I have written to the chair of the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) requesting an explanation of the continuing delays in determining how they will proceed in the investigation of the events at Orgreave during the miners’ strike, 30 years ago. The miners that were there, their families, campaigners and the local communities are not primarily […]
Posts under ‘Crime/Justice/Prisons’
No truth and justice as decision on Orgreave investigation stays secret
Apr 16th, 2015 by Jon Trickett.
The secret state is out of control: our privacy and freedom is threatened
Apr 1st, 2015 by Diane Abbott.In recent days a whistle blower has revealed that I was under surveillance by Special Branch in the nineteen eighties and nineties. I cannot say it comes as a complete surprise. Ever since the beginnings of the Labour movement, the state has made use of spies and informers. The recent revelations have been specifically about […]
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Why the Establishment loves Jeremy Clarkson
Mar 27th, 2015 by Phil Burton-Cartledge.Petrolheads everywhere, sob into your empty oil cans. For Top Gear is, as was, no more. The verdict couldn’t have been anything else. Whatever you might think about Jeremy Clarkson, which in my case is not a lot, it was impossible even for him to cling on to his job after a 20 minute tirade, […]
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How to put right the corruption, secrecy and non-accountability rampant in Britain
Mar 26th, 2015 by Michael Meacher.The Independent Police Complaints Commission has cleared armed police officers of any wrongdoing over the killing of Mark Duggan over 3 years ago, following an inquest verdict of lawful killing a year ago. However the police officer who fired the fatal shots refused to be interviewed by the IPCC; why could he not be compelled […]
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On the Mega Brothel and what to do about prostitution
Feb 4th, 2015 by Phil Burton-Cartledge.What to do about prostitution? To all intents and purposes it remains banned in England and Wales, though an individual sex worker can work out of a property at any one time. More than one and they fall foul of prohibitions against brothel keeping. The situation in Scotland is slightly different as the campaign to […]
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What makes someone murder cartoonists?
Jan 8th, 2015 by Phil Burton-Cartledge.The attack on Charlie Hebdo was an atrocity calculated to outrage, to intimidate, to silence critics of Islam, and to remind the West that terror attacks can strike at the heart of its capital cities. It has provoked an outpouring of anger and solidarity with the victims, and not a small amount of stupid bigotry. […]
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Man Haron Monis: it’s not about Islam
Dec 16th, 2014 by Phil Burton-Cartledge.What a sad end to the Sydney cafe siege. The gunman, one Man Haron Monis lies dead, but not before he murdered two others. Thankfully, incidents like this are quite rare in Western societies and when hostage taking does happen, it tends to either be a spur of the moment thing in the commission of […]
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The paedophile next door – moving beyond condemnation?
Nov 26th, 2014 by Phil Burton-Cartledge.Are we living at peak paedophile? No, we passed that a few years ago. But we do live in a culture saturated by paedophile panic. You’re practically not allowed to have contact with kids unless cleared by the Disclosure and Barring Service. Nary a day goes by without a paedophile somewhere getting banged up. We’ve had dear […]
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May evades vote on EU arrest warrant to prevent Tory party from splitting
Nov 11th, 2014 by Michael Meacher.May’s shenanigans yesterday in the Commons over the European arrest warrant is the perfect example of how far relations with the EU are being treated as an outpost of internal Tory party politics. Any same person knows that the European Arrest Warrant and other key parts of EU cooperation, like criminal record checks and joint […]
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Woolf’s enforced resignation exposes Establishment & Home Office stitch-up
Nov 1st, 2014 by Jon Lansman.It’s not often I disagree with my colleague Tom Watson MP, but on the issue of Fiona Woolf being forced out of the chairmanship of the child sex abuse inquiry after a string of damning revelations I think he’s got it wrong. “Labour should not go after May”, he’s reported as saying. Of course he’s […]
