There are many things we can and should be proud of about our country and the values it stands for. But there is one stark fact that requires reflection. How is it that almost 1,000 people living in Britain decided to leave our peaceful, liberal democracy to join the Isis death cult?

Isis has posed the single most significant terrorist threat to the western world in recent years. It inspired and celebrated, for example, the bomb attack in May 2017 at the Ariana Grande concert in Manchester that killed 22 people and injured more than 800. Most of those who attended were young girls.

Despite the horrifying videos of indescribable cruelty that Isis delighted in spreading, thousands of supporters travelled from across the world to