re: #1175 Killgore Trout
The flipside to this meant that those who denounced violence but who promoted intolerance and held offensive, anti-British views were tolerated.
More than this, some radicals were even courted as part of our counter-terrorism strategy. The idea was that so long as they denounced terror, other views would be ignored.
This was seen as the lesser of two evils - backing certain radicals even if they preached intolerance of homosexuals or women’s rights was seen as a way of protecting Britain.
Pamela and Spencer in reverse?
The next paragraph:
But this has been a dangerous path and shows little sign of working
Message to Pamela and Spencer.