Two-tier policing claim is 'right-wing extremism', Home Office review suggests
Two-tier policing claim is 'right-wing extremism', Home Office review suggests
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Claims of two-tier policing are a “right-wing extremist narrative”, an internal Home Office review into extremism has suggested. Civil servants reportedly found the claim, pushed by right-wing figures including Elon Musk following the UK riots last summer, was among a litany of "damaging extremist beliefs".
The review, commissioned by Home Secretary Yvette Cooper after last summer’s riots following the Southport attacks, recommends the UK should shift its approach to tackling extremism from “ideologies of concern” to “behaviours,” including violence against women and girls, and “spreading misinformation and conspiracy theories”.
The review has not yet been published, but leaked sections of the report were published by the Policy Exchange think tank, which criticised its approach. Ms Cooper disagrees with some of the central findings of the report, the BBC reported. Among its 38 recommendations are for police to increase their recording of non-crime hate incidents, and forcing social media companies to proactively remove content that encourages rioting.
Leaked sections of the report recommend that officials focus "behaviours of concern" rather than "ideologies", citing violence against women, spreading misinformation and, fascination with gore or involvement as being among extreme behaviours, according to Policy Exchange.
