Tag: Extremism

Anti-immigration campaigner Tommy Robinson is labelled "far-Right" by the media, but he calls himself a "centrist". Should we believe him, asks Professor James Alexander.

Critics warn that the Government's review of tackling violence against women and girls poses a risk to free speech.

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.