Ministers believe that the present legal framework isn’t fit for purpose if prosecutions of returning terrorists are to be successful.
One thinks of the need for such as a measure as justice-related and security-related. But it would also send a powerful signal.
Much of the establishment now accepts that Islamist ideology must be named and challenged. But this view doesn’t seem to be held by the new DPP.
The second in a mini-series of three pieces on this site about anti-Muslim prejudice – and what the Government and Party should do about it.