The Birmingham Maccabi scandal proves multiculturalism has failed - "Imagine if a UK police force had information suggesting white supremacists were planning to attack black football fans from overseas. Imagine they suppressed that information. Worse, imagine if their solution to this sickening threat was to ban the black fans from coming here, effectively giving the menacing supremacists exactly what they wanted: a ‘black-free’ zone. It would be one of the great scandals of our time. Leftists would be swarming the streets. The front pages of the press would fizzle with furious condemnation. There would be calls for an inquiry. Heads would roll. Well, the moral equivalent of the above has just taken place, and we’re seeing no such reaction. I’ll tell you why: because the victims in the real-world event are ‘just Jews’. The Maccabi Tel Aviv scandal grows larger and more alarming every day. The latest discovery is that West Midlands Police were not being entirely truthful when they said concerns over ‘Maccabi hooliganism’ were the main reason they banned Maccabi fans from their team’s clash with Aston Villa in November last year. No, they were also aware of a sinister threat from within Birmingham itself against these Jews from Israel. The force had been informed that elements within Birmingham’s Muslim community felt an intense hostility towards Maccabi fans, and what’s more that it was a bigoted hostility, based on the fans’ nationality. They were also informed that some of these Islamist bigots wanted to ‘arm’ themselves in order that they might bash a few of these Jews from afar. And yet the police chiefs ‘failed to disclose’ this information. Unbelievably, they chose to focus on the threat apparently posed by the Maccabi fans themselves. They continually said ‘Maccabi hooliganism’ was the reason they barred these foreigners from Villa Park. This ignited a firestorm of Israelophobia on social media, with swarms of haters praising the police and denouncing the ‘racist’, ‘genocidal’ hooligans from the Jewish state. It can feel hard to comprehend the seriousness of this. A British police force, in the 21st century, post-Macpherson, failed to disclose relevant information about a violent hateful threat against a group of people on the basis of their national heritage. They chose instead to emphasise, incessantly, the supposed threat posed by the targets of this animus that was bubbling up in Birmingham: the Maccabi fans, the Israelis, the Jews. To respond to information about potential anti-Jewish violence by banning Jews is a moral outrage. It is to do the bidding of bigots. It is to conspire in the creation of the very thing these warped people dream of: a space without Jews. As Kemi Badenoch says, the cops in Birmingham ‘knew extremists were planning to attack Jews’ but their response was to ‘blame and remove Jewish people’. This was cultural appeasement. West Midlands Police made a choice, consciously or otherwise. They decided that placating the bigoted fury of local Islamists was more important than guaranteeing the safety of visiting Jews. They prioritised the irrational feelings of extremists over the right of Israeli Jews to visit Britain. If they had done this in relation to any other ethnic group, they’d already be out the door. The mismatch between the size of this scandal and the limp response to it feels alarming... Many are saying the police chiefs’ positions are untenable now. I agree. But this goes deeper than that. This scandal makes clear that the ideology of multiculturalism itself is untenable. It confirms that sectarianism is the bastard child of this divisive ideology that too often prioritises ‘cultural stability’ over truth and freedom. Just as people in power turned a blind eye to the ‘grooming gangs’, lest they should unwittingly stir up multicultural tension, now it seems police downplayed a threat of potentially ‘armed’ violence against Jews in order to placate an Islamist mob. Any ideology that demands the suppression of truth, the silencing of working-class girls and the banning of Jews is an ideology worthy only of contempt. Those chiefs need to go, and so does the ideology that fuelled their scandalous appeasement."
