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Express Politics9 Jun 2026

Kemi Badenoch says people are being murdered because authorities fear being called racist

The Tory leader argues the rape gangs scandal and murders in Southport, Manchester and Nottingham could have been prevented, writes David Williamson

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Conservative Home9 Jun 2026

Andrew Gilligan: No, Kemi, a social media ban won’t work

Just as we have the criminal law, and a police force to protect us from criminals, we need to decide as a nation what we want and do not want from social media, then set up an expert enforcement body – an algorithm patrol - and specialist court to see that we get it.   The post Andrew Gilligan: No, Kemi, a social media ban won’t work appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Express Politics8 Jun 2026

Kemi Badenoch promises to scrap hated equality rules for police, nurses and teachers

The Conservative leader wants to restore common sense into public services.

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Sky News Politics8 Jun 2026

AI to be used in crown courts to reduce time victims have to wait

The government is piloting the use of artificial intelligence in the crown court, with a raft of new technology projects aiming to deliver improvements across the justice system and tackle the court backlog.

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Sky News Politics8 Jun 2026

Swinney won't say whether Sturgeon should hand back Murrell gifts

Scotland's First Minister John Swinney has said it is for the courts to decide whether Nicola Sturgeon should be forced to give back gifts bought for her by Peter Murrell using embezzled SNP cash.

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Conservative Home8 Jun 2026

David Gauke: The political lessons of the murder of Henry Nowak, are not just about policing and the law

Contrary to his parents' wishes, the murder has become a political – and divisive – issue.  Naturally there is close scrutiny of how the police acted and about wider police culture. But it has also revealed more about the character, temperament and political strategies of some leading politicians. The post David Gauke: The political lessons of the murder of Henry Nowak, are not just about policing and the law appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home8 Jun 2026

Nick Timothy: You cannot treat people equally by treating them differently, that doesn’t make sense

Even in law enforcement and the criminal justice system – where officers and prosecutors and judges have a high degree of autonomy for obvious reasons – there must be accountability. Public authorities cannot be used to advance political agendas without consent.  The post Nick Timothy: You cannot treat people equally by treating them differently, that doesn’t make sense appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Express Politics8 Jun 2026

Pakistan is about to do the something Britain is scared of – and we should copy them

OPINION - JJ ANISIOBI: A foreign government is preparing the harshest possible punishment for a nightmare crime - we hide behind process as victims pay price

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The Guardian Politics8 Jun 2026

What to do as murder is exploited to spread lies about race and privilege? Stand firm – fight back | Nesrine Malik

Too many leaders have appeased the rightwing culture warriors. In the wake of the Henry Nowak rioting, the time for a push against toxicity and untruths is now It is easy to regard, and thus disregard, the riots following the conviction of Henry Nowak’s murderer as an explosion of reaction by a flammable and motivated minority. The more uncomfortable truth is that a specific notion, that people of colour have been privileged over and above mere equality, and been given dominion over white people

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The Guardian Politics7 Jun 2026

Author of Home Office report on China reveals attempts to compromise him

Exclusive: Dr David Wilson says former British police officer approached him as part of efforts to influence his work The author of a Home Office-sponsored report on the Chinese state and organised crime in the UK was the target of failed honey traps and a suspected attempt to compromise him by a former British police officer, it is claimed. Dr David Wilson, whose groundbreaking analysis was declassified in February, has told of multiple attempts to influence him or discredit his work as he soug

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Guido Fawkes7 Jun 2026

Lammy: I Told JD Vance He Is “Wrong” About Nowak Case

David Lammy on Sky News: “I spoke to the vice president yesterday, and I wanted to emphasise a number of things. “The first is that our democratic process is working well. This young man has been convicted. There is an investigation into the police by the Independent Police [Conduct] Authority. There is an investigation into…

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Sky News Politics7 Jun 2026

Talks held with Iran over jailed UK couple, Lammy says, as he addresses proposed prisoner swap

The UK has been holding talks with Iran over a British couple jailed in Tehran, says Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy, as he addressed a proposed prisoner swap.

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