Finally a judge agrees that Anjem Choudary is a grave danger to Britain and should be locked up for life
Justice at last
FOR nearly two decades this newspaper warned that Anjem Choudary was a grave danger to Britain and should be locked up for life.
Finally, a judge yesterday agreed.
Choudary’s sick brand of Islamism has incited some of the worst terror attacks in this nation’s history — London Bridge and the murder of Lee Rigby chief among them.
First, he peddled his hate openly — bragging it was free speech — while accepting benefits from the country he clearly despised.
Throughout, Choudary was tolerated and platformed by a left-wing establishment who grossly underestimated his threat, while loftily ignoring The Sun’s reporting of his vile tirades.
Choudary should have been silenced by his terror conviction in 2016.
But once freed he worked in secret online, boasting of being “Britain’s Number One radicaliser”.
His life sentence with a minimum of 28 years means he will be 85 before he is eligible for release.
With any luck we will never see him on our streets again.
Such bravery
PICTURES of the three young girls murdered at a Taylor Swift dance class in Southport will break every parent’s heart.
What happened to innocent Bebe, Alice and Elsie Dot could have been faced by any of our precious children.
They will never be forgotten.
Neither will the heroism of those gravely injured trying to save them.
What extraordinary courage it must have taken for yoga teachers Leanne Lucas and Heidi Liddle to gather armfuls of kids and try to protect them from the knife maniac.
In this darkest time, their immense bravery is an inspiration.
OAPs betrayed
ONCE again, one of the most pressing issues facing us has been kicked into the long grass.
For 15 years politicians of all parties promised to sort the looming disaster that is social care.
Labour’s decision to scrap the £86,000 cap limiting the amount pensioners have to pay now takes us right back to square one.
We get that it’s a complex and divisive issue — as Tory PM Theresa May found out to her cost during the 2017 General Election.
But the Government cannot simply bury its head in the sand.
Labour’s promise to the country is that it will deliver real change, even when that means taking tough decisions.
Finding a way to fund dignified care for older people — without robbing them of every penny they’ve saved — should be high on the list.