Dame Sara Khan DBE
@sarakhandbe.bsky.social
UK Counter-Extremism Commissioner 2018-2021
UK Gov Adviser on Social Cohesion & Resilience 2021-2024
The Khan Review (2024)
Global Board Member: More In Common
Senior Adviser: Crest Advisory
Trustee: Demos
UK Gov Adviser on Social Cohesion & Resilience 2021-2024
The Khan Review (2024)
Global Board Member: More In Common
Senior Adviser: Crest Advisory
Trustee: Demos
The Molly Rose Foundation’s @mollyroseorg.bsky.social suggestion to UK government to extend the legal requirement for transparency from public officials to apply to tech companies is a brilliant idea. The Government should adopt it.
Father of teen whose death was linked to social media has ‘lost faith’ in Ofcom
Ian Russell says watchdog lacks ‘urgency’ and is not willing to use its powers ‘to the extent required’
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:38 PM
The Molly Rose Foundation’s @mollyroseorg.bsky.social suggestion to UK government to extend the legal requirement for transparency from public officials to apply to tech companies is a brilliant idea. The Government should adopt it.
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Republicans are at odds about how to handle the white-nationalist influencer Nick Fuentes’s encroachment into their ranks, @alibreland.bsky.social writes. He asked Fuentes about being the center of a crisis in American conservatism:
The Nick Fuentes Spiral
The reckoning with the white-nationalist influencer’s rise is only getting messier.
bit.ly
November 15, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Republicans are at odds about how to handle the white-nationalist influencer Nick Fuentes’s encroachment into their ranks, @alibreland.bsky.social writes. He asked Fuentes about being the center of a crisis in American conservatism:
The biggest risks to democracy identified were disinformation, corruption, a lack of accountability for politicians & rise of extremist politics.
A major poll by Ipsos of almost 10,000 voters in nine countries found that a clear majority worry about the risks to their democracy over the next five years.
Only one country was an exception, take a look 👇
www.politico.eu/article/west...
Only one country was an exception, take a look 👇
www.politico.eu/article/west...
November 14, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The biggest risks to democracy identified were disinformation, corruption, a lack of accountability for politicians & rise of extremist politics.
Baroness Newlove was an incredible woman. I am desperately sad to hear of her passing. Her struggle and support for victims will not be forgotten. RIP.
Baroness Newlove, the campaigner whose husband Garry was murdered by gang of teenagers, has died
Baroness Newlove, the Victims' Commissioner and campaigner, whose husband Garry was murdered by a gang of teenagers in 2007, has died aged 63.
news.sky.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Baroness Newlove was an incredible woman. I am desperately sad to hear of her passing. Her struggle and support for victims will not be forgotten. RIP.
21% of the German population voted for the AfD in last German election. The question of which takes precedence: protecting the German constitution from extremism & extremist parties verses the ability of such parties to govern via democratic elections is a question that will be reckoned with v soon.
German president hints at AfD ban in speech on dangers of extremism
President Steinmeier marks the anniversary of the Nazi Kristallnacht pogroms by warning of the risk posed by parties threatening the postwar constitution
www.thetimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:33 PM
21% of the German population voted for the AfD in last German election. The question of which takes precedence: protecting the German constitution from extremism & extremist parties verses the ability of such parties to govern via democratic elections is a question that will be reckoned with v soon.
'We have become careless of what matters. “Never again?” From east to west, bullies dominate. International institutions have been allowed to wither. In the US, powerful voices echo Nazi justifications for overriding democracy....it mustn’t take another war to remind us why [our values] matter.'
In 1945 we said ‘never again’, yet already we’ve forgotten | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 11:37 AM
'We have become careless of what matters. “Never again?” From east to west, bullies dominate. International institutions have been allowed to wither. In the US, powerful voices echo Nazi justifications for overriding democracy....it mustn’t take another war to remind us why [our values] matter.'
November 9, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Politicial leaders should condemn racist discourse not engage in it. It's one of the reasons we're seeing the Overton window shift. Whatever happened to "I have a dream - one day we'll live in a nation where we'll not be judged by the color of our skin but by the content of our character". MLK
My column for this week's @thenewworldmag.bsky.social is on what lies behind the rise of racism in politics - some of it is instrumental, but some of it is politicians refracting very online tropes into mainstream discourse.
www.thenewworld.co.uk/sonia-sodha-...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/sonia-sodha-...
