http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/uk/ en-us Sat, 2 Jan 2010 21:10:24 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2419677/posts The pro-Sharia Muslims of Islam4UK, are looking to stir things up once again and it is just a matter of time until things hit the fan there. As Muslims are just hellbent on taking the UK. Where is Churchill when you need him? COMING SOON :: WOOTTON BASSETT MARCH Islam4UK, a platform for the global front Al-Muhajiroun, would like to announce the launch of a momentous march that is scheduled to take place in the following weeks, details of which will be released shortly inshaa’allah (God willing). Logan's Warning http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2419677/posts#comment Sat, 2 Jan 2010 21:10:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419375/posts TWO hundred years ago its worst citizens were transported to the other side of the world, creating Australia in the process - now cash-strapped Britain wants its former colony to again keep its criminals. In the past 12 months, dozens of British-born paedophiles, rapists and career criminals - many aged in their late 50s and 60s - were deported to the UK after finishing their sentences in Australian jails, despite having lived most of their lives here. Among them was notorious paedophile Raymond Horne, who had to be given a police escort through Heathrow Airport amid British outrage over his... The Daily Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419375/posts#comment Sat, 2 Jan 2010 07:02:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417365/posts Trying to blame someone—anyone—other than his man Barack Obama for the security meltdown surrounding NWA 253, Ed Schultz ran head-first without a helmet into American history tonight. Seeking to shift the onus onto England for not having alerted us about having denied young Umar entry into its country, Ed entertainingly claimed that the UK has probably been "our best ally since the country started." Um, Ed: "since the country started"? You mean, like, when we started the country in 1776? When we declared our independence from, and fought a war against, uh, you know. That same country that—more than a... NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417365/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 02:16:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2417172/posts Gladstone was born 200 years ago next Tuesday, and I salute his memory. It is always good to start with a provocation, and so let me assert that in the 300 and more years between Cromwell and Mrs Thatcher, he was the finest political leader this country had. He had a combination of wisdom, scruple, erudition, perspective, integrity and dedication that possibly no statesman in our history has been able to match. I am well aware of the cheap jibes about him as a prig, the sniggering about his saving of fallen women and penchant for auto-flagellation, and his hobby... London Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2417172/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:11:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417083/posts Television   Spooked by IslamistsNICK COHEN January/February 2010  Matt Damon as Jason Bourne: Killing machine who became a target A year after the 9/11 atrocities, I made a documentary for Channel 4 which involved trying to discover what had happened to terrorist suspects the prison service was holding without charge. The director filmed me putting questions to a low-level functionary at the Home Office press office. We hoped he would stonewall and thus unwittingly illustrate a sequence about Whitehall secrecy. Fortunately for us, he obfuscated like a true PR. Channel 4 wanted a witty line in the commentary to emphasise how hard it was... StandpointMag http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417083/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 18:42:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416762/posts British man Akmal Shaikh has been executed in China, the Foreign Office has confirmed. Mr Shaikh was due to be put to death at 2.30am UK time, and just after 4am his execution by firing squad was reported. He was said to have been buried immediately following his death and his body will not be returned to the UK. Prime Minister Gordon Brown immediately condemned the execution, while Sally Rowen from legal charity Reprieve described the killing as 'horrific, barbaric and outrageous'. Mr Brown said: 'I condemn the execution of Akmal Shaikh in the strongest terms. I am appalled and... DailyMail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416762/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 05:01:31 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/2415696/posts Six armed officers ­surround the privileged fanatic who had tried to turn himself into a human firebomb aboard Flight 253 to Detroit. A coat is draped around his legs. They were burnt when a package strapped to them caught fire as he tried to detonate it by injecting a liquid. The would-be suicide bomber, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, 23, lives in a ­£3million Regency flat in ­London’s West End. And it is from Mansfield Street that he is said to have planned the atrocity, which would have killed 277 fellow passengers and 11 crew. Many more people could also have died... Daily Express (U.K.) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415696/posts#comment Sun, 27 Dec 2009 13:21:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415464/posts Former student Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who allegedly attempted to blow up US jet, had his UK visa request refused in MayTHE son of a prominent Nigerian banker, who allegedly attempted to blow up a transatlantic flight over America, was barred from returning to Britain earlier this year. Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, 23, graduated from a university in London last year but his visa request was refused in May when he attempted to apply for a new course at a bogus college. Abdulmutallab, described as a devout Muslim, attempted to ignite an explosive device on a plane from Amsterdam to Detroit on... timesonline.co.