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Podcast: The Bunker – News without the nonsense
Episode: Lost the Plot: What makes terrorist attacks fail
Description: How do we stop terrorists before they act? Are our security services operating with expert proficiency or is it just luck? The answer is unfortunately a mix of both, but that’s no reason to despair. Hannah Fearn speaks to The Independent's home affairs editor Lizzie Dearden about her book, Plotters: The UK Terrorists Who Failed, to get an insight into British terror attacks that were stopped in their tracks.
“The pool of people susceptible to terrorism grew during the lockdown.”
“Security services were so focused on stopping people from joining Isis that more attacks happened in the UK.”
“So...