Opinion: So Long, Cressida Dick
Ash Sarkar
With Cressida Dick finally having resigned from her role as Met commissioner, Boris Johnson's government will surely miss the best friend in policing it ever had, writes Ash Sarkar.
Tag: Police
Opinion: The Met Just Apologised After Strip-Searching Me. I Don’t Believe a Word of It
Koshka Duff
For eight years before their recent U-turn, the officers who assaulted Koshka Duff claimed they were just doing their jobs. They were right, she says: sexual violence is policing’s bread and butter.
Opinion: It’s Time to Kill This Bill Once and for All
Shanice McBean
On Monday, the Lords voted against 14 of the worst parts of the police, crime, sentencing and courts bill. Small wins like these can sustain the Kill The Bill movement, writes Shanice McBean, but we can’t let them distract us from the final victory.
Report: Are Random Police Drug Swabs Legal?
James Greig
The Met’s recent drug-busting operation in Shoreditch has drawn widespread criticism. But what should you do if you are approached by police? James Greig finds out.
Analysis: With the New Nationality Bill, the Border is Breathing Down Our Necks
Arianne Shahvisi
The Tories’ Nationality and Borders Bill passed on Wednesday. Arianne Shahvisi reflects on how many Black and minority ethnic UK citizens are increasingly being given second-class status.
Long Read: What Happened to Kill the Bill?
Rivkah Brown
The PCSC bill is on the brink of entering law, and yet the movement to kill it has all but evaporated. Activists haven’t given up, though - they’re simply changing gear to a longer-term project of abolition. Rivkah Brown reports.
Opinion: Sarah Everard’s Killer Isn’t One Bad Apple – The Whole Police Force is Rotten
Ash Sarkar
Contrary to what the Met would have us believe, Wayne Couzens’ employment as a police officer wasn’t incidental to his murder of Sarah Everard – it was central to it.
Report: Amazon’s ‘Total-Surveillance’ Supermarkets Have Arrived
Sophie K Rosa
As Amazon quietly launches its chain of convenience stores in the UK, campaigners are keen to raise the alarm about what it could mean for our freedom.
Opinion: 10 Years After the Riots, the Left Is Finally Taking on the Police State
Adam Elliott-Cooper
Many leftists struggled to extend solidarity to the rioters. Now, threatened with criminalisation themselves, it is crucial this mistake isn't made again.
Novara Live: Met Police Officer Wayne Couzens Pleads Guilty to Murdering Sarah Everard
#TyskySour returns this evening with Ash Sarkar and Moya Lothian-Mclean.
Opinion: Scrapping Britain’s First Red Light District Will Be a Disaster for Sex Workers
Lydia Caradonna and Kate Hardy
Leeds city council plans to close the ‘managed zone’ in Holbeck, where sex work has been permitted since 2014. It’s a decision that puts the pearl-clutching of gentrifiers before the safety of workers, write Lydia Caradonna and Kate Hardy.
Opinion: We Shouldn’t Ban Police From Pride. We Should Abolish Them Altogether
Shanice McBean
This year’s NYC Pride will be the first in years without a police presence. Pride in London’s refusal to follow suit has made the event look increasingly out of touch with a renewed abolitionist movement - one that demands safety from police everywhere, not just at Pride.
Novara Live: Tories Blaming the Term ‘White Privilege’ for Underachievement in Schools
MPs have criticised the term 'white privilege' in a report on the underachievement of white working class students. Once again, the usual suspects are overlooking class to use kids as a front in their culture war.
Downstream: The Daniel Morgan Murder Inquiry
The murder of Daniel Morgan in 1987 is back in the spotlight with the official inquiry report soon to be published. Ash Sarkar discusses the case with Daniel’s brother, Alastair Morgan.
Novara FM: Police State of Mind
Rivkah Brown presents a special episode examining how the blue tentacles of police power creep into our lives.
Downstream: How Britain’s Police Spied on the Left
The Undercover Policing Inquiry is examining the infiltration of more than 1,000 political groups by British police since 1968. How much has been disclosed? And will more revelations come to light? Aaron Bastani talks to Tom Fowler of the Spycops Info podcast.
ACFM: #ACFM Microdose: Kill the Bill
Does the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill pose a serious threat to movements on the left? The gang convene to discuss the politics of protest.
Downstream: Is Line of Duty Copaganda?
What impact does the ubiquity of police dramas on our screens have on the real criminal justice system? And has Line of Duty been feeding us pure ideology all this time? Ben Smoke and Caspar Salmon join Ash Sarkar to interrogate the world of fictional police.