Showing posts with label Police. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Police. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 21, 2026

Turning Point UK chief executive suspended by Tories over contract killing claims

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Headline of the Day has already been won by a penis-biting dog from Rutland, but this Guardian story is still worth your attention: Former...
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Sunday, October 04, 2026

The Joy of Six 1586

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Jonathan Freedland argues that the Greens' anti-Zionism motion is yet another attempt to tell Jews what they should think: "In eac...
Friday, September 18, 2026

The Joy of Six 1578

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"In the days that followed RNLI crew members found pictures of themselves strewn across social media. Online posts described the search...
Tuesday, September 08, 2026

Kent Police has admitted ignoring intelligence on Dover disruption

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Kent Police has admitted receiving intelligence about a planned disruption in Dover four days before it took place, reports Metro : A woman ...
Friday, August 28, 2026

North Lancashire Lib Dems call for county police to reveal dealings with Palantir

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Embed from Getty Images Here's a heartening story from the Lancaster Guardian : The North Lancashire Liberal Democrats are calling for L...
Saturday, July 04, 2026

Violent drunk banned from booze after throwing flapjack at police officer's genitals having missed with Pot Noodle

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It wasn't a long judges' meeting: the Manchester Evening News  has won our Headline of the Day Award. Incidentally, when I worked at...
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Thursday, May 28, 2026

Mel and Sue and Akbar Shamji

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From the latest  Popbitch email: Patrick Radden Keefe’s new book, London Falling, is the buzziest read of the summer so far. (In case you...
Wednesday, May 13, 2026

There's more than one Reform politician who believes in UFOs

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This video has received a lot of attention today, but don't mock Councillor Kieran Lay too hard. Because he's not the only Reform p...
Thursday, April 30, 2026

A topical video: What constitutes "reasonable force"

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Another video from barrister-at-law Alan Robertshaw. One interesting point he makes is that the common courtroom assumption that a statement...
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Police watchdog investigates Northamptonshire force over allegations of perverting the course of justice

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BBC News has reported the extraordinary story of Nadine Buzzard-Quashie's arrest by Northamptonshire police: Body-worn video of a woman...
Tuesday, March 31, 2026

The Joy of Six 1497

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"A child who grew up in the United Kingdom, attended British schools, made British friends, and considers this country their home will ...
Monday, March 30, 2026

GUEST POST Lord Summerisle obviously took the Liberal whip

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Summerisle Young Liberals, 1973 Anselm Anon and Wighard of Canterbury find that The Wicker Man is steeped in the debates of 1970s Liberalis...
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Tuesday, March 03, 2026

The Joy of Six 1483

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Taylor Lorenz argues that there is little evidence that social media is driving a mental health crisis among young people and a banning the...
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Tuesday, February 24, 2026

Ed Davey flattens Nigel Farage on human rights

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On 29 October last year, Nigel Farage put forward his European Convention on Human Rights (Withdrawal) Bill. You can read his speech in Han...
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Monday, February 23, 2026

Barlow and Watt investigate Jack the Ripper

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Last night I watched the film Murder by Decree on Talking Pictures TV. I've watched it several times because the cast and premise (Sher...
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Friday, February 13, 2026

Britain's two most famous TV policemen on screen together in 1964

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Between 1962, when he first appeared as Charlie Barlow in Z-Cars, and 1976, when he played the character for the last time in  Second Verdic...
Friday, February 06, 2026

Dixon of Dock Green: "It's not jolly – in fact it's unremittingly grim"

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Embed from Getty Images Dixon of Dock Green does not deserve its reputation for cosiness. I wrote to that effect three years ago, but Tim D...
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Monday, February 02, 2026

Ed Davey is right to call for police investigation of Peter Mandelson

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These allegations are incredibly serious, it is now only right that the police investigate Peter Mandelson for potential misconduct in publi...
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Friday, January 30, 2026

The Joy of Six 1468

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"By-elections follow their own logic, not Westminster narratives, and Gorton and Denton has all the makings of a classic contest - a di...
Wednesday, January 21, 2026

Reform PCC for Leicestershire "asked officer to help arrange Putin-style photo with horse for election leaflet"

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Embed from Getty Images Rupert Matthews, the Conservative turned Reform police and crime commissioner for Leicestershire and Rutland, faced ...