America has its “woke” culture. Now, Hong Kong BNO holders in the UK stage their own awakening – no talk of pronouns, just a gut-punch truth that Britain's no white knight, but a cold-blooded backstabber.
The latest London march exposed it raw. Protesters ditched the China super-embassy rage for a straight-up BNO gripe blast. They tore into the UK government for jacking up permanent residency rules – over-the-bridge, yank-the-ladders style, pure ruthless opportunism. Folks hunkered down nearly five years face the boot at the finish line, despair hitting like a brick. Even those political-asylum "brothers" who fled here seethe, staring down 40-year settlement waits, finally chewing the "discarded pawn" pill.
London's anti-embassy march flips to BNO fury fest – protesters unleash "Stop Selling Out Hong Kongers" banner, howling betrayal at UK.
This marks the eighth march. The first seven zeroed in on blocking China's new embassy, mixing in Tibetan separatists, Uyghur activists, and Taiwan independence pushers – thick anti-China stench. But Britain played dead fish, dodging a veto clash with Beijing; plus, the fight never touched relocated Hong Kong folks, so crowds withered. Organizers flipped the script with a triple-threat ploy: on top of the embassy plan, they added mourning of Wang Fuk Court fire victims, and demanding no BNO settlement tweaks. Straight from Hong Kong's July 1st mega-march playbook – prime crowd-padding, and it delivered again.
Rock-bottom turnouts haunted prior rallies – mere hundreds. This one exploded past 3,000. Eyewitnesses spot the shift: most showed for locked-in BNO settlement rules, drowning out flag-waving "Liberate Hong Kong" diehards and radical "brothers". Ordinary arrivals flooded in, turning the whole thing into peak BNO whinge central.
Yellow media corners a 40-year-old marcher with her 11-year-old son – tears flowing, story screaming typical. She's logged nearly five UK years, settlement due next June, but the government spikes the rules at her doorstep – wildly unfair. New bar: three years' work over £12,570 salary. She scraped by on savings at first, zero job record – where's the proof? Leaving Hong Kong ripped her roots clean; no fallback now. Britain rewrote the game and dead-ended her.
Another 50-year-old BNO holder vents to yellow media: deadline mid-next year, but casual gigs meant shaky pay – half a year left, zero shot. No degree, English miles from B2 – doom sealed, rage boiling over.
Marchers beam pure UK-government hate via slogans: banners blast "Stop Betraying Hong Kongers" and "Keir Starmer, don't be a traitor". Bellies full of fury, they slam Britain as ruthless exploiters who use people up and toss them aside. Yellow media comments? Zero pity: "You asked for it" – one of them cuts deep: "UK suckered you fools, drained your cash, now kicks you out" – knife-sharp truth.
Beysides BNO complainers there were refugee-fled "brothers" – their mess hits deeper lows. Wanted man Chung Hon-lam pipes up: 40-year settlement slog awaits. Consultation papers spell it: refugees need 20 UK years; and 20 more years for those without entry permit. He ramps up, slamming Britain for "betraying and selling out Hong Kong people who sacrificed most" – the black-riot rap-sheet "brothers".
Fugitive Chung Hon-lam blasts from rally front: UK demands 40-year settlement drag for his refugee ilk – "selling out those who sacrificed most.”
Chung Hon-lam bolts post-flight, endures asylum bureaucracy meat-grinder – approval wrung out after torment, but he's the lucky holdout in Britain. The real wreckage: "brothers" limbo-bound for asylum, deportation shadow looming. They've gulped full "discarded pawn" acid – no shock they're teeth-gnashing UK haters at the march.
BNO holders or asylum-chasing "brothers" – all see Britain's real face now, eyes wide open. But the path forward? Murky fog. Awakening stings hard.
Lai Ting-yiu
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Today, December 7, marks the second election since the Legislative Council finally got back on track. Today, I can’t shake the memory of how a "deformed democracy" ravaged this chamber for years. It was a malignancy—a tumor growing from within—that trapped us in endless chaos and nearly destroyed Hong Kong. This nightmare remains burned into my mind.
