More Overseas Students To Be Told To Leave The Country
Britain’s student immigration policy is really, really stupid.
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Security Screening Considered For Tube And Rail Stations
The Home Office is asking for proposals that don’t slow us down.
London Increased Security Alert Denied By Met
Reports that the UK’s terrorism threat level has been raised from ‘substantial’ to ‘severe’ have been refuted by the Metropolitan Police this morning.
Wailing At Wax Workshops
Comedienne and TV busybody Ruby Wax has been hired by the Home Office to coach senior staff in leadership and communications, launching some gleeful outrage from the usual suspects. Even with our sceptical goggles on, we can see that there will always be expensive professional …
And Now A Toast To Gay-Friendliness
Lloyds TSB ‘top gay employer’ Every year gay campaign group/charity Stonewall publishes its list of top 100 gay-friendly employers. London has always done quite well on the lists, for three reasons: 1) Because of our city’s innate cosmopolitanism (is that a word?); 2) Because Mayor …
Government Gang Guide
In another desperate attempt to do something useful about curbing youth crime and tackling gang culture today the Home Office published “The Gangs: You and Your Child”. It’s an attempt to help parents identify whether their kids might be involved with gangs and deliver sound …
Paddington Bear: Outta Detention, Onto Bookshelves
He’s back! Since we first heard the news that Paddington Bear would, after a 30-year sabbatical, shake off the dust of our bookshelves and embark on some fresh adventures, it’s been all we could do to contain our excitement – though stuffing ourselves with marmalade …
Cost Of Crime Calculated
Crime – how much does it cost? About £400 per Londoner, apparently. This is the claim made by the TaxPayers’ Alliance. The group, dedicated to “campaigning for lower taxes and better government”, has divined this sum by taking Home Office and police data on the …
Gas Guzzlers In Marylebone
Despite Londoners being inveigled mere days ago to report any suspicious activity to the police, people in Marylebone are now being advised to, er, do the opposite. The reason? A Home Office-run project is to simulate a dirty bomb attack on the capital. The trials, …
Police@copshop.org
It’s not quite the same as having the local bobby back on the beat, but a scheme trialled in south London that addresses public unease with the remote, impersonal nature of modern policing is set to be rolled out across London. The £325 million Home …
Met Chief Dismisses Positive Discrimination
Sir Ian Blair dismissed favouring non-white applicant recruits to the Met as “yesterday’s solution” at a National Black Police Association debate yesterday. The recruitment bus rolls into Trafalgar Square’s Diwali celebrations this weekend to demonstrate the Met’s policy of targeting their recruitment at black and …
