‘How Dare You!’ Zack Polanski vs The Police
5/7/202650 min
A series of arson attacks on synagogues and Jewish ambulances in the space of just a few weeks. Two terrorist attacks barely seven months apart: one in Manchester and then, last week, another in Golders Green, North London. In this episode, Andy & Neil look at why there have been so many antisemitic attacks and incidents in Britain in the last few months, and how police, security services and society as a whole can work together to tackle what has become a national crisis.
Andy & Neil also both respond furiously to Green Party leader Zack Polanski's criticism of the police officers who arrested the suspected terrorist, and they explain what difference more funding will make to protecting the UK's Jewish community.
Later, they're joined by former Prevent practitioner Charlotte Littlewood, who explains how the terror suspect would have slipped through the scheme's net when he was referred back in 2020.
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Speaker 10:28
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Neil Basu· Host0:35
I've written an entire book about politics affecting policing. I've never been more angry than during that interview.
Andy Hughes· Host0:40
When he's leaving his home now, when he's going into work, he is constantly, constantly on guard. His eyes are everywhere, and he's just looking for threats.
Charlotte Littlewood· Guest0:49
We should be taking this so seriously, and we should be in, in a sense, in panic.
Neil Basu· Host0:53
They will be feeling- Yeah ... like it is a national security crisis.
Charlotte Littlewood· Guest0:57
They have been banning the Muslim Brotherhood, no longer providing scholarships for Muslims from their countries to come to the UK because they're worried that they will be radicalized into Islamist extremism in our universities.
Neil Basu· Host1:09
I've had bad thoughts, but I've not committed a crime. What do you want to do to me as the state?
Speaker 11:13
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Andy Hughes· Host1:17
Welcome back to The Crime Agents with me, crime journalist Andy Hughes.
Neil Basu· Host1:21
And me, the ex-cop Neil Basu.
Andy Hughes· Host1:22
Neil, it was just over a week ago that we saw another terror attack on the streets of the UK.