News Round-Up
3 October 2024
Starmer Hands Chagos Islands to China-Ally Mauritius
3 October 2024
by Will Jones
Disgraced BBC presenter Huw Edwards has been spared jail for receiving sexual images of children as young as seven from a convicted paedophile as he was handed a suspended sentence today.
A criminal investigation has been launched into who passed the CCTV footage of the Manchester Airport attack on police to the Manchester Evening News while the attackers themselves remain uncharged.
Why did journalists listening to Starmer give him such an easy ride, asks David Craig. There was a question about Oasis, but not one on mass immigration, Net Zero, two-tier policing or expensive 'gifts' for the PM.
Violence marred the opening 'Family Day' of this year's Notting Hill Carnival, with three people stabbed, including a 32 year-old woman in a life-threatening condition, 15 officers assaulted and 90 arrests made.
The evidence is too messy to say that one particular demographic group is consistently favoured or disfavoured by the criminal justice system. There are certainly examples of bias, but they don’t generalise.
Met Police chief Sir Mark Rowley has said claims of "two-tier" policing of civil disorder are "absolute nonsense" and are putting police officers in danger.
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?
The Met faces calls for an inquiry and a public apology after a man was arrested for denouncing Hamas as terrorists, while nearby chants glorifying Houthi terror attacks went unchecked.
David Hansard staunchly defends the imprisonment of far-Right figure Sam Melia, dismantling arguments for his actions as free speech and emphasising the legal divide between expressing belief and inciting hatred.
The Metropolitan Police should have granted Tommy Robinson the same latitude they extend to the more extremist pro-Palestinian protestors every Saturday in London. Their failure to do so gives the impression of double standards.
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