http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/britain/ en-us Mon, 4 Jan 2010 21:57:34 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2420863/posts A group of Muslim protesters shouted 'murderers', 'rapists', 'baby killers' and chanted 'burn in hell' at soldiers on a homecoming parade from Iraq, a court heard today. Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion Royal Anglian Regiment were greeted by protesters screaming the hostile jeers and holding placards as they marched through Luton last year...(snip) At one point it is alleged pieces of bacon were thrown at the Muslim protesters and others shouted 'go and have a shave' and 'Bin Laden's wife is a whore'. The Daily Mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2420863/posts#comment Mon, 4 Jan 2010 21:57:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2420260/posts A town famed for honouring dead British solders returning from Afghanistan expressed its dismay yesterday at plans by an extremist Islamic group to march through its streets. Islam4UK, which calls itself a ‘platform’ for the fanatical Al-Muhajiroun movement, said its supporters will parade through Wootton Bassett in the near future. The group’s website said the event is being held ‘not in memory of the occupying and merciless British military’ but of the Muslims ‘murdered in the name of democracy and freedom’. Its leader, Anjem Choudary, said the protest, involving 500 people, would be ‘peaceful’ and that ‘symbolic coffins’ would be... mailonsunday.co.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2420260/posts#comment Mon, 4 Jan 2010 00:02:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2419537/posts People in Wootton Bassett, the town famous for honouring dead British soldiers returning from Afghanistan, reacted defiantly on Saturday to news that a controversial Islamic group is to march through its streets. Islam4UK – which calls itself a "platform" for extremist movement al-Muhajiroun – plans to parade through the Wiltshire town in the coming weeks. The group's website says the event is being held "not in memory of the occupying and merciless British military" but of the Muslims its says have been "murdered in the name of democracy and freedom". The town that shows respect for fallen Servicemen should be... Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2419537/posts#comment Sat, 2 Jan 2010 16:33:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419434/posts A town famous for honouring dead British soldiers returning from Afghanistan reacted defiantly today to news that a controversial Islamic group is to march through its streets. Islam4UK - which calls itself a 'platform' for extremist movement al-Muhajiroun - plans to parade through Wootton Bassett, in Wiltshire, in the coming weeks. The group's website says the event is being held 'not in memory of the occupying and merciless British military' but of the Muslims its says have been 'murdered in the name of democracy and freedom'. Leader Anjem Choudary said today the protest, involving 500 people, would be peaceful one,... Daily Mail (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419434/posts#comment Sat, 2 Jan 2010 13:12:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2419920/posts Here is a video report on the news that the United States and Great Britain have closed their embassies in Yemen in response to terror threats from Al-Qaeda: The US and Britain have shut their Yemen embassies after threats from an al-Qaeda offshoot linked to an alleged failed US plane bomb plot. The UK Foreign Office told the BBC its embassy in the capital Sanaa was closed "for security reasons", hours after the US announced its mission had been shut. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown earlier said the UK and US would step up counter-terror efforts in Yemen. There are... Freedom's Lighthouse http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2419920/posts#comment Sun, 3 Jan 2010 13:04:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418770/posts Gen. David Petraeus, former U.S. commander in Iraq, reportedly is “absolutely certain” that British hostage Peter Moore was held secretly in Iran for part of his 31-month ordeal. Petraeus’s claim is likely to intensify the bitter diplomatic relationship between London and Tehran. Moore, an IT consultant, was set free Wednesday after the United States handed over an Iraqi insurgent suspected of planning the deaths of five American servicemen. He was released by the League of the Righteous, or Asaib al-Haq (AAH) – an extremist Shia group allied to Iran – and his first night of freedom was spent at the... The Times/Fox http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418770/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 03:04:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2418496/posts Britain: ten years after declaring virtually all types of firearms illegals and disarming its law abiding subjects, the socialist government of the UK is facing reality: Culture of violence: Gun crime goes up by 89% in a decade Transsylvania Phoenix http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2418496/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:27:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418153/posts Files released to the National Archives show that soon after becoming prime minister, Lady Thatcher privately complained that too many Asian immigrants were being allowed into Britain. The prime minister, who had publicly said that she sympathised with fears that Britain was being “swamped” by immigrant cultures, reacted sharply to the ministers’ suggestions that thousands of the Vietnamese refugees should be welcomed.She said that "with some exceptions there had been no humanitarian case for accepting 1.5 million immigrants from south Asia and elsewhere. It was essential to draw a line somewhere". Telegraph UK http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418153/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 04:49:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417947/posts