JOHN DERBYSHIRE: The U.K. Just Gave A Grandmother “Community Service” For Sending Christian Tracts To A Muslim. Who Cares What They Say About Trump?

Trump said this: . . .

We have places in London and other places that are so radicalized that the police are afraid for their own lives. We have to be very smart and very vigilant.[Donald Trump claims parts of London are ‘so radicalised’ police officers are ‘afraid for their lives’, by Rose Troup Buchanan, Independent (UK), December 8, 2015]

That drew much indignation from British elites. [‘Block Donald Trump from UK’ over 300,000 sign petition as fury rages over Muslim ban call, Express (UK), December 9, 2015] . . .

But Narrative Collapse set in rather quickly. Newspaper reporters had no difficulty finding actual working police officers who confirmed the truth of Trump’s remarks. Here’s a headline from the London Daily Express, December 10th: “Trump is right!” Police say parts of Britain are no-go areas due to ISIS radicalization.

The stuff about the elderly Christian woman being fined and sentenced to community service appears later in the post. Read the rest.