Dinosaurs, birds and England

On screen: Swift Injustice: The Case of Tommy Robinson

There's nothing about this situation that isn't revolting: 

• For nearly 30 years, British Pakistani Muslim gangs perpetuated a child rape ring in Rotherham, grooming and sexually abusing hundreds of mostly white English lower class underage girls. 
• Police and local government knew about it and covered it up. 
• Prominent Islam critic, independent journalist and all around provocateur Tommy Robinson attempts to cover the proceedings outside the court at a trial for suspects in the grooming and abuse ring. He's arrested, convicted, sentenced and dumped into prison in a matter of hours. 
• The media is ordered by the court not to report on the affair. 

From the linked article:

A kangaroo court, then a gag order. In the United Kingdom, where rapists enjoy the right to a full and fair trial, the right to the legal representation of their choice, the right to have sufficient time to prepare their cases, and the right to go home on bail between sessions of their trial. No such rights were offered, however, to Tommy Robinson.

The swiftness with which injustice was meted out to Robinson is stunning. No, more than that: it is terrifying. On various occasions over the years, I have been subjected in person to an immediate threat of Islamic violence: I have had a knife pulled on me by a young gang member, and been encircled by a crowd of belligerent men in djellabas outside a radical mosque. But that was not frightening. This is frightening -- this utter violation of fundamental British freedoms.

We have the Bill of Rights because of our English heritage and English common law. Having inspired our Founders to create those things, the English seem to have utterly rejected any semblance of recognition of individual rights. What in God's name is wrong with the Brits?

I've said on occasion that although the dinosaurs are long extinct, we can at least see a shadow of what they were by observing their closest descendants: birds. In the same way, I think it's safe to say that England - the real England - is dead and gone, and the closest we'll see to its glory is the USA, while it lasts. We're the birds.

An afterthought: if the Royal Family over there serves any purpose; if there is any justification for even having a king or queen - wouldn't it be appropriate for them to open their mouths, at least in private, to the political leaders of their country about where things are heading over there?