Lady Thatcher responded that “in her view all those who wrote letters in this sense should be invited to accept one into their homes," the minutes disclose. "She thought it quite wrong that immigrants should be given council housing whereas white citizens were not." Lady Thatcher asked what the implications of such a move could be given that an exodus of the white population from Rhodesia – now Zimbabwe – was expected once majority rule was established. She made clear, however, that she had "less objection to refugees such as Rhodesians, Poles and Hungarians, since they could more easily be... Daily Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417947/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:43:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417780/posts France's public debt soared to a record 75.8 percent of output in the third quarter, official figures showed Wednesday, a week after Paris got a warning on its credit standing. France is hardly alone among European Union countries that have run up big debts... Greece has suffered sovereign downgrades this month...Fitch in November downgraded Ireland ... Fitch last week said all major governments with top ratings had to tame debt, targeting specifically Britain, Spain and France. France's third quarter debt-to-GDP ratio was up by 1.9 points from the second quarter to 75.8 percent, well in excess of the 60 percent... AFP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417780/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:27:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417622/posts Britain despatched an undercover diplomat on a covert mission to the Bahamas to convince the deposed Shah of Iran not to seek to settle in the UK. The revelation comes in official archive documents made public 30 years after they were written. The 1979 papers reveal that the British government was very concerned that Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, then in exile, would seek to live in England. But Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was upset she could not help the Shah. Mrs Thatcher told her foreign minister she was "deeply unhappy" not to be able to offer refuge to the Shah... BBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417622/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:53:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416806/posts On Platform One at Bolton station a mob of around 100 men punch the air in unison. The chant goes up: 'Muslim bombers, off our streets, Muslim bombers off our streets...' Their voices echo loudly and more men suddenly appear; startled passengers move aside. The group march forward waving St George Cross flags and holding up placards. The throng of men around me applaud. A train heading for Glasgow draws up on the opposite platform and the men turn as one, bursting into song: 'Engelaand, Engelaand, Engelaand.' Some of the men hide behind balaclavas, others wear black hoodies. A few... Mail Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416806/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 07:53:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416514/posts The NHS arouses international interest because it is an especially stark example of a state-run and publicly financed medical-care system. Along with countries like Sweden, Britain uses tax finance to pay for over 80% of health spending. Elsewhere in Europe—in Germany, for instance—social-insurance schemes shoulder most of the financial burden. As an increasingly affluent electorate became dissatisfied with a bargain-basement health system, the state of the NHS rose to the top of the political agenda during the 1990s. Since Tony Blair brought Labour to power in 1997, the government has thrown everything it can at the NHS, love-bombing it with... Economist.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416514/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:15:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416023/posts  EXCLUSIVE Taliban Think They'll Explode As I Roar Over  Ready ... John with jet From DAVID WILLETTS in Afghanistan   Published: Today   AN RAF hero told yesterday how his squadron strikes terror into the Taliban - with fearsome Tornados. Flight Lieutenant John Pingree and his fellow aces roar low across the ground at 600mph, creating a noise so thunderous "it feels like your ribcage is going to explode". The manoeuvre - seen as "an aggressive show of force" - is so threatening they say it makes fanatics scurry into the hills. John, a navigator and weapons system officer known... The Sun (U.K.) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416023/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 02:35:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415981/posts COPS fear that 25 British-born Muslims are plotting to bomb Western airliners. The fanatics, in five groups, are now training at secret terror camps in Yemen. It was there London-educated Umar Abdulmutallab, 23, prepared for his Christmas Day bid to blow up a US jet. The British extremists in Yemen are in their early 20s and from Bradford, Luton and Leytonstone, East London. They are due to return to the UK early in 2010 and will then await internet instructions from al-Qaeda on when to strike. A Scotland Yard source said: "The great fear is Abdulmutallab is the first of... The Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415981/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:26:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414061/posts Passengers stranded when modern-day trains fell victim to the freezing weather have been rescued by the crew of a steam engine. About 100 passengers climbed aboard the first mainline steam locomotive to be built in Britain for almost half a century at London Victoria when electric trains were delayed.  The 1940s technology used to power Tornado, a £3million Peppercorn class A1 Pacific, was able to withstand the snow and ice that brought much of the South East to a standstill on Monday night. Historic solution: The Tornado A1 locomotive came to the aid of stranded passengers let down by... The Daily Mail (U.K.) