And you can read my @theobserveruk.bsky.social piece here. @jessphillipsmp.bsky.social says the scale of the problem is huge and “One of the worst things I was ever told was that there is a specific global market for UK children because they wear school uniforms.” observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Every crime in which an ethnic or cultural minority is the perpetrator used to justify repression or worse of minorities. Every crime in which a minority is the victim used to argue for the idea that ethnic diversity is inherently unstable and should be reduced or eradicated.
Rachel Sylvester
Stephen Bush
This is a good assessment of the many challenges facing youth custody, including in providing high quality education to young people who've had very disrupted experiences of school.
(And I'm always amazed by the fact that 20% of young people in secure settings went to the same six schools.)
Wes Streeting: ‘I don’t want Nigel Farage walking into Downing Street on my conscience’
The ex-health secretary and leadership hopeful tells Rachel Sylvester that Labour must heed voters’ warning on Reform’s surge
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Some people shrug off the use of illegal (ghost or cloned) licence plates as low level crime, evading speeding tickets and congestion charges etc
But increasingly police are aware of their role in organised crime, and even murder - like that of 21-year-old Kyron Lee
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As the government announces plans to force tech companies to stop children sharing nude images this is one mother’s story of discovering her daughter was being groomed by a paedophile in the US, as part of a “pandemic” of online exploitation of kids observer.co.uk/listen/the-s...
In his interview @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social is also excoriating about Keir Starmer’s approach to Gaza. When he circulated a dossier from medics alleging war crimes “I was accused of trying to be disruptive. I had my motives (and) integrity questioned by the PM” observer.co.uk/news/politic...
Elon Musk is a “threat to democracy” - I interviewed @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social for @theobserveruk.bsky.social observer.co.uk/news/politic...
“I was told we'd have a Royal Commission in the manifesto. I was told we'd be announcing it during the election campaign. I was told it was going to be the first big announcement. I was being strung along” - @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social on social care observer.co.uk/news/politic...
The prime minister has told tech firms they have three months to install software that blocks children from sending or receiving explicit content. That vital protection comes too late for the families...
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Rachel Sylvester
Jon Collins
Cat Neilan
In his white lives matter address, Nigel Farage calls George Floyd a career criminal and says "the rights and privileges of white people matter less than those of ethnic minorities" in Britain