Drunk on the Kool-Aid of hate
A new wave of politicians are engaged in open race-baiting. But the appetite for hatred is more limited than they imagine
www.thenewworld.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Politicial leaders should condemn racist discourse not engage in it. It's one of the reasons we're seeing the Overton window shift. Whatever happened to "I have a dream - one day we'll live in a nation where we'll not be judged by the color of our skin but by the content of our character". MLK
Extremism research suggests there is a growing radicalisation challenge with this generation & will most likely worsen as socio-economic grievances increase, support for conspiracies grows, distrust of institutions rises, exposure to extremist content online & UK identity/cultural fears dominate.
Meet gen X: middle-aged, enraged and radicalised by internet bile | Gaby Hinsliff
Meet gen X: middle-aged, enraged and radicalised by internet bile | Gaby Hinsliff
Who is driving the populist insurgency? It’s not grumpy pensioners or vulnerable teenagers – it’s my generation, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Extremism research suggests there is a growing radicalisation challenge with this generation & will most likely worsen as socio-economic grievances increase, support for conspiracies grows, distrust of institutions rises, exposure to extremist content online & UK identity/cultural fears dominate.
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For political hacks like myself, 'put it in the curriculum' is the oldest and hattiest of old hat policy ideas.
Why do we think schools should solve all our problems? What if we thought differently about life skills and civic education?
howtorunacountry.substack.com/p/schools-ca...
Why do we think schools should solve all our problems? What if we thought differently about life skills and civic education?
howtorunacountry.substack.com/p/schools-ca...
Schools cannot solve all our problems
The limits of ‘put it in the curriculum’ politics
howtorunacountry.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:28 AM
For political hacks like myself, 'put it in the curriculum' is the oldest and hattiest of old hat policy ideas.
Why do we think schools should solve all our problems? What if we thought differently about life skills and civic education?
howtorunacountry.substack.com/p/schools-ca...
Why do we think schools should solve all our problems? What if we thought differently about life skills and civic education?
howtorunacountry.substack.com/p/schools-ca...
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Exclusive: The parents of a man who killed himself are suing the company that created ChatGPT, claiming the product encouraged him to commit suicide.
ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN
A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.
www.cnn.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Exclusive: The parents of a man who killed himself are suing the company that created ChatGPT, claiming the product encouraged him to commit suicide.
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NEW: The National Task Force to Combat Antisemitism has severed ties with the Heritage Foundation, adding to the tumult at the venerable conservative think tank & underscoring a deepening rift on the right between Israel supporters & America Firsters.
Antisemitism Task Force Severs Ties With the Heritage Foundation
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:23 AM
NEW: The National Task Force to Combat Antisemitism has severed ties with the Heritage Foundation, adding to the tumult at the venerable conservative think tank & underscoring a deepening rift on the right between Israel supporters & America Firsters.
What religious fundamentalists & extremists of all stripes have in common is the control, disempowerment and relegation of women from the public sphere into the private sphere through coercion & where necessary violence. Christian far right nationalists, Islamist extremists, Jewish extremists....
Some on the far right want to repeal the 19th amendment. Many more share a coercive, patriarchal view of women.
I wrote about this and how the far right sees subjugating women as key to building the sort of electorate they need to win. @liberalcurrents.com
www.liberalcurrents.com/women-should...
I wrote about this and how the far right sees subjugating women as key to building the sort of electorate they need to win. @liberalcurrents.com
www.liberalcurrents.com/women-should...
Women Should Make Babies, Not Vote: Why Some on the Far Right Want to Repeal the 19th Amendment
The far right takes losses at the ballot box as evidence that women do not deserve their rights.
www.liberalcurrents.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:34 PM
What religious fundamentalists & extremists of all stripes have in common is the control, disempowerment and relegation of women from the public sphere into the private sphere through coercion & where necessary violence. Christian far right nationalists, Islamist extremists, Jewish extremists....
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The UK Labour Party defines itself as a "democratic socialist" part in the first sentence of Clause IV. And has since the 1990s.
That's how woeful the BBC claiming it's a term with no definition is. Good grief.
That's how woeful the BBC claiming it's a term with no definition is. Good grief.
