Montgomery Toms assault clearly shows we have a state controlled political police service
The UK continues sliding into an authoritarian quagmire where conservative voices are silenced under the risk of causing offence. Monty is the latest victim.
You may have seen online the brutal attack on young journalist Montgomery Toms, often dubbed the British Charlie Kirk, for his bold, table setup debates that invite open dialogue on the issues of the day. What started as a peaceful exchange of views outside a London university turned into a stark illustration of how free speech is not just under threat but actively being crushed by those who claim to uphold it, the police.
For those unfamiliar to Monty, the 20-year-old founder of Freedom Watch GB, a youth focused conservative group, set up his trademark debating table outside the London College of Communication (ironically). His banner read ‘Britain Needs Mass Deportations. Prove Me Wrong.’
Adult discussions interrupted by violence
He was engaging in a calm discussion on migration with a young lady when a man approached from behind, flipped the table, smashed equipment, and physically assaulted him. Toms’ cameraman, Will Coleshill, stepped in to restrain the attacker under a citizen’s arrest, only for university staff to come out and intervene, despite Will clearly stating the man had attacked Toms and was holding him until the police arrived, but even they went on to assault Toms further, and then help the assailant flee. Drinks were thrown, cameras smashed, classic tactics of the intolerant left who can’t win arguments through open dialogue. Completely at odds with the lady also disagreed with Toms opinions, but was engaging in a polite debate at the time.
Police arrived and attitudes change
Enter the police. Initially, they responded to Toms’ call for help and treated him as the victim. But everything changed when they laid eyes on that banner. Suddenly, the officers’ demeanour shifted. The sign was deemed as provocative, saying it would “rile people up,” and somehow, Toms was now to blame for “creating a situation.” They arrested Coleshill for assault, despite him defending his colleague and manhandled Toms, ignoring his protests about the real aggressor going free. Toms himself described it as “two-tier policing,” where right-wing views are criminalised while left-wing violence gets a pass.
Free speech? Again its only if you agree with the government accepted narrative
This incident couldn’t be more ironic given Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s recent engagements with Trump on free speech. Just months ago, Starmer stood alongside Trump and declared that free speech is one of Britain’s “founding values,” protected “jealously and fiercely.” He boasted about the UK’s commitment to open expression, even as Trump has repeatedly called out European censorship. Yet here we are, AGAIN, with a young conservative journalist assaulted for daring to discuss mass deportations, a policy echoed by mainstream figures like Nigel Farage and Rupert Lowe. Starmer’s words ring hollow when his police service treats conservative speech as an invitation for violence.
Do we now live in a country where disagreeing with someone gives you license to attack them? Apparently, yes if the target is on the right. You don’t see conservatives storming Jeremy Corbyn’s events or punching Steve Laws for his far-right views. We debate, we argue, we vote. But the left? When they can’t counter ideas like border security or cultural preservation, they resort to calling people racists, Nazi’s and violence ensues. And the authorities? They enable it. This isn’t policing, it’s political enforcement. The Metropolitan Police have morphed from a force upholding impartial law, treating everyone fairly, into a police service that picks sides, arresting the victims while letting aggressors walk if they have the right thoughts.
We saw that again yesterday where Zak Polanski and others cheered as Palestine Action activists were freed from breaking and entering where a police lady had her spine smashed with a sledgehammer. As Toms put it in his post-incident podcast, this sets a “terrible precedent” where being “offensive” is now a crime, defined, of course, by the woke elite. They decide what is offensive and you will abide by their thoughts or face arrest and as many have experienced, imprisonment, as child rapists walk free.
Red flag Mandelson gets a job but if you think there is too much immigration you are under arrest
Starmer’s caveats about limits on free speech, protecting children from harm, sound reasonable until you see them weaponised against dissent. Debating migration isn’t peddling suicide or paedophilia like Epstein. It’s addressing the number one issue facing Britain today where uncontrolled borders are eroding our culture and straining resources. We al know it, thats what the polls tell us. Yet, under Labour, expressing that view gets you labeled a provocateur, worthy of assault without consequence. But if you are friends with convicted billionaire pedophiles and you are perfectly fine, here is a job in government.
This assault on Toms isn’t isolated. In 2025 he was arrested for a sign critiquing transgender ideology? Or the broader crackdown on hate speech that jails pensioners for social media posts while ignoring real threats? It’s two-tier everything; policing, justice, speech. If Starmer truly believes in free expression, he should condemn this incident, drop charges against Coleshill, and ensure the attacker faces justice. But don’t hold your breath. Labour’s Britain prefers peaceful slavery over dangerous freedom, as Toms and Coleshill aptly put it.
The silver lining? Incidents like this galvanise the right. Toms reports that students approaching him post-assault engaged in real debates, and his group raised £4,000 in funding. It’s proof that the silent majority are waking up. We need more Montgomerys not to cause a disturbance but to be bold, unapologetic talking with people and airing voices pushing back against the authoritarian tide. Because if we don’t, the UK won’t just lose free speech, it’ll lose its entire soul.
There is a great podcast with Peter McCormack if you wish to know more about this young man.