In a move that reads more like Orwell than Westminster, the British government has officially labeled nearly half of its own population as extremists.
However, the aggressive label was not for plotting violence, but for holding the audacious belief that Western civilization is worth preserving.
The UK’s Prevent anti-terrorism program now classifies “cultural nationalism,” the idea that mass migration and lack of cultural integration are threatening British identity, as a gateway to terrorism.
Yet, that’s not a fringe conspiracy theory.
That’s in government training materials, which warn that citizens who believe Western culture is “under threat” should be treated as potential radical extremists requiring “intervention.”
Welcome to the UK in 2025, where patriotism is now probable cause.
“This is a matter of serious concern,” wrote Lord Toby Young, general secretary of the Free Speech Union, in a letter to Home Secretary Yvette Cooper.
Young slammed the government for expanding the definition of extremism to include perfectly lawful, mainstream views.
And it’s not just hypothetical.
Young noted that even former Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick, who warned against “excessive, uncontrolled migration,” and Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who said immigration could turn Britain into “an island of strangers,” would now be flagged as radicals.
Britain’s own government leaders would be deemed terrorist-adjacent under their own anti-radicalization rubric.
The UK’s program, which failed to stop mass killer Axel Rudakubana despite multiple referrals, has instead turned its sights on political dissenters, retirees, and anyone who values British heritage.
Among those flagged by the scheme were:
- Julian Foulkes, a retired police officer, was arrested for a social media post and interrogated for having a “very Brexity” book collection. He later received £20,000 in compensation and an apology.
- Allison Pearson, a Daily Telegraph columnist, was questioned by police over a tweet criticizing pro-Hamas protests.
- A 24-year-old autistic man was referred to Prevent for visiting right-leaning comedy sites and reading anti-trans content.
- And in 2024 alone, the UK government arrested 1,177 people for “offensive” online posts under the Communications Act 2003, with penalties reaching up to seven years in prison.
One woman in Cheshire was arrested for an immigration post deemed “inaccurate.”
A man near Liverpool was charged with “racial hatred” over a post on X.
Neither of them threatened violence, however.
“The police showed up at my door like I was a terrorist,” the woman told The Telegraph.
Meanwhile, British authorities let Hamas flag-wavers and leftist street rioters march freely, claiming it’s all protected expression.
But don’t think this insanity stops on British soil, as America has been right behind.
Former President Joe Biden’s administration was also quietly laying the groundwork for its own domestic “thought police” regime:
- A 2022 DHS bulletin flagged Americans with “grievances over immigration or cultural change” as potential violent extremists, without citing any crimes.
- A 2023 FBI whistleblower revealed “threat tags” created to track conservatives, parents at school board meetings, and Covid policy skeptics.
- The White House worked directly with Big Tech to flag posts for removal. In 2021, then-Press Secretary Jen Psaki boasted, “We’re flagging problematic posts for Facebook.”
- A 2024 House Judiciary report confirmed Biden’s team pressured Meta and X to silence conservative voices, medical experts, and dissenters, even when no laws were broken.
“I was shadowbanned for questioning mask mandates,” said Dr. Jane Ruby, a medical commentator with 300,000 X followers.
“No warning. No explanation. Just silenced.”
Even travelers weren’t safe.
The TSA’s “Quiet Skies” program used algorithms to tag Americans for enhanced screening based on “ideological beliefs” and social media posts, again, with no criminal wrongdoing required.
In a 2024 post on X, Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) sounded the alarm:
“Biden’s DHS is treating dissent like terrorism.
“It’s a gross overreach.”
The UK has gone full dystopia under the far-left socialist Labour Party.
The nation’s government is branding traditional values and national pride as precursors to terror.
Meanwhile, officials are excusing actual extremists in the streets.
When loving your country becomes evidence of extremism, free society isn’t just under threat, it’s already been breached.
The transnationalist elite would rather criminalize concern than admit failure.
But Americans should take the UK’s fate as a warning: If you don’t stand up for liberty, you’ll be arrested for exercising it.
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