Police training compared Farage views to Islamophobia
Summarised from 3 outlets · Updated 30 Sept, 08:03 · Archive
Taxpayer-funded police training at a hate crime conference drew comparisons between Nigel Farage's views on Islam and Islamophobia.
North Yorkshire Police officers attended a publicly funded hate crime conference session that compared Nigel Farage's views on Islam to Islamophobia. The training featured footage from GB News presenter Matt Goodwin showing a YouGov poll finding over half of Britons considered Islam incompatible with British values, which the training material disputed.

How it is being reported
- Fury as police lectured about Nigel Farage in Islamophobia talkThe talk was delivered at a hate crime conference.Daily Express · 29 Sept, 18:14
- Police officers asked to consider 'harm' done by Nigel Farage in publicly funded lecture about IslamophobiaPolice were lectured on the harm Nigel Farage has caused to muslims in a taxpayer funded lecture on Islamophobia held last year at the York and North Yorkshire Hate Crime Conference.Daily Mail · 29 Sept, 14:00
- Taxpayer-funded police training likened Nigel Farage and GB News to IslamophobiaTaxpayer-funded police training has drawn a direct comparison between Nigel Farage's views on Islam and a racially aggravated criminal offence. The session also featured footage from GB News, where presenter Matt Goodwin presented a YouGov poll showing that over half of Britons considered Islam incompatible with British values. The training material disagreed with the findings and argued that Islamic teachings aligned with democracy and religious tolerance. North Yorkshire Police officers attending the publicly funded hate crime conference in a session at the York and North Yorkshire Hate…GB News · 29 Sept, 10:58
In this story: Nigel Farage · GB News · North Yorkshire Police · Matt Goodwin · York and North Yorkshire Hate Crime Conference
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