News Round-Up
5 May 2024
by Will Jones
No Phones in Lavatories
5 May 2024
by Joanna Gray
Topsy-Turvy Land
5 May 2024
Met Police Chief Mark Rowley's mealy-mouthed defence of jihad chants on the streets on London is just an excuse for the fact that the police are powerless in the face of marches on this scale.
In the latest Weekly Sceptic podcast the talking points are a familiar face on the New European's 'Shit List 2023', the Met police gaslighting us all about the meaning of jihad and Greta Thunberg's troublesome octopus.
Rishi Sunak today told police he expects them to tackle extremism "head-on" amid a furious row with Met Chief Mark Rowley, who defended allowing chants of "jihad" saying it "has a number of meanings".
Laurence Fox has been arrested on suspicion of conspiring to commit criminal damage to Ulez cameras after uploading a video online of police appearing to search his home.
The new head of the Metropolitan Police has said the only acceptable additions to police uniforms are poppies, Help for Heroes wristbands and the police memorial badge.
In light of the recent lockdown in Bexleyheath, UnHerd's Doug Stokes reminisces about his Hackney upbringing, noting today's London differs from the multicultural unity he recalls.
The Met Police has cleared Laurence Fox of any wrongdoing after he was filmed setting fire to a row of Pride 'progress' flags on Father's Day, calling them a celebration of "child mutilation".
Police officers now regularly adorn their uniforms with Pride colours and sit by as green protesters shut down cities. A think tank claims sectarian lobbying by a group of networks is behind the cops going woke.
London's Metropolitan Police have finally shown signs of cracking down on the eco-loon Just Stop Oil protesters, who have been blocking roads in the capital for months.
The Casey report on the Metropolitan Police has landed, and it is as damning as anticipated, finding the force to be institutionally racist and sexist. But is Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley right to reject the label?
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