Policing
Abolish “non-crime hate incidents” for good
We need the police to stop investigating “harm” and focus on crime again
Protect children when it matters
It is easy to condemn a convicted paedophile and far more difficult to catch an active predator
Progressivism in criminal justice needs locking up
It is based on absurdities and has created misery
On Rotherham and the reality of two-tier policing
Child rape is ignored while a Christian preacher is arrested
How the police learn two-tier policing
The institutional culture of the university is reshaping the everyday instincts of frontline police
Crime rates really have fallen
However safe or unsafe people feel, the data is undeniable
In praise of private policing
We should be willing to pay more for less crime
Welcome to late Soviet Britain
The inauthenticity of British politics has led to cynicism and despair
Shattered illusions
The record of the authorities defies denials of two-tier policing
Lock her up
And, simultaneously, let him go
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angering Hindus, made the writer wary of insulting religion
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