This is an open letter to Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, Bernard Hogan-Howe. We invite a response, which, if received, we will publish in full. Dear Mr Hogan-Howe, I attended your talk at the London School of Economics last night. Amidst the management-speak and froth, a single statistic that you mentioned caught my attention. “Young [...]
The Coalition partners are at each others throats again. And, as always, there is no need for you to get up from your seat. This time it’s the royal yacht. Cameron and co. believe that the queen should get a new yacht for her diamond Jubilee. Clegg meanwhile, has made headlines by saying that she [...]
So today brings news that former Labour Party official Luke Bozier is defecting to the Conservatives. Many people will be asking “Who the hell is Luke Bozier?”. Those who know of him may ask “Why did he defect?”. Meanwhile, those who’ve read his remarks about joining the Tories will be asking “On what planet does [...]
So Michael Gove wants to make it easier to kick bad teachers out of the profession. In particular he wants those teachers “who can’t keep control or keep the interest of their class” to be moved rapidly into the “firing line”. As with every single other profession – public or private – there is undoubtedly [...]
So the stand off continues. Cameron et. al. are determined that any Scottish referendum should be a straight choice between independence and the status quo. Alex Salmond meanwhile, plans to give voters a third choice. The so-called “devo-max” option, would give the Scots autonomy on virtually every matter other than foreign policy and defence. Salmond [...]
Well is this it? Since Ed assumed the leadership, he has been making noises about the need to “reform capitalism”, and to offer Britain an “industrial future”. And over the last week, Ed, and his shadow business secretary Chuka Ummuna, have made a few headlines by setting out some of their specific proposals. None of [...]
Cameron’s new year’s speech was a good indicator of how the Eurozone crisis – aka the take-over of Europe by the ECB and the IMF – will look like in the UK. Eurozone countries have essentially been left with two options in order to boost their bond markets, increase confidence and reel in the debt [...]
Today white people were left struggling to cope with the consequences of a racially charged outburst from politician Diane Abbott. The Labour MP took to twitter, earlier today, to allege that “white people like to divide and rule”. Already, there are reports that police officers have been pouring into “white” areas, where they have been [...]
Today has seen a flurry of half-baked articles from the left regarding Diane Abbott’s tweet yesterday: “White people love playing ‘divide and rule’ We should not play their game #tacticasoldascolonialism”. The left, for whatever reason, think that it is important to produce lots of material in defence of the tweet, and against a few spurious [...]
Without a doubt, the conviction of Dobson and Norris for the murder of Stephen Lawrence brings feelings of joy and relief. Having followed the case closely, I am fairly convinced that the pair were guilty of the atrocious crime in question. Nonetheless, the verdict raises troubling questions about the manner in which our justice system [...]
