{"id":21597,"date":"2025-03-31T00:07:28","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T07:07:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/politicalhat.com\/?p=21597"},"modified":"2025-03-31T00:07:28","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T07:07:28","slug":"britain-vs-ninjas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2025\/03\/31\/britain-vs-ninjas\/","title":{"rendered":"Britain vs. Ninjas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The U.K.has become well known for its war on <a href=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2018\/04\/18\/banning-the-knife-in-britain\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">knives<\/a> and other such instruments of violence like <a href=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2019\/06\/05\/stopping-spoon-related-violence-in-the-u-k\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">spoons<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2019\/05\/07\/assault-with-a-deadly-whisk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">whisks<\/a>, Now, they are going after \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/fZwLq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ninja swords<\/a>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" align=\"center\">Confirmed: Ninja swords will be banned by this summer.<\/p>\n<p>When we promise action we take it. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gjJEQIMI10\">https:\/\/t.co\/gjJEQIMI10<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Keir Starmer (@Keir_Starmer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Keir_Starmer\/status\/1905238067843150186?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 27, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;But what if the plague of ninjas in the U.K. use shuriken?<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_21598\" style=\"width: 435px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21598\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21598\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/south-park-kenny-shuriken.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"425\" height=\"395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/south-park-kenny-shuriken.jpg 425w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/south-park-kenny-shuriken-300x279.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 425px) 100vw, 425px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-21598\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pictured: Typical British Ninja<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Oh, those are <em>already<\/em> banned along with so <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/buying-carrying-knives\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">many other sharp and pointy objects<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Why have their Prime Minister, though, touting this? Perhaps because he needs to reassure a core Labour constituency that their concerns are being met. That core Labour constituency? <a href=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2024\/09\/03\/under-u-k-knife-laws-zombielivesmatter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zombies<\/a> of course.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Bold electoral strategy for Labour. Let\u2019s see how it pays off down the road.<\/p>\n<p><meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@PoliticHatBlog\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ThePoliticalHat\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Britain vs. Ninjas\"\/><meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"The U.K.has become well known for its war on knives and other such instruments of violence like spoons and whisks,  Now, they are going after 'Ninja swords'.\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/south-park-kenny-shuriken.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The U.K.has become well known for its war on knives and other such instruments of violence like spoons and whisks, Now, they are going after \u201cNinja swords\u201d. Confirmed: Ninja swords will be banned by this summer. 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