Can the UK fight ‘extreme misogyny’ as if it were terrorism? I have my doubts | Samira Shackle

While this grabbed headlines, it’s not actually clear what defining misogyny as extremism will mean in practice. Would expressing misogynist views in and of itself be grounds for a referral to Channel, the government’s secretive deradicalisation programme? Would it get these people on the radar of police? Or would the tipping point be the suggestion of some violent intent? (“Incel” ideology has been linked to violent attacks around the world, including in Plymouth in 2021, when 22-year-old Jake Davison killed five people and himself).