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Guido Fawkes17 Jun 2026

Guido Victory as Government Explores Shutting Down Civil Service Clay Modelling Unit

After Guido revealed that a zany Civil Service unit was trying to train government staff through clay modelling, it may be shut down. Quick turnaround… The Telegraph followed Guido’s story yesterday and found additionally that the Policy Lab did an outreach programme on popular game Grand Theft Auto V. A “Whitehall source” told the paper…

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Express Politics17 Jun 2026

French riot police deployed on French beaches in bid to stop crossings

Downing Street claimed the Compagnie de Marche, "backed by enhanced drone, helicopter, plane and camera surveillance systems...will break up launch attempts, seize equipment and disrupt migrants before they reach the water."

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Express Politics17 Jun 2026

Thames Water criminally pollutes rivers then demands leniency – rubbing our faces in it

OPINION - JAMES WALLACE: This travesty must finally be brought to an end.

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Express Politics16 Jun 2026

Nigel Farage demands release of files exposing '40 years of grooming gang denial'

Mr Farage said politicians, "local police force commanders" and "council leaders" should be "held to account", adding "too few have".

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BBC Politics16 Jun 2026

Labour activist admits vote rigging offence

Gabriel Leroy, a former councillor in Southend, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit an offence under the Criminal Law Act and the Computer Misuse Act.

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BBC Politics16 Jun 2026

Labour activist admits vote rigging offence

Gabriel Leroy, a former councillor in Southend, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit an offence under the Criminal Law Act and the Computer Misuse Act.

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Express Politics16 Jun 2026

Rape gangs inquiry finds establishment hid 'unspeakable' crimes for decades

Previous governments hid evidence of "unspeakable" rape gang crimes for decades, an inquiry has claimed.

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The Guardian Politics16 Jun 2026

Makerfield voters are giving Burnham the benefit of the doubt. If he fails, the consequences will be grave | Owen Jones

Winning this byelection wouldn’t make Reform disappear. Would Burnham really have the courage needed to see them off in No 10? ‘Well, good,” says a middle-aged woman outside Boots about the prospect of millions of migrants being deported. “Because we want the country safe.” I point out that, even as immigration has risen sharply for the last two decades, by every measure – murder rates, or numbers of people admitted to hospitals because of knife attacks and assaults – violence has fallen steeply

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The Guardian Politics16 Jun 2026

Palestine Action ban will be overturned, group’s co-founder vows

Speaking after appeal court ruled ban lawful, Huda Ammori says fight will be won in the courts or ‘on the streets’ The co-founder of Palestine Action has said the battle to overturn the terrorism ban on the direct action group will be won – in the courts or “on the streets”. On Monday, five court of appeal judges ruled that a ban on the organisation was lawful, reversing the high court’s February judgment, which they said had wrongly limited the home secretary’s discretion on national security.

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Conservative Home16 Jun 2026

Brandon To: As an immigrant I’d say Britain’s policing isn’t “two-tier” – it’s too terrified

By reforming the guidance that currently paralyses our frontline, we can restore the confidence of our police officers. True anti-racism in policing should not be hesitation, but confidence that when the police act, they do so with the full, unbiased weight of the law behind them. The post Brandon To: As an immigrant I’d say Britain’s policing isn’t “two-tier” – it’s too terrified appeared first on Conservative Home.

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The Guardian Politics16 Jun 2026

‘Sadly, things are worse,’ says sister of MP Jo Cox 10 years after her murder

Kim Leadbeater, now an MP, and fellow politicians fear that ‘kinder, gentler politics’ after Cox’s death was an illusion Ten years on from Jo Cox’s murder, Kim Leadbeater fears that the consensus around “kinder, gentler politics” in the wake of her sister’s death was short-lived. “Sadly and regrettably, over the last decade things are worse,” she says. Cox, the Labour MP for Batley and Spen and mother of two young children, was murdered outside a library in West Yorkshire in June 2016 by an Engl

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Express Politics16 Jun 2026

Politics LIVE: Weakened Starmer faces showdown with Trump as 'police state' row looms

Sir Keir Starmer faces G7 allies in France today - including Donald Trump - as the US becomes increasingly at odds with Labour's policies.

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