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The Far-Right Terror ‘Plot’ That Didn’t Exist – Until the Government and Media Just Said it Did
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Anglican Mainstream
by Steven Tucker, The Daily ScepticDid you see that huge Muslim gathering held in Suffolk recently, which had to be called off early due to a major far-Right terror plot being hatched against it?
You may well have done, as the news was all over the media and referenced in alarmist tones by leading politicians, up to and including the Prime Minister (both the ones we’ve had this week).
But did you also see that the ‘plot’ didn’t even exist?
Eight men across the country were detained under the Terrorism Act 2000, whilst a further four individuals were apprehended upon different grounds like conspiracy to commit murder.
Then-Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, another recent victim of things having to end early, was quick to express shock at the “credible, serious threat”, as was his soon-to-be successor, Andy Burnham.