The Government’s anti-terror scheme Prevent needs urgent reforms after it missed three chances to stop evil Rudakubana
Time for Prevent to really prevent
THE SHOCKING Southport murders provoked wave after wave of misinformation.
So it is vital that the facts are crystal clear in the aftermath of the sentencing of evil Axel Rudakubana.
Sir Keir Starmer warned us on Wednesday of “a new and dangerous threat involving acts of violence by loners, misfits, young men in their bedrooms”.
But what stands out from the shocking figures we reveal today is that this threat is far from new.
Prevent, the Government’s anti-terror scheme, missed three chances to stop Rudakubana.
Now we know it has seen 1,830 violence-addicted teens recommended to it in the last four YEARS.
So hardly a new phenomenon, Prime Minister.
Chillingly, just 228 of these young people with the potential to become terrorists were brought into its scheme.
That means there are more than 1,500 violence-crazed obsessives like Rudakubana who have been rejected by Prevent and are still on our streets.
That is a ticking timebomb.
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper says Prevent clearly needs urgent reforms.
They cannot come soon enough to defuse this threat.
Tragically, for the victims of Southport they are already too late.
Healthy benefit move
RACHEL Reeves assures us she will get a move on with vital welfare reforms.
There are few bigger drags on growth than the exploding benefits bill and the Government cannot afford to sit on its hands.
It is welcome to see the new blueprint will now be unveiled before the Chancellor’s Spring statement in March.
Her miraculous conversion to a more positive approach on the economy is also refreshing.
The Government needs to talk up Britain like never before.
But that wouldn’t have been necessary if she and the PM hadn’t piled on the economic gloom when they first came to power.
And if the Chancellor’s own budget had not shattered business confidence by dropping a £40billion tax bomb.
A Hard A.I.’s Night
SIR PAUL McCartney says that if artificial intelligence is unleashed without safeguards, it could stifle creativity and cripple bands.
The warning that there could never be another Beatles for future generations should be an urgent wake up call for the music industry.
AI Jude just doesn’t have the same ring to it.