This is not an argument that she’s innocent. Nor is it an attempt to retry the case in the court of public opinion. She was convicted by a jury after a long and complex trial. That matters. But the justice system shouldn’t fear answering doubts: that’s strength not weakness.
While the state has a role to play in setting standards, and ensuring accountability for senior leadership, this must not be allowed to morph into an all-consuming drive for uniformity.
We live in a world where the mere words of an officer under extreme stress, facing the threat of a knife, is considered more damaging than the actual lawbreakers.
This Government is clearly – and especially after the weekend – incredibly weak. The Prime Minister took office with no plan for the economy, public services, or our borders, and is now hostage to his backbenchers.
The Conservative Party has to decide if it is going to be a servant to voters and restore core conservative values or if it is going to opt to continue along the path of social democracy in search of a constantly shrinking political centre.
Our deputy editor joins Christina Patterson on Sky News’ Press Preview.
People know they’re there; so do the criminals. More space covered, more presence felt, less space for crime to occur. Yet Sadiq Khan is now closing the ‘front counters’ at half of those stations that remain.
We have announced plans to support our core vision of authentic conservativism across many areas of public policy. As the only political party unequivocally committed to standing up for the Union, our policies cover all of our United Kingdom.
Can economic liberalism exist without social conservatism? The most permissive societies don’t thrive economically. If the basis of capitalism is private property, one must feel secure in its ownership.
“It doesn’t have to be like this. We want to live in a country where these thieves are being caught, prolific thieves are going to jail, and crime just doesn’t pay.”
Our deputy editor joins TalkTV’s Ian Collins to discuss crime, the resident doctors’ strike, and the death of Hulk Hogan.
Britain has become addicted to heaping ever-more onerous compliance burdens on the law-abiding whilst refusing to actually enforce the rules on those that break them.
Our deputy editor talks to Radio 4 about how and why this scandal moved into the political mainstream – and why it isn’t going away.
The Wolfson review is a sensible first step on a big subject like potentially quitting the ECHR – but it isn’t going to wrest the spotlight or the initiative back to the party anytime soon.
There are so many reforms that you could and probably should do before increasing the number of police hires, because it makes it easier to know when you have a sufficient number of police.