Alexei Navalny, martyr and hero

 Alexei Navalny has died fighting the evil empire under Putin.  AN has paid the ultimate price for his opposition to the murderous regime that has enslaved the Russian people.  

In his death Navalny will be a hero and a martyr for the cause of freedom in Russia. Will his funeral and remembrance of his death lead to protest and demands for a decent future, a better life, a government without Putin, an economy that provides for the people and not for war?  

Where is the voice of the Russian Orthodox Church speaking out against the corruption, the unjust war, the evil occupation of land belonging to Ukraine? Why are the political murders not condemned by priests and prelates?  Like John the Baptist, authentic voices of the Lord has been silenced through death. Murder, mayhem and misery are evident in Russia today, and the misery will continue as dead soldiers killed by a merciless and menacing machine are buried for such a dreadful cause.

Putin will go down in history as another evil tyrant and mass murderer, a war criminal.

    Alexei, in the darkness you brought light.

    You fought against the Kremlin's might.

    You fought against their vicious lies.

    You heard the anguish and the cries

    of people wanting much better ways  

    Freedom and justice in their troubled days.

    And now though dead yet still you speak

    Even when so much is really bleak.

   Your life and words will indeed live on

   When all these despots are completely gone. 

A Dark Day in Russia

 It is pathetic that Putin's crimes go unpunished and his political opponent dies in prison.  These are dark days for the Russian people, who are ruled by criminals and gangsters.  The corruption is throughout the whole system and little brother Putin takes the country down the path of destruction. 

Dissent and media freedom have been suppressed and prevented.  Russia is now a prison state where lies, deceit and deception are the currency of this rotten state.  

The death of Navalny is a disgrace. Justice is completely absent. What a miserable mess. The Russian people deserve a better future and a hope of peace and freedom, which seems to elude them.

Putin should have been in the artic penal colony not Navalny.  His wicked crimes are well known. Putin is a war criminal with much blood on his hands.

Islamilitancy

 Islamilitancy is a threat to our democratic and established way of life. 

 Now we hear of MPs experiencing death threats, intimidation, vile hostility when they express certain views. Some MPs are afraid to express opinions on Gaza, Israel, Palestine, sharia law, jihad, Muslim prayer, the burka etc, etc. They fear being stabbed in their constituency offices.  Antisemitism is experienced on the streets of north London where Jewish people are abused, attacked physically and verbally, and schools with Jewish pupils have to take security measures and precautions against risks of harm.  We are seeing unacceptable behaviour from jihadists and their fellow travellers. 

There is clearly push back and opposition to the imposition and importation of anti-democratic actions that are contrary to our ethics based on the British way of life informed by Christian and well attested values.

Islamilitants would allow, and even promote, segregated education, female genital mutilation, the suppression of women, wife beating according to the Koran, the killing of apostates, the implementation of sharia law, a ban on alcohol, the supremacy of Islam with the removal of other religions.

Therefore there would be no open society, no true democracy but an Islamic theocracy, no freedom of religion, no free press to criticize Islamic beliefs and practices, and no political opposition.

 Hatred is evident in demonstrations around Westminster by agitators supporting terrorist groups and Islamilitancy.

Islamilitancy preaches antisemitism, jihad, violence against perceived apostates and terrorist causes.  Some of these islamilitants are home grown but others have come here illegally. And we do not know how many dangerous and desperate individuals there are roaming our streets intent on islamilitancy.