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Whites are becoming the minority by 2056Whites- are becoming the minority by 2056

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Thestarsmayalign · 14/02/2026 13:54

I read this ( not daily mail!) on MN -is this actually a true / statistical prediction?
I can send the link to the thread that stated this .
I have never heard this before . I assume that this is not accurate at all .( also assume applying to uk) .

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pocketpairs · 15/02/2026 12:59

GentleSheep · 14/02/2026 14:04

Here's another article from the Independent, "White Britons could be a minority by 2066"

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/white-britons-could-be-minority-by-2066-2137329.html

Professor David Coleman, of Oxford University, said the demographic group would make up less than half the population in "little more" than 50 years. He said the decline will be caused by record-breaking levels of immigration and the migration of thousands of British nationals abroad over the coming decades.

I mean, that's extrapolating quite a lot!

The fastest growing ethic group in the UK is the mixed group...

JustSomeWaferThinHam · 15/02/2026 13:01

pointythings · 15/02/2026 12:45

I've heard of the organisation. That doesn't mean they materially alter the way Muslim people vote. You're assuming that Muslims are a monolithic bloc of people who all vote, think and believe the same way. That is manifestly incorrect. I wasn't talking about the organisation, I was talking about people.

The ‘clan’ system incorporating extensive first cousin marriage, combined with extremely high use of postal voting especially for those who don’t speak English tend to produce ‘block votes’ guided by a small number of influential leaders.

Obviously there are lots of Muslims who don’t participate in this but many do. In some areas the mosque leaders are very influential. We saw this in Birmingham with their strong influence over WM Police. This is obviously replicated in many other police forces and council areas where the councils are run by Muslims.

The government are clearly very concerned to keep the Muslim votes onside hence their reluctance to deal with issues like first cousin marriage, the rape gangs enabled through their ethnicity and religion and the definition of Islamophobia. These are deeply unpopular with the general public but the government seem deaf to that.

MunicipalDarwinism · 15/02/2026 13:03

Somerford · 15/02/2026 12:52

I'm not doing your goggling for you, go and find it if you want to look at it.

https://themuslimvote.co.uk/

If you read the Q&A it is not at all how you are presenting it. It's nothing sinister.

The Muslim Vote - We are Pro-Democracy and Anti-Genocide

Muslims and all people who stand for justice agree that the current political class does not represent us. Peacefully, politically, and persistently we will vote them out.

https://themuslimvote.co.uk

Pineneedlesincarpet · 15/02/2026 13:03

MunicipalDarwinism · 15/02/2026 12:54

Which party are they being "instructed" to vote for?

The Telegraph has reported on this a bit. See below. Make of it what you will.

In 2024 in Leicester East the imans sent out messages endorsing the Lib Dem candidate but on religious grounds.

"Members of the community are told that it would be “unwise” for Muslims “not to choose a person of faith who promises never to compromise on Islamic principles”. The message goes on to say that Mr Haq is “Muslim, God-fearing, understands Islamic values and will always stand up for Palestine”."

Fears of ‘undue spiritual influence’ on voters as community leaders ‘highlight Islamic values’
Dossier of messages circulated in Leicestershire constituency ‘urges backing for named candidates’

Almost a decade ago, the mayor of Tower Hamlets was sensationally removed from office after an electoral court found him guilty of a string of “corrupt and illegal practices” including ballot rigging, bribery and buying votes.

But perhaps the most intriguing aspect of the judgement was that Lutfur Rahman was found to have exerted “undue spiritual influence” to win votes among the east London borough’s Muslim Bangladeshi community.

Put simply, this means using religion to pressure people into voting in a certain way. This was the first and only successful case of its kind since the 19th century.

Fast forward to this election, and there are once again fears of imams exerting “spiritual pressure” over Muslim voters – a type of election interference which is illegal under the Elections Act 2022.

The Sunday Telegraph has seen a dossier of messages which are being circulated among Leicester’s Muslim community, with religious leaders urging voters to get behind particular candidates.