The police are losing control of the streets to Islamists - "During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. We now know West Midlands Police banned Jewish away fans from attending a football match in Birmingham because they feared the wrath of local armed Islamists. Then they lied and blamed the Jewish fans. It’s almost a week since the Chief Constable of West Midlands Police, Craig Guilford came before the Home Affairs Select Committee and was confronted with the evidence amassed by my tenacious colleague Nick Timothy. He obfuscated and dissembled and was humiliated and disgraced. We’re still waiting for him to resign, or be sacked by the Home Secretary. But was the police’s deceit because didn’t they think the public could cope with the truth? The reality is the police can no longer sustain their authority in parts of Britain and have to lie to preserve the illusion. Mass migration and the abject failure of integration that has flowed with it has meant that in some places Islamists – unrespecting of British institutions of law and order, violent or openly threatening violence – now have such a foothold that the police do not know how to assert control and maintain order. They believe they would be overwhelmed if they tried to enforce the law. They are too defeatist to try. Or perhaps they believe it better not to as the sight of their failure would be catastrophic for faith in them and in the rule of law as we’ve known it. Rather than explain this shocking conclusion to the British public they develop false narratives – exemplified by the Maccabi Tel Aviv ban – to preserve the pretence of authority for as long as possible. The Jewish fans were used as an excuse. We saw the same in the aftermath of October 7 in London and elsewhere. The police made a myriad of excuses for their inaction in the face of the hate marches – the law wasn’t quite right to ban them, what was happening wasn’t really extremism and so on. They refused to be honest and concede the scale of the Islamist challenge was too big to confront. Every time the police bow to the need to placate “community relations”. In the summer disturbances of 2024 the police in Birmingham said they let the community “police itself”. Perhaps the most public demonstration came when I was a Home Office minister, in 2023, as a senior West Yorkshire Police officer spoke at a hastily called press conference in a mosque after a 14-year-old autistic boy scuffed a copy of the Quran in the school playground. The senior cop – as well as the boy’s mother – were forced to sit there and placate the “community” by explaining the boy had learned a terrible lesson and was to be punished by the police with the recording of a “non crime hate incident”. The intent was obvious. The police felt it necessary to plead with local Islamists in order to protect the boy and his family for fear of what might happen otherwise. Only an intervention by Suella Braverman saw the “hate incident” deleted from the record. The police fear is understandable. Remember the almost paramilitary display we saw in Tower Hamlets recently – men in uniforms, an Islamist version of the black shirts that stalked the same streets almost a century ago. Or the school teacher driven out of his home community in Batley, and still in hiding, because he dared to show an image of Muhammad to pupils in a religious education class. Or the Islamist gangs out in force at our last General Election, intimidating political rivals so their preferred extremist candidates could get into Parliament. And the shameful scene in Parliament in 2024 when the Speaker Lindsay Hoyle ended up having to apologise for forcing an unconventional vote on Gaza, just to protect MPs from a baying group of protesters outside. In this world honesty about what’s happening becomes a radical choice. Two-tier policing becomes the norm. The police crack down on law abiding citizens in more petty and pointless ways to retain a semblance of authority, all the while perpetuating rampant falsehoods to ignore the elephant in the room. And the media? Much of it refuses to acknowledge the problem. See this week’s BBC article on the select committee hearing which managed to avoid mentioning Islamism at all and would have left the casual reader none the wiser about what was happening. The British state has failed the British people by facilitating this disastrous experiment with mass migration over the past 25 years. Now its institutions refuse to act against the problem of Islamism or even acknowledge it. The truth is we have a limited amount of time to attempt to address this, or it will become clear that the British state has no clothes. Islamism will have won and the liberal, democratic values that underpinned our country for generations will have lost. With that will come the ubiquity of Sharia courts, cousin marriage, hate preachers in mosques (enjoying charitable status), rampant anti-Semitism. Our Government is happy to ban trail hunting, but won’t touch non-stun slaughter for halal meat. Our foreign policy will be increasingly dictated by Islamism, rather than by any traditional understanding of British interests. Women’s rights will be further undermined. Our country will be a more threatening and violent place. This is why the West Midlands Police scandal matters. It’s about more than a football match. It’s about who controls our streets – the police or the Islamists? Who governs our country – the Islamists or the rest of the British people? The fight against Islamism is the fight of our generation. It’s a battle for the soul of the country. It begins by telling the truth."
