The authoritarian drift of the Conservative government
Now that the dust has settled a little, with the departure of Suella Braverman, we take a look at the authoritarian drift of
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Spycops exposed and condemned
ITV News: Met Police unit’s spying was ‘not justified’ and squad ‘should have been closed down’, report finds www.itv.com/news/london/2023-06-29/police-units-spying-not-justified-and-squad-should-have-been-closed-down LBC Andrew Marr show
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The Met- a rotten and corrupt institution
A trainee detective attached to the Camden and Islington section of the Metropolitan Police was dismissed in April after a conviction for sexual
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The Met shows its true nature…yet again
The Metropolitan Police deployed its riot cops recently in a disturbing show of force. A group of homeless people calling themselves the Autonomous
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Moves towards criminalisation of environmental protestors on international level
In late May a mass blockade of the A12 in the Hague in the Netherlands by 6,000 people ended with 1,500 arrests. The
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Boiling a frog – the Tory march to authoritarianism
The hard-faced audacity of the government’s plan to send refugees to Rwanda shocked many, and this headline-grabbing gall led many commentators to believe
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Dick’s gone – now abolish the Met
We can’t say we’re not happy to see the back of Cressida Dick, Commisioner of the Metropolitan Police. A totally innocent man, Jean
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From the horse’s mouth: the State monopoly of violence
As the Financial Times generally sees itself as the in-house newspaper of the boss class here in the UK, then it’s sometimes worthwhile
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On Whose Authority? ACG Public Meeting (11/01/22)
Under the rule of Johnson’s right-wing populist regime, we are seeing a dramatic increase in the levels of authoritarianism here in the UK.
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Violence Against Women
The recent rape and murder of Sarah Everard highlights the level of misogyny throughout the Metropolitan Police and society in general. The Met
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