Euston Shooting: What the Manhunt Reveals About London’s Rising Gun Crime
A City Shaken — Again When news broke of a man shot dead in his car near Euston Station, many Londoners felt that all‑too‑familiar mix of shock and quiet resignation.…
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A City Shaken — Again When news broke of a man shot dead in his car near Euston Station, many Londoners felt that all‑too‑familiar mix of shock and quiet resignation.…
A Wake-Up Call Beneath the City Two women were sexually assaulted at an East London Tube station earlier this month — a shocking reminder that, beneath London’s sleek transport network,…
This is not just about crime. It is about a country that has lost control of its streets because the British establishment has spent decades dodging responsibility and hiding behind…
England still likes to act like it’s a serious country.But if your capital city is clocking up roughly one rape an hour, that illusion is finished. It’s not “strained”, it’s…
Nativism is suddenly the scary new word of the week. Say you think the state’s first duty is to its own people and you’re instantly labelled “far right” or worse.…
England today is drowning in talk of phobias – Islamophobia, homophobia, transphobia, xenophobia – you name it, it’s on a panel show tonight. But there’s one irrational aversion you will…
I’m an Englishman whose family has been in East London for at least 400 years. Dockers. Labourers. Ordinary grafters who kept this country running long before most of today’s politicians’…
When you’ve watched politics for forty years, you start to spot the tricks.The Gorton and Denton by election is supposed to be an English by‑election in an English constituency –…
When people share memes of some fat bloke in an England shirt claiming “the English are work‑shy”, they’re not just being childish – they’re lying about what the numbers actually…
The day Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor crossed a line Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor being arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office is the moment many people wondered would never actually happen. Police turning…