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Tory crime strategy will increase risk of major public disorder | Letters12h ago ( July 28, 2021 at 1:22 PM ) Cllr Mark Blake says an enforcement approach to curb youth violence will fail, while Prof Saville Kushner says stop and search will undermine democratic policing. Plus letters from Mary Jones, TG Ashplant, Susan Ellery, Lynn Beudert and Christopher ReillyBoris Johnson’s announcements around his crime reduction strategy are worrying and predictable (Weird and gimmicky’: police chiefs condemn Boris Johnson’s crime plan, 27 July).As a councillor in Haringey who previously led on the council’s work ...Tags: Politics, Police, Society, UK News, Boris Johnson, Haringey, Metropolitan, Saville Kushner, Cllr Mark Blake, Mary Jones TG Ashplant Susan Ellery Lynn Beudert, Christopher ReillyBoris Johnson 2 people like this. Like Revealed: Queen vetted 67 laws before Scottish parliament could pass them14h ago ( July 28, 2021 at 12:00 PM ) Extent of arcane practice known as crown consent in Scotland has until now been unknown to the publicThe Scottish government has given the Queen advanced access to at least 67 parliamentary bills deemed to affect her public powers, private property or personal interests under an arcane custom inherited from Westminster.The Queen’s consent procedure, which critics have called anti-democratic, has been used repeatedly by the monarch in recent decades to secretly lobby for changes to proposed UK le...Tags: Politics, UK, Law, Scotland, UK News, Monarchy, The Queen, Scottish politics 41 people like this. Like Queen secretly lobbied Scottish ministers for climate law exemption17h ago ( July 28, 2021 at 9:00 AM ) Monarch used secretive procedure to become only person in country not bound by a green energy ruleThe Queen’s lawyers secretly lobbied Scottish ministers to change a draft law to exempt her private land from a major initiative to cut carbon emissions, documents reveal.The exemption means the Queen, one of the largest landowners in Scotland, is the only person in the country not required to facilitate the construction of pipelines to heat buildings using renewable energy. Continue reading...Tags: Politics, Law, Climate Change, Scotland, Environment, UK News, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Monarchy, The Queen, Scottish politics 25 people like this. Like Ken Clarke says he was not responsible for blood products during scandalJuly 27, 2021 at 8:56 AM Tory who was a health minister in early days of infection controversy says it ‘hardly came across my desk’Ken Clarke said he was not responsible for blood products during the early days of the infected blood scandal despite being a health minister at the time, an inquiry has heard. Lord Clarke, who was a Conservative health minister from 1982 to 1985, said the emerging controversy surrounding the blood products was something that “hardly ever came across my desk” as he was dealing with policies ...Tags: Health, Politics, Society, UK News, NHS, Clarke, Politics past, Aids and HIV, Kenneth Clarke, Ken Clarke, Contaminated blood scandal 26 people like this. Like MPs and campaigners alarmed at UK’s ‘discriminatory’ crime reduction plansJuly 26, 2021 at 7:01 PM Government’s proposals include more frequent stop and search and making community service street cleaners ‘more visible’MPs and campaigners have sounded alarm at a series of proposals in the government crime reduction plan, including more frequent stop and search, a trial of “alcohol tags” and criminals undertaking “visible” community service cleaning streets.Liberty said the permanent relaxation of search powers would “compound discrimination in Britain and divide communities” and the former sh...Tags: Politics, UK, Law, Police, UK News, Britain, Liberty, Diane Abbott, Priti Patel, Stop and search 17 people like this. Like Court orders US Capitol rioter to unlock his laptop ‘with his face’July 26, 2021 at 1:12 PM A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has ordered a man accused of participating in the U.S. Capitol riot on January 6 to unlock his laptop “with his face” after prosecutors argued that the laptop likely contains video footage that would incriminate him in the attempted insurrection.
