Conservative Peer Shaun Bailey has criticised the lack of attention being given to the attempted murder of a British Army Officer compared to the incident in Manchester Airport.
Lord Bailey said the debate was focusing on identity politics and warned that the vilification of the police and military would harm recruitment to these services.
Speaking on GB News Shaun Bailey said: “This is about how we see ourselves as society. You're talking about people who are in the Army, who signed a piece of paper to say they will die on our behalf.
“It doesn't matter where you sit politically, they don't make that judgement. They just act for you. One of my proudest achievements is that I happen to be Honorary Colonel for the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers. Two minutes of those boys will let you know that they have the ultimate respect for the public, and that's why they joined.
“If you're a deeply left wing pacifist, ask yourself, which organisation in this country has done the most humanitarian work? That will be our British Armed Forces.
“This is a group of men and women who can be universally supported. So when the mainstream media doesn't pick up on this kind of stuff, it's just disappointing.
“We are very busy tearing down anything that looks traditional, but that will be a problem for us all in the future.
“This is actually about identity politics, But I want everybody to look at who are you supporting and why we are giving legitimacy to people who do not respect our liberal democracy.
“I believe in a few years time, we have legitimised these people so much they'll be unstoppable. And if you're a lefty and you like democracy, remember that these people don't and you're actually in their firing line.
“If somebody bullies and controls and virtue signals in any sort of mix, somehow the press finds a way to support that person when actually they should be challenging that.
“The advent of identity politics has created a hierarchy which some people refer to as a ‘victims' Olympics'. And any institution that is traditional, that is seen as British, like the Armed Forces, are definitely off most people's agenda.
“If you look at how the police have struggled, particularly in London, to recruit, it's about how people talk about the police in general. Do the police have their problems? Of course they do, but no more than any other institution, I'd suggest.
“But they are tried so readily in the paper, so biasedly, that now people won't join. And ironically, it is the communities, black communities, poor communities, that are most at risk if we cannot increase the numbers who join The Army and the police.”
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