A brutal terrorist strike outside a Manchester synagogue on Yom Kippur has once again exposed a truth our politicians refuse to face: Jewish worshippers are being hunted in the streets of a once-safe Britain. The attacker rammed a vehicle into people gathered for prayer and then stabbed congregants, leaving multiple dead and wounded as communities reel and synagogues across the country harden into fortresses. This is not a random crime wave; this is ideological violence in plain sight, and it happened while families tried to observe the holiest day of the Jewish calendar.
New reporting shows neighbors had raised alarm bells about the attacker years before the massacre, yet those warnings were apparently ignored or inadequately acted upon, a pattern that will infuriate every law-abiding citizen who expects the state to protect them. The assailant, who had a history of violent allegations and disturbing behavior, should have been a red flag for everyone from local police to national security services. Whatever polite euphemisms Westminster prefers, the reality is failure: failures of intelligence, of policing priorities, and of a political class that praises virtue-signalling over actual public safety.
Instead of hard answers, we get platitudes — promises of more police on the beat and “solidarity” speeches while the left excuses or downplays the motives behind such attacks and some on the streets even stage protests that lack basic decency in the aftermath. Prime Minister Starmer’s vows of visible policing are welcome, but they are a stopgap, not a strategy; tough, honest policy is what’s needed, not another round of spin from Whitehall. The Home Secretary was right to chastise insensitive demonstrations, but saying protests were “un-British” rings hollow when institutions have let antisemitic sentiment fester for years.
That is why figures like Douglas Murray matter. Murray has spent years warning that Britain’s unwillingness to confront radical ideology, enforce the rule of law, and defend Jewish communities would one day bear dreadful fruit — and now that warning has been vindicated in blood. Dave Rubin’s decision to share Murray’s direct-message clip was right: voices willing to name the uncomfortable truths and to call for clear action should be amplified, not silenced by the fashionable moralizing of the metropolitan elite. Conservatives should be unapologetic in defending those who cannot defend themselves and in backing anyone who refuses to bow to the soft tyranny of political correctness.
This moment calls for real remedies: secure borders, strict vetting, immediate deportation of known extremists, and the suspension of any weak-kneed policies that allow radicalization to breed unchecked. We should also demand accountability from police and local officials who ignored warnings and from universities and charities that enable hatred under the guise of free expression. If public safety and community cohesion mean anything, it is time to put security and common sense ahead of ideological dogma.
Finally, the tribute must go to the ordinary heroes of Manchester who acted to protect their neighbors — brave men who stood between violence and the vulnerable. Their courage should shame every politician who prefers photo-ops to policy and every media commentator who soft-peddles the realities of militant antisemitism. Britain, and the West, must act like the free societies we claim to be: defend the innocent, punish the guilty, and never let cowardice or cognitive dissonance dictate our national security.