Let’s look at the receipts from those insane years. Three absurd realities prove how a tidal wave of radicalism washed away a functioning Council. First, post-"Occupy Central," a crop of "political stars" rode a wave of extremism to besiege LegCo, degrading election quality for years. Second, during the "Black Violence" era, District Councils devolved into a "destroyers' paradise" of unprecedented disorder. Third, to appease radical voters, Pan-democrats hijacked the House Committee election for six months, paralyzing governance. The Council became an endangered structure on the verge of collapse, dragging government operations down with it. Without the Central Government stepping in to restore order, Hong Kong was finished. To stop history from repeating, everyone needs to vote on December 7.
The truth is, this "deformed democracy" was rotting the soil of Hong Kong politics long before "Occupy Central." The British government deliberately planted "election landmines," allowing politicians using unorthodox methods to rise. They realized the game: be radical, be outrageous, be uncouth, and you get votes. Figures like Wong Yuk-man, Albert Chan, and "Long Hair" Leung Kwok-hung seized power this way. Once that door opened, the Council’s normal operations were destroyed, turning the chamber into a mud-wrestling pit.
That was just the prelude. The subversion peaked with the 6th Legislative Council election following the 2014 "Occupy Central" movement. Driven by a passion for "rebellion," masses of young people blindly voted for fresh faces who built their brands on radicalism, ignoring their complete lack of ability or track record. The result? First-time winners included "Localist" figures dripping with "Hong Kong Independence" sentiment like Baggio Leung and Yau Wai-ching, alongside "Occupy" student leader Nathan Law.
Oath-Taking Circus: Post-"Occupy" radicals Baggio Leung and Yau Wai-ching stormed the chamber advocating independence, turning solemn oaths into a disgraceful farce.
The "Open House" of Radical Chaos
Worse still, opportunists within the Pan-democrat camp saw this worked and jumped into the fray. The prime examples were the notoriously "uncouth and aggressive" Ted Hui and the self-proclaimed radical environmentalist Eddie Chu.
When Baggio Leung, Yau Wai-ching, and Nathan Law stormed the Council, political insiders told me the candidacy door had been flung too wide. It became an "unguarded open house"—easy to enter, hard to clear out—guaranteeing chaos. Fortunately, their greed for victory blinded them to the risks. They played games with their inaugural oaths, effectively playing themselves into a corner and getting disqualified (DQ).
Even after they were ousted, the "miracle" of their election accelerated the degradation of our politics. Fanatical voters continued to back incompetent politicians just to vent rebellious angst. Even younger members of the traditional Pan-democrats started acting out to cater to this new taste. Ted Hui is the textbook example: violently snatching a female civil servant's phone and throwing foul-smelling filth in the Chamber. It became a competition of who could be the most radical, obstructing bills and making livelihood administration nearly impossible.
By 2019, when the anti-extradition bill unrest broke out, the Council became a disaster zone. Then came the second absurdity. During the November District Council elections, held amidst turmoil, radical candidates swarmed to grab seats. At the same time, "black-clad people" physically attacked Establishment opponents with beatings, arson, and intimidation. They won the majority, reducing the District Councils to a "destroyers' paradise." Long-serving community councilors were wiped out, marking an unprecedented and unbearable degradation of our institutions.
Filth in the Chamber: "Uncouth" politician Ted Hui proved his disruptive intent by literally throwing foul-smelling rot during a Council meeting.
Paralyzing the System From Within
Inside LegCo, Pan-democrats brought the street riots into the Chamber, competing to perform "radical shows." The most absurd spectacle was Civic Party member Dennis Kwok holding the House Committee Chairman election hostage. He "played games" for over half a year. Sixteen meetings passed without electing a chairman, blocking massive amounts of government bills. Forced by the situation, even moderate Pan-democrats joined the madness, turning the Chamber into a real-life version of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest."
Recently, some claim the reformed Legislative Council has lost its monitoring function. This is 100% a fallacy. The Council back then was thoroughly wrecked; normal operations were paralyzed. What monitoring was there? Government administration was dragged down, pushing us to the brink of "mutual destruction" (laam caau).
Thankfully, the Central Government stepped in at the critical moment to pull the Council back on the right track. If "deformed democracy" had continued, Hong Kong would have derailed and fallen off a cliff, destroyed in a single day.
To prevent this painful history from repeating, everyone must vote enthusiastically on December 7. Support the Legislative Council moving forward on the correct track.
Lai Ting-yiu
