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Clare’s Law: Women should not have the right to access the criminal records of their boyfriends
I’d read a few months ago about the government’s proposals to introduce a ‘right to know’ scheme for women to be able to check the criminal records of men they have recently met, initially I thought little of it; but today I see it is back on the news agenda. The government are struggling in the polls among women and as a result they are trying to do anything possible to remedy the situation. ‘Clare’s Law’ as it [...]
Julius Malema and hate speech: Black racialism in South Africa
Julius Malema is a vile character. Undereducated, his political buffoonery has been met by laughter and derision across South African politics. His racist rebuke of a white BBC reporter was the distasteful act of a small man. His rabble-rousing Shoot the Boer (white farmer) was initially met with political discord from the higher echelons of the ANC and later by the courts, branding Malema’s verse as “hate speech” and consequently banned. Now, there are few [...]
Why Liberty are right to work alongside the police
Liberty have come under attack from various left-wing groups for working with the police. Sean McHale offers his defence of Liberty. Liberty, the independent campaigns organisation which seeks to protect civil liberties and promote human rights for everyone has been under attack over recent months from a series of left-wing groups (including Fitwatch and Network for Police Monitoring) who hold
David Starkey Adopted the Language of the Left
By treating race and culture as synonymous, is David Starkey committing the same error as the Left? Sean McHale asks. Similar to many forays into the tropes of politics and race, David Starkey’s incursion proved to be less successful – possibly for his career and certainly in terms of astute analysis. His intentionally provocative elucidation that “whites have become black” was undoubtedly wide of the mark. He wasn’t off the mark as Owen Jones (Author [...]
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