Britain is dealing with a heightened menace from far-right lone wolf terrorists amid the price of dwelling disaster and political instability, an skilled has warned.
Professor Matthew Feldman, who has given proof in 40 convictions of radical proper extremists within the UK, stated the circumstances within the subsequent six months are “absolutely stark” and there’s a “real recipe for crisis”.
He stated the far-right variant of what he calls “self-directed terror” is on the rise globally, fuelled by the glorification of mass murderers akin to Norwegian Anders Breivik.
“If we think about what drives far-right extremism, it tends to be political crises, and social crises, or at least the perception of social crises,” he stated.
“Right now the conditions in Britain are absolutely stark, indeed blinking red, that the political and social crises are only going to deepen over the next six months.”
He added it was a “real recipe for crisis” when a mean wage earner is struggling to make ends meet on £25,000 a yr in lots of elements of the nation.
“Most desperate people suffer silently with anxiety or going to foodbanks, but we also know that desperate people can do desperate, horrible, things,” stated Prof Feldman.
“My genuine concern is that we’re heading into a period of protracted crisis and there doesn’t seem to be a great deal of joined-up thinking about what that crisis means and how it can be ameliorated, and indeed on how that crisis could very quickly spin out of control.”
Prof Feldman recognized a “bloody triangle” of things that may result in far-right terror.
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He stated these included the idea of self-directed assaults, the spreading of ideology on-line, and far-right terrorists being hailed as “saints or martyrs”.
He recognized at the least 5 lone wolf assaults during the last seven years, whereas highlighting the persevering with success of counter-terrorism police in foiling extra plots.
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