The Government’s counter-extremism strategy could seriously backfire and damage the values it is intending to uphold, a range of critics have warned. A senior police chief, a national newspaper and a legal commentator have all highlighted flaws in the strategy, which includes controversial Extremism Disruption Orders (EDOs). Concerns have been raised that the terms for the orders are being ‘far too broadly drawn’. Writing for the Guardian online, legal commentator Joshua Rozenberg noted that according to the Government, extremism is the vocal and active opposition to values such as the rule of law. But he said expressing ideas that offend is an ‘essential part’ of our fundamental values. Rozenberg also criticised part of the strategy which proposes an extremism community trigger, whereby anyone will be able to complain about extremism to the local council or the police. This might mean the police turning up at a street preacher’s home to question them.