Posted 1/16/2024, 12:01:00 PM
UK Minister Orders Review of Civil Service Training After Reports of Left-Wing Bias
- Tom Tugendhat, UK Security Minister, has ordered a review of left-wing civil servant training content after reports of concerning political bias
- A former civil servant reported that a Kings College course questioned the definition of terrorism and portrayed groups like Hamas as "freedom fighters"
- The course also suggested the UK's Prevent counter-terrorism strategy is "racist" and argued figures like Douglas Murray should be "suppressed"
- In Parliament, Tugendhat condemned the bias and asserted the government knows what constitutes terrorism, referring to the recent ban of Hizb ut-Tahrir
- Kings College defended the course as using impartial resources to prompt discussion, but Tugendhat stated civil servants shouldn't attend biased courses