Religious leaders backing Lib Dem
In one message, voters are told that the “ulama and the masaajid” of Leicester East, meaning religious leaders and mosques, are endorsing the Liberal Democrat candidate Zuffar ul Haq.

Members of the community are told that it would be “unwise” for Muslims “not to choose a person of faith who promises never to compromise on Islamic principles”. The message goes on to say that Mr Haq is “Muslim, God-fearing, understands Islamic values and will always stand up for Palestine”.

Labour signs were defaced with Star of David graffiti in the Harborough, Oadby & Wigston constituency in Leicestershire
Labour signs were defaced with Star of David graffiti in the Harborough, Oadby & Wigston constituency in Leicestershire
It notes that , Claudia Webbe, the constituency’s former MP, who is standing in this election as an independent, has also “spoken out for Palestine” but adds that “this is not a special favour”.

The message goes on: “Any decent human being should condemn genocide. As an MP expelled from Labour, it is politically advantageous for her to speak on the Palestinian issue.”

Ms Webbe was elected as a Labour MP in 2019 but has sat as an independent since 2020 when she was expelled from Labour following her criminal conviction for harassing a love rival.

Another message which is being sent around in Leicester East is titled: “Why we as the Muslim community should vote for Claudia Webbe.” It says that a vote for Labour or Conservatives is a “vote for genocide”.

There is no suggestion that Ms Webbe or Mr Haq are involved in circulating such messages.

The dossier has been passed to Leicestershire Police to investigate whether any laws have been broken, The Telegraph understands.

Issue ‘going on for decades’
Fiyaz Mughal, an interfaith campaigner who founded the charities Tell MAMA and Faith Matters, said the issue of religious leaders pressuring their communities to vote for certain candidates has been going on for “decades”.

But he went on to explain that it has become “much more widespread in this election”, adding that he has picked up on similar things happening in Luton, around Yorkshire and Lancashire, and in east London.

“For me it really truly crosses that line to undue spiritual influence as well as psychological and social influence,” Mr Mughal said.

“What we are also seeing is a hardening of this sense of Islamic identity. There is a lot more activity on WhatsApp and there is no way to monitor this stuff. Imagine there were messages sent around telling people to vote for a white candidate – there would be uproar.”

WalkDontWalk · 15/02/2026 13:04

Stepintotheunknown · 14/02/2026 14:31

Natural redheads and blindes wont exist. No more blue and green eyes

We will all have identical features and colouring brown hair, brown skin and brown eyes. In irself it is attractive but not if all other variations no longer exist. We are told diversity is good. Well there will be no diversity in appearance.

Do you all really think that is a good outcome?

.....that's not how genetics work. It's not very complex, but it's more complex than that.

For instance, a mixed race couple I know have two kids, one of whom looks Afro-Caribbean and the other like a Viking. Each of them is likely to carry genes that will produce children who look like the other sibling.

Pineneedlesincarpet · 15/02/2026 13:05

AngryBird6122 · 15/02/2026 12:57

I don't understand your original point or this one sorry

Are you agreeing with me or disagreeing?

The pp said "Exactly, why can no one say what traditions we have lost? If there were so many, you'd think someone would be able to say one.
I honestly can't think of multiple cultures and traditions that we have supposedly lost."

And my reply was Secular politics. Which is the most important one.

Somerford · 15/02/2026 13:06

MunicipalDarwinism · 15/02/2026 12:55

"Do your own research" = Hitchens' Razor, I'm afraid.

Edited

No, more like don't instruct me to retrieve websites for you when you can easily type it into Google yourself.

AngryBird6122 · 15/02/2026 13:06

Pineneedlesincarpet · 15/02/2026 13:05

The pp said "Exactly, why can no one say what traditions we have lost? If there were so many, you'd think someone would be able to say one.
I honestly can't think of multiple cultures and traditions that we have supposedly lost."

And my reply was Secular politics. Which is the most important one.

ok.

pocketpairs · 15/02/2026 13:07

Wellthisisdifficult · 14/02/2026 14:10

Skin colour of a population doesn’t matter on jot. What matters is integration into the existing society and its culture. What is British culture? Well it is the overarching culture encompassing the traditions/myths/language/history of the various areas of Britain as well as national ones.

