Anonymousabout 2 hours ago
The UK raised its terror threat level to "Severe" on 1 May 2026 following the Golders Green stabbing — carried out by a British citizen who arrived legally decades ago, not by a small boat migrant. As cumulative Channel crossings approach 200,000, the political linking of the two issues rests on thin evidentiary ground: European data shows the vast majority of terrorist perpetrators are legal residents or citizens, and the UK recorded zero completed terrorist attacks in 2024 despite absorbing far fewer irregular arrivals than France, Germany, or Italy.