Policing by consent, which is one of the nine core principles in Sir Robert Peel’s Metropolitan Police Act 1829, means the police’s ability to perform their duties is dependent on public approval of police actions. However, in recent years there has been massive anger towards the police when unarmed civilians have been shot and killed, […]
It was at a job-fair, in 2006, in which a young, self-proclaimed ‘computer wizard’ called Edward Snowden found his calling. He was offered a position at the Central Intelligence Agency’s global communications division in Langley, and he was later placed onto a diplomatic cover exercise in Switzerland. ‘I realised I was part of something that […]
Prison is, in my view, one of the few places where you’ll find true diversity. It is generally the case that, from birth, the less privileged follow a similar, modest path to one another, whereas the rich and powerful can retreat into a lifestyle of luxury and ‘private’ schools, roads, jets, etc. But once a […]
I can personally recall the rush of the referendum like it was yesterday. The underdogs, the Leave campaign, insisted that we ‘take back control’ by rebelling against Prime Minister David Cameron and the ‘establishment’ he represented. UKIP’s Nigel Farage and his associates were successful with their arguments, despite many of them being factually untrue, having […]
For a long time, I have taken the view that the death penalty is a dreadful idea. I often ask supporters of this punishment, “What kind of civilised society would kill their own?”. There are unfortunately many answers to that question, but the most publicised killer of criminals is the United States of America. Recently […]
Elliot Tyler