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And would have done so anyway.

Their lawyer has form... However, at the time of the kick and stamp he was no threat to the police or public if we take the videos at face value...which shows the individual tapered, on the floor and motionless. What do you think the lawyer would have focused on?

There would likely have been demonstrations even if all the circumstances were known.

Either are fine, decapacitate means to reduce capability, incapacitate is to prevent capacity.

Certainly would be if he had been decapitated.

So you’re saying the officer was in the wrong?

would the use of force have a lawful objective (eg, the prevention of injury to others or damage to property, or the effecting of a lawful arrest) and, if so, how immediate and grave is the threat posed? are there any means, short of the use of force, capable of attaining the lawful objective...

But they did.

https://www.spectator.co.uk/podcast/labours-20-billion-black-hole-strategy/ 4 minutes. Labour already knew. There might be a few bits and pieces around the edges which are pretty inconsequential but the narrative that Labour have suddenly found a whole host of previously unknown issues is just...

At some point, the new government will publish new numbers about the same scheme. There will then be two different “information publicly available”, the one provided by the previous government and new information presented by the new government. If there is a wide variance between the two then...

The MO didn't include the chartered flights that had been paid and they didn't take into account the cost of Civil Service time. When governments request these types of audits they can ask for certain things to be included or excluded depending on what narrative they want to present. The MO are...

There have been access talks going on for nearly 6 months between Labour and the Civil Service, pretty much all of what Rachel Reeves is about to announce will already be known to the Labour Party but the access talks are always treated confidentially. It is quite likely that, on understanding...

“political actions or positions taken chiefly to gain publicity or influence public opinion, typically requiring little effort or having no significant impact.“ It took little effort to not commit to abolishing the cap and it has had no significant impact on child poverty. They needed a...

If it was a “political strategy”, that is also gesture politics. The only difference is that one version of gesture politics keeps kids in poverty, the other doesn’t. It was so, so easy for Starmer to avoid this. He didn’t. There are so many ways he could have funded this.

There is no mention of it whatsoever in the manifesto. What Starmer did say was that he could not make a commitment to scrap the two child cap unless it was funded. In power, he could make that commitment if he wanted to - in the same way as he has committed to spending £3billion per year to...

They could choose to find the money if they wanted… The IFS estimates it would cost around £3.4 billion. The soon to be released pay review body recommendations for education and NHS staff will cost the government around £10 billion with the Treasury having budgeted for a 3% rise, not the 5.5%...

Even if the policy is wrong?

One day they will discover Jesus was a liberal extremist and their minds will implode…

All my work systems were fine this morning. Bastards, I wanted to watch the golf and cricket.

Just got back after broadcasting throughout the night at the Dudley count. Bit of a surreal night after the exit poll…Conservatives already knew they had lost, Labour had everything to lose, LibDems were few in number but on a high…as for Reform, they polled big but will always win small. Long...