Guy Reffitt was arrested in late January, three weeks after he participated in the riot, and has been in jail since. He has pleaded not guilty to five federal charges, including bringing a firearm to the Capitol grou...Tags: Security, Politics, Law, Washington, Articles, Tech, Cnn, Fbi, United States, Washington Dc, Password, New Jersey, Lawyer, Laptops, Federal Bureau of Investigation, U S Supreme Court 37 people like this. Like Covid: more EU states to restrict venue access for unvaccinated peopleJuly 26, 2021 at 10:44 AM Ireland and Italy among those joining France in requiring vaccine passes to enter bars and restaurantsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageAn increasing number of European governments are planning to prevent unvaccinated people from being able to attend hospitality venues such as bars and restaurants this summer, as Emmanuel Macron celebrates the fruits of the recent announcement of the policy in France. France on Monday passed the threshold of 40 million people having rec...Tags: Health, Europe, Politics, England, France, Germany, Angela Merkel, Eu, Spain, European Union, Society, UK News, World news, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands 31 people like this. Like Sajid Javid apologises for saying it was time to stop ‘cowering’ from CovidJuly 25, 2021 at 7:11 AM Health secretary says sorry for ‘poor choice of word’ after backlash from bereaved familiesCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageSajid Javid has apologised for saying it was time to stop “cowering” from Covid, after an outcry from families bereaved by the virus.On Saturday, the health secretary said on Twitter that he had recovered from coronavirus – which he contracted despite having had two doses of the vaccine. Continue reading...Tags: Health, Politics, Society, UK News, Health policy, Sajid Javid, Javid, Coronavirus, COVID 49 people like this. Like Foreign Office is ‘complicit in British man’s Somalia torture’July 25, 2021 at 3:30 AM ‘David Taylor’ claims hooding, sensory deprivation and waterboarding was to persuade him to cooperate with the CIAA British citizen has claimed he was tortured in Somalia and questioned by US intelligence officers, raising concern that controversial practices of the post-9/11 “war on terror” are still being used.The 45-year-old from London alleges he has endured hooding, sensory deprivation and waterboarding at the hands of the Somali authorities to persuade him, he believes, to cooperate with t...Tags: Politics, UK, London, Human Rights, Law, Africa, US, UK News, World news, US news, Middle East and North Africa, Foreign Policy, Somalia, David Taylor, Foreign Office, CIAA 42 people like this. Like How England’s ‘pingdemic’ took a heavy toll on the ToriesJuly 25, 2021 at 2:15 AM It was billed as a return to freedom, but the week ended with empty supermarket shelves and cancelled trains as many thousand workers – including the PM and chancellor – self-isolatedCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageLast weekend, as MPs prepared for their long summer holiday break from Westminster, a senior member of Boris Johnson’s cabinet had this to say about the Conservative government’s achievements in steering the country through the Covid-19 pandemic. “It seems ...Tags: Health, Politics, England, Conservatives, Society, UK News, Infectious Diseases, Labour, Opinion polls, Boris Johnson, Sajid Javid, Focus, Coronavirus 20 people like this. Like Britain faces ‘decades of financial risk’ as £370bn pandemic bill mountsJuly 24, 2021 at 7:01 PM MPs call for immediate inquiry into Covid response to learn the lessons of what went wrongCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageTaxpayers will be left facing “significant financial risk for decades to come” because of the levels of emergency government spending on the pandemic, totalling more than £370bn, a powerful committee of MPs says today.In two separate reports, the all-party public accounts committee (PAC) paints a daunting picture of the lasting financial strain cau...Tags: Health, Politics, Society, UK News, Tax and spending, Public finance, Britain, NHS, PAC, Health policy, Boris Johnson, Coronavirus, COVID 21 people like this. Like Former Trump inaugural chairman Tom Barrack's bond set at $250 million by federal judgeJuly 23, 2021 at 3:03 PM Tags: Politics, Law, California, Washington, US, Trends, Brooklyn, Department Of Justice, Donald Trump, Doj, Uae, Trump, Lincoln Memorial, Christina Wilkie, Barrack, David J Phillip 100 people like this. Like A Senate panel just took a step closer to requiring women to register for the US military draftJuly 23, 2021 at 11:55 AM Tags: Politics, Supreme Court, Congress, Senate, Politico, US, Trends, Joe Biden, Military, House, Vietnam, US Army, US supreme court, Sonia Sotomayor, Senate Armed Services Committee, National Coalition 123 people like this. Like Activision Blizzard Sued Over Alleged Sexual Harassment to Females & InequalityJuly 23, 2021 at 7:00 AM Activision Blizzard is about to suffer a new lawsuit as the company has ironically been accused of promoting a “frat boy” culture, resulting in female