‘Cultural Nationalism’, Concern About Migration Listed as ‘Right-Wing Terrorist Ideology’ by U.K.
The British government’s anti-terror Prevent program has listed “cultural nationalism” and the belief that Western culture is under threat from mass migration as being indicative of “right-wing terrorist ideology”.
Prevent, a scheme set up in the wake of the Islamist 7/7 London terror attacks in 2005 to de-radicalise potential terrorists, is once again facing accusations of wrongly targeting conservatives and right-wing populists in its latest guidance, The Telegraph reported.
Zia Yusuf Returns to Farage’s Reform Party, Two Days After Quitting
In a prompt about-face, Zia Yusuf has announced that he will be returning to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party, just two days after sensationally resigning from his post as party chairman.
Claiming that his decision to quit Reform was one “born out of exhaustion”, Zia Yusuf saidSaturday that he “will be continuing my work with Reform, my commitment redoubled.” According to The Times of London, Yusuf will not be returning as chairman of the party, however, and will instead head up Reform’s DOGE unit to root out waste in the local English councils it now controls, as well as contributing as a policymaker, fundraiser, and public spokesman. The position of party chairman, which will be split into two positions, one focusing on organisation and the other on public campaigning, will likely be filled next week, the paper reported. Yusuf’s move to quit the party came shortly after Reform MP Sarah Pochin’s parliamentary question, asking whether the Labour government would consider banning the burqa, as has been done in other European nations like Denmark and France.Yusuf, a practising Muslim, apparently took umbrage with this, branding the move as “dumb”. However, he told The Times that he did not resign over disagreements about the idea of banning the burqa and said that if he were a member of parliament, he would “probably vote to ban it”.
