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Idiots And Barbarians

The open betrayal of Western Civilization and British tradition by Muslim Labour Backbenchers and Green Party representatives.

Lars Møller | June 4, 2026

From Wikimedia Commons: The Palace of Westminster, London (Giuseppe De Nittis, 1878)

The edifice of Western civilization, forged in the crucible of Judeo-Christian values—individual dignity under a transcendent moral law, ordered liberty, the sanctity of the vulnerable, and a commitment to truth over tribal expediency—is imperiled not by external conquest alone, but equally by internal subversion. 

In a world ravaged by unrest, Britain used to be a model of institutional stability, political pragmatism, and academic excellence. Now, however, it is being torn apart by ideologically inflamed barbarians. Thus, in contemporary Britain, a betrayal on a historical scale manifests with brazen clarity among certain Muslim Labour backbenchers and Green Party representatives, both local and national. These actors, cloaked in the rhetoric of human rights and anti-imperialism, have prioritized sectarian solidarity and electoral calculus over the foundational principles that have so far sustained British tradition: the rule of law, the protection of the innocent, and a common civic culture rooted in biblical ethics rather than imported theocratic impulses. To be sure, this goes way beyond policy divergence; it is an open repudiation of the West’s inheritance.

At the vanguard of this erosion stands Zack Polanski, leader of the Green Party of England and Wales, the epitome of Lenin’s “useful idiot”—a figure whose ideological fervor blinds him to the forces that he empowers. Polanski, himself Jewish, with a bachelor’s degree in drama and sociology from Aberystwyth University in Wales, in addition to careers as an actor and hypnotherapist, has steered the Greens towards an aggressively pro-Palestinian posture, capitalizing on Muslim discontent with Labour’s Gaza policy. This strategy yielded tangible gains: council advances and the historic by-election victory in Gorton and Denton in early 2026, where Green candidate Hannah Spencer triumphed, pushing Labour into third place. 

Such successes reveal a deliberate electoral wedge: Gaza as the galvanizing issue fracturing Labour’s traditional Muslim base. Yet this opportunism masks a deeper rot. Multiple Green candidates........

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