James Cleverly
A commitment to tackle firearms licensing delays made during a meeting between BASC and Cumbria Police has been reinforced at a follow-up meeting. Cumbria Police revealed during the latest meeting with BASC that it is making rapid progress and has reduced its backlog of renewals by 57 per cent since the introduction of new resources in… Read more »
The Court of Appeal in Kano has drastically reduced the sentence of Mubarak Bala, imprisoned President of the Nigerian Humanist Association, from 24 years to five. The judges unanimously found that his original sentence for blasphemous Facebook posts was excessive and in contravention of the law. Bala has already been in prison for four years, so this… Read more »
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James Cleverly yesterday admitted he used “unparliamentary” language to describe a Labour MP in prime minister’s questions. Cleverly had denied the claim he called Alex Cunningham’s Stockton North constituency a “s***hole” in response to a question from the Labour MP in the House of Commons. A source close to Cleverly said the home secretary did… Read more »
The government flagship deportations scheme, which was yesterday ruled unlawful by the Supreme Court, is “already having” a deterrent effect on small boats crossings, the home secretary claimed this morning. James Cleverly said the Rwanda policy is already having an “effect in the thinking of the people smugglers”. He added: “We know — we interview… Read more »