Rishi Sunak will treat as extremist anyone who ‘vilifies’ Britain – 27 totally on-point responses

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As Rishi Sunak falls further behind his Tory leadership rival Liz Truss in the race to become the next PM, the former Chancellor has come up with a new wheeze to appeal to the Conservative party faithful.

Specifically, he’s going to widen the definition of ‘extremism’ to include people who ‘vilify’ Britain under plans to refer them to the government’s controversial anti-terrorism strategy, Prevent.

Here’s how the Telegraph reported it today.

And it prompted no end of mockery (and trepidation) on Twitter. These 27 people surely said it best.

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