The Tories disgraced themselves in the recent local election campaign, with at least eighteen councillors or candidates suspended because of vile racist, misogynist or homophobic comments – and then the party’s […]
A little while ago, I wrote two posts analysing the ‘Plebgate’ CCTV footage and showing that the spin put on it by Michael Crick of Channel 4’s Dispatches programme was not consistent with a proper […]
WordPress gives bloggers some quite good stats on visitors to their blogs. One of the features if provides is information about ‘referrers’ – sites from which people have clicked on […]
The Chair of the Commons Home Affairs Select Committee, Keith Vaz, is quoted in today’s Sunday Telegraph and on BBC News as saying that Public confidence in the police has […]
Out of a desire to be sure, to my own satisfaction, about the provenance and accuracy of the ‘Plebgate’ footage that Andrew Mitchell claims ‘exonerates’ him, and which Channel 4’s […]
UPDATE: From further examination of the footage, I’ve concluded that the footage pointed to by Andrew Mitchell is actually genuine footage. However, having watched and re-watched the footage repeatedly, I’m now certain […]
Dear Mr Mitchell, My facial muscles are getting a bit tired, and it’s all your fault. I’ve been alternating over the last few days between a wry smile and open-mouthed […]
Back in June, I wrote an article titled ‘A lesson for police and public from the 1919 Liverpool police strike‘, which was quite widely read by both police officers/workers and […]
I’ve come across an interesting email among the FOI disclosures from the member Trusts of the South-West NHS pay cartel. I believe that this is the first time that it […]