The UK is basically just a meme, at this point. pic.twitter.com/xdDDNOh86F
— The Conservative Alternative (@OldeWorldOrder) August 20, 2025
Ex-boxer jailed for racially offensive posts https://t.co/xckP3FS83c
— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) December 13, 2024
A young man was arrested in the UK for saying he loves bacon, which is offensive to Muslims.🤦🏻♂️ pic.twitter.com/akwhpIQxm7
— Don Keith (@RealDonKeith) August 19, 2025
A former boxer has been jailed for posting racially aggravated comments online during unrest and rioting in the summer.
Derek Heggie made two “ill-informed and potentially dangerous” YouTube videos between 2 and 8 August, Carlisle Crown Court heard.
The 41-year-old, of Welsh Road in Harraby, Carlisle, admitted sending communication of an offensive nature earlier this month.
Jailing him for 10 months and two weeks, Judge Nicholas Barker said it was clear that Heggie had wanted his offensive comments about the Muslim faith “to be read and heard by many”.