As Britons have expressed their growing anger about the de-Britainization of once-Great Britain, the Establishment has mobilized the oppressive powers of the state to shut them up. 

Until about 10 seconds ago, you could get a visit from the police for saying that migrants should be forced to learn English or that mass migration has been damaging to the UK. 

Will that be happening to Keir Starmer, who has suddenly discovered that borders are a good thing and that Britain is no longer British?

NEW: UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer calls for the UK to take back its borders, says the UK is becoming an “island of strangers” and immigrants should learn how to speak English.

Wow.

“Without [strict rules], we risk becoming an island of strangers, not a nation that walks… pic.twitter.com/qrcyc7iymI

— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) May 12, 2025

As you know, I'm not joking that an ordinary Brit saying "speak English, please" could earn you a visit from a police officer. Even being accused of that makes you a perpetrator of hate speech, worthy of police bullying.

'This charlatan voted 15 times against tougher immigration rules.'

Alex Armstrong says Labour’s immigration white paper is a panicked response from Keir Starmer to Reform UK’s surge in the local elections. pic.twitter.com/IPhWyoptH8

— GB News (@GBNEWS) May 12, 2025

Keir Starmer is now suggesting that the British government implement policies to enforce that sentiment. 

“Speak English”?

That’s literally a hate crime in your tyrannical fascist hell-hole, jackass.

Off to jail for you!

Bigot! pic.twitter.com/bVbvIMeAYz

— Viva Frei (@thevivafrei) May 12, 2025

In other words, as I and lots of others have been saying, modern Western states--with Anglosphere countries like Britain, Canada, and New Zealand in the forefront--have been mobilizing the power of the state to force people to regurgitate whatever the people in power want to be said. Deviation from the approved Narrative™ is essentially a criminal offense that can earn you time in jail if they want to. 

It's not even something as offensive as enforcing an ideological line; it is using the power of the state to impose the most arbitrary limits on speech--whatever that line is at the moment. It can change on a dime. 

Labour are taking voters for fools. They have no plan to stop the boats.

Only Reform UK will stop the boats and deport all illegals. pic.twitter.com/l7DMpP7nic

— Reform UK (@reformparty_uk) May 12, 2025

In my Sunday Smiles essay, I wrote about a retired constable whose house was searched and was thrown in jail for 8 hours for decrying antisemitism. The police found "Brexity" books, which solidified his wrongthink credentials. It too 18 months for anybody to admit that the harassment was wrong. 

Kent police finally admitted this week that the caution was a “mistake”.

At the time of the police investigating him for this thought crime, only 26 people had viewed his post. https://t.co/5TRhidS11D pic.twitter.com/REL1t9kibV

— AG (@AGHamilton29) May 11, 2025

Starmer's about-face on migration--it really IS a 180-degree turn in days--comes as the popularity of Reform UK has skyrocketed. As in, right on the heels of a new poll showing that opposition to mass migration keeps getting stronger. 

💥This morning’s London poll shows Reform UK can beat Labour.

The Tories’ brand is broken.

Only Reform can beat Sadiq and Keir’s disastrous Labour Party. pic.twitter.com/nUTjTkM3HS

— Alex Wilson AM 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏳️‍🌈 🚗 (@AlexWilsonAM) May 12, 2025

And polls from earlier this month show that if a general election were held today--unfortunately, it will be years before one is--Reform could actually win a majority in the Parliament. 

🚨 Reform now polling at 33%, almost double the Tories and 13pts clear of Labour.

Would result in a walloping Reform majority.

History is being written. pic.twitter.com/WrRRy7We8i

— Zia Yusuf (@ZiaYusufUK) May 8, 2025

Starmer's about-face on migration doesn't address a much deeper problem: the two-tier system of justice that puts British citizens who disagree with the elites last. For all the talk about hate speech and inciting violence, the fact is that even these bad rules are enforced arbitrarily. 

'We risk becoming an island of strangers, not a nation that walks forward together.”
- Keir Starmer.

This was London the day after October 7th massacre by Hamas. Before Israel had even retaliated.

We already are an island of strangers. These people are certainly alien to me. pic.twitter.com/9S5AlziUCZ

— Chris Rose (@ArchRose90) May 12, 2025

Starmer may be adjusting to the reality that he is not a totalitarian ruler who can simply ignore popular opinion, but I see no evidence that he will not continue to try whenever he can get away with it. 

Whether this change in rhetoric is purely cosmetic or a tactical move to retake ground lost to Reform is one question; whether Britain will regain its sanity of adhering to sanity and the rule of law is an even bigger question.