The war on terror ‐ future trends

Describes the anti‐terrorist regime in the UK, and how the law has changed since the 19th century, with reference to the 1974 Prevention of Terrorism Act and its followups. Shows how financial interdiction has gradually become a central part of the struggle, culminating in the 2002 Proceeds of Crime Act. Discusses the international aspect of the struggle against Islamic terror, and in particular how it should be regarded as an information war, which is currently being lost. Uses the precedent of the struggle against Nazism to suggest that the main plank of anti‐terror policy should be the countering of the terrorist’s ignorant and unachievable demands with a campaign of objective information dissemination; financial measures are a way of buying time rather than winning the war.