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414061/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:36:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412393/posts LONDON (AFP) – British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Monday accused a handful of countries of holding the UN climate summit to ransom as bitter recriminations swirled over the outcome of the negotiations. While China's Premier Wen Jiabao insisted his government had played an "important and constructive" role, Britain said the meeting had lurched into farce and pointed the finger of blame at Beijing. And the summit host, Danish Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen, rapped the lower-level negotiators for failing to make headway in nearly two weeks of talks and then leaving their masters with too much to do at... AFP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412393/posts#comment Mon, 21 Dec 2009 19:09:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411884/posts LONDON – The only passenger rail link between Britain and the rest of Europe has been shut down indefinitely, Eurostar said Sunday, promising more travel misery for thousands of stranded passengers just before Christmas. Services have been suspended since late Friday, when a series of glitches stranded five trains inside the Channel Tunnel and trapped more than 2,000 passengers for hours in stuffy and claustrophobic conditions. More than 55,000 passengers overall have been affected. Yahoo/AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411884/posts#comment Sun, 20 Dec 2009 22:58:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411394/posts SNIPPET: "Security sources said concerns had been raised by "chatter" on a prominent jihadist website two weeks ago." (David Leppard for THE SUNDAY TIMES, December 20, 2009) via JIHAD WATCH.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411394/posts#comment Sat, 19 Dec 2009 23:51:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411029/posts <p>"NatWest handed Al Qaeda terrorist 100% mortgage to buy £93,000 home he turned into a bomb factory"</p> <p>SNIPPET: "A bank has sparked outrage by handing over a 100 per cent mortgage to an Al Qaeda terrorist who smuggled himself into Britain.</p> DAILY MAIL.co.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411029/posts#comment Sat, 19 Dec 2009 09:53:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410784/posts LONDON, England - Former President Ronald Reagan said the nine most terrifying words in the English language are, 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.' Yet the size of America's government is exploding and if you want to see where big government will lead the U.S., take a look at Britain. ..... Police State Britain today is almost a police state. The British people are under more government surveillance than the Chinese. There are cameras everywhere. Dr. Eamonn Butler, Director of the Adam Smith Institute in London and author of The Rotten State of Britain, said, "in the... CBN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410784/posts#comment Fri, 18 Dec 2009 23:06:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409610/posts Kadima Knesset Member Ronit Tirosh has called on government officials to stop flying British Airways and has suggested an Israeli boycott of British goods. Knesset Speaker Ruby Rivlin of the Likud backed her idea. MK Tirosh's initiative is in retaliation for the British government’s recommendation that its Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs label Jewish products made in Judea and Samaria as "Israeli settlement produce." Israel National News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409610/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:09:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408857/posts A ‘sharp decline’ in religious belief has seen the number of people who consider themselves Christian drop to half. According to a new academic study, an increasing majority are described as the ‘fuzzy faithful’ who have only a vague belief in God. These do not belong to a particular denomination or attend services. Nearly 4,500 people were questioned for the 2008 British Social Attitudes survey, which revealed 37 per cent of Britons do not believe in God – compared to 35 per cent who do. While 50 per cent of respondents now call themselves Christian, down from 66 per cent... dailymail.co.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408857/posts#comment Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:01:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408090/posts Britain's relations with Israel have been plunged into crisis after the Jewish state angrily denounced an attempt in London to arrest its former foreign minister, Tzipi Livni. The Israeli foreign ministry summoned Tom Phillips, the British ambassador to Tel Aviv, to protest at her treatment and give warning that diplomatic ties had been badly damaged. The Daily Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408090/posts#comment Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:46:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2407306/posts On yet another appearance on the Oprah Winfrey show, President Barack Obama broke his own arm patting himself on the back telling the talk show maven that he gives better gifts than he gets. As Chicago's Lynn Sweet reports, "When it comes to gifts, President Obama says he gives 'nicer stuff that I get,' an assertion disputed by First Lady Michelle Obama." Barack had better hope that no one shows this episode to the Brits because they would fall off their easy chairs in laughter over Obama's ill-considered claims. After the Obama's perpetrated "giftgate" back in March, the Brits would... Publius Forum http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2407306/posts#comment Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:28:18 GMT