Michael Gove came up with a new definition of political extremism in the UK, after Frank Hester’s racist outburst against Diane Abbott.

It doesn’t work, because we’ve all seen it as an attempt to get the Conservative Party’s biggest donor off the hook and keep the £10 million he has handed over to that organisation in advance of this year’s general election campaign.

Gove’s announcement still did not include a definition of Islamophobia – possibly because he can’t find one that will exonerate Tory politicians of accusations against them. But he will be publishing a (revised?) list of organisations which meet the new definition of extremism. As ever, This Writer wonders if Vox Political will be on it.

The comments on Gove’s work have been harsh – but possibly fair:

In proof of the claim that the Tories are describing themselves, members of the public have put up Hester – the man Gove is trying to protect:

And Gove doesn’t have an answer. We witnessed that when he failed to even address the question on ITV’s Good Morning Britain:

We can only conclude that the new definition has been created to be misused by the Tories – and possibly Labour as well:

As proof:

Again, the judgement of the public has been harsh:

The final verdict should go to Adil Ray, I think – because he points out that Gove’s new definition of extremism is only likely to feed even more of the same:

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