Prevent is based on a proven hoax. But there really does need to be something. A sitting MP leads two political parties, one of which is locally dominant in his constituency, yet believes that, since Prince Philip was born in Greece, then the King is not British.
And yes, Rupert Lowe does necessarily believe that. The King is white, so the only way that he could not be White British would be if he were not British. On the same principle, the need for both parents to have been born in the United Kingdom, then nor are the children of Boris Johnson, or of Peter Hitchens, or, since his first wife was Irish and his second wife was German, of Nigel Farage. Such extremism must indeed be countered. Including, where possible, by prevention.
Lowe's car crash interview was worth the licence fee on its own.
ReplyDeleteThe Reformergraph is also gunning for him, but neither that nor the Today programme reaches his target audience.
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