Category: law & order

Terrorism or Heroism?

If you join foreign conflicts you’re prosecuted as a terrorist, however just your cause.

Bring It On

Did an undercover policeman help to instigate a major riot?

Dead Zone

A shocking new bill threatens to make this country feel like a giant shopping mall.

Law of the Landed

A remarkable “mistake” by the police hints at who wields power in the UK.

The Wrong State

The police spy scandal shows that mass surveillance will be used against us.

The Healing

How a community might recover from a horror that defies imagination.

False Witness

Justice is impossible if we can’t trust the police to tell the truth.

The Freedom Swindle

The government promised us the right to peaceful protest. It is delivering nothing of the kind.

Land of Impunity

If the police can get away with killing Ian Tomlinson, there’s no justice in Britain.

The Death of Irony

How could the intent of today’s column have passed so many people by?

Putting the Pope on Trial

International law presents a radical challenge to the powerful: they could be judged by the same standards as the rest of us.