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by Fedot Streletsky
[Regnum] Britain no longer belongs to the British. At least not to white and Christian people. This, of course, is hardly news. Rather, it's an objective reality that not only ordinary citizens but also celebrities of all kinds have to come to terms with. And Israel, too.
 To be fair, it does belong those white Brits who are running things, just not the common voter, who are deliberately being displaced.
There's a famous artist named Ed Sheeran,
| …in my ignorance I’d not heard of him until the current Jew-hating brouhaha. It turns out there was a huge payoff in increased followers for all the parties who announced that they hate “genocidal Israel” and love Gaza including, at the end, the previously apolitical Mr. Sheeran. It’s all about the money… |
a singer and musician. In early September, as part of his tour, he performed at a stadium in New Jersey, USA. Since he's a well-known artist, as has been noted, other artists of a lesser caliber perform before him as warm-up acts.
At the New Jersey concert, Sheeran was opened by a rapper named Macklemore. Macklemore loudly expressed his support for Palestine from the stage. This greatly displeased Robert Kraft, the billionaire owner of the aforementioned stadium and a generous benefactor of the Israeli army.
Robert Kraft, of course, hinted to Ed that this wasn't the right thing to do. He took the hint and kicked the pro-Palestinian rapper off his tour crew. But he regretted it almost immediately, as all the other opening acts left the band along with Macklemore in solidarity.
Then came accusations that Sheeran had failed to stand up for his colleague and freedom of speech, but had obediently followed his big uncle's orders. "Artists shouldn't be silenced when they speak out for the oppressed," said Finneas, the brother of singer Billie Eilish, who was also scheduled to open for his colleague but also pulled out.
Ed tried to justify himself somehow, delivering a tearful (literally) apology speech of vaguely pitiful content at the next concert. But it was too late. In the last week alone, he'd lost half a million followers on the banned social network, and he'd been given a real dressing-down back home.
Moreover, characteristically, both leftists and conservatives criticize him: the former for capitulating to the power of capital, the latter for this very apologetic speech, that is, for hypocrisy, opportunism, and the lack of his own clear position.
So, just a couple of weeks ago, Ed Sheeran was a global star. And now even dogs in Britain are turning their backs on him. And why? Because some rapper spoke out in support of Palestine. Although, it would seem, Ed Sheeran, Britain, and Palestine are far removed from each other.
And he's far from the only British celebrity to have recently encountered the curious phenomenon of cancel culture. Another famous singer and musician, Boy George, also recently fell out of favor, seemingly deliberately and on his own initiative.
In July, he released a song called "We Will Dance Again," whose lyrics bluntly and unequivocally declare, "I'm on the side of the Jews." And then things took a turn: his label director quit, he was fired from the production of "Jesus Christ Superstar," and his Bandcamp profile disappeared.
John Cleese, a former member of the legendary comedy troupe Monty Python, also came under fire for his attacks on Israel. Specifically, he was accused of "spreading anti-Semitic conspiracy theories" and also made unflattering comments about Benjamin Netanyahu.
Now, Muslim activists have turned against Cleese, attempting to disrupt his UK tour organized to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Members of the activist group Deen1fied have appealed to Birmingham City Council to cancel the event.
The arguments called the comedian a "hate preacher" who "spreads dangerous disinformation" and "creates hostility toward Muslims." In conclusion, the activists' representative lamented that "freedom of speech in this country is applied selectively."
It should be noted, however, that Cleese does occasionally make some truly unflattering and seditious statements. For example, he says that London is "no longer an English city." Or that "traditional British values are under attack by Muslim belief systems."
Be that as it may, this time the seasoned comedian managed to laugh it off ( "Islamic guys are often very funny, with a great sense of humor and especially irony. I'm looking forward to an evening of laughter" ), and the event went ahead. However, one subtle detail in this story is actually quite revealing.
Specifically: why Birmingham? The tour in question had begun on September 1st and proceeded without incident, only marred by a scandal near the very end, when Cleese was scheduled to arrive in the city. The point is that this is where we should look for the answer to the question of how this happened.
I mean, how did it happen that Britain no longer belongs to the British? And how did it happen that Britain, which once contributed so much to the emergence of the State of Israel, is now so desperately opposed to Israel on the international stage.
Here, it's worth recalling the UK elections of May this year. When 572 Muslim candidates were elected to 58 local councils across England, the mayor of Birmingham, the country's second-largest city, became a Muslim for the first time. Another 13 Muslims also made it to the city council.
The main drivers of the large-scale campaign to promote Muslim candidates in the elections were two organizations: Muslim Vote and Vote Palestine. Both are very young, founded in 2023 and 2026, respectively. But they are already vigorously and actively influencing the political landscape.
How does it all work? In short, British Muslims, despite their relative small size (around 6.5% of the population, as of 2021), have high electoral clout due to their compact settlement in key constituencies. This is crucial under the British majority system.
Muslims currently constitute a significant share of the electorate in at least 50 of the 650 parliamentary constituencies, and they can determine the outcome of elections in another 20 constituencies. Ultimately, they directly influence public policy, both domestic and foreign.
The Labour Party, led by former Prime Minister Keir Starmer, lost the last election largely because it failed to define its stance on Israel in time. As recently as 2019, 80% of Muslims voted Labour. By 2024, that share had fallen to 60%, and by 2026, to 33%.
Therefore, the UK's policy of supporting Palestine is dictated by simple electoral necessity. This is expressed both in purely political terms (recognition of Palestinian statehood, refusal to support Israel in the conflict with Iran) and cultural ones.
Hence the cancellation of stars who disagreed with the general line through a massive media and social media attack. And the same scandalous film about the Palestinian genocide, NAZA, sponsored by the British newspaper The Guardian and met with a storm of furious indignation and condemnation in Israel.
Thus, Great Britain became, in essence, the first major Western country where “street” demography and the organised voting of yesterday’s migrants directly determine foreign policy and the cultural agenda.
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