Britain’s former top counter-terrorism officer has said parts of the government-backed review of Prevent appear to be driven by a rightwing ideology and are “insulting” to professionals fighting to stop attacks on Britain’s streets.
Neil Basu, the head of counter-terrorism policing until 2021, revealed his concerns after a review of the official scheme to divert people from terrorism said it had concentrated too much on the far right and not enough on Islamist extremism.
