It was also on Wednesday evening that international anger with Britain erupted in public. Kyriacos Kouros, Cyprus\u2019s high commissioner, appeared on television to say his country was \u201cdisappointed\u201d in the UK\u2019s lack of support and \u201cexpected more\u201d.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile bruising reports emerged of simmering anger amongst Middle East allies. Jordan was said to be \u201cf——\u201d furious with Britain\u2019s lack of response, with one ex-minister telling The Spectator the UAE, Kuwait and Canada were all asking \u201cwhose side are you on\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Downing Street responded to Mr Kouros\u2019s criticism by scrambling John Healey, the Defence Secretary, to Cyprus on Thursday. At the same time Sir Keir called a press conference in London at which he urged Mr Trump to negotiate with the Iranians.<\/p>\n
In the face of the international criticism the Prime Minister defended his approach and spoke of \u201chaving the strength to stand firm by our values and our principles, no matter the pressure to do otherwise\u201d.<\/p>\n
Yet his apparent lack of influence was exposed hours later, when Mr Trump revealed how far negotiations were from his mind. Speaking at a White House event for Inter Miami, the Major League Soccer champions, which included Lionel Messi, he told Iranian soldiers to surrender or face \u201cguaranteed death\u201d.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, The Telegraph revealed that HMS Dragon was still undergoing welding work, meaning it was unlikely to reach Cyprus for a fortnight.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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Starmer’s time as Prime Minister may be coming to a close, but if the British press is reading the tea leaves correctly, it may get an even worse PM who will accelerate the UK’s decline into irrelevance, and then into a Muslim caliphate.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n\ud83d\udd34 There is concern over the growing influence of Ed Miliband on the direction of the Labour Party following his opposition to Trump\u2019s Iran war demands<\/p>\n
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\u2014 The Telegraph (@Telegraph) March 7, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Mileband has made a power play, and while there is significant opposition to his leadership role, he has been strong enough to push Starmer around. If Mileband can rally enough support to kick Starmer out, and he is likely the only alternative to Starmer with the juice to do so any time soon, all bets are off.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\nIt is truly unbelievable and I wrote The Parasitic Mind and Suicidal Empathy!<\/p>\n
Never in history has a culture been so keen on committing Civilizational Seppuku (a term that I introduced a while ago and covered in my forthcoming book). https:\/\/t.co\/1MZTyIzax8<\/a><\/p>\n
\u2014 Gad Saad (@GadSaad) March 7, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Starmer’s most forceful actions during the crisis in the Middle East is to kowtow to Muslims in his own country, practically begging them not to be angry at him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n\ud83d\udd34 An \u201canti-Muslim hostility tsar\u201d is to be created as part of Labour\u2019s new social cohesion strategy to be unveiled next week<\/p>\n
A leaked draft of the strategy cites Islamist extremism as the biggest threat to community cohesion<\/p>\n
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\n <\/p>\nHis strategy to deal with Muslim extremism is to beat Britons into submission, not to fight back against threats to them<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\nThe new tsar \u2013 described as a special representative on anti-Muslim hostility \u2013 will \u201cchampion efforts across the UK to tackle hostility and hatred directed at Muslims and those perceived to be Muslim\u201d.<\/p>\n
The appointee will be expected to engage with communities and stakeholders and support action to strengthen understanding, reporting and response.<\/p>\n
The draft document demands that new arrivals in Britain should integrate and speak good English. It describes this as a \u201cfundamental basis for participating in society and an expectation of those who wish to call the UK home\u201d.<\/p>\n
It states: \u201cThose who come here must make a genuine effort to integrate into and engage with our shared way of life.\u201d<\/p>\n
The 2021 census found that more than one million people could not speak English well or at all.<\/p>\n
The document says Islamists are responsible for three quarters of the police\u2019s counter-terror workload and 94 per cent of all terrorist deaths in the last 25 years.<\/p>\n
Further powers will be established to close extremist charities and suspend trustees with \u201cunspent hate crime convictions\u201d.<\/p>\n
It also includes plans to \u201cstrengthen monitoring\u201d of non-violent extremism in universities and to exclude hate preachers from the UK.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Seriously. The strategy to deal with the just-now recognition that Muslims in Britain are dangerously extreme is to create a Special Representative on Anti-Muslim Hostility<\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Who thinks like that? Weak men.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\nThe Flag of Your Country Is a Tool of Hate. Worrying About Immigration Is Terrorism. Welcome to Starmer’s Britain.<\/p>\n
A leaked government document describes the Union Jack as a potential tool of hate used to exclude and intimidate. A Prevent training course hosted on the\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/Pv2ROgpNTO<\/a><\/p>\n
\u2014 Jim Chimirie \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 (@JChimirie66677) March 7, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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\n <\/p>\nI don’t want to say that Britain is done for, at least not forever. The country was on the ropes in the 1970s, and Margaret Thatcher took the reins and reestablished British prestige.\u00a0<\/p>\n
So it is possible.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\nA government that declares its own nation\u2019s flag anathema is not the representative of that nation\u2019s people. It is an occupying force. Britain has been conquered. This has been clear for years, but now they feel confident enough in their total power to drop the mask. https:\/\/t.co\/VJAw2iqIZc<\/a><\/p>\n
\u2014 Hunter Ash (@ArtemisConsort) March 7, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
But then again, decades of mass migration and the creation of an establishment that values Davos over Britain have changed the game.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sunset for Britain? It sure looks like it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\nThe sun set on that empire a long time ago. Started when its people turned their backs on Churchill and embraced socialism.<\/p>\n
Ever since, it’s been a slow agonizing decline into a sad little island museum. https:\/\/t.co\/hSBz496aJF<\/a><\/p>\n
\u2014 FilmLadd (@FilmLadd) March 7, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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