Metropolitan police

Anti-police spin is tearing the force apart

12 February 2022 9:00 am

Constant castigation is harming the police force

Fresh fears over parliamentary police

15 January 2022 10:25 pm

It’s been a pretty dreadful week for security at the Palace of Westminster. First, there was the admission that a…

Shame on the 'free Palestine' police officer

19 May 2021 7:27 pm

Picture the scene. A female police officer — hi-viz police jacket, regulation black hat, facemask slipping from her nose —…

The return of Robocop

9 April 2016 9:00 am

Military-style policing is creeping into everyday life

Why won’t the Met speak out on Tom Watson’s biggest claim?

17 October 2015 9:00 am

Why won’t the police say that they have found no evidence whatsoever of a paedophile network linked to Parliament?

Portrait of the week

15 August 2015 9:00 am

Home The Metropolitan Police encouraged people to celebrate VJ Day despite reports in the Mail on Sunday (picked up from…

The shocking truth about police corruption in Britain

7 March 2015 9:00 am

We like to think we have the cleanest police in the world. We may no longer be right

The Tooting poisoner and the relentless rise of the urban fox

7 February 2015 9:00 am

In my London neighbourhood, an argument about urban foxes is turning very nasty indeed

Why I’m against posthumous pardons, even for Alan Turing

26 July 2014 9:00 am

Ross Clark is a columnist I try to read because he is never trite. So I was sorry to miss…