employees being subjected to sexual harassment, unequal pay, and retaliation, certain to have many wondering if they are merely baseless accusations to slander the company or the typical result of […]Tags: Business, Games, Politics, Crime, Law, California, Blizzard, Feminism, Courts, Anime, Activision Blizzard, Activision 25 people like this. Like Public consent for test and trace in England at risk, says Jeremy HuntJuly 22, 2021 at 5:46 AM Scrap self-isolation for people fully vaccinated, former health secretary urges amid ‘pingdemic’ chaosCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe government “risks losing social consent” for its test-and-trace programme if it does not immediately allow fully vaccinated people to avoid isolation, the former health secretary Jeremy Hunt has said. His comments came as it was revealed that a record 618,903 people in England and Wales were sent self-isolation alerts in the week to...Tags: Health, Business, Politics, England, Wales, Conservatives, Society, UK News, Supermarkets, Retail industry, Public services policy, NHS, Economic policy, Health policy, Jeremy Hunt, Vaccines and immunisation 48 people like this. Like Leading Democrats oppose Biden plan to end house arrest and potentially return inmates to prison after the pandemicJuly 20, 2021 at 10:24 PM Tags: Politics, News, Law, Congress, Senate, White House, Trends, Joe Biden, New York Times, New Jersey, Department Of Justice, Biden, Illinois, Criminal Justice, Charles Davis, Booker 121 people like this. Like Not just COVID: mortality rates are up from homicides, drug overdoses, accidentsJuly 20, 2021 at 1:00 PM  Tags: Death, Politics, Cdc, Drugs, Society, New York Times, Innovation, Addiction, Usc, Derek, JAMA, National Cancer Institute, COVID-19 103 people like this. Like A shameful betrayal of victims of the Troubles | LettersJuly 20, 2021 at 12:04 PM Readers respond to the government’s plan to impose a statute of limitations on prosecutions for crimes committed in the Northern Ireland conflictMy sister Maxine Hambleton was murdered in the Birmingham pub bombings in 1974. The decision by Boris Johnson’s government to introduce a statute of limitations on atrocities linked to the bizarrely named “Troubles” (Report, 14 July) is yet another punch in the face for the victims of terrorism linked to Ireland.Once an amnesty is granted to terrorists ...Tags: Politics, Conservatives, Military, Ireland, Northern Ireland, British Army, Boris Johnson, Northern Irish politics, Birmingham, Maxine Hambleton 44 people like this. Like Offering aid without development is costing lives in the global south | LetterJuly 20, 2021 at 12:03 PM The west is acting like the empires of old and failing to help poor people stand on their own two feet, says Benny DembitzerThe debate in the Guardian (Outrage aimed at No 10 as MPs back £4bn cut to foreign aid budget, 13 July; Letters, 15 July) over the past few days has only contributed to the continuation of a fundamental error that is literally costing millions of lives in the global south. None of the politicians or correspondents who have intervened in the discussions have emphasised the p...Tags: Politics, Environment, Society, UK News, Foreign Policy, Farming, World Trade Organization, Aid, Benny DembitzerThe 2 people like this. Like “Stop acting like a child”: police denial of Black childhoodJuly 20, 2021 at 5:30 AM  Tags: Books, Politics, Featured, Law, Mental Health, Racism, United States, Rochester, Police Brutality, Police Violence, Black, Social Sciences, Science & Medicine, Arts & Humanities, Psychology & Neuroscience, Online products 101 people like this. Like Trump said he regrets not 'immediately' sending in the US military to quash nationwide unrest last summerJuly 19, 2021 at 12:01 PM Tags: Politics, Maryland, Minneapolis, Washington Post, White House, US, Trends, Cnn, Military, United States, Washington Dc, Protests, Portland, Pentagon, The New York Times, Air Force 87 people like this. Like UK children will not be offered Covid jab unless vulnerableJuly 19, 2021 at 11:47 AM Sajid Javid accepts JCVI advice that jab should only be offered to clinically at-risk children over age of 12 Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageChildren in the UK will get a Covid vaccine only if they are over 12 and extremely vulnerable, or live with someone at risk, as scientists raised concerns about inflammation around the heart linked to the Pfizer jab.Sajid Javid, the health secretary, said he accepted the advice of scientific advisers that only children over 12 w...Tags: Health, Politics, UK, England, Children, Society, UK News, Health policy, Vaccines and immunisation, Pfizer, Sajid Javid, JCVI, Coronavirus 12 