Today’s supreme court judgment in Shamima Begum’s case offers little resolution to an issue our government wishes would go away. Right now, the government’s “solution” is to take no action and hope the issue goes away, but it will not. The UK government would prefer Begum to remain a notorious 15-second video clip, apparently indoctrinated and unrepentant. To the UK government, this is irrelevant: she travelled to Syria, they falsely claim, “of her own volition”. Stopping Begum and others from returning home was always a cynical ploy to make her someone else’s responsibility.

Source: The Guardian February 26, 2021 15:33 UTC