Police
The police have bowed to the mob
On Saturday immigration enforcement officers went to Peckham to pick up a man suspected of overstaying his visa. When they…
Criminalising ‘cyberflashing’ is a waste of time
It’s a fact of life that at any given time, a woman’s social media messages will be filled with three…
What's behind the wave of French police suicides?
Since Russia invaded Ukraine last week the western media has focused on little else. In Britain this concentration is understandable:…
Letters: In defence of the police
A health-care disaster Sir: Kate Andrews’s piece on who really controls the NHS (‘Waiting game’, 12 February) gives us a…
Portrait of the week: Inflation hits 30-year high, Andrew settles out of court and Turkey changes its name
Home Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister, made ready for a Russian invasion of Ukraine by cutting short a planned visit…
Anti-police spin is tearing the force apart
Constant castigation is harming the police force
A war on drugs? I do hope so
I’m not going to lie, I let out a little chuckle — maybe even a murmur of approval — when I read…
Andrew Mitchell relives the agony of Plebgate
Andrew Mitchell, as he readily admits, was born into the British Establishment. Almost from birth, his path was marked out:…
Why Cressida Dick must go
Cressida Dick must go
Priti Patel strikes a bullish tone
The theme of Priti Patel’s party conference speech this afternoon was very much ‘large and in charge’. She devoted much…
Harriet Harman calls for Cressida Dick to resign
Labour’s Harriet Harman has called for Cressida Dick to resign as chief of the Metropolitan Police after Wayne Couzens was…
The Met must face the truth about Sarah Everard's murder
‘We are sickened, angered and devastated by this man’s crimes which betray everything we stand for,’ said the Metropolitan Police…
How the good intentions of Title IX ended up punishing the innocent
How do we have difficult conversations? Especially in an age of polarisation, where everything is immediately politicised? But also where…
The problem with PC policing
Ah, the last days of summer. Long evenings, sunny weekends, and crusty Extinction Rebellion hippies blocking arterial traffic lanes to…
The policing of 'non-crimes' shows the dark side of rainbow cars
The great awokening of the British constabulary has got to be the most curious and infuriating part of our culture…
How Nextdoor became the new Neighbourhood Watch
Long before the official numbers began to rise, back in 2014, it was clear that knife crime was on the…
Boris's crime crackdown will be harder than he thinks
Can crime be beaten with a beaten down police force? The government certainly hopes so. Today, the Prime Minister launched…
Labour is picking the wrong fight with Priti Patel
The position of Home Secretary Priti Patel is clearly untenable. Presumably this means she must resign. Who says so? Why,…
So long to Leeds's appalling prostitution zone
Goodbye and good riddance to the Leeds ‘Managed Zone’ in which punters were given amnesty to buy the most disenfranchised…
There was no Hillsborough ‘cover-up’
There was no Hillsborough cover-up
New York resembles a war zone
New York The Big Bagel is getting so bad that even the baddies are demanding the fuzz do something. As…
Are 'controversial stickers' really a matter for the police?
Has Police Scotland misunderstood the purpose of policing? A recent crackdown on ‘controversial stickers’ appears to suggest as much. ‘On Monday…
The BBC’s shameful smearing of the French police
I had my first jab on Wednesday, at a vaccination centre in the south of Paris, run by the fire…
Why I spoilt my ballot paper
The headline ‘Government to allow people to hug’ one might have expected to hear on early evening news bulletins in…
How to get a police record (without committing a crime)
I couldn’t quite believe it when first I read the newspaper subscriber’s letter. Columnists for the Times and Spectator do…
