The Americans are right to demand action: British jihadis, including the so-called Beatles, have beheaded and otherwise butchered US citizens. As many as a fifth may have died as the so-called caliphate, stretching across northern Syria and Iraq, slowly evaporated. But when the UK is threatened by a mass influx of terrorist fighters, we get Mr Javid and his soundbites. Mark Almond says it is Britain's responsibility to deal with British jihadists currently overseasImagine being a relative or friend of someone tempted by dreams of jihadist glory. Painful as it is to recognise the fact, Britain’s jihadists are British – and must be dealt with in the court and prison systems of this country.

Source: Daily Mail February 17, 2019 23:37 UTC