Metropolitan Police staff to strike for first time ever
Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union members working for the Metropolitan Police have voted for strike action after being ordered back to the office in the New Year - the…
Police suppress challenges to university marketisation
Clifford Fleming is the co-convenor of the Young Greens of England and Wales, and Campaigns and Citizenship Officer at the University of Manchester Students’ Union. He tweets Universities are places…
Policing politics?
This is a slightly longer version of an article which appeared yesterday in Edinburgh University’s Student newspaper. It hopefully has some utility for others who are working towards social change…
An Open Letter to Jenny Jones
Dear Jenny, I’ve been following your thoughts on Twitter about yesterday’s select committee hearings which saw Andy Hayman and John Yates volunteer to open the parliamentary barbecue season. I sense…
Jody McIntyre investigation: you’ve got to laugh
There are times when the only appropriate reaction is laughter. And surely the Met's finding on the treatment of Jody McIntyre at the student demonstration on the 9th of December…
The whole Met should be held to account for Ian Tomlinson’s death, not just one Officer
Today’s announcement that PC Simon Harwood will face prosecution for the manslaughter of Ian Tomlinson at the G20 protests is welcome. I and many others will wish to see Ian…
#facebookpurge & #squatageddon: we should have seen this coming
We should have seen it coming. All of the pieces were lined up. When the police told most of the people arrested at Fortnum & Mason's that their sole bail…
Thought Police
Look, I'm not going to tell you what to think about the Royal Wedding. Telling you what to think is the police's job: Let me make it clear. This is…
Pepper spray update: the law is just for plebs
Slightly as I expected, in asking where the Met's Defence Council authorisation to carry pepper spray or CS was, I was missing something. I assumed it would be an obscure…
Dick of the Year: Paul Stephenson
This is a nomination for Bright Green Dick of the Year from Matthew Parsons. To submit your own nomination email adamramsay @ gmail before midday on the 31st. Sir Paul…