Dame Sara Khan DBE
@sarakhandbe.bsky.social
UK Counter-Extremism Commissioner 2018-2021
UK Gov Adviser on Social Cohesion & Resilience 2021-2024
The Khan Review (2024)
Global Board Member: More In Common
Senior Adviser: Crest Advisory
Trustee: Demos
UK Gov Adviser on Social Cohesion & Resilience 2021-2024
The Khan Review (2024)
Global Board Member: More In Common
Senior Adviser: Crest Advisory
Trustee: Demos
Reposted by Dame Sara Khan DBE
I joined @cwarzel.bsky.social on the Galaxy Brain Podcast to explain some of the reasons why America, and a lot of other Western democracies, are sliding into authoritarianism and why it's probably inevitable
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvFh...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvFh...
America’s Slide Toward Simulated Democracy with Eliot Higgins
YouTube video by The Atlantic
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November 28, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I joined @cwarzel.bsky.social on the Galaxy Brain Podcast to explain some of the reasons why America, and a lot of other Western democracies, are sliding into authoritarianism and why it's probably inevitable
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvFh...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvFh...
Reality is aspects of our democratic system is fundamentally broken. Having repeatedly been lied to by politicians & citizens weary about meaningful accountability hence repeat lying, I hope the younger generation refuse to accept this woeful status quo. Our democratic model will wither otherwise.
We expect politicians to lie – and that’s the problem
We have become too accustomed to figures like Donald Trump, who see misinformation as a weapon rather than an issue
app.thenewworld.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Reality is aspects of our democratic system is fundamentally broken. Having repeatedly been lied to by politicians & citizens weary about meaningful accountability hence repeat lying, I hope the younger generation refuse to accept this woeful status quo. Our democratic model will wither otherwise.
All political systems eventually decay. Why should democracy be an exception?
We shouldn’t expect democracy to last for ever
All political systems decay — perhaps ours is not malfunctioning but is simply growing old, and cracks are showing
www.thetimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:35 PM
All political systems eventually decay. Why should democracy be an exception?
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The Heritage Foundation, after its founding in 1973, quickly became “the most influential think tank in America,” Peter Wehner argues—and it’s “as good an institution as any in which to study the intellectual and moral decline of the American right.”
The Intellectual and Moral Decline of the American Right
The conservative backlash against Nick Fuentes has yet to challenge the president who had him over for dinner.
bit.ly
November 22, 2025 at 3:15 PM
The Heritage Foundation, after its founding in 1973, quickly became “the most influential think tank in America,” Peter Wehner argues—and it’s “as good an institution as any in which to study the intellectual and moral decline of the American right.”
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Why did Grok say that Elon Musk "edges out” Jesus Christ as a role model for humanity? Charlie Warzel and @matteowong.bsky.social on another strange day in the chatbot's history:
Elon Musk: Better Than Jesus?
Grok is trying to rewrite history on behalf of its creator.
bit.ly
November 22, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Why did Grok say that Elon Musk "edges out” Jesus Christ as a role model for humanity? Charlie Warzel and @matteowong.bsky.social on another strange day in the chatbot's history:
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this, *this*, is the greatest crossover of all time
November 21, 2025 at 7:28 PM
this, *this*, is the greatest crossover of all time
Really important piece by Fraser Nelson in today's Times. There are fundamental questions not answered by the Covid Inquiry including the use of lockdown itself. And despite one of the points of the Inquiry was to learn lessons for the future, we're still left in the dark about some key issues.
Baroness Hallett has dodged the key Covid questions
Long-running inquiry asserts 23,000 lives could have been saved by earlier lockdown but lacks the evidence to prove it
www.thetimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Really important piece by Fraser Nelson in today's Times. There are fundamental questions not answered by the Covid Inquiry including the use of lockdown itself. And despite one of the points of the Inquiry was to learn lessons for the future, we're still left in the dark about some key issues.
