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.
A spate of attacks on AfD politicians signals a rise in violent Left-wing extremism across Germany, says Ralph Schoellhammer. Worse is that many celebrate this.