I don't know what is more depressing. That the BBC seems to have no clue what democratic socialism is or that someone who comments on politics for a living thinks it's the same as communism.
Jesus wept, indeed. GCSE, Introduction to Politics, Chapter 1, stuff.
Jesus wept, indeed. GCSE, Introduction to Politics, Chapter 1, stuff.
November 6, 2025 at 12:32 PM
The UK Labour Party defines itself as a "democratic socialist" part in the first sentence of Clause IV. And has since the 1990s.
That's how woeful the BBC claiming it's a term with no definition is. Good grief.
That's how woeful the BBC claiming it's a term with no definition is. Good grief.
I don't say this lightly but Elon Musk and his platform X is not only a national security threat to our country, he is a threat to our democracy, to our institutions, to public order and to the wellbeing of British children. And the UK government should treat him as such.
"You spout shite on a podcast to reinforce your 𝘰𝘸𝘯 position that "civil war is coming"... it's a self-fulfilling prophecy."
Elon Musk has now claimed England’s ‘hobbit-like’ towns are rife with rape while on Joe Rogan’s podcast.
@maitlis.bsky.social | @jonsopel1.bsky.social
Elon Musk has now claimed England’s ‘hobbit-like’ towns are rife with rape while on Joe Rogan’s podcast.
@maitlis.bsky.social | @jonsopel1.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I don't say this lightly but Elon Musk and his platform X is not only a national security threat to our country, he is a threat to our democracy, to our institutions, to public order and to the wellbeing of British children. And the UK government should treat him as such.
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I note that many of the most vocal who had much to say within minutes of Saturday’s appalling events are rather quieter today. But they’ll be back. I wrote about the radical right misinformation machine centred on X in @theipaper.com inews.co.uk/opinion/a-su...
Lewis Goodall on X: "Train worker hero credited with saving lives in the Huntingdon knife attack named as Samir Zitouni. https://t.co/rFIGBZjfqt" / X
Train worker hero credited with saving lives in the Huntingdon knife attack named as Samir Zitouni. https://t.co/rFIGBZjfqt
x.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:54 PM
I note that many of the most vocal who had much to say within minutes of Saturday’s appalling events are rather quieter today. But they’ll be back. I wrote about the radical right misinformation machine centred on X in @theipaper.com inews.co.uk/opinion/a-su...
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A total and utter hero
November 4, 2025 at 11:08 AM
A total and utter hero
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The gap between the white-supremacist influencer Nick Fuentes and the rest of the right is narrower than it has ever been, @alibreland.bsky.social argues.
Tucker Carlson Opens the Door for Nick Fuentes
The white-supremacist influencer is entering the MAGA mainstream.
bit.ly
November 1, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The gap between the white-supremacist influencer Nick Fuentes and the rest of the right is narrower than it has ever been, @alibreland.bsky.social argues.
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First they were upset when details were not given. Now they’re upset when they are.
Ben Habib of Advance says that the police giving out the facts about the actual perpetrators feels to him like an attempt to deflect concerns about migrants.
"Now it might be that they are, in every sense, British - but he did not give us their names". Habib is "extremely suspicious" about that.
"Now it might be that they are, in every sense, British - but he did not give us their names". Habib is "extremely suspicious" about that.
November 2, 2025 at 1:22 PM
First they were upset when details were not given. Now they’re upset when they are.
Neo-Nazis White Vanguard organise summer camps, intimidate politicians,engage in book burnings, radicalise online & operate freely. WHY? Why have successive govs allowed neo-nazis to operate with impunity?This was made clear in 2021 that gaps in law exist. Yet zero action. www.gov.uk/government/p...
The book-burning fascists who proudly preach hate on UK streets
White Vanguard intimidates politicians and runs neo-Nazi summer camps while operating freely on social media
www.thetimes.com
November 2, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Neo-Nazis White Vanguard organise summer camps, intimidate politicians,engage in book burnings, radicalise online & operate freely. WHY? Why have successive govs allowed neo-nazis to operate with impunity?This was made clear in 2021 that gaps in law exist. Yet zero action. www.gov.uk/government/p...
Horrendous news. My thoughts are with the victims and all those affected.
At this crucial time, people should avoid speculating about the motive. Police are due to give an update shortly.
