I spoke with BBC West Midlands on Saturday about the British Government’s elevation of the terror-threat level to “Orange” (severe), even though both British and US intelligence services say there is no imminent danger of an attack by the Islamic State.

So why has the level been raised? We talk about the politics — from the Cameron Government’s wish to push through controversial measures restricting movement and withholding passports to the prospects of US and British action in Iraq and Syria to the whipping-up of a “culture of fear” by some ambitious British politicians:

Listen to interview from 1:07.35, with package beginning at 1:04.55