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Hello, happy Sunday.

Happy Sunday. And welcome to the two mats, regular question and answer session. Should we kick straight up?

Let's just get straight in. Okay, first question from Andy in Blackheath in South London. Do you think governments should try to define extremism that is not actually unlawful?

Well, thank you, Andy. I think that's a question inspired by Michael Gove last Thursday, announcing the new definition of extremism.

And then in the House of Commons naming for five organisations

actually to far right the British National Socialist Movement, patriotic alternative

and on the Islamist side of the House, Muslim Association of Britain, Cage and Mend. Now, what's going on here? These are groups that

will potentially, they haven't yet potentially be deemed extremist and they will not be able to

meet ministers or civil servants or get public money and so on. I don't know what you think about this, but I'm, as I've said, I think a few times,

boringly, you know, I'm a kind of ruler law guy.

So I like the idea that things are legal or illegal, lawful or unlawful.

I'm very concerned about things that fall into this grey area of lawful but

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