Security minister Tom Tugendhat has said he "absolutely" agrees with three former home secretaries that tackling extremism should not be used for "short-term tactical advantage" in the run-up to the general election. It comes ahead of an expected new definition of extremism being released this week, potentially alongside a list of extremist organisations. Dame Priti Patel, Sir Sajid Javid and Amber Rudd were among those who signed a statement calling for "as broad a consensus as possible" in facing down extremism from Islamists, the far-right and others, and a guarantee that "no political party uses the issue to seek short-term...