Antisemitic content on X risen from half a million posts a year to a million a day over last 3 years. Beyond peverse.Clear eg of X mainstreaming Jew hatred. When I was Counter-Extremism Commissioner my 2021 Review stated that the then Online Safety Bill would not adequately address extremist content
EXC: Cross-party MPs and peers are demanding that Ofcom investigate a surge in violent antisemitism on X
They cite research that suggests the content violates the Online Safety Act
They cite research that suggests the content violates the Online Safety Act
Cross-Party MPs Demand Ofcom Investigation Into Antisemitism On X
Exclusive: A cross-party group of MPs and peers has demanded that Ofcom take action against a surge in antisemitic posts and calls for violence aga...
www.politicshome.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Antisemitic content on X risen from half a million posts a year to a million a day over last 3 years. Beyond peverse.Clear eg of X mainstreaming Jew hatred. When I was Counter-Extremism Commissioner my 2021 Review stated that the then Online Safety Bill would not adequately address extremist content
I left Twitter in 2015 ten years ago because of the scale of threats, abuse, cyber-stalking I received & the real world impact it had on me personally & professionally. Under Musk X is worse. He is a foreign hostile actor, interferes in our democracy, incites violence. Gov should be bold & abandon X
Growing backbench pressure about how government uses X
I hope this pressure can link up with pressure to recognise strength of prima facie evidence thst X is in breach of legal duties (in systemic failure of its complaints system to be compliant with UK law)
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
I hope this pressure can link up with pressure to recognise strength of prima facie evidence thst X is in breach of legal duties (in systemic failure of its complaints system to be compliant with UK law)
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
Labour MPs Call For A More Serious Review Of The Government's Use Of X
Labour MPs are calling for ministers to take control of decisions over the government’s continued use of X, as concerns grow about the platform’s s...
www.politicshome.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I left Twitter in 2015 ten years ago because of the scale of threats, abuse, cyber-stalking I received & the real world impact it had on me personally & professionally. Under Musk X is worse. He is a foreign hostile actor, interferes in our democracy, incites violence. Gov should be bold & abandon X
The Molly Rose Foundation’s @mollyroseorg.bsky.social suggestion to UK government to extend the legal requirement for transparency from public officials to apply to tech companies is a brilliant idea. The Government should adopt it.
Father of teen whose death was linked to social media has ‘lost faith’ in Ofcom
Ian Russell says watchdog lacks ‘urgency’ and is not willing to use its powers ‘to the extent required’
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:38 PM
The Molly Rose Foundation’s @mollyroseorg.bsky.social suggestion to UK government to extend the legal requirement for transparency from public officials to apply to tech companies is a brilliant idea. The Government should adopt it.
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Republicans are at odds about how to handle the white-nationalist influencer Nick Fuentes’s encroachment into their ranks, @alibreland.bsky.social writes. He asked Fuentes about being the center of a crisis in American conservatism:
The Nick Fuentes Spiral
The reckoning with the white-nationalist influencer’s rise is only getting messier.
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November 15, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Republicans are at odds about how to handle the white-nationalist influencer Nick Fuentes’s encroachment into their ranks, @alibreland.bsky.social writes. He asked Fuentes about being the center of a crisis in American conservatism:
The biggest risks to democracy identified were disinformation, corruption, a lack of accountability for politicians & rise of extremist politics.
A major poll by Ipsos of almost 10,000 voters in nine countries found that a clear majority worry about the risks to their democracy over the next five years.
Only one country was an exception, take a look 👇
www.politico.eu/article/west...
Only one country was an exception, take a look 👇
www.politico.eu/article/west...
November 14, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The biggest risks to democracy identified were disinformation, corruption, a lack of accountability for politicians & rise of extremist politics.
Baroness Newlove was an incredible woman. I am desperately sad to hear of her passing. Her struggle and support for victims will not be forgotten. RIP.
Baroness Newlove, the campaigner whose husband Garry was murdered by gang of teenagers, has died
Baroness Newlove, the Victims' Commissioner and campaigner, whose husband Garry was murdered by a gang of teenagers in 2007, has died aged 63.
news.sky.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Baroness Newlove was an incredible woman. I am desperately sad to hear of her passing. Her struggle and support for victims will not be forgotten. RIP.
