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Shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt has accused the government of "incompetence" over its handling of extremism in schools.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-27739044
He may be right but his remarks would have a tad more credibility if it wasn't for the fact that Labour were far more incompetent in terms of dealing with extremism (not to mention a host of other things) during their 13 years in power.
At least May managed to get shot of Hamza and Qatada, something Labour never managed - they were, after all, the government who allowed Hamza to openly preach hatred in the streets outside Finsbury Park mosque. Their illegal wars and abject failure to get to grips with extremism led us in large part to where we are now so to blame the current incumbents for not putting the genie back in the bottle is about as rich as Bliar's wine cellar.
Anyway it'll be interesting to hear what proposals he has for handling extremism a bit better...