Funny how last year he admitted there was a problem in Northern Ireland that had nothing to do with immigration - to justify the crackdown on protests against Israel observer.co.uk/news/opinion...

Is this type of quite radical, very right wing, highly ideological crankery really popular with the public? I would say no, it isn’t. How come the relevant government bodies are absolutely stacked with wingnuts, then? Well, it would appear there has been significant shenanigans.

Here’s what this government extremism tsar considers to be extreme, by the way. Ask yourself: how exactly did almost every post for ensuring equality or tackling extremism come to be filled with absolutely roaring wingnut cranks? Did that happen by accident, are they still there due to an oversight.

You might think that overt racism, assaulting members of the public, attacking the police, mobbing and rioting, and arson are somewhat extreme behaviours, the type of thing that would fall within the purview of Official Experts on Extremism.