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Britain Can’t Protect Its Own Government Ministers from Islamists
Britain Can’t Protect Its Own Government Ministers from Islamists
Mike Freer at his home in Finchley. (Mary Turner for The Free Press)
Mike Freer—a gay, conservative justice minister—is leaving Parliament because of threats to his life. He speaks to The Free Press.
By Oliver Wiseman
02.06.24 — International
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Britain Can’t Protect Its Own Government Ministers from Islamists

Two and a half years ago, a member of Britain’s parliament was murdered in a church in southeast England where he was meeting his constituents. Ali Harbi Ali, a 25-year-old who called himself a soldier of the Islamic State, said “Sorry” to David Amess before pulling a knife from his pocket and stabbing the Conservative lawmaker repeatedly in the stomach…

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Oliver Wiseman
Oliver Wiseman is the deputy editor of The Free Press. Previously, he was the executive editor of The Spectator World and a regular contributor to UnHerd, City Journal, the Evening Standard, and a range of other publications.
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