This country still has a problem with a radical ideology. News that the government’s anti-radicalisation programme, Prevent, now classifies concerns about mass migration, or ‘cultural nationalism’, as a potential ‘terrorist ideology’ reveals the magnitude of this problem. And the problem in question is hyper-liberalism, a radical ideology that remains endemic in Prevent and elsewhere in the arms of the state.
Far from dying out, this ideology, otherwise known as wokery or radical progressivism, has become normalised and embedded, especially in areas of government. The ideology has literally graduated from the academy and into the state sector.
Charges of racism are never far behind
According to the reports, an online training course hosted on the government’s website for Prevent identifies ‘cultural nationalism’ as one belief that could trigger someone being referred to the deradicalisation scheme. This term encompasses a conviction that ‘Western culture is under threat from mass migration and a lack of integration by certain ethnic and cultural groups’.
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