Technology | The Guardian USDec 2
UK terror watchdog warns national security plan ignores escalating online threats https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/dec/02/reviewer-terrorism-law-government-failing-online-threat #UKsecurityandcounter-terrorism #Counter-terrorismpolicy #KeirStarmer #Technology #Cyberwar #Internet #Politics #UKnews #Ofcom
UK terror watchdog warns national security plan ignores escalating online threats

Independent reviewer says need to protect against online threats is now as important as need for robust armed forces

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Climate crisis | The GuardianNov 6
‘More clowns than Billy Smart’s circus’ - Reform UK under fire as Kent council holds first full meeting since video leak – live https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/nov/06/prisoner-release-david-lammy-latest-live-politics-news-updates #UKsecurityandcounter-terrorism #Immigrationandasylum #Prisonsandprobation #Scottishpolitics #Preventstrategy #Localgovernment #Conservatives #RobertJenrick #Landownership #Climatecrisis #KeirStarmer #DavidLammy #Migration #Politics #Scotland #ReformUK
‘More clowns than Billy Smart’s circus’ - Reform UK under fire as Kent council holds first full meeting since video leak – live

Embattled Reform UK leader of Kent county council offers single word reply of ‘yes’ when asked if behaviour in line with Nolan principles

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Opinion | The Guardian USOct 7
I didn’t realise how much I loved my home town until a terrorist attacked it. I pray unity prevails there | Simon Hattenstone https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/07/home-town-terrorist-attacked-synagogue-crumpsall-manchester #UKsecurityandcounter-terrorism #GreaterManchester #Antisemitism #Manchester #England #UKnews
I didn’t realise how much I loved my home town until a terrorist attacked it. I pray unity prevails there

Last week’s attack on the synagogue in Crumpsall, Manchester, was also an assault on a model and diverse community, says Guardian features writer Simon Hattenstone

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Opinion | The Guardian USOct 4
After Manchester, progressives should know this: Jewish people feel very alone. We need you to stand with us | Dave Rich https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/04/manchester-progressives-jewish-people-feel-very-alone #UKsecurityandcounter-terrorism #Antisemitism #Manchester #UKnews
After Manchester, progressives should know this: Jewish people feel very alone. We need you to stand with us

There’ll be sympathy and heightened security, but in the 1960s when Jewish communities faced attack, there was also solidarity. We need that back, says Dave Rich, director of policy at the Community Security Trust

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Opinion | The Guardian USOct 3
In a time of hate and rancour, two Jews sought to pray – and were killed. Let Manchester be a turning point | Jonathan Freedland https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/03/attack-antisemitism-synagogue-jewish-manchester-turning-point #UKsecurityandcounter-terrorism #GreaterManchester #Antisemitism #Manchester #UKnews #Gaza
In a time of hate and rancour, two Jews sought to pray – and were killed. Let Manchester be a turning point

This was a horror but with so much intolerance and antisemitism, no one can say it was a surprise. There are lessons to learn, and that must start now, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

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Opinion | The Guardian USAug 18, 2025
We voted for and against the ban on Palestine Action. Now we have a plan to end this mess | Stella Creasy and Peter Hain https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/18/proscribing-palestine-action-government-protest #UKsecurityandcounter-terrorism #Politics #Protest #UKnews
We voted for and against the ban on Palestine Action. Now we have a plan to end this mess

Neither of us support the organisation, but what is happening fails to either protect protest or make it policeable. There is another way, say MP Stella Creasy and life peer Peter Hain

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Lifestyle | The Guardian USJul 28, 2025
‘I shouldn’t have to fight for answers’: David Amess’s daughter on the MP’s murder and her fury at his friends and colleagues https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/jul/28/david-amess-daughter-katie-mp-murder #UKsecurityandcounter-terrorism #Preventstrategy #Southend-on-Sea #Lifeandstyle #HomeOffice #Politics #UKnews #Crime #Essex
‘I shouldn’t have to fight for answers’: David Amess’s daughter on the MP’s murder and her fury at his friends and colleagues

Almost four years on, Katie Amess thinks she will never recover from losing her father. And she isn’t convinced anything has been done to prevent future tragedies

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Opinion | The Guardian USJul 9, 2025
This column does not express support for Palestine Action – here’s why | Owen Jones https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/09/palestine-action-britain-support-protest-law #UKsecurityandcounter-terrorism #MiddleEastandnorthAfrica #Counter-terrorismpolicy #Palestinianterritories #Israel-Gazawar #Worldnews #Politics #Protest #Labour #Israel #UKnews #Gaza
This column does not express support for Palestine Action – here’s why

In Britain’s increasingly authoritarian society, any sort of protest can find itself at odds with the law. You might even go to jail, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

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Technology | The Guardian USJul 4, 2025
Minister demands overhaul of UK’s leading AI institute https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jul/04/minister-demands-overhaul-of-uks-leading-ai-institute-alan-turing #UKsecurityandcounter-terrorism #Artificialintelligence(AI) #Counter-terrorismpolicy #Defencepolicy #Technology #Computing #PeterKyle #Politics #UKnews
Minister demands overhaul of UK’s leading AI institute

Peter Kyle calls for new leadership at Alan Turing Institute and greater focus on defence and national security

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Lifestyle | The Guardian USJun 16, 2025
MI6 has appointed its first female leader. What took it so long? https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/16/mi6-first-female-leader-blaise-metreweli #UKsecurityandcounter-terrorism #Womenintheboardroom #Womeninpolitics #Lifeandstyle #Politics #Business #Society #UKnews #Gender #Women #Women #MI6
MI6 has appointed its first female leader. What took it so long?

From politics to business, the determination to exclude women is purely emotional – a fact that remains as unspoken as it is obvious, writes Zoe Williams

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