Ben Green on X - "Just incredible framing from the BBC. Tucked away in paragraph 19 is the actual real news that only emerged today. Maccabi fans were banned due to the threat of “local vigilante groups”. A national scandal. A police force cowered by local radical Islamists. The BBC continue the gaslighting. 🤮"
Francis Harris on X - "But note the absence of the words Muslim or Islamist in an extraordinarily long (37 paragraph) story Baffled readers will be asking why Brummies are so violent"
Clearly it's time to crack down on the "far right" to keep Jews safe
Jim Chimirie 🇬🇧🎗 on X - "The Birmingham policing scandal has crossed a line. What began as cowardice has curdled into something far worse. It has now emerged that a Birmingham mosque was involved in interviewing and appointing the police chief whose force later excluded Jewish football supporters from public life. This is not a minor procedural curiosity. It goes to the heart of why the truth was bent, why the threat was inverted, and why the victims were removed instead of protected. Craig Guildford, the head of West Midlands Police, was appointed after a process that included Kamran Hussain, then chief executive of Green Lane mosque, sitting on an interview panel. That same mosque was later consulted by the force ahead of the decision to exclude Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters from Villa Park. The same force then claimed, falsely, that the threat came from Jewish fans rather than from local extremists preparing violence. Individually, each of these facts can be brushed aside. Together, they form a pattern that can no longer be ignored. Green Lane mosque is not an abstract "community partner". It has hosted preachers who promoted antisemitic conspiracy theories and sectarian intolerance. Government funding was suspended after videos surfaced of sermons excusing discrimination and endorsing physical "discipline" of wives. These are not marginal details. They are the backdrop. And yet this institution was treated as a stakeholder in policing decisions affecting Jews. Its former chief executive helped vet the man now presiding over a force accused of lying to Parliament, concealing intelligence, and rewriting events to protect its reputation. This is not an accusation of crude conspiracy. It is something more corrosive. It is the exposure of a system in which authority is shaped by appeasement networks. Where those most capable of causing unrest are granted influence. Where enforcement becomes negotiable and truth becomes inconvenient. That is how we arrived at a position where police logs recorded masked groups gathering, youths "looking to fight", and intelligence that the Israeli team was being tracked online. And yet the public was told the day was "largely peaceful" to avoid "over-dramatisation". This was not reassurance. It was deception. When Keir Starmer called the ban wrong, he was right. When Kemi Badenoch demanded Guildford's dismissal, she was right. When critics said this reeked of political pressure rather than policing necessity, they were right again. The most revealing detail is not who sat on which panel. It is what followed. A police force that consults mosques hosting extremist rhetoric. A leadership culture shaped by "community engagement" where the loudest voices are treated as veto-holders. A decision to exclude Jews "for their own safety". And then a cover-up to make it all look routine. This is how equal policing is dismantled. Not through open prejudice, but through institutional fear. Not because officers hate Jews, but because the system rewards accommodation and punishes enforcement. Because it is easier to manage the victims than confront the threat. The defenders of this arrangement will say there is nothing sinister here. That processes were followed. That panels were broad. That no single individual decided anything. That is precisely the problem. When responsibility is so diffused that no one is accountable, injustice becomes frictionless. A country that allows sectarian pressure to shape police leadership and operational decisions is no longer policing by consent. It is policing by concession. Birmingham did not stumble into this outcome. It arrived there by design. And until that design is dismantled, this will not be the last time a minority is told to stay away quietly so others do not have to behave. That is not the rule of law. It is governance by fear.
"Craig Guildford was appointed after a process that included Kamran Hussain, then chief executive of Green Lane mosque, sitting on an interview panel.""
It's only theocracy if the ceremonial head of the Church of England is ceremonial head of state. If you oppose Muslim control of government that's Islamophobia
West Midlands Police is rotten to the core - "In December 2025, the mosque livestreamed a sermon where an imam said husbands had a right to impose ‘physical discipline [as] a last resort on the condition that it doesn’t cause pain, injury, fear or humiliation’ on their wives. In 2024, the then chief executive of the mosque, Abdul Haqq Baker appeared to cast doubt on the number of victims in the 7 October 2023 terrorist attacks. In 2023, the mosque had £2.2 million of government funding suspended after footage was uncovered of a preacher linked to the Green Lane mosque and community centre arguing that ‘homosexuality is not permissible’. None of this is a recent turn of events: as far back as 2007, a Channel 4 Dispatches investigation found that teachers and preachers were promoting extremist ideas at the mosque. The association between the police and Green Lane mosque is one which the mosque is keen to promote. Both West Midlands Police and the West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner are listed as ‘partners’ in the mosque’s 2024 annual report. In their 2021 annual report, they refer to the assistant chief constable attending their annual Gala Dinner. It has now been revealed through a Freedom of Information request that the local Police and Crime Commissioner, Labour’s Simon Foster, has documented how well the mosque is known to his office, how he has ‘attended Green Lane mosque and community centre on various occasions’ and that he has previously confirmed he is ‘happy to provide a general letter of support for the purpose of Green Lane mosque and community centre funding applications’. Can any other faiths or community groups claim such strong partnerships with the police? Why is this faith ‘community’ – particularly those within it who have connections to those who espouse extremist views – seemingly prioritised above all others?"
