If our police officers do not have the confidence to pursue dangerous criminals on our behalf, it is the law-abiding public who will suffer.
My question to the Home Secretary this afternoon 👇
‘To win support in places like Makerfield Labour needs to abolish Council Tax.’
The argument builds on the case that council tax remains tied to 1991 valuations and that reform could become a major cost-of-living and fairness agenda. @LabourList
Extraordinary nugget in @ShippersUnbound’s excellent interview with Kemi Badenoch. Asked directly if she’d put Farage into No.10 if he fell short of a majority, she made clear the answer is yes. Seems very politically naive in both directions. Voters on the right now have one
Politicians keep talking about storytelling, but it more seems like a plea to talk about anything rather than what is going on in the country or a genuine strategy.
Read more in latest Substack for Carlyle's Attic.
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The Left blames the rise of populism & race riots ~on false consciousness: "the media", Musk etc. sublimate (correct) anger at "austerity" or "capitalism" towards (incorrect) anger at migrants – that's the default progressive narrative.
But boat crossings + decades of mass
Jimmy Corry has lived on this Belfast street for 13 years. Now he’s homeless. He’s lost sentimental items forever, including his dad’s possessions.
He told me that he shares the anger many feel about the attack on Monday night but that burning down houses won’t solve anything.
Bit of context on stop and search…
2009/10, last year of Labour government - 1,400,000 searches
2017/18, decade into Tory govt - 280,000 searches
Now Tories say we should triple it, plucking this out of the air to sound tough.
Round and round we go…
Andy Burnham has said that the government needs to “go further” in stopping illegal migration as he pledged to make greater use of immigration detention centres
The mayor of Greater Manchester said that people felt “the country isn’t functioning properly”
He told BBC Radio
Police officers are known for being cynical – who can blame them? Serving officers can only roll their eyes as the debate goes on, detached from the day-to-day realities of the role.
In public commentary, from Black Lives Matter to claims of anti-White two-tier policing. In politics, from the Conservatives’ tightening stop and search laws to loosening them, to encouraging much more, all within the space of a few years in the mid-2010s.