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415464/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 21:34:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415293/posts Part I -- Realizing and correcting our mistakes... After putting an end to mutiny of 1857, British viceroy Lord Lytton (1874 -1880), brought into existence the Indian Arms Act, 1878(11 of 1878);an act which, exempted Europeans and ensured that no Indian could possess a weapon of any description unless the British masters considered him a "LOYAL" subject of the British Empire. Father of Nation M.K.Gandhi referring to Arms Act of 1878 remarked "Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act of depriving a whole nation of arms, as the blackest" (page 238,... merinews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415293/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 14:45:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414140/posts New visa rules introduced by India following the arrest of David Headley, the Pakistani-American said to have been involved in the attacks on Mumbai in November 2008, have been criticized by the U.S. and U.K authorities. Nationals from 14 countries able to obtain long-term visas for India, long-term being five or ten years, were previously required to leave the country for a brief period every 180 days. AFP explains that often individuals affected by the 180-day rule would make a short visit to one of India's neighbors, such as Nepal, before returning to the country where they had previously been... Digital Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414140/posts#comment Thu, 24 Dec 2009 00:25:03 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/2414058/posts 62-year-old Muslim, Hasanali Khoja has made a mockert of Islamic beliefs, he took his employer to court accusing them of forcing him to handle port products, but all the time he was happily eating sausage and bacon rolls. Khoja took his employer Metropolitan Police to court and lost the lost a claim of religious discrimination after complaining he was forced to cook sausages and bacon faces a legal bill of more than £75,000. The Muslim chief claimed his bosses were putting undue pressure on him and felt 'stressed and humiliated' when it was suggested he use tongs and wear gloves... The Sikh Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414058/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:31:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413595/posts A British firm has developed an armored, robotic speedboat that sailors can use for target practice. This enables sailors to learn how to aim their heavy machine-guns and small arms accurately enough to take down hostile speedboats quickly. The $45,000 FMTDs (Fast Marine Target Drones) move at up to 60 kilometers an hour, and are guided by remote (up to ten kilometers away) operators, using cameras in a moveable mast. The five meter (15.5 foot) boats have sensors that record hits. Data travels two ways between the operator (who can control up to six boats at a time) and the... Strategy Page http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413595/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 08:22:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2413447/posts Next year could be a milestone for space exploration. The world's major spacefaring nations should be fleshing out plans for a new era of collaborative missions to the Moon, Mars and beyond. And, finally, the UK - that ancient island of world explorers and landmark scientists - looks set to join them. Flightglobal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2413447/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 01:41:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413025/posts Anyone who thinks murder is better than suffering the indignation of a community needs more than a softly-softly approach The dust has barely settled on the case of Tulay Goren – the Turkish schoolgirl murdered by her own father. Tulay's murder will not be the last of its kind, but she should be the last who was failed by a system that tiptoes around cultural sensitivity. UK Guardian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413025/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:25:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412960/posts A ROYAL British Legion boss says vandals have “dishonoured those who have given their lives for our country” by defacing Burtonʼs war memorial. Roy Whenman, vice-chairman of the townÂ’s Legion branch, received calls from members saying an extremist message had been written on the statue. Having been informed at 9.20am, borough council chiefs had cleaned the graffiti from the relic, situated outside Burton College, in Lichfield Street, by 9.40am. Mr Whenman, of Birches Close, Stretton, has described whoever committed the offence as “diabolical”. He said: “ThereÂ’s nothing worse, in my eyes, than discrediting a war memorial. It dishonours those who... Burton Mail UK http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412960/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:16:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2412244/posts COPS are hunting a pervert who smelt a supermarket worker's BUM at least 20 times. The bespectacled man, who is around 40, repeatedly sneaked up behind a 20-year-old employee on consecutive weekends. CCTV footage shows the 5ft 9in balding ginger weirdo pretending to pick items off shelves before crouching behind the shelf stacker. With his face near his victim's bum, he seemed to be taking a sniff - and once got so close his nose touched the man. The unnamed Co-op worker, of Plymouth, Devon, said: "I thought it was all a bit strange. I was shocked and couldn't believe... The Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2412244/posts#comment Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:41:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411649/posts Scotland Yard has warned businesses in London to expect a Mumbai-style attack on the capital. In a briefing in the City of London 12 days ago, a senior detective from SO15, the Metropolitan police counter-terrorism command, said: “Mumbai is coming to London.” The detective said companies should anticipate a shooting and hostage-taking raid “involving a small number of gunmen with handguns and improvised explosive devices”. The warning — the bluntest issued by police — has underlined an assessment that a terrorist cell may be preparing an attack on London early next year. The Sunday Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411649/posts#comment Sun, 20 Dec 2009 14:43:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2411612/posts A devout Christian teacher has lost her job after discussing her faith with a mother and her sick child and offering to pray for them. Olive Jones, a 54-year-old mother of two, who taught maths to children too ill to attend school, was dismissed following a complaint from the girl’s mother. She was visiting the home of the child when she spoke about her belief in miracles and asked whether she could say a prayer, but when the mother indicated they were not believers she did not go ahead. Mrs Jones was then called in by her managers who, she... Daily Mail online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2411612/posts#comment Sun, 20 Dec 2009 13:09:33 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/2411157/posts The U.S. investment bank Morgan Stanley said there is a danger that Britain’s toxic mix of problems will come to a head as soon as next year, triggered by fears that Westminster may prove unable to restore fiscal credibility. “Growing fears over a hung parliament would likely weigh on both the currency and gilt yields as it would represent something of a leap into the unknown, and would increase the probability that some of the rating agencies remove the UK’s AAA status,” said the report, written by the bank’s European investment team of Ronan Carr, Teun Draaisma, and Graham Secker.... Economic Policy Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411157/posts#comment Sat, 19 Dec 2009 15:53:48 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