News Round-Up
8 May 2024
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A grim new report reveals that only one in four British Muslims believe that Hamas committed murder and rape in Israel on October 7th, with 46% sympathising with the terrorist organisation.
In the latest Weekly Sceptic podcast the talking points are Nike's woke update of the England flag, Reform UK dropping a candidate after a Hope Not Hate hit-piece and Candace Owens getting fired from the Daily Wire.
The Government's consultation on "non-statutory guidance" for schools on gender identity shows how weak it is, says Mark Ellse. The problem is it failed to amend the Equality Act, which protects "gender reassignment".
A new Hope Not Hate report warns that Tory MPs like Jacob Rees-Mogg are part of a "Right-wing insurgency undermining minority rights" – showing what's so dangerous about Michael Gove's new definition of 'extremism'.
Counter-terror and extremism experts, including former Conservative home secretaries, are warning against exploiting extremism for political gain ahead of Michael Gove's controversial new anti-extremism plan.
Nick Dixon was unimpressed by Rishi Sunak's speech yesterday. He championed the very values – diversity, inclusion, multiculturalism – that have landed us in the broken and divided society he's complaining about.
The PM has made a speech outside Downing Street warning that "extremist forces" on the Left and the Right are "trying to tear us apart". In spite of his stab at 'both side-ism', he clearly has Islamic extremists in mind.
German intelligence agency the BfV has branded leading politician Hans-Georg Maaßen a "Right-wing extremist" for criticising globalism, the Green Party and mass immigration after he proposed working with AfD.
According to commentators, the 2024 elections around the world are a "threat to democracy" because so many voters are voting for "Right-wing" parties. It's part of a worrying anti-freedom trend, says Igor Chudov.
Former extremism tsar Dame Sara Khan warns that official plans to tackle extremism in the U.K. are being ignored, despite rising radicalisation.
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