Europeans see the UK as an outstanding centre of counter-terrorism — but one that is wholly incapable of counter-extremism. Britain has a world-class security and counter-terrorism apparatus. MI5, MI6, the police, military and GCHQ together have unrivalled capabilities when it comes to disrupting domestic and international terror plots (at least 25 in the last three years alone).
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Ron Sandee is a former senior counter-terrorism official at the Dutch Military Intelligence Service (MIVD) and global terrorism expert
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