Failure to control our borders is the cause of extremism
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 to prevent government agencies working with certain Islamic fundamentalist groups. In which case why not just stop them doing so. The government is under no obligation to work with or fund any group. Still there is a danger that the government is beginning to police beliefs and to condemn viewpoints that are normal and not extreme.
The definition is as follows
Extremism is the promotion or advancement of an ideology based on violence, hatred or intolerance, that aims to:
- negate or destroy the fundamental rights and freedoms of others; or
- undermine, overturn or replace the UK’s system of liberal parliamentary democracy and democratic rights; or
- intentionally create a permissive environment for others to achieve the results in (1) or (2).
UK democracy is realistically most threatened by the SNP, Sinn Féin and the Irish government. The United Kingdom came into existence when the Kingdom of Great Britain United with the Kingdom of Ireland in 1800. Prior to that there was the Kingdom of Great Britain. The loss of Northern Ireland therefore would lead to the loss of the United Kingdom and UK democracy.
So too the UK democracy could not survive the loss of Scotland. The Kingdom of Great Britain would cease to exist if Scotland ceased to be a part of it. Therefore, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland would cease to exist.
There is nothing more extreme that could happen to the UK than to lose either Northern Ireland or Scotland, yet Tony Blair negotiated a treaty with Ireland to allow the former to happen and David Cameron allowed a referendum to allow the latter to happen. Are we to conclude therefore that the SNP, Sinn Féin, the Irish government, Tony Blair and David Cameron are extremists?
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