The danger hasn’t got anything to do with non- whites, it’s to do with a usurping of British culture. And yes that is a problem because it changes the identity of a nation.

Why do people even bother going to university, if the can't get educated?! So I'll try to explain in simple terms.

There is no such thing as a static culture, it evolves over time. Think of societal attitudes towards homosexuality, or women in the workplace or inter-racial marriages.

This so called culture you're imagining is only exists in a moment in time.

pocketpairs · 15/02/2026 13:10

Thestarsmayalign · 14/02/2026 14:13

It would matter a great deal to me if some of our British values and rights were diluted or reduced
For example if the demographic was one that did not value women s right s - so hard fought for -and influenced policy .
I would be worried if Reform got in for the same reasons .

Care to name a couple of so called British values?? Assume you'll try, and not respond to this..

bemoresloth · 15/02/2026 13:10

Pineneedlesincarpet · 15/02/2026 13:05

The pp said "Exactly, why can no one say what traditions we have lost? If there were so many, you'd think someone would be able to say one.
I honestly can't think of multiple cultures and traditions that we have supposedly lost."

And my reply was Secular politics. Which is the most important one.

Are you saying we lost secular politics?

I am not sure I understand what you are saying.

JustSomeWaferThinHam · 15/02/2026 13:12

SugarPuffSandwiches · 15/02/2026 11:33

We are the majority though. This is scare mongering nonsense with no actual sources to back it up.

The thing is that if things continue the way they are, we will NOT be the majority in less than a generation. You calling it fearmongering doesn’t change the numbers.

The link to the academic models demonstrating this have already been posted.

Konstantin Kisin has some very helpful analysis on this in his podcast.

StopWindingBobStopWinding · 15/02/2026 13:13

SugarPuffSandwiches · 15/02/2026 08:59

How do you know who's not white or a "newer arrival?"

Exactly, how does she think she knows? I’m in my fifties, White British, my family is traceable here from the Norman invasion, so almost 1000 years. I’m an historian and so I have a good understanding of the ethnic makeup of the country and when, why and how it’s changed over the past two millennia. You will be able to read my posts here, OP. Do you still think that the narrative on this thread which questions your assumptions and prejudices is being made by, in your view, black and brown recent immigrants with an agenda to eliminate white people? Or might you, in this as in most of your other posts, actually be wrong about this?

MunicipalDarwinism · 15/02/2026 13:15

Pineneedlesincarpet · 15/02/2026 13:03

The Telegraph has reported on this a bit. See below. Make of it what you will.

In 2024 in Leicester East the imans sent out messages endorsing the Lib Dem candidate but on religious grounds.

"Members of the community are told that it would be “unwise” for Muslims “not to choose a person of faith who promises never to compromise on Islamic principles”. The message goes on to say that Mr Haq is “Muslim, God-fearing, understands Islamic values and will always stand up for Palestine”."

Fears of ‘undue spiritual influence’ on voters as community leaders ‘highlight Islamic values’
Dossier of messages circulated in Leicestershire constituency ‘urges backing for named candidates’

Almost a decade ago, the mayor of Tower Hamlets was sensationally removed from office after an electoral court found him guilty of a string of “corrupt and illegal practices” including ballot rigging, bribery and buying votes.

But perhaps the most intriguing aspect of the judgement was that Lutfur Rahman was found to have exerted “undue spiritual influence” to win votes among the east London borough’s Muslim Bangladeshi community.

Put simply, this means using religion to pressure people into voting in a certain way. This was the first and only successful case of its kind since the 19th century.

Fast forward to this election, and there are once again fears of imams exerting “spiritual pressure” over Muslim voters – a type of election interference which is illegal under the Elections Act 2022.

The Sunday Telegraph has seen a dossier of messages which are being circulated among Leicester’s Muslim community, with religious leaders urging voters to get behind particular candidates.

