"Beheading is just one strand in the vibrant tapestry of the multicultural utopia"

Naveed Ahmed pleaded guilty this week to the crime of decapitating his wife in their home they shared with their two children on a quiet residential street in London. Read more here. One of the commenters at The Daily Mail story about the murder was quoted by Mark Steyn as saying,

Poor woman. Why is beheading always in the news, is this really 2015?

Mark explains,

Beheading was introduced to England by William the Conqueror after 1066, but was generally reserved for the highest of the high - men of noble birth, for whom execution by decapitation was felt to be the closest thing to death in battle - and for the lowest of the low - traitors. So the last person to be beheaded in Britain was Lord Lovat in 1747, and the last corpses to be beheaded were those of the Cato Street Conspirators in 1820, who had their heads severed posthumously by axe.

And that was it until the 21st century, when for the first time soldiers were beheaded on the London streets in broad daylight, and octogenarian widows in the privacy of their gardens, and now unfortunate ladies with intemperate husbands. Unless you're prepared to do something about your immigration policy, get used to more decapitation. It's 2015, and beheading is just one strand in the vibrant tapestry of the multicultural utopia.

Read more here.