Southport

Free speech stops riots

10 August 2024 9:00 am

With depressing predictability, the riots have led to calls for more censorship. Historically, it was the authoritarian right who blamed…

The ‘community cohesion’ concept explains confusing police tactics

3 August 2024 6:00 pm

Merseyside police were very keen to rule out the Southport attack as ‘terrorism-related’. This was despite subsequent remarks from the…

Portrait of the week: Stabbings in Southport, a £22bn ‘black hole’ and Tory leadership nominations

3 August 2024 9:00 am

Home Rachel Reeves, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, said she had found a £21.9 billion hole, and a black one…