Islamists are responsible for 94% of terrorism-related deaths and 88% of injuries in Great Britain since 1999. Yet the report suggests the Government is deprioritising the Islamist threat and instead focusing on other “behaviours of concern,” such as misogyny, “spreading misinformation and conspiracy theories,” and “preventing integration.”
The UK Home Office’ ‘Rapid Analytical Sprint’ report was commissioned to address extremism following the Southport riots in August 2024. The aim was to map and monitor extremist trends, understand what works to disrupt and divert people from extremist views, and identify gaps in existing policy.
The ‘Sprint’ report, leaked to the think tank Policy Exchange on 28 January 2025, claims that fears over two-tier policing is an “extreme right-wing narrative” and suggests that grooming gangs are an issue exploited by the far-right to stir hatred against Muslims.
“You can tell a government report has gone down badly when ministers are distancing themselves before it has been officially published,” The Spectator wrote the day of the leak. “Today, it’s the Home Office’s ‘Rapid Analytical Sprint’ … that is causing trouble for ministers.”
The report recommends increasing the use of controversial “non-crime hate incidents” and introducing a new crime of “harmful communications” to tackle online abuse of Members of Parliament....<<<Read More>>>....
