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The man jailed for two years for throwing a plastic bottle (opens the original)
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Anti-immigration protesters are being punished more severely than some sex offenders. Want unlimited, ad-free access? Become a spiked supporter. A man who threw a plastic bottle and swore at the police while taking part in an anti-immigration protest in Portsmouth has been sent to prison for two years. Del Somerville was given a jail sentence on Thursday after pleading guilty to violent disorder following unrest, involving around 200 people, at Eastney Marina on 6 September. Yes, Somerville thre
The police’s shameful role in the Jason Arday affair (opens the original)
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Why did the Met come after a journalist reporting on his plagiarism allegations? Want unlimited, ad-free access? Become a spiked supporter. Public confidence in policing seems to be dwindling by the day. London’s Metropolitan Police, in particular, is looking less like a guardian of law and order than a bloated bureaucracy itching to police the boundaries of ‘respectable’ opinion. The latest blow to public trust arrives on the back of the Jason Arday affair. In 2025, Jack Grove, a journalist at
Cody Harper: another victim of two-tier policing (opens the original)
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This young man’s farcical arrest in Birmingham heaps yet more shame on the police. Want unlimited, ad-free access? Become a spiked supporter. This week, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) decided to drop the charge against 20-year-old Cody Harper of assaulting an emergency worker. Harper, a white man, had been arrested and charged after an incident in Birmingham in the early hours of Sunday 21 June. In video footage, which has since gone viral, he is seen being pushed to the ground by a black m
The Ann Widdecombe investigation has been embarrassing for the police (opens the original)
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The authorities seem more interested in managing public discussion than in solving crime. Want unlimited, ad-free access? Become a spiked supporter. The chilling murder of Ann Widdecombe has stunned the country. The longtime Conservative MP and Reform immigration spokeswoman was found at her remote home in Dartmoor, Devon, with severe head injuries last Thursday. The suspected attack is believed to have taken place on Wednesday. Naturally, Widdecombe’s death has raised questions about the safety
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