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David Shipley

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We must learn from Suzy Lamplugh’s death

Forty years ago today Suzy Lamplugh, a 25-year-old estate agent, left her office in Fulham. Colleagues believed she was meeting a client named ‘Mr...

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Should we let women out of jail?

Andy Burnham has a problem. Desperate to ensure that his government isn’t defined by releasing killers and sex offenders early, he’s ‘paused’...

27.07.2026 10

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Burnham will struggle to stop the early prisoner releases

In 2019, a police officer, Andrew Harper, was killed while on duty. After responding to a burglary he chased after a car, and was caught in a strap...

26.07.2026 10

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Is Axel Rudakubana playing the system?

Just before the second anniversary of his horrific murders, it has emerged that Southport killer Axel Rudakabana has been transferred from Belmarsh...

24.07.2026 10

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Louise Haigh will always remain a ‘convicted fraudster’

Louise Haigh is back in government. The former transport secretary resigned in November 2024 following news reports that she had a conviction for an...

22.07.2026 10

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Secret data / What is the MoJ hiding about migrant crime?

On his last day as Justice Secretary, David Lammy was accused of ‘fighting to cover up foreigners’ crimes’. This is because the Ministry of...

21.07.2026 10

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Lord Hermer is an unserious man

Lord Hermer, the Attorney General, has often been criticised during his two years in the role. For his decision to authorise Lucy Connolly’s...

19.07.2026 10

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We are heading for a Boriswave disaster

Just eight months ago Shabana Mahmood’s Home Office published a document called,  ‘A Fairer Pathway To Settlement’ which described the...

14.07.2026 20

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Labour can’t blame the Tories for Britain’s tagging crisis

Electronic Monitoring – ‘EM’ or ‘tagging’ – is at the heart of the government’s plans for the justice system. Tags are used to enforce...

13.07.2026 10

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The Home Office must ignore Pakistan and deport Shabir Ahmed

Shabir Ahmed, the leader of the Rochdale rape gang, is for now a free man, living in the UK, having served 14 years after being convicted of 30 child...

10.07.2026 20

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Will there be justice for Henry Nowak?

The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) have announced they are investigating two officers who attended the scene of Henry Nowak’s death....

03.07.2026 20

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Will there be justice for Henry Nowak?

The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) have announced they are investigating two officers who attended the scene of Henry Nowak’s death....

02.07.2026 30

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Asylum seekers will never pay back their accommodation costs

It’s clearly asylum week at the Home Office. On Sunday they announced destructive new ‘safe and legal’ routes for asylum seekers which will...

30.06.2026 20

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Labour’s latest immigration plan is pure insanity

Last week, almost a thousand more illegal migrants entered the country via small boats. Over 204,000 have arrived since 2018. And of them, 76,352 have...

28.06.2026 20

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Is Britain doomed?

In the wake of Keir Starmer’s resignation much has been made of the fact that in the past decade we have had six prime ministers, and a seventh –...

28.06.2026 20

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A terrible fate awaits Preston Davey’s killer in prison

Jamie Varley has been sentenced to a whole life order for the murder of Preston Davey, his adopted son, who was aged just 13 months at the time of his...

18.06.2026 20

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The border loophole that led to horror in Belfast

On Monday night, a video from Belfast was shared on social media. It showed a black man raising his bloodstained hand as he pinned a white man to the...

10.06.2026 20

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Henry Nowak and the evil of ‘anti-racism’

Henry Nowak was 18, and at the end of his first term at Southampton University, when he was murdered. Around 11:30 p.m. on 3 December last year,...

29.05.2026 20

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Britain is facing huge demographic change

This week, the ONS published data on births during 2025. According to their data, for the first time over 40 per cent of children born in England and...

29.05.2026 30

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Henry Nowak and the evil of ‘anti-racism’

Henry Nowak was 18, and at the end of his first term at Southampton University, when he was murdered. Around 11:30 p.m. on 3 December last year,...

28.05.2026 30

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Rupert Lowe: Nigel Farage is ‘managed opposition’

The Makerfield by-election matters hugely. Not only is Andy Burnham seeking a return to Parliament, he will also likely become prime minister if he...

26.05.2026 30

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When teenage rapists walk free

A gang of teenage traveller boys who filmed themselves raping lone schoolgirls on two occasions have been spared jail. It seems from Judge Nicholas...

22.05.2026 20

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The bleak truth about falling net migration

The government has been in a celebratory mood since the release of the latest immigration figures. The Home Secretary tweeted that the latest ONS...

21.05.2026 20

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Why we should let the police scan your face

The use of facial recognition technology to catch criminals is controversial. Earlier this year Essex police paused a trial of the technology, after...

14.05.2026 30

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The obvious reason for the Reform surge

After all the noise about Reform slipping in the polls, and a Green surge, it turns out that the British electorate really, really care about...

08.05.2026 30

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Britain’s Potemkin asylum system

The British asylum system is fake. It’s fake because there’s a ‘shadow industry of law firms and advisers… charging thousands of pounds’ to...

07.05.2026 30

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Single men shouldn’t be able to have a surrogate baby

Should single men be allowed to buy a baby? Obviously not, you might think. But since 2019 British men have been legally allowed to obtain a child...

23.04.2026 30

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Our gay asylum policy makes no sense

This morning, the BBC of all places, is reporting it has unearthed a ‘shadow industry of law firms and advisers’ which is ‘charging thousands of...

15.04.2026 30

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The Southport attack did not have to happen

The Southport murders and maimings did not need to happen. Three little girls, Elsie, Alice and Bebe, should still be alive.  That is the conclusion...

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Emily Thornberry said the quiet part out loud on immigration

There was once a time when we were told that migration would make us rich, ensure our pensions were paid and that diversity made us stronger. Those...

31.03.2026 40

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Why the state wants to clamp down on homeschooling

The government’s new cohesion strategy, ‘Protecting What Matters: Towards a more confident, cohesive and resilient United Kingdom’, has...

11.03.2026 40

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Labour’s migration bind

After Labour came third in Gorton and Denton, the government had a choice. Chase the lost Green vote by moving closer to its positions on open...

03.03.2026 40

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The CPS has failed to create an Islamic blasphemy law

For much of the last year, it has seemed like the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has been battling to create a de facto Islamic blasphemy law in...

27.02.2026 50

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Reform’s plan for mass deportations

After Zia Yusuf’s announcement that Reform would create a ‘UK Deportation Command’ (UKDC), much of the media leapt to make comparisons with ICE...

24.02.2026 40

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Why can’t this advert depict a black sexual harasser?

A Transport for London (TfL) advert has been banned for ‘perpetuating a negative racial stereotype about black men’. The decision, issued today by...

18.02.2026 40

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The Commonwealth voting scandal

Labour’s new Representation of the People Bill, introduced to Parliament last week, has drawn attention because it will give around 1.6 million 16-...

17.02.2026 40

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The Afghan asylum crime wave has to stop

11.02.2026 30

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It’s time to ban men from working in nurseries

11.02.2026 40

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Screws / Why are so many female prison guards having sex with inmates?

09.02.2026 20

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Our prisons are getting worse under Labour

04.02.2026 40

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Deng Chol Majek should never have been here

30.01.2026 30

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Asylum hotels aren’t the problem

27.01.2026 40

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Why was West Midland’s police chief allowed to just retire?

17.01.2026 50

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The public are right: citizenship is a privilege, not a right

14.01.2026 50

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Crime / Why London feels lawless

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