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General Category => Politics & Current Affairs => Topic started by: Nearly Sane on March 14, 2024, 10:51:26 AM

Title: New extremism definition unveiled by government
Post by: Nearly Sane on March 14, 2024, 10:51:26 AM

Arguably the comments by Hester, Anderson, Braverman, and indeed Sunak fall under this. Is the Tory Party extremist?


Personally, I would just have gone for 'a bit smelly' as the definition.


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-68556914

Title: Re: New extremism definition unveiled by government
Post by: Aruntraveller on March 14, 2024, 09:54:11 PM

Headline pinched from The Guardian:

Michael Gove on extremism: the imperturbable in pursuit of the indefinable

That about covers it.

Title: Re: New extremism definition unveiled by government
Post by: Aruntraveller on March 17, 2024, 09:42:26 AM

From the Observer today. Identifies a lot of the problems with the Government and Gove's approach:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/17/observer-view-extremism-shut-down-vital-debate-michael-gove