journalist michael crick. it's me, >> hello! good evening, it's me, jacob rees—mogg on state of the nation. tonight. a leaked the government to declare counter—extremism review has urged the government to declare

urged the government to declare anyone who accused the anyone who accused the government of two tier policing government of two tier policing as an extremist. so are we all as an extremist. so are we all extremists? meanwhile, i'll be extremists? meanwhile, i'll be joined by the author of a new joined by the author of a new report revealing what british report revealing what british muslims really believe. i'll be muslims really believe. i'll be unveiling it shortly. the effect unveiling it shortly. the effect of net mass migration has been of net mass migration has been put on full display as the uk's put on full display as the uk's population explodes, as we're population explodes, as we're set to surpass that of france. set to surpass that of france. plus, i'll be joined by a victim plus, i'll be joined by a victim of de—banking as paypal admits of de—banking as paypal admits it. debanked molly kingsley for it. debanked molly kingsley for the terrible crime. unbelievable the terrible crime. unbelievable crime. extremist crime of crime. extremist crime of holding anti—lockdown views. holding anti—lockdown views. state of the nation starts now. state of the nation starts now. i'll also be joined by my most i'll also be joined by my most pugnacious panel. former editor pugnacious panel. former editor of the sun, kelvin mackenzie, of the sun, kelvin mackenzie, makes a dramatic return from his makes a dramatic return from his travels to the far east, and travels to the far east, and he'll be joined by author and he'll be joined by author and journalist michael crick. as journalist michael crick. as even journalist michael crick. as ever, it's a crucial part of

insisting their own policies will tackle the issue more effectively. sir keir starmer is facing pressure from within his own party to back compensation facing pressure from within his own party to back compensation for women hit by state pension for women hit by state pension age changes. it follows a age changes. it follows a commons vote where mps backed a commons vote where mps backed a bill calling for payouts of bill calling for payouts of almost £3,000 each, despite the almost £3,000 each, despite the government ruling out government ruling out compensation. the snp's stephen compensation. the snp's stephen flynn says it should be a flynn says it should be a defining issue for parliament defining issue for parliament and urged ministers to do the and urged ministers to do the right thing. it comes as ten right thing. it comes as ten labour mps have supported the labour mps have supported the proposal, despite their party's proposal, despite their party's leadership staying silent. the leadership staying silent. the bill is set to return for bill is set to return for further debate on the 7th of further debate on the 7th of march. plans to jail water march. plans to jail water bosses who block investigations bosses who block investigations are one step closer to becoming are one step closer to becoming law. mps have now backed the law. mps have now backed the water bill without opposition, water bill without opposition, sending it to the lords for sending it to the lords for final approval. it gives final approval. it gives regulators the power to strip regulators the power to strip executives of bonuses and send executives of bonuses and send them to prison for up to two them to prison for up to two years if they obstruct years if they obstruct investigations. the environment investigations. the environment secretary, steve reed, says bill payers are from within his

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services or asking bbc radio listeners to pay the fee. ministers are also exploring exploring alternatives like advertising or a subscription model, as viewing habits slowly shift away from traditional tv. no decisions have been made so far, and the discussions are still in the early stages, with more details expected closer to 2027. that's the news on gb news. i'll be back with you for a full round up in around an hours a full round up in around an hour's time. now though, it's back to westminster and jacob. >> for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gbnews.com/alerts. >> welcome back to state of the gbnews.com/alerts. >> welcome back to state of the nation. the one thing everyone nation. the one thing everyone should know about internal should know about internal government reviews, especially government reviews, especially sprints and reports, is that sprints and reports, is that they are not intended to be they are not intended to be independent. the government uses independent. the government uses

them to find the evidence for them to find the evidence for what it wants to do, so it knows what it wants to do, so it knows exactly whom it appoints and exactly whom it appoints and what the outcome would be. what the outcome would be. hence, it is concerning that a hence, it is concerning that a leaked home office review into leaked home office review into government extremism states the government extremism states the following that we need to following that we need to reverse the rollback of reverse the rollback of non—crime hate incidents that non—crime hate incidents that those who make accusations of those who make accusations of two tier policing are two tier policing are extremists, that grooming gangs extremists, that grooming gangs are an alleged problem are an alleged problem frequently exploited by the far frequently exploited by the far right. that spreading right. that spreading misinformation and conspiracy misinformation and conspiracy theories are signals of theories are signals of extremism. this review was extremism. this review was commissioned for the home commissioned for the home secretary of yvette cooper last secretary of yvette cooper last autumn, following the southport autumn, following attack, to back up the government's failed response to that outrage. it has already faced criticism by an extremism tsar for ignoring anti—blasphemy extremism, and that the issue of islamism was not properly discussed in the review's presentation. the report has been leaked to policy exchange, which has revealed the report's intention to gravitate away from ideological based counter extremism towards a

secretary of yvette cooper last autumn, �*to.owing secretary of yvette cooper last autumn, “to justice. the approach to justice. the idea that rapist gangs is merely an alleged problem that is exploited by the far right is an inqu exploited by the far right is an insult to the thousands of young women who were the victims of this scandal. and we know that the wuhan lab leak theory was once considered a conspiracy, and yet it's now believed to be the most likely source of covid 19 by the cia, which is not a body that normally promotes conspiracy theories. this review, the home office review, was conducted by civil servants, but on the government's instructions. and what it has churned out is the government's view. it was, until it became embarrassing. labour wants to reinforce non—crime hate incidents. it thinks allegations of two tier policing are a far right narrative, and it fundamentally wants to clamp down on freedom of speech. the good news is that the government can't get away with this. it's been shamed out of pursuing these censorious policies. following the southport and grooming gang scandals, public opinion has drifted so far away

from this government in such a short time that the moment it tries to criminalise its dissenters, it will probably collapse altogether. as ever, let me know your views. mail margaret news.com. well, now i'm joined by an early critic of the government review. founder and director of faith matters, who i'm delighted to have with me. thank you very much for joining me this evening. so this review was really going to be the basis for government policy, wasn't it, until they were embarrassed out of it? >> jacob, first of all, thank you for having me on. absolutely right. this was going to drive government policy. and unfortunately, well, fortunately for us, the leak of this document has meant that the government has been embarrassed and has actually taken a step back. let me just give you an example. i was, as a muslim myself, working for 20 years trying to counter extremism and

also working in the hate crime arena. and i'll come to this, but actually, i was the one who who repeatedly said, where is blasphemy in this strategy? blasphemy was dropped out and this was a clear directive instruction to try to steer government in a direction of flow, which we now know to be deeply problematic. >> indeed, though, there are some things in this report that may be perfectly sensible to try and split out ideological behaviour and dangerous behaviour, because there can be people who believe extreme things, who are perfectly peaceful, and there can be people who are dangerous but don't have extreme beliefs. and so to try and take the view that everyone who has an extreme view is dangerous is clearly wrong. but is dangerous is cle