Maddog wrote:We don't really have a militant far-left - the govt currently sees the far-right as the threat - perhaps because they have some commonality with extreme Islam.
You don't really have a militant far right either. You have a handful of kooks. There is no threat of fascists or communists taking over your country, but history shows that they are both capable of some seriously fucked up shit.
That is not how the govt sees it...
The British government was just told to get tougher on the rising threat of far-right terror
http://uk.businessinsider.com/david-anderson-report-britain-get-tougher-on-far-right-terror-threat-2017-12
Theresa May says tackling the far right as crucial as beating Islamist terror amid Trump tweet row
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/trump-theresa-may-britain-first-tweets-far-right-terrorism-threat-same-latest-a8085866.html
Number of far-right extremists flagged to Government terror unit soars 30% in a year
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/finsbury-park-attack-far-right-extremist-rise-year-statistics-prevent-terrorism-scheme-referrals-a7798231.html
...but who knows?