British Prime Minister Keir Starmer represents the epitome of woke culture. He's so politically correct that his shoes squeak to let black people know that a white man is approaching and not be triggered.
Last summer, there was a horrific attack on a Taylor Swift-themed dance class where little girls got to pretend they were the pop star for a little while. Axel Rudakubana, an 18-year-old who was interested in Nazis, the Rwandan genocide, and car bombs, stabbed three children to death and wounded eight others.
Rudakubana was not a terrorist threat, UK authorities concluded, because there was no set ideology that was driving him to violence. The young man had been convicted of assault at school, was obsessed with violence, and was referred to counterterrorism officials on several occasions. "But the government said that because the teen did not fit into existing ways of understanding terrorism," the AP reported, "he was a loner who did not show a clear adherence to an extremist ideology or an organized group — officials did not flag him as a serious threat."
Rudakubana could have been stopped any number of times. But Starmer ignores the obvious culpability of British police and counterterrorism officials and blames the attack on the easy accessibility of knives.
"Time and again, as a child, the Southport murderer carried knives. Time and again, he showed clear intent to use them," Starmer wrote in a piece for The Sun. "And yet tragically, he was still able to order the murder weapon off of the internet without any checks or barriers. A two-click killer. This cannot continue. The technology is there to set up age-verification checks, even for kitchen knives ordered online."
"Two-click killer"? Someone worked long and hard on that one. Perthaps they should make it three clicks to get a knife or even four. It encapsulates all the banality that wokesters like Starmer can muster to deflect responsibility from politicians to an inanimate object.
Starmer wrote that it "remains shockingly easy for our children to get their hands on deadly knives."
"The lessons of this case could not be clearer," he said.
Give your freedom to the government, and we'll keep you safe. Cross our hearts.
What Starmer mentioned but glossed over is that Rudakubana was three times referred to a program intended to divert people from radicalization and terrorism before authorities lost interest in him. At the time of his arrest, he had a copy of an Al Qaeda training manual, which led him to being charged and sentenced for terrorism. He also possessed the deadly poison ricin that he'd manufactured himself in sufficient quantity to conduct a mass attack.
Rudakubana was a human bomb waiting to go off. But Starmer focused not on officials' failure to pay attention, but on knives—edged tools that are among humans' earliest and most important creations.
Next, Starmer will outlaw steak and pork chops since you need a knife to cut the meat. Perhaps he'll try to outlaw eating altogether. Not food. No need for a knife.
"Online retailers will be required to ask for two types of ID from anyone seeking to buy a knife under plans being considered by ministers to combat under-age sales after the Southport murders," reports Charles Hymas of The Telegraph. "Buyers would have to submit an ID document to an online retailer and then record a live video or selfie to prove their age."
An ID check? That works really well in keeping porn out of the hands of kids.
It's difficult to see how an ID check is going to stand between those planning mayhem and tools first crafted 2.6 million years ago in their most primitive form and still used by people every day. My dentist forges knives in his backyard for fun. One of my nephews turns files into knives on a grinding wheel. Scraping an appropriate material against a stone will give you an edge and a point. ID checks don't seem like a barrier to people with bad intentions and the ability to make ricin in their bedrooms.
Anything but confront the reality that authorities failed to corral this kid and keep him out of circulation.
Starmer is so bad that he has voters pining for the faux conservatism of the British Conservative Party. Although in office only since July, his premiership is already in crisis. The next general election in Great Britain isn't until 2029. Odds makers don't give Starmer that long. Odds are 3-1 he won't last until the end of 2025.
