(Jewish News) Conservative peer and former cabinet minister Michael Gove has called on Keir Starmer’s government to introduce a “fundamental and comprehensive anti-extremism strategy” following the terror attack at Heaton Park Synagogue in Manchester.
Speaking to Jewish News at the Conservative Party conference in Manchester, Gove — now editor of the Spectator and a member of the House of Lords after stepping down as MP for Surrey Heath last year — admitted that while in government he had tried to develop an effective response to both Islamist and far-right extremism, he ultimately fell short.
“We didn’t deliver it effectively. I must take my fair share of blame for that,” he said.