Religious leaders backing Lib Dem
In one message, voters are told that the “ulama and the masaajid” of Leicester East, meaning religious leaders and mosques, are endorsing the Liberal Democrat candidate Zuffar ul Haq.

Members of the community are told that it would be “unwise” for Muslims “not to choose a person of faith who promises never to compromise on Islamic principles”. The message goes on to say that Mr Haq is “Muslim, God-fearing, understands Islamic values and will always stand up for Palestine”.

Labour signs were defaced with Star of David graffiti in the Harborough, Oadby & Wigston constituency in Leicestershire
Labour signs were defaced with Star of David graffiti in the Harborough, Oadby & Wigston constituency in Leicestershire
It notes that , Claudia Webbe, the constituency’s former MP, who is standing in this election as an independent, has also “spoken out for Palestine” but adds that “this is not a special favour”.

The message goes on: “Any decent human being should condemn genocide. As an MP expelled from Labour, it is politically advantageous for her to speak on the Palestinian issue.”

Ms Webbe was elected as a Labour MP in 2019 but has sat as an independent since 2020 when she was expelled from Labour following her criminal conviction for harassing a love rival.

Another message which is being sent around in Leicester East is titled: “Why we as the Muslim community should vote for Claudia Webbe.” It says that a vote for Labour or Conservatives is a “vote for genocide”.

There is no suggestion that Ms Webbe or Mr Haq are involved in circulating such messages.

The dossier has been passed to Leicestershire Police to investigate whether any laws have been broken, The Telegraph understands.

Issue ‘going on for decades’
Fiyaz Mughal, an interfaith campaigner who founded the charities Tell MAMA and Faith Matters, said the issue of religious leaders pressuring their communities to vote for certain candidates has been going on for “decades”.

But he went on to explain that it has become “much more widespread in this election”, adding that he has picked up on similar things happening in Luton, around Yorkshire and Lancashire, and in east London.

“For me it really truly crosses that line to undue spiritual influence as well as psychological and social influence,” Mr Mughal said.

“What we are also seeing is a hardening of this sense of Islamic identity. There is a lot more activity on WhatsApp and there is no way to monitor this stuff. Imagine there were messages sent around telling people to vote for a white candidate – there would be uproar.”

"The dossier has been passed to Leicestershire Police to investigate whether any laws have been broken, The Telegraph understands"

When was this article published? Have there been any prosecutions?

Obviously pressurising people how to vote isn't a good thing but that article doesn't mean it is widespread. Also, it is very difficult to actually force people to vote in a way they don't want to, for obvious reasons.

Some of the article is very vague.

Muslim people wanting to vote for Muslim candidates who they feel might best represent their interests doesn't seem that unreasonable to me?

cardibach · 15/02/2026 13:16

Somerford · 15/02/2026 13:06

No, more like don't instruct me to retrieve websites for you when you can easily type it into Google yourself.

Ypur post didn’t make it at all clear what should be typed in. I mean, I can see it now, but you didn’t make it clear.

Poetnojo · 15/02/2026 13:17

cardibach · 15/02/2026 11:39

Not necessarily. Let’s reduce it to small and simple numbers.
Say that now there are 10 white people and 3 non white people. The white people are in the majority. Say after some generations (the time scale in the OP is nonsense incidentally) there are 20 white people but 21 non white people. Now white people are the minority. They aren’t in decline though. Their population just isn’t growing as fast.
Like many others, I don't really care what skin tone British people have though.

Lets talk about real numbers instead of small simple ones shall we? White British are in decline and the birth stats would back that up. White British women are having around 1.2 to 1.4 babies, which is putting the white British population in decline. And the majority of posters here seem happy about that.

cardibach · 15/02/2026 13:17

JustSomeWaferThinHam · 15/02/2026 13:12

The thing is that if things continue the way they are, we will NOT be the majority in less than a generation. You calling it fearmongering doesn’t change the numbers.

The link to the academic models demonstrating this have already been posted.

Konstantin Kisin has some very helpful analysis on this in his podcast.

