Counter-terrorism policy must chart a more progressive course
Earlier this week, at an event in the House of Commons, Demos launched ‘memorandum on the mainstream – memos to labour’s next leader’.
Irresponsible media have turned Qur’an burning into an issue
What is the similarity between building a place of worship and burning religious scripture? Well, according to Sarah Palin, both are an “unnecessary provocation”.
The extremists on both sides are stoking anti-Muslim feeling
Three-quarters of non-Muslims believe that Islam is bad for Britain, 63 per cent ‘did not disagree’ with the statement ‘Muslims are terrorists’ and 94 per cent said Islam oppresses women. These are the results of a poll reported by both the Guardian and Sky.
Sound move to give terrorists reduced terms for cooperating
Convicted terrorists should be given reduced sentences in return for their cooperation with police investigations. This is just one of the recommendations made by Lord Carlile, the government’s Independent Reviewer of anti-terrorist laws, in his annual report delivered yesterday.
New report confirms uncomfortable truths about homegrown terrorism
More than two thirds of convicted UK-based Islamist terrorists are British nationals, almost half are from London, nearly one third have attended university and a similar proportion were in full-time employment at the time of their involvement in terrorism. Furthermore,test
Cameron’s failure to wear cycle helmet “irresponsible”
Following David Cameron’s irresponsible failure to wear a cycle helmet, it has emerged that one of the leading campaigners for compulsory helmets is a Tory MP.
Toronto terror case reveals similar pattern to previous al-Qaeda plots
The ‘Toronto 18’ case is important for what it tells us about radicalisation in Nrth America & how the situation there is a mirror image of the UK a decade ago.