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New Extremism Definition May Harm Our Democracy

'What the UK must do is return to bread-and-butter law and order, not creating poorly-crafted definitions of extremism'

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Dr Rakib Ehsan
Mar 15, 2024
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Yesterday, the Communities Secretary Michael Gove unveiled the UK Government’s new definition of extremism.

It describes extremism as “the promotion or advancement of an ideology based on violence, hatred or intolerance” – a remarkably expansive framing of extremism that could be exploited by …

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Dr Rakib Ehsan is the author of Beyond Grievance: What the Left Gets Wrong about Ethnic Minorities.
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