report on the leaked document: “This new approach risks swamping already stretched counterextremism interveners and counterterror police with tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of new cases, making it more likely that dangerous people will be missed.
“Some of the definitions of extremism also threaten free speech, defining aspects of normal and legitimate political debate as extremist.”…
Chris Philp, the shadow home secretary, said it was draconian to describe those making claims of two-tier policing as extremists. He said: “Commenting on police response to incidents is not far-right. We live in a democracy and people are entitled to debate the way we are policed. That’s not far-right; that’s part of legitimate debate in a democracy. You can agree or disagree with these views but freedom of speech means they have the right to express them.”
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