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Our prisons are appeasing violent criminals UK

Our prisons are appeasing violent criminals

14th May 2025
Lucy Connolly shouldn’t be in prison Free Speech

Lucy Connolly shouldn’t be in prison

9th April 2025
Why Prevent failed David Amess – and will fail again Politics

Why Prevent failed David Amess – and will fail again

14th February 2025
Valdo Calocane was dangerous, not vulnerable Politics

Valdo Calocane was dangerous, not vulnerable

7th February 2025
How ‘anti-racist’ policing let grooming gangs run riot UK

How ‘anti-racist’ policing let grooming gangs run riot

15th January 2025
How Usman Khan slipped through the net Long-reads

How Usman Khan slipped through the net

1st December 2024
Is there no end to the prison service’s incompetence? UK

Is there no end to the prison service’s incompetence?

25th November 2024
Why our prisons are at breaking point Long-reads

Why our prisons are at breaking point

21st September 2024
Lessons from the Taylor Swift terror plot World

Lessons from the Taylor Swift terror plot

10th August 2024
No man should be in a women’s prison Identity Politics

No man should be in a women’s prison

18th December 2023
‘Diversity, equity and inclusion’ is corroding the civil service Politics

‘Diversity, equity and inclusion’ is corroding the civil service

5th June 2023
Sue Gray’s Faustian pact with Labour Politics

Sue Gray’s Faustian pact with Labour

7th March 2023

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Our woke civil service is frustrating democracy Identity Politics

Our woke civil service is frustrating democracy

1st August 2022
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