Why has the Police Federation allowed the BNP to co-opt them? (UPDATE)

Hugh Muir reports: And while we are continuing police inquiries, what do we know following their famous march on London? The event itself was peaceful; the least we could expect, but why was Richard Barnbrook, the BNP mayoral candidate for London and “visionary artist” allowed to take a prominent place at the front? Many forces… Continue reading Why has the Police Federation allowed the BNP to co-opt them? (UPDATE)

Beware Livingstone supporters claiming you have no choice

Ken Livingstone supporters moving into the clothes peg business. Remember Polly Toynbee’s exhortation in the run up to the general election that people should vote Labour not because they were any good but because the Tories were worse? Well, it seems that Livingstone supporters have started a similar tactic. Seumus Milne, acknowledging that there is… Continue reading Beware Livingstone supporters claiming you have no choice