Weekly Roundup

A region of the multicultural Midlands city of Birmingham
has seen the highest rate of newly reported cases of female genital
mutilation (FGM) in the UK.
Last year, the National Health Service (NHS) newly recorded 305
cases of the mutilation in Birmingham and Solihull, nearly six news
victims every week, according to BirminghamLive. In total, including
those already known to the NHS, 385 women and girls were seen by
health authorities in the region in 2018/2019. For the vast majority
(305) of those victims, it was not known when the procedure was
undertaken — a proportion reflective of the nationwide figures
published this month. In case you did not notice FGM is illegal in the
UK, and yet, there are no prosecutions ever. As usual, we see the
two-tier legal system at work.


A gang of organised Lithuanian criminals have been jailed
for their part in a plot to steal high value vans to
order.
Two of them - Vytautas Cernauskas, 37, and Mindaugas Zabiela, 35 -
flew into the UK the night before they stole one Mercedes van and
tried to steal another. They were collected at the airport by
compatriot Remigijus Ramunis, 37, who had been in the UK for five
months, Hull Crown Court heard. A fourth member of the gang is still
at large. We cannot get out of the EU soon enough. Hundreds of
thousands of East European criminals will have to find another country
to leech off and terror.


In London people are been stabbed and shot on a daily
basis, but this is how the Met decide to spend their time: arresting
Christian preachers.
A Christian preacher has been awarded a compensation payment of
£2,500 after his Christian views and driven four miles away by police
officers in a wrongful arrest. Oluwole Ilesanmi aged 64 was accused of
being Islamophobia when he was preaching outside Southgate Tube
station in London in February of 2019. The Met Police should come out
apologise properly and respect the judgement of the court, not make
excuses!


U.S. President Donald Trump has revealed that his
administration is already working on a trade deal with British prime
minister Boris Johnson, which he predicts will boost British-American
trade by three, four, perhaps even five times.
The United States is already the United Kingdom’s single-biggest
trade and investment partner and most important security partner, but
the British government has been unable to supercharge the special
relationship with the U.S. with a trade deal because the European
Union does not allow its member-states to conduct an independent trade
policy. Congratulations to US President Trump. This deal offers hope
to other nations who need it. When Frau Merkel hears of this news she
will be shaking until the end of her premiership.


Last week, Hasim Lewis, 32, plead guilty to yet another
murder, admitting to an Old Bailey court that he murdered Mrs.
Catherine Burke in Muswell Hill in November 2017.
Lewis was already serving life for murdering 22-year-old Iuliana
Tudos on her way home from work. High on cocaine, cannabis and
alcohol, Lewis had slashed Ms. Tudos with a broken bottle. During the
attack he extracted her PIN number and later withdrew cash from her
account. Without proper deterrents, pitiless killers will continue to
prey on societies most vulnerable. Mr. Lewis will now live the rest of
his life in a cosy cell while the families of his victims must live
the rest of their lives, robbed of their precious loved ones.
Yours sincerely

Robin Tilbrook
Chairman - The English Democrats
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