How may a troubled teenager with a minor drug behavior have develop into a knife-wielding terrorist inside two years of his being jailed? Ian Ache
How may a troubled teenager with a minor drug behavior have develop into a knife-wielding terrorist inside two years of his being jailed? Ian Acheson, a former prisons officer, blames our jail system. So how ought to the Conservatives, the supposed occasion of regulation and order, resolve the homegrown terrorist menace? James Forsyth writes that one suggestion on the desk is to detain terrorists below the Psychological Well being Act. On the podcast, he tells Lara Prendergast:
‘So long as this particular person is a hazard to themselves and to others – and should you want to develop into a martyr you clearly are a hazard to your self and to others – they’ll hold you detained.’
However in addition to this being a fairly sizeable step change in our liberal democracy – to permit the state to outline insanciy – Haras Rafiq, CEO of the counter-extremism organisation Quilliam, additionally doesn’t assume this may work. He tells Lara:
‘I believe that there’ll be challenges to this in court docket and it will be very very embarrassing for the federal government in the event that they misplaced.’
On this episode, we additionally check out precisely what occurred in Iowa. After months of campaigning, this was meant to be the week that the Democratic primaries began. However as a substitute, a technical glitch meant that the total outcomes weren’t out till Thursday. What’s extra, Trump was additionally acquitted in his impeachment trial on Tuesday. So how damaging has this week been for the Democratic occasion? Freddy Grey writes about it on this week’s journal, and he joins the podcast with Karin Robinson, host of the ‘Primarily: 2020’ podcast and former vice-chair of Democrats Overseas UK. It’s truthful to say they don’t see eye to eye on the query of Trump’s innocence.
And final, who doesn’t love Doris Day as Calamity Jane? However how a lot of Calamity’s rootin’ tootin’ persona is definitely primarily based in reality? It seems – not a lot. In Calamity, a brand new e-book by historian Karen R Jones, the actual Martha Jane Canary is revealed. Sam Leith reviews the e-book on this week’s difficulty, and on the podcast, I discuss to Karen to seek out out extra concerning the lady and the legend.