Agree with more stringent border control - need to get our house in order first as supposed to pissing on a fire in a remote country creating even more problems.
I wasn't aware of the Rochdale councillor son's situation - surprised that this hasn't made the news in a big way - or perhaps I've missed it.
Like I have said before there is radicalisation under way within the UK - we are actually creating and exporting terrorist and unless we don't address the root causes of this we will never get rid of this evil
Nov 2015 - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3329570/Son-Labour-councillor-suspected-extremist-arrested-Syrian-border-Britain-walking-streets-Rochdale.html
absolutely shocking.........why do we pretend that we are serious about clamping down on terrorists when we allow them to walk free.
A Rochdale neighbour, 73, said: ‘It is a disgrace. His father is a councillor and represents the people of Rochdale yet he has a son who’d clearly like us all dead. It is outrageous that he should be allowed to walk the streets, grinning from ear to ear, as if it was some great adventure or a lark.’
Around 700 Britons have thought to have travelled to join IS including teenage girls.
Around 450 have returned home. Police say the returnees pose a significant threat yet only a handful have been prosecuted. Instead they are being referred to the Government’s Prevent strategy which aims to deradicalise extremists and change their thinking.
so who's exporting terrorism?