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Laurie Wastell

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Justice / The punishment of Lucy Connolly

Justice /					 													 						The punishment of Lucy Connolly
08.04.2025 10

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Laurie Wastell

How Kemi Badenoch can stop being trounced on immigration

At yesterday Prime Minister’s Questions, for the second week running, Kemi Badenoch was savaged by Sir Keir Starmer on the key issue of...

12.12.2024 10

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Laurie Wastell

Private Eye’s shameful attack on Allison Pearson

What is the purpose of Private Eye? I know it’s supposed to be some kind of anti-establishment satirical magazine, boldly holding power to account...

27.11.2024 4

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Laurie Wastell

Don’t blame the police for our sinister free speech laws

The shocking police doorstepping of Telegraph columnist Allison Pearson last week has rightly sparked grave concern about the parlous state of...

19.11.2024 3

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Laurie Wastell

Kemi Badenoch should stop being woke

The Tory leadership candidate Kemi Badenoch has long argued against the Labour party and the left’s ‘divisive agenda of identity politics’....

19.10.2024 7

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Laurie Wastell

Brwa Shorsh and the failure of Britain’s asylum system

Postman Tadeusz Potoczek had completed his deliveries for the day. At around 3 p.m. on 3 February, the 60-year-old was returning from work via the...

14.10.2024 10

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Laurie Wastell

Why the ‘two-tier Keir’ jibe isn’t going away

Popping champagne, skulking off to smoke a spliff and pledging to become a life-long Labour voter. Anyone concerned about criminal justice in...

15.09.2024 10

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Laurie Wastell

The real reason Keir Starmer keeps forgetting he’s prime minister

When Sir Keir Starmer faced off against Rishi Sunak at the despatch box today, in the first Prime Minister’s Questions after the parliamentary...

04.09.2024 5

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Laurie Wastell