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by Effie Deans: In response to the regular demonstrations in the streets in London and elsewhere the government has come up with a definition of extremism that applies to everyone. I fully understand that this definition is only intended...
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by Ben Sixsmith, Artillery Row: We cannot define such a vague term with such vague terms. Did anyone have high hopes for Michael Gove’s definition of “extremism”? How can you trust someone to define the acceptable boundaries of belief...
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by Rakib Ehsan, spiked: Its new report tries to brand Tory MPs and gender-critical feminists as threats to democracy. This week, Michael Gove, the UK government’s communities secretary, published a new definition of ‘extremism’. He...
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by Matt Dathan, The Times: Communities secretary names five groups that could breach new rules, but Sara Khan warns crackdown needs to be tougher to stop hate polluting wider society. Michael Gove has named and shamed five groups likely...
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by Liam Duffy, UnHerd: Islamism is still evading government censure. Back in 2015, word came down from on high that every British school was now bound by law to promote “fundamental British values”, lest they fall foul of Ofsted, or...
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In this joint statement, the Archbishop of Canterbury and Archbishop of York warn the Government that its new extremism definition risks “disproportionately targeting Muslim communities” and “driving us apart”. In a statement today, they...
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