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David Shipley

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Migrant protest / The women of Epping don’t need Tommy Robinson’s help

Migrant protest /					 													 						The women of Epping don’t need Tommy Robinson’s help
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Will Reform’s crime crackdown work?

Will Reform’s crime crackdown work?
21.07.2025 20

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Crime / The ‘morons’ who chopped down the Sycamore Gap tree don’t deserve prison

Crime /					 													 						The ‘morons’ who chopped down the Sycamore Gap tree don’t deserve prison
16.07.2025 10

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The UK should not have to ration water

The UK should not have to ration water
13.07.2025 1

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What Richard Hermer gets wrong about international law

What Richard Hermer gets wrong about international law
11.07.2025 3

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Law and order / Would scrapping jury trials save Britain’s broken courts?

Law and order /					 													 						Would scrapping jury trials save Britain’s broken courts?
09.07.2025 10

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Law and disorder / Organised crime has conquered Britain’s prisons

Law and disorder /					 													 						Organised crime has conquered Britain’s prisons
08.07.2025 3

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Why does Lord Hermer think two-tier justice claims are disgusting?

27.06.2025 4

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Baroness Casey has not held back

16.06.2025 2

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Head of the prison officers’ union: we should halve the prison population

08.06.2025 10

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Head of the prison officers’ union: / We should halve the prison population

08.06.2025 30

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Illegal migration / Starmer’s plan to ‘smash the gangs’ isn’t serious

04.06.2025 20

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England now has a blasphemy law

02.06.2025 5

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Tommy Robinson and the truth about jail beards

31.05.2025 9

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Why do police accept criminal drug use?

30.05.2025 6

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Robert Jenrick is right to confront tube fare evaders

29.05.2025 10

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Decriminalising cannabis would be bad for black Londoners

28.05.2025 9

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My friend the people smuggler

26.05.2025 10

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Can Labour prevent the justice system from collapsing?

22.05.2025 10

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Banning pointed kitchen knives won’t make us safer

21.05.2025 10

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Lucy Connolly is the victim of a great injustice

20.05.2025 3

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The problem with Shabana Mahmood’s electronic tag roll-out

20.05.2025 3

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The legal aid hack is very worrying

19.05.2025 3

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We are losing control of our prisons

14.05.2025 3

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Peter Sullivan should never have been in prison

13.05.2025 4

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Why was Axel Rudakubana given a kettle?

10.05.2025 3

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Why are violent prisoners continuing to offend in jail?

14.04.2025 2

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How could the HMP Frankland attack happen?

13.04.2025 10

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Who will crack down on Britain’s corrupt prison governors?

09.04.2025 5

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What is Labour doing to fix the grooming gangs scandal?

09.04.2025 10

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What the Southport Inquiry needs to do

07.04.2025 10

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Are Islamist gangs in control of Britain’s most secure prison?

04.04.2025 3

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Unlocked was changing inmates’ lives. So why has Labour binned it?

04.04.2025 10

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The Sentencing Council has been humiliated

01.04.2025 7

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Why are ethnic minorities being prioritised for bail?

31.03.2025 5

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How Paddington took over the justice system

26.03.2025 6

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Prison bureaucracy is making inmates’ lives needlessly hard

25.03.2025 10

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Crime / Tommy Robinson doesn’t know how lucky he is

22.03.2025 10

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Tommy Robinson doesn’t know how lucky he is

21.03.2025 3

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Lawfare / The Sentencing Council’s tone-deaf response to ‘two-tier justice’ criticism

11.03.2025 20

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Could ethnic minority criminals soon find it easier to avoid jail?

06.03.2025 20

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Labour has until Easter to stop prisons running out of space

19.02.2025 3

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The truth about Britain’s overcrowded prisons

18.02.2025 10

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How Prevent failed David Amess

13.02.2025 5

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Why wasn’t the Southport killer stopped?

06.02.2025 6

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Why was this convicted murderer released to kill again?

31.01.2025 4

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Crime / Southport killer Axel Rudakubana deserves to die behind bars

23.01.2025 10

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