Many of those who were shocked by the Home Secretary’s decision to bar Shamima Begum — who ran away from this country to join Islamic State — from returning to the UK are the same people who have vehemently opposed the Government’s Prevent strategy since its launch in 2003. But we cannot have our cake and eat it.

Blind opposition to the Government’s approach is a luxury we can no longer afford. If we want the hundreds of returning British IS fighters to be reintegrated into society we must support and work towards a strengthened and reinvigorated de-radicalisation strategy.