First Paris and London, first the Champs-Élysées and then Primrose Hill, shut down the usual fireworks viewing on New Year’s Eve in the two cities for “security” reasons.

A Royal Parks spokesperson said the decision to shut Primrose Hill for New Year’s Eve was “not taken lightly”. It added as it was not an organised event but a gathering in open parkland, it had “limited controls that we can deploy to ensure public safety”.

What does the public need to be protected from? In London, much as in Paris, that’s a subject that we must not discuss.

There are “security” reasons. “Public safety” is at risk. Who is “public safety” at risk from? What threatens “public safety”? Mum’s the word.

At least the French had the good grace to honestly admit that they were concerned about Islamic terrorism.

London’s Met Police are experts in aiding and abetting Islamic terrorism, locking up anyone who criticizes it, and making meaningless announcements about “security” that don’t fool anyone who chooses not to be fooled.

The bottom line is that mass Islamic migration means that some of the old New Year’s Eve rituals become unworkable.

Public gatherings are just collateral damage. Not public gatherings for Ramadan or Hamas rallies, but gatherings for Chanukah or New Year’s Eve.

The real fireworks aren’t going up in the sky, they’re blowing up countries and giving them a choice between endless terror and war.