What we know about Huntingdon train stabbings - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
At this crucial time, people should avoid speculating about the motive. Police are due to give an update shortly.
What we know about Huntingdon train stabbings - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
What we know about Huntingdon train stabbings
Nine people have life-threatening injuries, police say, with counter-terror police joining the investigation.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 2, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Horrendous news. My thoughts are with the victims and all those affected.
At this crucial time, people should avoid speculating about the motive. Police are due to give an update shortly.
What we know about Huntingdon train stabbings - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
At this crucial time, people should avoid speculating about the motive. Police are due to give an update shortly.
What we know about Huntingdon train stabbings - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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One in twenty Reform councillors elected in May 2025 has left by the Autumn
- half expelled/suspended
- a quarter resigned from council
- some defected
An "unusual rate" of attrition in 6 months, says Tony Travers
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
- half expelled/suspended
- a quarter resigned from council
- some defected
An "unusual rate" of attrition in 6 months, says Tony Travers
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
Reform Is Losing Councillors Elected In May At An 'Unusual' Rate
Reform UK has lost more than 5 per cent of the councillors it had elected six months ago, an analysis by PoliticsHome has found.
www.politicshome.com
November 1, 2025 at 10:58 AM
One in twenty Reform councillors elected in May 2025 has left by the Autumn
- half expelled/suspended
- a quarter resigned from council
- some defected
An "unusual rate" of attrition in 6 months, says Tony Travers
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
- half expelled/suspended
- a quarter resigned from council
- some defected
An "unusual rate" of attrition in 6 months, says Tony Travers
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
This is the first major test to see just how effective the Online Satefy Act is and how much teeth Ofcom has in practice. As a platform 4Chan is a sewer of extremist, terrorist and violent content.
Messageboard 4chan refuses to pay fine over ‘free speech’
The US messageboard is openly defying British regulators and refusing to comply with the Online Safety Act
observer.co.uk
October 26, 2025 at 1:34 PM
This is the first major test to see just how effective the Online Satefy Act is and how much teeth Ofcom has in practice. As a platform 4Chan is a sewer of extremist, terrorist and violent content.
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🧵 Across the world, democracy isn’t just under pressure, it’s facing epistemic collapse: a breakdown in the shared ability to know what’s true, to reason together and to hold power to account.
A new guest paper by @eliothiggins.bsky.social and @drnataliemartin.bsky.social explores how to fix it.
A new guest paper by @eliothiggins.bsky.social and @drnataliemartin.bsky.social explores how to fix it.
Verification, Deliberation, Accountability: A new framework for tackling epistemic collapse and renewing democracy
Demos is Britain’s leading cross-party think-tank. We produce original research, publish innovative thinkers and host thought-provoking events.
demos.co.uk
October 22, 2025 at 8:39 AM
🧵 Across the world, democracy isn’t just under pressure, it’s facing epistemic collapse: a breakdown in the shared ability to know what’s true, to reason together and to hold power to account.
A new guest paper by @eliothiggins.bsky.social and @drnataliemartin.bsky.social explores how to fix it.
A new guest paper by @eliothiggins.bsky.social and @drnataliemartin.bsky.social explores how to fix it.
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Britons are split on whether the government was right to ban Palestine Action as a terror group
Right: 33%
Wrong: 27%
Net scores
Reform: +59 right to ban
Con: +49
Lib Dem: -10
Labour: -20
Green: -54
White: +11
Ethnic minority: -21
Pakistani/Bangladeshi: -80
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
Right: 33%
Wrong: 27%
Net scores
Reform: +59 right to ban
Con: +49
Lib Dem: -10
Labour: -20
Green: -54
White: +11
Ethnic minority: -21
Pakistani/Bangladeshi: -80
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
October 22, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Britons are split on whether the government was right to ban Palestine Action as a terror group
Right: 33%
Wrong: 27%
Net scores
Reform: +59 right to ban
Con: +49
Lib Dem: -10
Labour: -20
Green: -54
White: +11
Ethnic minority: -21
Pakistani/Bangladeshi: -80
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
Right: 33%
Wrong: 27%
Net scores
Reform: +59 right to ban
Con: +49
Lib Dem: -10
Labour: -20
Green: -54
White: +11
Ethnic minority: -21
Pakistani/Bangladeshi: -80
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...