Overview
- Shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick says Britain faces a battle for the country’s soul and accuses police of yielding to Islamist intimidation.
- West Midlands Police chief constable Craig Guildford faces intensifying calls to resign over the ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters at Villa Park.
- Kemi Badenoch alleges the force capitulated to Islamists and collaborated to cover up the decision, arguing Guildford’s position is untenable.
- Jenrick cites the Batley teacher still in hiding, large mobilisations in Tower Hamlets, and pro‑Palestine marches as signs of enforcement failure.
- Labour is preparing a counter‑extremism strategy with a new Islamophobia definition and a review of protest laws expected later this year.