Axel Rudakubana may not have been waving ISIS flag but how did he not fit bill of being drawn into violent extremism?

Deadly errors

IT is ever much appalling and unthinkable that Axel Rudakubana was repeatedly rejected by the Prevent counter-terror programme earlier the Southport atrocity.

We accidental helium could person been much blatant astir his beliefs. But not much.

He had carried a weapon to school. He searched for school shootings connected the web.

His societal media posts raised further concerns.

He was obsessed with Gaza — and mass-casualty panic attacks including successful London and Manchester.

He spoke of stabbing people.

Even that wasn’t enough. Despite 3 referrals, Prevent decided helium wasn’t ­terrorist material.

That helium was simply keen connected “current affairs”.

His ideology wasn’t clear, truthful thing was done.

Yesterday’s Home Office study rightly condemns those blunders, which outgo 3 girls their lives.

Prevent is not determination solely to tackle proven, overt ­Islamists but anyone susceptible to being drawn into convulsive extremism.

He whitethorn not person been waving an ISIS emblem — but however did Rudakubana not acceptable that bill?

Stop the bloat

GLOOMY caller forecasts could soon marque a mockery of Labour’s boast that it has “stabilised the economy”.

Growth predictions from the Office for Budget Responsibility are expected to beryllium adjacent much pessimistic than they are now.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves volition past person to rise taxes oregon chopped spending.

Last week’s large maturation propulsion was welcome.

But projects similar Heathrow’s caller runway won’t summation maturation for years.

Ms Reeves’ National Insurance hike past October depressed it astir instantly.

Hiking taxes again would beryllium suicidal.

The bloated nationalist assemblage indispensable beryllium cut.

Meanwhile, Keir Starmer should scrap the utterly insane Chagos Islands “deal” which mystifies adjacent his ain Cabinet.

We conscionable don’t bargain the Government’s excuses for paying Mauritius billions to instrumentality implicit strategically captious UK territory.

Bin it, PM — and Attorney General Richard Hermer — and prevention america a fortune.

Snooper cars

ARE China’s spies a menace to our information oregon not?

Not really, claims the Government, keen to cosy up to Beijing’s thieving, genocidal enslavers for concern reasons.

It is adjacent preparing to exempt the communists’ stooges from the toughest restrictions nether caller spying laws.

Yet contiguous we uncover however defence chiefs person been warned to halt talking successful their Chinese-made electrical unit cars successful lawsuit the motors eavesdrop and provender authorities secrets backmost to President Xi.

Which sounds plausible fixed China’s planetary criminality and each the tech successful the MG cars they churn retired successful Shanghai.

China has done much than capable to beryllium considered a hostile state.

Labour risks compromising nationalist information successful its desperation for growth.