News Round-Up
30 October 2024
The Saga of the Benin Bronzes Takes a Farcical New Turn
30 October 2024
by Mike Wells
Teenager Axel Rudakubana who is awaiting trial for the murder of three young girls in Southport has been charged with possession of a study of an Al-Qaeda terror training manual and manufacture of the poison ricin.
Were the anti-racism rallies that appeared 'spontaneously' on Wednesday to oppose 100 largely non-existent 'far Right riots' even real, asks Steven Tucker. Yes, people were there, but who was really behind it?
A Labour councillor who was filmed telling a crowd in London on Wednesday that far-Right rioters are "disgusting" and should have their throats cut has been charged with encouraging violent disorder.
The Government is "scouring social media" to arrest people who share social media posts about the riots that it judges are "likely to start racial hatred", regardless of their intent.
The majority of people charged over last week's riots live locally to the violent demonstrations which they allegedly joined, analysis has found, contradicting Keir Starmer's claim they were coming from out of town.
Covid-like restrictions should be used to stop the riots, according to Government adviser on political violence John Woodcock. We saw this coming, says Prof David Paton.
Forces must tackle all sides involved in civil disorder with "equal ferocity" a police leader has said, amid a row over "two-tier" policing after no arrests were made at a Muslim riot in Birmingham.
A visibly angry Met Police boss Sir Mark Rowley grabbed a reporter's microphone and chucked it on the ground this morning when he was grilled about "two-tier policing". Erm, isn't that criminal damage?
England's seaside towns, like Southport, are microcosms of the country at large, where the magnificent infrastructure has been neglected to the point of decay and we barbarians live amongst its ruins, says Joanna Gray.
Sir Keir Starmer should recall Parliament so MPs can have a "more honest debate" about mass immigration, Nigel Farage has demanded as he accused the PM of a "faltering approach" to the riots currently sweeping Britain.
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