How can it happen in ‘less than a generation’ when immigration is down?

Somerford · 15/02/2026 13:18

MunicipalDarwinism · 15/02/2026 13:03

https://themuslimvote.co.uk/

If you read the Q&A it is not at all how you are presenting it. It's nothing sinister.

"For the first time, the Muslim community has united and is acting as one at the ballot box, and we've come well-prepared."

It is literally Muslims voting as a bloc along religious lines in order to exert disproportionate influence

Pineneedlesincarpet · 15/02/2026 13:19

bemoresloth · 15/02/2026 13:10

Are you saying we lost secular politics?

I am not sure I understand what you are saying.

Im saying we are now seeing an increase in sectarian politics with the advent of the Gaza Independents and the "Muslim Vote" existence of which is being debated above.

2029 MP intake will show if this is on an upward trajectory.

samarrange · 15/02/2026 13:19

MaturingCheeseball · 15/02/2026 09:29

I think what cheeses people off - nay, alarms people - is the constant denigration or “what’s British culture?” of things that are inherently of this country or have been traditions for generations. Whilst at the same time applauding other cultures’ celebrations.

Acutally I don’t think there will be this great melting pot. Yes - Black British and white British get together - and I personally know many Sikhs marrying out. But I don’t think Muslim traditionalists are in any hurry to bag themselves a white person and vice versa, so I foresee a situation of sectarianism in n this country.

Which British cultural tradition has your local council cut or denigrated in order to put up a few lights on the town hall for Diwali, or have the council leader wish people Eid Mubarak?

The single biggest change I can think of in "festive traditions they didn't have when I was younger" is that nowadays there are lots of Christmas markets, with stands selling pork-based Bratwurst and plenty of Glühwein. Not quite a Sharia takeover just yet.

MrsBennetsPoorNervesAreBack · 15/02/2026 13:19

Poetnojo · 15/02/2026 13:17

Lets talk about real numbers instead of small simple ones shall we? White British are in decline and the birth stats would back that up. White British women are having around 1.2 to 1.4 babies, which is putting the white British population in decline. And the majority of posters here seem happy about that.

Not all white British women will have white British babies in any case. Does it matter to you if they have mixed race babies instead?

marcyhermit · 15/02/2026 13:20

AngryBird6122 · 15/02/2026 12:41

Go to Saudi Arabia and try and live your life exactly as you do here. You can’t. Because if their cultures and traditions. Because yours are different. That’s our culture and tradition. Ffs. So dumb saying we have none.

@marcyhermit @SugarPuffSandwiches

Edited

What culture and traditions do you think we are losing?

cardibach · 15/02/2026 13:20

Poetnojo · 15/02/2026 13:17

Lets talk about real numbers instead of small simple ones shall we? White British are in decline and the birth stats would back that up. White British women are having around 1.2 to 1.4 babies, which is putting the white British population in decline. And the majority of posters here seem happy about that.

I think it generally seems they are neither happy nor unhappy about it - they just aren’t that bothered. What’s your solution? Force women to have more babies?
I was just pointing out that a reduced proportion doesn’t in any way need a population in decline which was what the post I responded to said.

StopWindingBobStopWinding · 15/02/2026 13:21

Stepintotheunknown · 15/02/2026 10:43

White people are treated worse than minorities in the UK now in 2026. DEI favours minorities, social housing favours minorities, employment law favours minorities and so on.

Wow. You really don’t understand equality legislation, do you? I’m amazed that so many posters are willing to display their ignorance so proudly when they haven’t a clue what they are talking about.

MaturingCheeseball · 15/02/2026 13:21

So first we have posters denying there’s any such thing as The Muslim Vote, and then grudgingly accepting it, but just screenshotting the “pro-democracy” bit.

Read further and it’s really not so good. We would not be having this discussion, that’s for sure, if the Islamophobia demands were met.

I could in theory vote for the Conservatives, Labour, Greens, LibDems, Reform… the Monster Raving Loony Party. But how could I vote for a party predicated specifically on one religion and its cultural wishes?

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