News Round-Up
26 July 2024
Government Has Just Declared War on Free Speech
26 July 2024
by Toby Young
Guilty and about to face the consequences, two Just Stop Oil activists who hurled tomato soup at a Van Gogh masterpiece have been told to prepare for prison.
Labour was accused of "gambling with public safety" as it unveiled a plan to free prisoners after just 40% of their sentence and a Minister suggested jail terms should be shorter still.
Labour's Prisons Minister claims that "we're addicted to punishment", as the party considers releasing prisoners after they've served only 40% of their sentences. This is a recipe for more crime, argues Noah Carl.
Ex-Labour MP Stella Creasy has had her office vandalised, with smashed windows and "Labour child bombing liars" graffitied on the pavement outside.
Regardless of how much your house is worth or where you live, you can still fall victim to a thug wielding a zombie knife. How delightfully egalitarian Britain has become, says Sallust.
Innocent customers are being wrongly flagged as thieves by facial recognition software used in stores.
Under Mayor Sadiq Khan's leadership, violent crime on London's tube network has surged by 75% in the last two years, with 3,542 incidents recorded, including increases in sexual offences and robberies.
With the ever-growing presence of Government surveillance to keep us 'safe' and in line, is a descent into a Chinese-style police state now inevitable, asks Nick Rendell.
The former head of Interpol, Björn Eriksson says his chief security concern now is the erasure of cash, as worries grow about the vulnerability of electronic payment systems to attack.
A Democratic party leader who pledged to “dismantle” the Minneapolis police following the death of George Floyd has called for a crackdown on crime after she was violently carjacked in front of her children.
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