ROGER WATSON
Axel Rudakubana has been sentenced to over 50 years in jail. In his sentencing the judge actually said ‘51 days’ – let’s hope that was a mistake that his lawyer cannot challenge! It is likely that he will never be released.
Sadly, as he did us a favour and pleaded guilty, the details of the events in Southport when he butchered three innocent young girls and severely injured many more will never come out fully. Did he shout an Islamic slogan while engaged in his lengthy onslaught? What was the nature of the knife he was carrying?
I say ‘wrong conclusions’ in the title. In fact, some of what we were sold – principally by Keir Starmer – were lies, plain and simple. There was also the complete misdirection towards ‘far right’ protests across the country, almost as if they were to blame for the very thing they were protesting about.
For an in-depth consideration of the events and the cover up I would urge you to listen to the wonderful pair of GB News presenters Mike Graham and Kevin O’Sullivan who, with the appropriate amount of bad language, discuss it on their most recent The Thought Police podcast.
The initial response to the killings by Rudakubana was to deny any terrorist motivation and heaven forbid that it could have been inspired by the religion of peace. Rudakubana was not an immigrant, although the child of immigrants, he was Welsh. He was portrayed as a fresh-faced young lad who sang in the choir at his parents’ church, as if that made everything alright.
The media were effectively silenced (or simply obedient) under the rule of sub judice, and anyone suggesting an immigrant Muslim link was labelled ‘far right’, castigated as having ‘fanned the flames’ and threatened with the full force of the law. The jails were cleared in advance, and some of those who said that there was an immigrant, Muslim terrorist link in the killings still languish in prison (one of whom tragically has died, by his own hand).
But it turns out they were right; the lad, if not an immigrant, was from an immigrant family, he possessed material produced by Al Qaeda and some substances capable of being used in a chemical weapon. This was the first string of wrong conclusions.
It transpires that some wrong conclusions were made even before Rudakubana turned up in Southport. He was known to social services and to police, had admitted to owning a knife and had displayed bizarre behaviour. He had already been convicted of assault and referred to the counter-terrorism unit Prevent. All the above and the fact that he looks like an absolute nutter, yet nobody acted. One wonders why. There were rumours that he shouted an Islamic slogan at the killings, but this has not been confirmed.
Attention is now focused on the knife, as if it was solely responsible for the murders. Initially described as a kitchen knife, by dent of Chinese whispers, it has grown to a machete. And Sir Keir and his troupe of half-wits are expressing outrage at the fact that a deranged lunatic could purchase a machete on Amazon, as if Amazon was to blame. But anyone can buy a machete on Amazon – just enter ‘machete knife’ and see for yourself. They are used by chefs and butchers and are easily available. Yvette Cooper described it as a ‘total disgrace’ that he was able to purchase the knife at 17 years of age.
There are certainly age restricted items on Amazon, but is a deranged, Islamic inspired nutcase with murder in mind going to say ‘darn, foiled again’ and stop at that? Why not simply use someone else’s account (our kids have used ours for years)? Nevertheless, we can expect that Amazon will be a target of the Starmer government, thus making the legitimate acquisition of industrial knives harder, and having absolutely no effect on those who want to kill people with them.
Starmer has said that there will be a no stone unturned Public Inquiry into events leading up to the Southport killings, and we all know how effective these are at getting to the root of things and making recommendations that are never implemented. But no amount of public inquiry will dare to arrive at the correct conclusion.
Outside the courtroom some multicultural bore was waxing lyrically about how ‘diversity is a strength’ in the UK. Why that was relevant to the case that was underway in the court is not clear, and the brass neck even to make such a comment when there were three grieving families in attendance is astonishing. But these intersectional idiots never get challenged by journalists who mainly seem to be on message with this nonsense or, indeed, are themselves representatives of multicultural Britain. I have yet to hear a single convincing example of why diversity is our strength.
The thoughts of the team at The New Conservative are with the families of Alice da Silva Aguiar, Bebe King and Elsie Dot Stancombe. May they rest in peace and may Axel Rudakubana never see the outside of a jail as long as he lives.
Roger Watson is a retired academic, editor and writer. He is a columnist with Unity News Network and writes regularly for a range of conservative journals including The Salisbury Review and The European Conservative. He has travelled and worked extensively in the Far East and the Middle East. He lives in Kingston upon Hull, UK.
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Starmer’s ‘masterclass in obfuscation’ over Southport murders
DR FREDERICK ATTENBOROUGH
SIR KEIR Starmer has ordered an independent public inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the murders of three young girls in Southport last July amid growing concerns over why key information was withheld from the public.
