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VfJUK: When legitimate protest becomes blasphemy

DATE : 6 June 2025 AUTHOR : VFJUK Webmaster

On 2nd June this year, Hamit Coskun, a Turkish political refugee who is clearly not a fan of Islam, was found guilty of an aggravated public order offence at Westminster Magistrates Court, after burning a copy of the Koran outside the Turkish consulate in Knightsbridge. Among other opinions, Mr Coskun had expressed the view that Islam was a […]

The puzzling case of Tommy Robinson, and the reality of freedom in the UK today

DATE : 30 May 2025 AUTHOR : VFJUK Webmaster

I freely admit, I am no expert in matters relating to Tommy Robinson, and VfJUK does not and cannot condone violence. I know next to nothing of the events surrounding the showing of the film for which Robinson was gaoled, but I have been puzzled in recent days to read that he has been granted early […]

Just how bad can things get?

DATE : 22 May 2025 AUTHOR : VFJUK Webmaster

Just when you think things can’t get any worse, events seem to defy all expectation … and they do. After the UK’s hard-fought separation from Europe, for instance, Keir Starmer appears to have engineered an agreement to make us once again subject to EU rules, only this time minus the voting rights that previously allowed us […]

Urgent – Psychiatrists withdraw support for assisted suicide

DATE : 15 May 2025 AUTHOR : VFJUK Webmaster

In a surprise move, the Royal College of Psychiatrists has dropped its support for the Assisted Dying Bill, saying that there is a danger people suffering from depression will use it to get help to commit suicide, and that there is inadequate scrutiny of the medical condition of those seeking help to die. The RCP’s opposition […]

How to have sex: advice for children

DATE : 14 May 2025 AUTHOR : VFJUK Webmaster

Bridgend council in Wales has been heavily criticised for last year commissioning a PowerPoint presentation for use in schools endorsing, among other things, strangulation during sex. Seemingly tackling the problem of consent, one of the slides stated baldly, ‘It is never OK to start choking someone without asking them first.’. Thankfully, the draft guidance was dropped after […]