Shadow home secretary calls for ‘moral crusade’ against crime

Shadow home secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds has said Labour would invest in neighbourhood policing, establish new domestic violence laws and would establish a new Child Exploitation Register in his keynote speech at the party conference today in Brighton. He opened by discussing how his childhood as the son of a Welsh steelworker led him to the […]
Raab and Patel under fire as UK prepares to announce Afghan-asylum scheme

Calls are growing for the UK government to announce a resettlement scheme for Afghan asylum seekers in the wake of Taliban’s takeover of the country. There is little detail so far of what the scheme might entail, but Boris Johnson is expected to give an announcement on the proposal later today. The news comes in […]
GB News does not need high ratings to stoke culture wars

GB News can remain small and still touch society at large.
‘No-one in the country thinks your border policy worked’

The home secretary was repeatedly asked by the chair, Yvette Cooper, about the department’s failings in dealing with covid.
Should footballers get involved in politics?

We asked the London public if footballers should get involved in politics?
Priti Petrol

Prime minister Boris Johnson tried to dampen the flames of the racism row in parliament yesterday, saying “nobody defends booing” England players when they take the knee. He was responding to accusations by England defender Tyrone Mings that the home secretary, Priti Patel, has stoked the fire ahead of the Euro 2020 tournament by dismissing […]
England star Mings rounds on Patel for ‘stoking the fire’ of racism

Mings accused Patel of pretending to be disgusted by the abuse of England players.
The England football bandwagon
As sure as night follows day, a significant England football team victory is inevitably followed by politicians climbing over each other to jump on the bandwagon of success. Tuesday’s 2-0 victory over Germany was no different with Boris Johnson, Priti Patel, Sadiq Khan and Sir Keir Starmer among those to tweet their congratulations. Sir Keir […]
Priti Patel: How many lives will it take before you change course?

Former Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron’s cold fury following death of a family in the Channel.
Week in Review: Patel deepens the moral collapse of the Home Office

‘Never again’ has been replaced by ‘own the libs’.