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Poet, novelist, Reviewer, published in one hundred and seventy journals magazines, including Wild Court, The York Literary Review, Aesthetica Magazine . Husband, father, hankering after peace in a protected planet www.abookatberntime.uk

Bernard Pearson

"The data proves that there is no such thing as anti-white 'two-tier' policing in Britain. If 'two-tier' policing is a thing, a quarter-century of research shows that black and brown communities are overwhelmingly on the receiving end of it." ✍️ @nafeez.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2026/06/09/h...

Ambition Be love when you Have lost everything, be love in every breath, Be love in every thought, Be love even when It seems That life has come to nought, Be love, be love, be love. © Bernard Pearson

Redrafted my first attempt didn't scan, think it reads better now Hockney He summoned colour By brush and canvas Wrangled beauty With sky born azure rays From the rains of Yorkshire Taught our eyes to see the sun And set our heart ablaze. © Bernard Pearson 1

Going a bit funny Inexcusably, I find myself bopping about to the Isley Brothers ‘This Old Heart of mine’ Like thunder in a can an uplighted chrysalis, in this time of rationed days. © Bernard Pearson

This is not who we are There was a man In a house and not on a hill, But all the haters still brought their Rocks and Stones And wheelie bins To hate the Blameless stranger For someone else’s sins. ©Bernard Pearson

Very honoured to have a poem accepted by 'Mad Persona Magazine ' this afternoon my huge thanks to the editorial team there

Road Trip The screeching wheels Of the world as it reverses Into darkness, Will one day be silenced By the songs of those Pushing it back into the light. © Bernard Pearson

Faith Worse than Death Gentle Jesus Meek and mild, I bet 'Christianity' Drives you wild.

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A quarter-century of data tells a very different story about which groups are actually being unfairly targeted by the police, reports Nafeez Ahmed

How the Far-Right Is Using the Racist Myth of 'Two-Tier Policing' to Exploit Henry Nowak’s Murder

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