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PREVENT<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n by Nick Moss, with cartoon above by Martin Gollan<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cThey promote ideologies that go against our shared values; \u201c…in recent months we\u2019ve seen an unacceptable rise in extremist activity, which is seeking to divide our society and hijack our democratic institutions\u201d<\/em> –\u00a0Downing Street press office, 11 March 2024\/ The Guardian, 12 March 2024<\/p>\n \u201cBritain is a patriotic, liberal, democratic society with a proud past and a bright future. We are a reasonable country and a decent people.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0– PM’s address on extremism, 1 March 2024<\/p>\n \u201cOn too many occasions recently, our streets have been hijacked by small groups\u2026\u2026who are hostile to our values and have no respect for our democratic traditions\u201d<\/em>\u00a0– PM’s address on extremism, 1 March 2024 \u201cWhen they tell children that the system is rigged against them or that Britain is a racist country\u2026This is not only a lie, but a cynical attempt to crush young dreams, and turn impressionistic minds against their own society.<\/em>\u201d\u00a0– PM’s address on extremism, 1 March 2024<\/em> \u201cWe need to overcome the fear of being labelled Islamophobic and speak truthfully. Enough of the hand-wringing and apologies. Turning a blind eye to fanatics has got us into this terrible situation: it needs to stop.This is a crisis. And the fightback must start now, with urgency, if we are to preserve the liberties we cherish and the privileges this country affords us all. If we are to have any chance of saving our country from the mob.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0–\u00a0Suella Braverman, ‘Islamists are Bullying Britain into Submission’, The Telegraph, 22 February 2024<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s given our capital city away to his mates. I don\u2019t actually believe that the Islamists have got control of our country, but what I do believe is they\u2019ve got control of Khan, and they\u2019ve got control of London.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0–\u00a0Lee Anderson, GB News, 23 February 2024<\/p>\n The air is soupy and miasmatic, congested; catarrhal with fascist bombast. PREVENT by Nick Moss, with cartoon above by Martin Gollan \u201cThey promote ideologies that go against our shared values; that encourage intolerance.\u201d\u00a0 – PREVENT guidance \u201c…in recent…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":645,"featured_media":16436,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1660],"tags":[3026,2640,3042,2886],"class_list":["post-16438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-poetry-2","tag-lee-anderson","tag-rishi-sunak","tag-senator-mccarthy","tag-suella-braverman"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/645"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16438"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16438\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
that encourage intolerance.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0 – PREVENT guidance<\/p>\n
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We are at that point where politicians take a chance on Mosleyite posturing,
See if they can call a mob to heel and hunt,
And the arch-chameleon sheds another skin,
Adjusts his Cutler and Gross glasses,
And peddles his gentle bigotry.
McCarthy in designer frames.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"