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The Tories have let us down on law and order
Austerity, cuts and privatisation have devastated our justice system and put the public in danger, explains CHARLEY ALLAN
Prime Minister Boris Johnson with Home Secretary Priti Patel (right) at the Conservative Party Conference at the Manchester Convention Centre
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FRANCISCO DOMINGUEZ introduces the background to a conference on defending Latin America’s sovereignty
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Nick Blair is set to benefit from a hugely lucrative contract to ‘virtually’ train the British army for its next war. Like father, like son, writes SOLOMON HUGHES
Even when tragedy strikes, Western media cannot resist the opportunity to turn it into a sordid propaganda opportunity, as the Nepal-China border tragedy shows, writes CARLOS MARTINEZ
Trade unions should be at the heart of the anti-racist push for reparations for the historic legacy and continuing impact of slavery, writes ROGER McKENZIE
HOME SECRETARY Priti Patel’s absurd claim yesterday that Labour’s policies would lead to an extra 52 murders a year was cooked up by the Conservative’s research department, so of course can’t be taken seriously, but it will still be used to reinforce the ruling party’s “law and order” narrative.
What the Tories don’t want you to know is that it’s actually their savage cuts to the criminal justice system and failed probation privatisation that have put the public at greater risk.
Everyone knows about the steep drop in police numbers, but at Prime Minister’s Questions back in March, Jeremy Corbyn revealed: “The number of rapes, murders and other serious crimes committed by offenders on parole has risen by more than 50 per cent since the privatisation of the probation service was introduced four years ago.”
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