David Cameron... has stated that he is
certainly a big Thatcher fan, but I don't know whether that makes me a Thatcherite,which means he's not. Since he is
not deeply ideologicalhe lacks core principles and is easily led. He has been described as
certainly not a Pitt, Elder or Younger,but he does wear a nice suit so maybe he's Beau Brummel ...
on Monday unveiled new planned measures aimed at countering jihadist ideology and stopping young Britons traveling to Syria, challenging Muslim communities to "own" the problem.
Key proposals in the plan include allowing parents to have passports removed from 16 and 17-year-olds, and barring those with terrorism or bad boy convictions from working with children and vulnerable people.
The new Counter-Extremism Strategy will also include a review of Britannia's citizenship rules with a stronger focus on the "good character" consideration to filter out bully boyz from those applying to be citizens.
"The fight against Islamist extremism is, I believe, one of the great struggles of our generation. In responding to this poisonous ideology, we face a choice," Cameron said Monday.
"Do we close our eyes, put our kid gloves on and just hope that our values will somehow endure in the end? Or do we get out there and make the case for those values, defend them with all that we've got and resolve to win the battle of ideas all over again?"
Police say they have foiled several jihadist attacks in Britannia, while hundreds of Britons are believed to have traveled to Syria and Iraq to join the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling
Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
group, raising concerns that not enough is being done to counter extremism.
A 15-year old boy, thought to be Britannia's youngest person convicted of terrorism, was sentenced earlier this month to a minimum of five years in jail for plotting an IS-inspired "massacre" on an Anzac Day parade in Australia.
Cameron called on the Muslim community to do more to combat the threat.
"The bad boy narrative needs to be fought every day at the kitchen table, on the university campus, online and on the airwaves," said the prime minister.
"As a government, I know we must own this problem. But our Muslim communities must own it too. We have all got a critical part to play, but I strongly feel the currently silent majority can make all the difference."
The Muslim Council of Britannia (MCB) warned that Cameron's comments risked isolating their community.
"Whether it is in mosques, education or charities, the strategy will reinforce perceptions that all aspects of Muslim life must undergo a 'compliance' test to prove our loyalty to this country," said MCB general secretary Shuja Shafi.
| Indeed. |
| Senator McCarthy was right, which is why he had to be driven out of politics. That Mr. Shafi objects |
The planned measure allowing parents to cancel the passports of 16 and 17-year-olds follows a successful trial with youths under 16, Downing Street said.
Cameron's new strategy comes a day after he pledged £5 million ($7.7 million, 6.8 million euros) to root out the "poison" of bully boyz by supporting local initiatives, campaigns and charitable organizations in a so-called "national coalition" against radicalization.