Page 24 - Robin Simcox News Today

Few Americans will have heard of John McDonnell MP. Yet a demonstration he attended in support of Guantanamo Bay detainees outside the U.S. Embassy in London last week shows why they should begin to take notice. This far-left firebrand is now just a Conservative government implosion away from becoming the second most powerful politician in the UK, and that spells bad news for U.S.-UK relations.

Following Tuesday’s attacks in Brussels, a German Green MP raised a basic question: “Why do they hate us so much?” We’ve seen attacks in New York, Washington, Madrid, London, Paris, Copenhagen and Brussels – to name just some of the Western cities blighted by terrorism. After all that, it seems remarkable that this is still being asked. But since it is, it is worth answering.

It is anti-racism that the government defines as extremist and not racism itself. This is not a sign of worrying authoritarianism to come - it is already here

The Commission for Countering Extremisms end of year review, covering work done by the Commission over the last 12 months.

New appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via our colleagues at Dods People

The Interim Commissioner for Countering Extremisms appointment has been extended until March 2022.

The Commission for Countering Extremism supports society to fight all forms of extremism. It advises the government on new policies to deal with extremism, including the need for any new powers.

LONDON: Britain’s new commissioner for countering extremism dismissed the word “Islamophobia” as a ploy to “shut down disagreement” and argued against use of the term. Robin Simcox was appointed by UK Home Secretary Priti Patel to the interim position last month, but he has proven controversial figure for a number of years. In a September 2019 article, he called for the UK prime minister to “push back on ‘Islamophobia’” and be “wary” of calls for an internal Conservative P...

Keir Starmer visits Sheffield before May’s local elections. Photograph: Danny Lawson/PA Keir Starmer visits Sheffield before May’s local elections. Photograph: Danny Lawson/PA Sun 4 Apr 2021 03.45 EDT Keir Starmer has spent most of his first year as Labour leader giving speeches to empty rooms. He has had to gauge whether his leadership is transforming the party or falling flat using different methods than usual: there is no crowd offering him standing ovations, barely any action on...

SHARE The British government can’t strip an Egyptian extremist of refugee status despite his links to the murder of a leading anti-Taliban commander two days before the September 11 attacks on the United States in 2001, a UK court ruled. Judges this week rebuffed Home Secretary Priti Patel’s efforts to cut the UK residency rights of Yasser Al Siri, who faces the death penalty in his native Egypt but has lived in Britain since claiming asylum in 1994. The removal of his refugee status would ...