A : [[podcast]]
Found at : https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2024/mar/15/what-do-the-tories-consider-extreme-podcast
Part of : [[Today in Focus]]
[[Michael Gove]] is rewriting the government’s definition of ‘[[extremism]]’ but his actions have drawn criticism from across the political spectrum.
Aimed at stopping state funding of extreme groups. For some government-defined definition of extreme.
In reality mostly targeted at Islamicism, a hobby horse of Gove’s.
Their definition:
Extremism is the promotion or advancement of an ideology based on violence, hatred or intolerance, that aims to:
- negate or destroy the fundamental rights and freedoms of others; or
- undermine, overturn or replace the UK’s system of liberal parliamentary democracy and democratic rights; or
- intentionally create a permissive environment for others to achieve the results in (1) or (2).
– Government strengthens approach to counter extremism - GOV.UK