There was a time when Great Britain was, well, great. It dominated the world, was the flagship of Western civilization, and defeated the Nazis.
How far its fallen.
Instead of reading Orwell as the cautionary tales they were, Great Britain seems to have used George as an instruction manual, instituting anti-speech and thought policing policies that make ungoodthink and 'hurtful words' bigger crimes than rape, terrorism, and murder.
In fact, one young British man, Henry Nowak, was ostensibly sentenced to death after a Sikh man accused him of racial abuse. That Sikh man, Vikrum Digwa, had stabbed Nowak with the eight-inch ceremonial blade. While Nowak, bleeding, tried to escape Digwa, police showed up. Digwa told them Nowak had 'racially abused' him and police slapped handcuffs on ... Nowak.
It's good to hear that the police kept this dying man under control, though you have to wonder how being handcuffed was meant to stop him from saying allegedly naughty words. pic.twitter.com/An4r7OFhDX
— Ben Sixsmith (@BDSixsmith) May 15, 2026
Nowak, still handcuffed, passed out and died in the street.
"Put simply, Henry drowned in his own blood with his lung having been cut by the knife going eight centimeters into him," said Prosecutor Nicholas Lobbenberg KC. According to the Daily Mail, a recording of the interaction between Nowak and Digwa showed Nowak calling Digwa a 'bad man' and asking, "Are you a b ..." before the audio cut off.
Police reportedly rendered aid to Nowak after he collapsed, but it was too late. Would Nowak have lived with timely medical care? Maybe. But there was no excuse for the police to cuff Nowak, who was bleeding so heavily he left a trail as he tried to escape his attacker.
Both Digwa, and his mother — who was arrested for allegedly hiding the weapon at the family's home — are on trial. But it doesn't matter. Digwa knew how to game the system, it seems. All he had to do was say that Nowak 'racially abused' and police cuffed Nowak without question. As Sixsmith said, how did handcuffing a wounded man stop him from saying allegedly naughty words? Will suspects soon be gagged, too?
Britain abolished the death penalty, finally ratifying the European Convention on Human Rights protocols in 2003. Unless you say things that offend someone. Then, it seems, you can be sentenced to death.
