HISTORICAL FACTS: Robin simcox | History Defined

Who are the real extremists? The people challenging injustices or those trying to shut down our rights?

Look at a new report proposing horrifying clampdowns on protest – and ask where the threat to our society truly lies, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

The Guardian - UK · May 22, 2024

Home Office considered antisemitism campaigner for counter-extremism unit

Gideon Falter was in running to be adviser but government’s antisemitism tsar warned against appointment

The Guardian - UK · Apr 26, 2024

London a no-go zone for Jews? Such harmful rhetoric just doesn’t reflect my experience

Yes, there’s been a frightening rise in antisemitism in the UK, but that shouldn’t be used as a pretext for the authoritarian banning of marches

The Guardian - UK · Mar 9, 2024

No 10 and security minister say UK is not ‘permissive’ about antisemitism

Claim by counter-extremism adviser that integration failures have led to extremism rejected by Downing Street and Tom Tugendhat

The Guardian - UK · Oct 19, 2023

Terror attacks on Israel ‘seen as cause for celebration’ government’s extremism adviser warns

Robin Simcox, the commissioner for countering extremism, will say that government must have confidence ‘taking on extreme ideologies’

The Independent UK · Oct 19, 2023

Security minister rejects claim UK is ‘permissive environment’ for antisemitism

Tom Tugendhat said threats to any community are taken ‘extremely seriously’.

The Independent UK · Oct 19, 2023

£1m counterextremism funding returned to Home Office despite rising terror threat

Exclusive: Commission for Countering Extremism returns funds to government as sources say ‘no one knows’ what body does

The Independent UK · Aug 20, 2023