Rod Liddle Rod Liddle

Does being right-wing make you violent?

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issue 09 November 2024

I notice that the police are not treating the killings of those children in Southport as a terrorist attack. While the principal suspect has been charged with allegedly producing ricin and allegedly possessing a PDF document called ‘Military Studies in the Jihad Against the Tyrants: the al Qaeda training manual’, we have been told that no terror motive has been established. 

The possibility that the perpetratoris a bit wacko is not allowable: it’s the politics that’s to blame

My friend and colleague Douglas Murray dealt, admirably, with the Southport business last week.

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