Hinds Says Lockdowns May Have Worsened Terror Threat

The terror threat towards the country may have been made worse by coronavirus lockdowns, a security minister has suggested.

- Geraldine Scott

Damian Hinds the MP for East Hampshire who became security minister in August, told The Daily Telegraph that people being holed up in their bedrooms during the restrictions could have pushed them towards radicalisation, echoing similar warnings from the police and the UN's Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED).

“Clearly, logically, when you have more people who are spending more time in their bedrooms at their computer ... you are going to get a growth in that tiny proportion of people for whom that is a dark journey,” Mr Hinds told The Telegraph.