21% of the German population voted for the AfD in last German election. The question of which takes precedence: protecting the German constitution from extremism & extremist parties verses the ability of such parties to govern via democratic elections is a question that will be reckoned with v soon.
German president hints at AfD ban in speech on dangers of extremism
President Steinmeier marks the anniversary of the Nazi Kristallnacht pogroms by warning of the risk posed by parties threatening the postwar constitution
www.thetimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:33 PM
21% of the German population voted for the AfD in last German election. The question of which takes precedence: protecting the German constitution from extremism & extremist parties verses the ability of such parties to govern via democratic elections is a question that will be reckoned with v soon.
'We have become careless of what matters. “Never again?” From east to west, bullies dominate. International institutions have been allowed to wither. In the US, powerful voices echo Nazi justifications for overriding democracy....it mustn’t take another war to remind us why [our values] matter.'
In 1945 we said ‘never again’, yet already we’ve forgotten | The Observer
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November 9, 2025 at 11:37 AM
'We have become careless of what matters. “Never again?” From east to west, bullies dominate. International institutions have been allowed to wither. In the US, powerful voices echo Nazi justifications for overriding democracy....it mustn’t take another war to remind us why [our values] matter.'
November 9, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Politicial leaders should condemn racist discourse not engage in it. It's one of the reasons we're seeing the Overton window shift. Whatever happened to "I have a dream - one day we'll live in a nation where we'll not be judged by the color of our skin but by the content of our character". MLK
My column for this week's @thenewworldmag.bsky.social is on what lies behind the rise of racism in politics - some of it is instrumental, but some of it is politicians refracting very online tropes into mainstream discourse.
www.thenewworld.co.uk/sonia-sodha-...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/sonia-sodha-...
Drunk on the Kool-Aid of hate
A new wave of politicians are engaged in open race-baiting. But the appetite for hatred is more limited than they imagine
www.thenewworld.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Politicial leaders should condemn racist discourse not engage in it. It's one of the reasons we're seeing the Overton window shift. Whatever happened to "I have a dream - one day we'll live in a nation where we'll not be judged by the color of our skin but by the content of our character". MLK
Extremism research suggests there is a growing radicalisation challenge with this generation & will most likely worsen as socio-economic grievances increase, support for conspiracies grows, distrust of institutions rises, exposure to extremist content online & UK identity/cultural fears dominate.
Meet gen X: middle-aged, enraged and radicalised by internet bile | Gaby Hinsliff
Meet gen X: middle-aged, enraged and radicalised by internet bile | Gaby Hinsliff
Who is driving the populist insurgency? It’s not grumpy pensioners or vulnerable teenagers – it’s my generation, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Extremism research suggests there is a growing radicalisation challenge with this generation & will most likely worsen as socio-economic grievances increase, support for conspiracies grows, distrust of institutions rises, exposure to extremist content online & UK identity/cultural fears dominate.
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For political hacks like myself, 'put it in the curriculum' is the oldest and hattiest of old hat policy ideas.
Why do we think schools should solve all our problems? What if we thought differently about life skills and civic education?
howtorunacountry.substack.com/p/schools-ca...
Why do we think schools should solve all our problems? What if we thought differently about life skills and civic education?
howtorunacountry.substack.com/p/schools-ca...
Schools cannot solve all our problems
The limits of ‘put it in the curriculum’ politics
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November 7, 2025 at 9:28 AM
For political hacks like myself, 'put it in the curriculum' is the oldest and hattiest of old hat policy ideas.
Why do we think schools should solve all our problems? What if we thought differently about life skills and civic education?
howtorunacountry.substack.com/p/schools-ca...
Why do we think schools should solve all our problems? What if we thought differently about life skills and civic education?
howtorunacountry.substack.com/p/schools-ca...
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Exclusive: The parents of a man who killed himself are suing the company that created ChatGPT, claiming the product encouraged him to commit suicide.
ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN
A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.
www.cnn.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Exclusive: The parents of a man who killed himself are suing the company that created ChatGPT, claiming the product encouraged him to commit suicide.
