Riotous hyperbole
London Riots Someone from the government should be engaging with the agitators. And those who are just attending the riots for criminality should be dealt with harshly. Harry Raffal offers his take on...
View ArticleThe Rise of the Underclass: The gloves need to come off in tackling the riots
London Riots The Tottenham riots diffuse throughout London. The cause of the riots – the killing of Mark Duggan by an armed officer – is almost forgotten. We are seeing that these riots have no...
View ArticleThe war of the flea: the riots and our government’s response.
We must be cautious in how we respond to the riots Listening to Theresa May’s proposal that the police should be provided with powers to implement a curfew across an area in the case of civil...
View ArticleBernard Hogan-Howe to head the Met
So the new Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis (to give him his proper title) has been named. Her Majesty the Queen has formally appointed Mr Bernard Hogan-Howe, QPM, formerly Chief Constable of...
View ArticleTheresa May and the UKBF controversy: failure to deal with immigration...
The UK coalition government has suffered a severe embarrassment over the last couple of days as details have gradually emerged over a supposed error which allowed thousands of immigrants to enter the...
View ArticleTheresa May – The Curse of the Home Office Strikes Again
Up until now, Theresa May has been remarkably adept at avoiding the pitfalls that claimed the careers of so many of her predecessors More trouble at the Home Office. The position of Home Secretary –...
View ArticleTheresa May has been a terrible Home Secretary and should be sacked
In April 1982, days after the invasion of the Falklands by a fascist Argentine regime, the Foreign Secretary Lord Carrington resigned. He was the last minister to take responsibility for his...
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