Senior Visiting Research Fellow @KingsCollegeLon. Senior Associate (Non-Resident) @CSIS. UK Commissioner for Countering Extremism 2021-25. Likes = bookmarks.

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A pleasure to discuss @burke_jason's latest book, The Revolutionists - a compelling study of terrorism and extremism in the 1970s - at a @CEGroupUK event last night.
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Some thoughts on the UK’s permissive environment for antisemitism on @BBCNewsnight last night.
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You can catch my recent interview with @bbclaurak here. We discuss antisemitism, anti-Muslim hatred and more. bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m…
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Thank you to Munira Mirza @civic_future and @michaelgove @luhc for their remarks at today’s @CommissionCE conference: ‘Tackling Extremism in our Communities’.
I wrote on the Shamima Begum case for @lawfareblog back in 2019. Whether or not you agree with the Supreme Court verdict - this is a hellishly difficult area for democracies to try and navigate. lawfareblog.com/limits-briti…
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More Macron criticism. You can just imagine what the response would have been if he had gone down the route of “acknowledging the exclusively religious” motivations behind recent terror attacks, as recommended here. Not universal praise would be my guess. nytimes.com/2020/11/06/world…
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In this common struggle against faith-claimed terrorism perpetrated by terrorists abusing religious motivations, we will endure
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Merkel says fight against 'Islamist terrorism' is common struggle reut.rs/2TKAkKd
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Ah, for the good old days when a US President promoting zany conspiracy theories would be considered major news.
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“The question was repeated through the crowd. ‘Are we safe? Is this war?’” A question we’re still wrestling with 19 years on.
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