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Community-based approaches to counter-terrorism
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Hollow Victory?
Last week’s resignation by David Davis was described by politicians and pundits alike as a great political stunt, while Davis himself was subjected to some mild heckling for being a an egotistical *&%£$ and a madman. Gordon Brown described the whole event as a farce. But two days is a long time in the news cycle and the week-end saw newspapers running an altogether more positive story. Why so? Because on the issue of 42 days David Davis is right.
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Posted by Charlie Edwards
on 16th June 2008
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Winning hearts and minds in the next 24 hours critical
Yesterday we hosted a speech by the Home Secretary, who called for greater partnership in tackling terrorism. 24 hours later, his words have a new relevance. I have just written an article for the Guardian arguing that John Reid now needs to put those words into practice. You can read it here.In 24 hours time Muslims will gather for Friday prayers, when they will digest what has happened and what it could mean for them. The government and police need to ensure talk of partnership doesn't...
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Posted by Rachel Briggs
on 10th August 2006
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Getting tougher on terrorism, tougher on the causes of terrorism?...
From the other side of the Atlantic, we instinctively feel that the US has totally over-reacted to the threat of terror. Sitting in my hotel room just around the corner from the White House, and after scores of discussions about the Bush administration's record in this area, this instinct seems pretty spot on. What's more, I'm sure that the security at Heathrow on Thursday morning will remind me that we are not far behind that ourselves.
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Posted by Rachel Briggs
on 18th July 2006
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Wilton Park conference
Demos participated in a conference at Wilton Park in March "Towards a Community-based approach to counter-terrorism." Download a copy of the conference report (pdf).
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30th March 2006
