Yes Minister and The Thick of It were flagged by beleaguered counter-terror Prevent scheme | Daily Mail Online
Some of Britain s most popular sitcoms and greatest works of literature were flagged as potential signs of far-Right extremism by a counter-terror programme.
The flagship Prevent scheme, recently the subject of a scathing audit, singled out comedies Yes Minister and The Thick Of It, the 1955 epic war film The Dam Busters, and even The Complete Works Of William Shakespeare as possible red flags of extremism.
It said the works of fiction were key texts for white nationalists/supremacists .
Amazon thinks I’m a complete RW nut case, based on their recommendations. I’ve thought about complaining, but I’ll wait until they have a sympathetic AI to talk to. I watched “Yes Minister” years ago, have never heard of “The Thick of It,” and enjoyed the heck out of “The Dam Busters,” all without knowing that they would put me on the UK’s watch list. I like Shakespeare’s tragedies and histories, but his comedies are deeply unfunny and a torment to sit through. That probably tags me for a full body search at Heathrow.
This thought control by governments until recently considered liberal is starting to get reallllly creepy.