Tag: Prevent

Netflix's Adolescence perpetuates the lazy trope of portraying a white boy as the perpetrator of deadly violence against girls, despite this being very rare in reality. But the Government is no better, says David Shipley.

"You’ll never be wasting our time," reads the Prevent poster. So why did the anti-extremism programme fail to stop the Southport killer, who had been referred to it three times? He's not the only one, says Charlotte Gill.

Teenage boys could face anti-terrorism investigations for sexist remarks in class under new Home Office plans, sparking fears of Prevent losing focus on deradicalising terrorists.

In this week's London Calling, the arguments are about 15-minute cities, the Prevent programme, Roald Dahl, the Global Disinformation Index and the vertiginous decline of Marvel Studios.

In the latest Weekly Sceptic podcast the talking points are the terror threat from Jacob Rees-Mogg, the ongoing smears against Neil Oliver and GB News, and Mark Steyn's unhappy departure from the channel.

According to William Shawcross's report on Prevent, the definition of 'right-wing extremism' by counter terrorism officials was so capacious it included Jacob Rees-Mogg, Rod Liddle, Douglas Murray and Melanie Phillips.

Lockdowns have made the fight against terrorism even harder, according to Raffaello Pantucci, a Senior Associate Fellow of RUSI.