This decision followed the guilty plea of 18-year-old Axel Rudakubana at Liverpool Crown Court on Monday. Rudakubana admitted murdering six-year-old Bebe King, seven-year-old Elsie Dot Stancombe, and nine-year-old Alice Da Silva Aguiar during a Taylor Swift-themed dance class. He also pleaded guilty to attempting to murder eight other children and two adults, as well as possessing an al-Qaeda training manual and producing the deadly toxin ricin.
Further details were outlined by Home Secretary Yvette Cooper in a statement to the House of Commons. Cooper stressed that the inquiry would examine not only the immediate events leading up to the attack but also systemic issues, including the handling of Rudakubana’s multiple referrals to Prevent, the Government’s scheme to stop terrorist violence.
The Prime Minister described the inquiry as a necessary step to restore public confidence. ‘The law of this country forbade me or anyone else from disclosing details sooner,’ he told reporters, defending the decision to withhold key details before the court case.
Nevertheless, many have accused the Government of using contempt laws to obscure the terror links in the case. Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp called for the inquiry to examine ‘what the Government knew and when’ and ‘why it wasn’t disclosed’.
On BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp called for the inquiry to examine ‘what the Government knew and when’ and ‘why it wasn’t disclosed’.
In Parliament on Tuesday, Philp cited Jonathan Hall KC, the UK’s Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation, who remarked in October that ‘there’s a fair amount you can put into the public domain’ without prejudicing a trial. He also warned against the trap of claiming that only minimal information can be shared due to criminal proceedings, stating that ‘if there is an information gap, then there are other voices, particularly in social media, who will try and fill it’.
Nick Timothy, joint chief of staff to Theresa May when she was prime minister and now Conservative MP for West Suffolk, accused Starmer of ‘a cynical masterclass in obfuscation’. Timothy questioned why the Government did not disclose the terror connections, asking ‘whether it thought the public might assume something about [Rudakubana’s] ideology if they used the word terror’. He criticised Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner’s dismissal of such links as ‘fake news’, arguing this only deepened mistrust.
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage echoed these criticisms, accusing the Government of hiding behind legal arguments. ‘The country needed to know the truth about this murderer and that he was known to the authorities,’ he said.
The tragedy unfolded on July 29, when Rudakubana launched a knife attack at the dance class. While authorities quickly gathered evidence of extremist links and were aware of his history of violent behaviour, withholding this information fuelled public frustration and accusations of a two-tier justice system that prioritises ‘community relations’ over the truth.
Public suspicion was further heightened by the messaging from Merseyside Police. The force initially emphasised that Rudakubana was born in Cardiff, but confirmation of his British nationality did little to quell rumours that the outrage was an Islamic State-inspired terrorist attack.
Similarly, during a press conference on the evening of the attack, Serena Kennedy, Chief Constable of Merseyside, stated that while the incident was not being treated as terror-related, counter-terror police were assisting with the investigation. Yet the discovery of ricin and a terrorist manual at Rudakubana’s home shortly after the attack remained undisclosed for three months.
Was this an operational decision to allow detectives more time to gather evidence of a motive, or a deliberate ploy to avoid inflaming tensions? Either way, the silence eroded public trust. Riots erupted across Southport and beyond, leading to more than 1,200 arrests and dozens of convictions. Social media quickly became a focal point for public discussion, with users speculating about the case and sharing their views. While some posts crossed the line into illegality and led to prosecutions, the Free Speech Union saw many cases where lawful commentary was unfairly targeted.
The Prime Minister has also ordered a review of the counter-extremism system after it was revealed that Rudakubana had been referred to the Prevent programme three times between 2019 and 2021 without effective intervention. Lord Anderson will lead the review to ensure the system is ‘fit for purpose’ and to ‘shine a light into its darkest corners‘.
There are no corners darker than those left unexamined, unspoken and concealed. As the Telegraph observed in a strong editorial, the unthinkable events in Southport highlight the critical importance of integrity and openness in the public square. Drawing comparisons with the 2017 Manchester Arena bombing, where Salman Abedi killed 22 people, the paper noted that withholding information ‘played into the hands of political groups trying to foment trouble’.
What happened in Southport serves as a sobering reminder that suppressing information, even with good intentions, undermines trust in technocratic expertise and creates fertile ground for rumours, conspiracy theories and civil unrest. Transparency, by contrast, is not just a legal obligation but a crucial safeguard against the growing political polarisation that progressives so often claim to oppose.
When the inquiry begins, it must address not only what the Government knew and when, but also whether clearer public communication could have prevented the violence that followed. In times of crisis, the freedom to ask questions, speak openly and challenge political shibboleths – even at the risk of causing offence – is more essential than ever.
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