people like this. Like Trump says Gen. Mark Milley should be 'court-martialed' if he thought the former president potentially sought a coupJuly 17, 2021 at 12:26 PM Tags: Europe, Politics, Washington Post, White House, Defense, US, Trends, Joe Biden, Cnn, Fbi, Military, Washington Dc, Cia, Interior Department, Donald Trump, Trump 98 people like this. Like 'This is really f---ed up down here': GOP Sen. Dan Sullivan called Mark Milley during the Jan. 6 riot and spoke against a tentative plan to evacuate senators, book saysJuly 17, 2021 at 10:05 AM Tags: Politics, New York, Congress, California, Washington Post, Senate, Trends, Joe Biden, Fbi, Military, Gop, Alaska, House, Pentagon, Nancy Pelosi, Chris Miller 129 people like this. Like Arizona Democrats call for investigation after report that Trump, Giuliani pressured state elections officialsJuly 16, 2021 at 2:41 PM Tags: Politics, New York, Law, Washington, Senate, White House, Trends, Joe Biden, Gop, New York Times, Arizona, US Senate, Republican, Biden, Giuliani, Donald Trump 68 people like this. Like UK plan for Troubles amnesty breaches international obligations – Irish ministerJuly 15, 2021 at 12:04 PM Simon Coveney says plan would harm peace process and add ‘years of misery’ for familiesIreland’s foreign minister has warned that a British government plan to bring prosecutions for killings during the Troubles to an end would breach its international obligations.The proposals would also undoubtedly be tested in the courts and add “years of uncertainty and misery for families with no benefit”, Simon Coveney said. Continue reading...Tags: Politics, UK, Human Rights, Law, UK News, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Northern Irish politics, Simon Coveney 49 people like this. Like UK confirms plan to call time on Troubles prosecutionsJuly 14, 2021 at 3:25 PM Proposals to end prosecutions relating to Troubles before 1998 opposed by Irish government All criminal prosecutions relating to the Troubles and future attempts to take civil actions would be blocked under UK government plans that have united Northern Ireland’s parties in opposition. The proposals, which are also opposed by the Irish government, were announced by Brandon Lewis, the Northern Ireland secretary, who told MPs it was a “painful truth” that criminal investigations were unlikely to de...Tags: Politics, UK, UK News, Military, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Ira, Northern Irish politics, Brandon Lewis, Democratic Unionist party (DUP, Good Friday Agreement 31 people like this. Like UK confirms plan for statute of limitations on Troubles prosecutionsJuly 14, 2021 at 8:57 AM Northern Ireland secretary outlines proposals to end prosecutions relating to Troubles before 1998Plans to end all prosecutions related to the Troubles before 1998 have been announced by the UK government.Brandon Lewis, the Northern Ireland secretary, said current and future generations would be “condemned” to division, and reconciliation would be impended if the government did not act. Continue reading...Tags: Politics, UK, UK News, Military, Northern Ireland, Northern Irish politics, Brandon Lewis 42 people like this. Like End to Covid rules for England ‘leaves 3.8m vulnerable people feeling abandoned’July 13, 2021 at 2:12 PM Charities warn that shift on 19 July to personal choice on virus precautions is instilling fear in many most at riskCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageCancer patients, disabled people and other clinically extremely vulnerable groups say they will feel unsafe stepping the house after hearing that mask and social distancing requirements are to be abandoned, charities have warned.Campaigners estimate that 3.8 million people have been left feeling abandoned by the government...Tags: Health, Politics, England, Society, UK News, Disability, Health policy, Vaccines and immunisation, Coronavirus 28 people like this. Like Third of England still without any Covid immunity, scientist warnsJuly 13, 2021 at 2:00 PM Some argue delaying reopening would make little difference while other say government taking big riskCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageAs ministers proceed with lifting most of England’s restrictions next week, a third of the population is still unprotected from getting infected with Covid, scientists have estimated.There have been about 15 million infections so far (roughly 27% of England’s population), and once partial and full vaccinations are accounted for that leav...Tags: Health, Politics, England, Society, UK News, Health policy, University of Warwick, Coronavirus, Matt Keeling 36 people like this. Like |
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