Above, the late Ian Paisley and Martin McGuinness, whose friendship caused them to become known as “The Chuckle Brothers.”
Britons to whom the left within the British political establishment apply the collective moniker “Far Right” have been hoping that the election of President Trump for a second term would have brought / will bring some of that famous lambasting to “Two Tier Keir” that he applies to Sir Sadiq Kahn, the Mayor of London. My advice to them is: “Don’t hold your breath!” President Trump has had ample opportunity to do this as “Stasi Starmer” likes to opine that the UK has had Free Speech for a long time and will continue to have it. I think a certain person living in the North of England who was arrested recently for supposed “hate crime” will beg to differ!
You see, as “Keir Jong Starmer” correctly [for Labour] concentrates his fire on Mr Farage (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvg41lljnryo), we see that President Trump is equally keen to seek revenge (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0q74pxx871o) upon his political opponents!
Let us not forget the obvious: President Trump has a more than sneaking admiration and respect for some political leaders who would not be on Amnesty International’s Christmas Card list!
The problem we in the UK face with our seemingly (to some observers) politicised police service appears to lie in the over interpretation of the Public Order Act and the Malicious Communications Act. It can be argued that these acts were put on the statute book with the intention of tackling the problem of extreme anti-social behaviour combined with harassment. The overwhelming majority of such incidents have nothing whatsoever to do with politics but everything to do with the personal “hate” by one or more individuals to another person and/or their family members in a residential area. Victims are targeted with incessant abuse often in late at night or early in the morning. The lives of these victims become a living Hell and can cause them to seek medication such as anti-depressants.
Many such “political” incidents such as the one mentioned above do not result in the suspect being charged but upon answering police bail are told that no further action will be taken. This because the CPS lawyers inform the police that there is no realistic prospect of a conviction. In some of those instances where charges have been preferred and the person has appeared before the magistrates pleading “Nor Guilty” and being found guilty, this verdict has been overturned on appeal by the Crown Court.
Some people have suggested that there is a specific intention behind this over zealous policing; that the “process (arrest,detention,bail) is the punishment”.
What HAS to happen in policing in the UK is that the police have to be de-politicised. The problem being that many in the UK want this politicisation.