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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Miqdaad Versi

Britain had a far-right terrorist attack a week ago. Why the failure to call it by its true name?

Dover firebombing of  migrant centre
The firebomb attack on a migrant centre in Dover. Photograph: Peter Nicholls/Reuters

Counter-terrorism police have finally concluded that a firebomb attack on a migrant centre last week was terrorism motivated by the far right. But you’d never have guessed it from this past week.

There haven’t been column inches from counter-terrorism ideologues laying out the drivers of this terrorist attack, nor has there been round-the-clock media coverage of the community where the perpetrator is from, asking why they hate so much. Most national newspapers didn’t give the attack front-page prominence the next day.

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