Mahmood has ‘no confidence’ in police chief behind Maccabi Tel Aviv fans ban - "Shabana Mahmood has declared that she has “no confidence” in the Chief Constable of West Midlands Police after a damning report found the force exaggerated evidence to justify its decision to ban Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from a match against Aston Villa... Ms Mahmood is the first home secretary to call for Chief Constable Craig Guildford to go for 20 years – but she cannot sack him because that power instead lies with West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner Simon Foster, who has said he will formally review evidence on decision-making around the ban. But Ms Mahmood announced plans to change that by bringing in legislation to restore the power of the home secretary to sack police chiefs in the light of the scandal... Ms Mahmood was backed by West Midlands mayor Richard Parker, who described the chief constable’s position as untenable. He warned that confidence in West Midlands Police has been “badly tested”, and trust wouldn’t be rebuilt if things remained as they are... Sir Andy’s report found eight “inaccuracies” in the information provided by the force to Sag. They included a reference to a non-existent game between Tel Aviv and West Ham, found to be an “AI hallucination” produced by Microsoft Copilot. Other inaccuracies included overstating the number of Dutch police officers deployed during the earlier match in the Netherlands, claims that fans were linked to the Israeli Defence Forces, claims that Muslim communities had been intentionally targeted by Tel Aviv fans and reports of multiple Dutch police officers being injured in the disorder... Mr Guildford issued a “profound apology” for the fictitious information used to justify the ban, but insisted the decision was not politically influenced and instead blamed the use of AI. Mr Guildford told the Commons home affairs committee in a letter that until Friday afternoon, he believed the mistake was caused by using Google, when in fact it was the result of the AI tool, Microsoft Copilot... There were cries of shame when independent MP Ayoub Khan claimed that Mr Guildford was being “thrown under a bus” because of right-wing attacks. But they were rare voices of support for the beleaguered chief constable, with MPs on both sides of the House demanding that he be removed or quit. Lord Walney, the government’s former anti-extremism adviser, said: “This is the end for the West Midlands Chief Constable. “His force has told lie after lie to cover up their disgraceful appeasement of local Muslim antisemites, and it has backfired spectacularly.”... Chief Constable Gavin Stephens, chair of the National Police Chiefs’ Council, said the report findings were “concerning” and needed to be taken seriously. He added: “This case underlines the importance of policing without fear or favour, including our essential role in the policing of events so that they can be safely enjoyed, and our responsibility to work with communities on preventing crime, disorder and fear.”"
West Midlands Police ‘ignored’ string of ‘hate crimes’ against Jews in Birmingham - "West Midlands Police is “institutionally anti-Semitic” and has repeatedly dismissed alleged hate crimes against Jews in Birmingham, a whistleblower has claimed. A dossier obtained by The Telegraph, including internal emails and police crime logs, appears to show West Midlands Police disregard complaints about alleged anti-Semitism and extremism raised by members of the Jewish community, including by a former police volunteer who claims she was dismissed by the force after raising concerns... Its Prevent unit, designed to intervene early in cases of possible radicalisation especially in younger people, is also facing criticism after appearing to ignore multiple reports of extremism and anti-Jewish hatred. Emails seen by The Telegraph show the unit saying there was “no role” for police to respond to a WhatsApp group chat in which a student said he wished Hitler had done more to kill “the little rats [Jews]”. The unit also appeared to dismiss a report of extremist material on display at a pro-Palestine march which proclaimed that “the military action of the Palestinian resistance on October 7 was justified”, an apparent endorsement of Hamas terrorism... a 12-year-old Jewish girl reported to the police that she was punched in the face twice and kicked in the stomach by a student who, she said, had bullied her since the Oct 7 terror attacks. He had repeatedly yelled “free Palestine” at her, but the police refused to investigate. The girl’s mother, a 48-year-old food scientist who asked not to be named out of concern for her family’s safety, told The Telegraph that police had even suggested the boy’s family could prosecute her daughter because she had reportedly “pushed” him first. Within two months of the alleged attack, the family fled Birmingham, having lost faith in the school and the police to protect them... one student wrote: “I wish Hitler had f---ing ended the little rats [Jews].” He also said he wanted to “miss school” to “go to Palestine” and “f---ing ruin em [the Jews]”, while warning his friends that Instagram is “owned by Jews”. Despite reporting the incident to police “nothing happened”."
The next season of Adolescence will feature anti-Semitic white boys doing all this
‘Zio-eradication’ group that favours ‘armed resistance’ to meet in Birmingham - "A Birmingham community venue is scheduled to host the launch of a group that openly supports “armed resistance” and campaigns against what it calls “Jewish supremacy”. The event, due to take place next Sunday at the Old Print Works – a community centre complete with a cafe, co-working space and darkroom – is billed as the launch of the “Anti Zionist Movement”, a group that states publicly that it is “pro-armed resistance” and explicitly campaigns “against Jewish supremacy”. The group’s Instagram description reads “Liberation via zio eradication”. The event is supported by the “Activist Independent Movement” group"
Clearly to criticise this would be to have a chilling effect on free speech, and be Islamophobic to boot.
