Sunday, August 17, 2025

After that piece about 'no way the Brits could actually pull off a revolt' a few days ago,

we have this:
Colonel Richard Kemp, a high-profile Infantry officer who fought counter insurgency on home ground in Northern Ireland in the 1980s, served in the Gulf war and Bosnia, commanded an Afghanistan operation, and who had political-facing senior roles in Westminster including the powerful Joint Intelligence Committee and the Cabinet Office crisis centre COBRA, has expressed concern about unrest and even civil war potentially breaking out in Britain.

The Colonel’s comments in many regards echo those by top academic David Betz, professor of war in the modern world at King’s College London’s prestigious War Studies department, who says his research has led him to believe the classic preconditions for civil war are already present in many Western nations, and particularly the UK.
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The United Kingdom and the broader West face a “primary threat” from an alliance of “hard left and Islamist extremists who have, together with other causes, come together to threaten the cohesion and the culture, the entire culture and political existence of the West,” Colonel Kemp said. This nexus, in his view, is “fostered by,” and “funded to a large extent, by our international enemies like Russia, China, Iran, and other countries as well”.

Kemp, who is openly conservative and who is something of a BĂȘte noire for the UK left over his support for Israel, expressed concern that because the British political system produces leaders who are necessarily risk-averse and short-sighted, the political levers available to avert a crisis in the United Kingdom won’t be used. He told Tomlinson that, in general, politicians are “in a state of bewilderment, they’re like rabbits in headlights,” privately understanding what the problems are but not how to deal with them.
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All of this adds up to a political crisis that can’t be solved, and increasingly desperate people who want to live in a Britain that makes sense. Kemp continued: “I’d hate to be right on this, but I believe that I know there is no political solution to the situation Britain faces today. When I say there is no solution, I don’t mean there actually isn’t a solution, but there is no solution that any of our politicians are willing to take… because they are afraid of doing anything significant”.

So leftists and islamists align*, and the chickenshit and traitorous politicians cannot or will not act realistically.  Oh yeah, that's working out great, isn't it?

9 comments:

Rick said...

I'd be more concerned of a covert op planned and executed by, say an Edward G. Lansdale type. Ex USArmy, ex USAF, went to work for the CIA in many hotspots around the world.

Heck, not knowing anything about Col. Kemp but what is presented here, I would be wary of him too.


https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Lansdalehttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Lansdale

Paul V said...

Instead of sending arms to Ukraine, let's send them to those on the right in Britain and let them clean up the mess the liberals have created.

Ken Mitchell said...

Britons MIGHT have revolted, except that they surrendered their firearms, and even knives, to the leftist politicians. Which means, when the revolt finally happens, it will be ESPECIALLY violent and bloody.

Anonymous said...

At least the UK will provide a clear and compelling example to other nations, so there is that console you Brit people.

Joseph Somsel said...

I'm confident that Nigel Farage understands the crisis and has a plan to fix it. The elites will continue to try and block and remove him, just as they have done with Trump in the US. However, I don't have a deep understanding of the power of the UK leftist establishment (both Labour and Tory) to predict an outcome.

Matt springs said...

Sooner is better

Anonymous said...

This is why I never supported any Leftist political position. They are amazingly shortsighted and resistant to the idea of unintended consequences

Anonymous said...

Glenn Beck has been saying (repeating?) for years the left and islam will partner. Brit politicos need to fear their own if they dont act and the populace is beginning to show teeth. -cw

Joseph Somsel said...

On reconsideration, the IRA in Northern Ireland never seems to want for guns, ammo, or explosives. Maybe the British government should remember that.