DAN GAINOR: The England we love is lost. If we don’t change, America will be, too

I went to England on a historical past vacation. It turned an archaeological expedition, uncovering the bones of a as soon as nice civilization.

All of the vacationer sights are nonetheless there. You possibly can nonetheless see the altering of the guard at Buckingham Palace, bear in mind the “V” for victory within the Churchill Struggle Rooms or be impressed to hope in Westminster Abbey. However these are simply historic artifacts, just like the pyramids of Egypt or the Acropolis in Greece. The beliefs and the general public who consider in them are lengthy gone.

I used to be in London lower than 24 hours earlier than a terror assault killed two individuals in a synagogue in Manchester. Police additionally killed the terrorist, a Syrian-born, 35-year-old immigrant named Jihad Al-Shamie, who they mentioned had pledged himself to ISIS. Two harmless Jewish persons are useless and a strolling, speaking metaphor was the trigger. Jewish residents admitted the assault was stunning however not shocking given the rise of anti-Semitism in England.

A professional-Palestinian demonstration in London’s Trafalgar Sq. on October 4, 2025 resulted in a number of arrests. (Dan Gainor)

Two days later, 1000’s of ‘pro-Palestinians’ held a protest round Trafalgar Sq.. I watched the police arrest some radicals as the gang chanted “Free Palestine.” British Prime Minister Keir Starmer urged everybody to not protest on the seventh anniversary of the assault on Israel, saying it was “un-British”. Sadly, it is all too British lately. Britain has imported tens of millions of people that haven’t any loyalty to its nation or its beliefs. They introduced with them a hatred of the Jewish individuals in addition to Western civilization.

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On October 11, a whole bunch of 1000’s of “pro-Palestinian” protesters marched in London, closing streets and companies. Even the ceasefire in Gaza didn’t fulfill them. It is Starmer’s fault. He acknowledged a Palestinian state, rewarded Hamas for its barbaric assault on Israel and inspired the demonstrators.

Now the federal government has to attempt to look good. It informed universities that they wanted to “take stronger motion to guard Jewish college students,” in line with Reuters. However in line with a brand new YouGov ballot, one in 5 Britons maintain anti-Semitic views. The message to Jews in England is disturbingly much like that in Germany within the Thirties: get out whilst you nonetheless can.

That is only one facet of the failed British state. Some Britons perceive that their historical past and tradition have been stolen from them, however are so afraid of their authorities that they’re unwilling or unable to do something about it. One resident I met was afraid to even fly the British flag for concern of arrest. The identical particular person referred to as England a “tinderbox” that might result in civil struggle.

These emotions usually are not shocking. A member of the Labor Social gathering of the British Parliament, Jeevun Sandler, got here out on October 12 and urged Britain to take away its flag from lampposts as a result of it was seen as “unwelcoming” to immigrants. A neighborhood politician was investigated by police after she mentioned she was ‘born and raised right here’. And a current research from the College of Leicester’s Middle for Hate Research complains that rural England is ‘overwhelmingly white’ and in want of ‘inclusion’.

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It is not simply politics. A really majestic monument to Christianity and Western civilization, Canterbury Cathedral was remodeled right into a venue for a graffiti-style artwork demonstration of England’s decline and fall. Christianity At present explains it as an “artwork exhibition titled ‘Hear Us,’ that includes short-term graffiti stickers plastered on the stone pillars of Canterbury that goals to focus on minorities whereas asking difficult questions of God.” Artist Alex Vellis describes himself as “an agender goblin factor.” Precisely the particular person you’ll select to embellish one of the well-known non secular websites on the earth.

Indicators of the huge pro-Palestinian demonstration protest of October 11, 2025 stay hours later close to London’s Trafalgar Sq., in an space surrounded by safety fencing. (Dan Gainor)

What Vellis did just isn’t artwork. It is desecration. Thank God I noticed the cathedral simply earlier than this betrayal.

Main establishments embraced the debt advanced that’s inflicting all this. It’s common for tour guides, museum workers and educators to fill their conversations with left-wing speaking factors about local weather change and immigration. Many historic locations I visited have been fast to demonize British historical past. Explorer and privateer Sir Francis Drake, who heroically defended England towards the Spanish armada, is labeled a slave dealer within the maritime museum he helped encourage.

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British media is even worse. The BBC is sort of laughably left-wing. It mixed discussions of the fear assault in Manchester with the everyday chorus of ‘however Israel’. Different retailers weren’t as dangerous, however that is not saying a lot. Even commercials reveal the built-in biases. I’ve seen not less than 13 UNICEF UK adverts on my tv. 9 have been about offering support to Gaza, one different was about Yemen. There have been no advertisements about serving to Christians being murdered in Africa. And even serving to Muslims in China or Myanmar, the place they’re additionally persecuted. In fact they don’t seem to be combating Israel in these places.

Starmer’s many failures make him deeply unpopular, and the Reform Social gathering is using excessive within the polls and appears more likely to win future elections. The British response is to take even more durable motion. As an alternative of defending its personal historical past and tradition, the federal government is waging struggle towards them. Already, 12,000 persons are arrested yearly due to what they are saying on-line.

British politician and journalist Daniel Hannan summarized these issues by asking: “Why are so many British leaders anti-British?”

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These issues are already current right here in America, they merely haven’t but taken root as strongly. England is maybe ten to twenty years forward of us. It may function a warning or a glimpse into our inevitable decline. Our campuses are stuffed with indoctrinated younger individuals, unaware of historical past, keen to hold the banner that may tear down America and the West. It does not matter if it is the flag of communism or Hamas.

There are these in England who haven’t but given up. However the concern is that it’s too late. And once you go searching England, it is arduous to suppose in any other case. It’s not too late for America.

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