles Scarisbrick Mayor' and 'Borough of
Southport 26 June 1902'. On the other side of the medal, we can see the image
of King Edward V11 and Queen Alexanda.
The key to the secret behind this old medal
opens up a page in Southport's bygone past...
Back in 1902,
like many towns across the UK, Southport was preparing for the scheduled
coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra. However, the nation's jubilant
disposition changed when just two days prior, on June 24, 1902, it was
announced that King Edward VII had been diagnosed with appendicitis and
required an emergency, life-saving operation.
While major
events were hastily cancelled, many smaller celebrations went ahead in some
areas, simply because arrangements were too far advanced to cancel, which
naturally resulted in a gloomier atmosphere. Moreover,
because of the last-minute change, many souvenirs, medals, and programs were
produced with the incorrect date of June 26, 1902. Southport
was at that time in the midst of the Edwardian era.
It’s amazing
that this find from the 1970s produced such a fascinating snapshot in time of the town's history.Nonetheless,
how this medal ended up buried in a rural Lancashire area outside of Southport is still an enduring mystery.
My instinct tells me that it may have been dropped by a coronation party goer visiting one of the local Scarisbrick pubs, like the Heatons Bridge or the Saracen’s Head in Halsall.
Reports also indicated that many celebration parties happened in Lancashire, with at least one in Scarisbrick. This was apparently in the grounds of Scarisbrick Hall, allegedly 2000 people attended, courtesy of the owner Marquis de Casteja.
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