An RAF cadet has been suspended after saying Islam is the UK’s biggest security threat during a training exercise. The Mail has the story.

He made the comment during a question-and-answer session in which he and other cadets were asked about dangers to British security.

It led to him being kicked off the officer-training course, pending an investigation. …

The air force has launched a probe into the young cadet’s remarks at RAF Cranwell, where the next generation of officers are trained.

Retired rear admiral Chris Parry last night accused the air force of shutting down the “critical thinking” of new officers around controversial issues and said the cadet should be reinstated.

“If I’d asked that question and got that answer I would have also asked the cadet to expand on his thinking and got some critical thinking going rather than suspend him,” he said. …

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