Jihadists Ahoy !

If it were up to me, i would be running free planes to Syria from Britain and letting all wannabee Jihadists fly for reduced rates. I would be photographing and finger printing them as they left the country and i would make sure that they never re-enter this country again.

They are the enemy within and its about time we took off the kid gloves and purged this country of these troublesome people.

Every single person who went off to Syria to fight for ISIS or anything similar should be tried for treason, and have their citizenship revoked indefinitely.

I'm unsure whether they could be tried for treason per se, the offence of treason may not encompass their actions. The relevant provision in the Treason Act 1351 would be "adhering to the King's enemies" given they have not "levied war" against the crown.

Could ISIS be considered one of the King's (Queen's) enemies? They are a banned group but we have not fought them on the battlefield.

However, we could pass an act with a new offence of fighting for an alien power or for a power that is fighting one of Her Majesty's allies (which Iraq is). Either way, these scumbags should not be allowed to return to the country.

If they love the caliphate so much, let them bloody well stay there. They can't be allowed to go and engage in terrorist battles, and then return to the comfort of Britain. Effect such a law and I guarantee you, we will see how soft these losers are. They will whine and complain, they will say their human rights have been violated.

They are soft, weak. They can't hack the sacrifices they purported to sign up for.

If jihadists are not committing treason as it is defined in our laws, then our treason laws must be updated. In fact they should be updated anyway, because when I say "treason" I am not referring to some medieval concept of going against the (illegitimate) rule of the King, but an alliance with the enemies of democracy and civilisation. In other words, I could not care less whether or not somebody is an enemy of the King or Queen. What matters is that they are an enemy of global civilisation.

I admire your optimism, but I would feel uneasy about allowing jihadist totalitarians to live freely in the UK. Barring them from re-entry would send a message that the UK does not tolerate medieval religious fascism

As a traditionalist of sorts, I'd rather retain the old definition of treason and merely enact a new offence with a suitable name (like "Adhering to and fighting for the enemies of mankind", or some such thing)

I agree they are enemies of civilisation, and of our country. In terms of the King/Queen, I am a tentative republican so the point isn't the monarch, it's that the crown is representative of the British demos, if someone is levying war against the King they are levying war against us all.

I completely agree, I have the same uneasiness. I think they should be barred from returning, I just have a slightly different view about the legal mechanism by which to effect this.

These "Jihadists" you claim you'd fingerprint and such, are off to fight in wars against a democratically elected president, and will be fighting with the likes of which both the US and UK government are supporting. The former now gearing toward actually training and arming them.

People can find this information for themselves so easily but sadly choose not to. This will go in one ear and out the other..

I agree they do appear to be arming and training them. I dont support or speak for Government. I am the common man in the UK, a reasonable person. The man on the Clapham omnibus.

Then we need more people like you. By arming and training them, thousands more of innocent people, women, men & children would be murdered and displaced. An attack would be on the horizon in the USA for sure by arming and training these people. Look at Osama Bin Laden & his group who were previously armed and trained by the CIA to fight the Soviets. You cant control where weapons end up. They should spend that money on the American people who desperately need it especially in this economy.

The man on the Clapham omnibus! I haven't heard anyone use that phrase in a very long time!

Every single person who went off to Syria to fight for ISIS or anything similar should be tried for treason, and have their citizenship revoked indefinitely.

Do the intelligence services believe they can keep track of these people abroad. If not then id let them back since that's what's most important to me.

I agree they shouldn't be allowed back, they aren't the sort of people I'd want in the country. Not that I couldn't say the same for the British army but hey ho.