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NEW: The National Task Force to Combat Antisemitism has severed ties with the Heritage Foundation, adding to the tumult at the venerable conservative think tank & underscoring a deepening rift on the right between Israel supporters & America Firsters.
Antisemitism Task Force Severs Ties With the Heritage Foundation
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November 7, 2025 at 3:23 AM
NEW: The National Task Force to Combat Antisemitism has severed ties with the Heritage Foundation, adding to the tumult at the venerable conservative think tank & underscoring a deepening rift on the right between Israel supporters & America Firsters.
What religious fundamentalists & extremists of all stripes have in common is the control, disempowerment and relegation of women from the public sphere into the private sphere through coercion & where necessary violence. Christian far right nationalists, Islamist extremists, Jewish extremists....
Some on the far right want to repeal the 19th amendment. Many more share a coercive, patriarchal view of women.
I wrote about this and how the far right sees subjugating women as key to building the sort of electorate they need to win. @liberalcurrents.com
www.liberalcurrents.com/women-should...
I wrote about this and how the far right sees subjugating women as key to building the sort of electorate they need to win. @liberalcurrents.com
www.liberalcurrents.com/women-should...
Women Should Make Babies, Not Vote: Why Some on the Far Right Want to Repeal the 19th Amendment
The far right takes losses at the ballot box as evidence that women do not deserve their rights.
www.liberalcurrents.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:34 PM
What religious fundamentalists & extremists of all stripes have in common is the control, disempowerment and relegation of women from the public sphere into the private sphere through coercion & where necessary violence. Christian far right nationalists, Islamist extremists, Jewish extremists....
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The UK Labour Party defines itself as a "democratic socialist" part in the first sentence of Clause IV. And has since the 1990s.
That's how woeful the BBC claiming it's a term with no definition is. Good grief.
That's how woeful the BBC claiming it's a term with no definition is. Good grief.
I don't know what is more depressing. That the BBC seems to have no clue what democratic socialism is or that someone who comments on politics for a living thinks it's the same as communism.
Jesus wept, indeed. GCSE, Introduction to Politics, Chapter 1, stuff.
Jesus wept, indeed. GCSE, Introduction to Politics, Chapter 1, stuff.
November 6, 2025 at 12:32 PM
The UK Labour Party defines itself as a "democratic socialist" part in the first sentence of Clause IV. And has since the 1990s.
That's how woeful the BBC claiming it's a term with no definition is. Good grief.
That's how woeful the BBC claiming it's a term with no definition is. Good grief.
I don't say this lightly but Elon Musk and his platform X is not only a national security threat to our country, he is a threat to our democracy, to our institutions, to public order and to the wellbeing of British children. And the UK government should treat him as such.
"You spout shite on a podcast to reinforce your 𝘰𝘸𝘯 position that "civil war is coming"... it's a self-fulfilling prophecy."
Elon Musk has now claimed England’s ‘hobbit-like’ towns are rife with rape while on Joe Rogan’s podcast.
@maitlis.bsky.social | @jonsopel1.bsky.social
Elon Musk has now claimed England’s ‘hobbit-like’ towns are rife with rape while on Joe Rogan’s podcast.
@maitlis.bsky.social | @jonsopel1.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I don't say this lightly but Elon Musk and his platform X is not only a national security threat to our country, he is a threat to our democracy, to our institutions, to public order and to the wellbeing of British children. And the UK government should treat him as such.
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I note that many of the most vocal who had much to say within minutes of Saturday’s appalling events are rather quieter today. But they’ll be back. I wrote about the radical right misinformation machine centred on X in @theipaper.com inews.co.uk/opinion/a-su...
Lewis Goodall on X: "Train worker hero credited with saving lives in the Huntingdon knife attack named as Samir Zitouni. https://t.co/rFIGBZjfqt" / X
Train worker hero credited with saving lives in the Huntingdon knife attack named as Samir Zitouni. https://t.co/rFIGBZjfqt
x.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:54 PM
I note that many of the most vocal who had much to say within minutes of Saturday’s appalling events are rather quieter today. But they’ll be back. I wrote about the radical right misinformation machine centred on X in @theipaper.com inews.co.uk/opinion/a-su...