The UK Government Has Become a Security Threat to Its Own People
Shabana Mahmood didn’t “protect Britain.” She delivered exactly what months of political pressure demanded: the proscription of the IRGC under the new National Security Act. And she did it using powers so broad they can jail people for fourteen years simply for “supporting” the IRGC — which, according to Middle East Eye, includes expressing a positive opinion. That’s not counterterrorism. It’s the government expanding its reach and selling it as security.
This government has stopped pretending it serves the British public. It serves foreign interests first, and it expects everyone else to…
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