Theresa May re-elected, 2015. Demotix/ Mark Kerrison. All rights reserved.This year marks the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta, commonly described as the foundation of the freedom of the individual and the protection of liberty, and often regarded as the cornerstone of “British values” of justice and fairness.
But today, debates on threats to civil liberty and justice rage on. Almost a decade after the attacks on London on July 7, 2005, the conflicts in Syria and Iraq, and the emergence of the so-called Islamic State, the Muslim population in Britain has become the subject of intense scrutiny by the media, policy-makers and the wider public.
Still fresh from a General Election victory, the Government has announced a new programme to protect “British values”, alongside fresh measures to counter extremism.
