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British government proposals to fight the threat posed by the Islamic State “got off to a stuttering start” on 1 September, writes The Guardian, as legal concerns over British jihadis fighting in Syria and Iraq forced Prime Minister David Cameron to back down on key measures.
The paper writes Cameron himself “[acknowledged] the legal difficulties” in plans to block British jihadis from returning to the country, “admitting that it might render them stateless.” Plans to grant police the power to revoke passports from UK citizens also met objections from the Tories’ coalition partners, the Liberal Democrats.
For The Guardian, Cameron’s package —
appeared at best incomplete and certainly less dramatic than suggested when he called a rare Downing Street press conference on Friday to announce the terror threat was being raised from substantial to severe for the first time in three years.
The daily also notes Cameron “hinted” that Britain might join the United States in launching air strikes against the Islamic State, without giving any firm commitment —
a formula being used by ministers until a clearer strategy emerges from Washington or is agreed at the Nato summit this week in Wales.
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