Opinion

The President chose cheers over tears by stepping into the warm embrace of the NRA rather than tackling gun crime - a decision he should be made to rue  Donald Trump’s address to the National Rifle Association convention on Friday was a thoughtless move from a President who has routinely failed to address the rise of violent crime in America, and should come as a call to arms for young people in the country. The President was met by cheers in Dallas by...

When we think of local charities, the image that springs to mind is often that of the village pump preservation society and their creaky wooden tombola. However, the reality is that local charities now provide the last, and often the only, line of support to many of our most marginalised people and communities. Over the last decade grassroots charities and community groups have increasingly taken on responsibility for addressing society’s basic needs, soaking up the pressure created by cuts in...

Comments by Lord Roberts that likened Theresa May's approach to Brexit to the Nazi takeover of Germany in 1933 have been met with disdain by several of his counterparts in the House of Lords, but the Llandudno peer is well within his rights to flag historical warning signs as we enter a perilous period for politics. The Liberal Democrat politician claimed the Prime Minister was trying to undermine the role of Parliament as Adolf Hitler did when he seized power with his Enabling Bill....

It was with a splash that the classic Tory power pose made a return to newspaper front pages this morning. Standing outside the Home Office Sajid Javid followed George Osborne, David Cameron and Theresa May in striking the awkward stance that is supposed to strike notes of confidence, determination and strength. The underlying message was also made clear. Javid is here to end the hostile era for illegal immigrants, with promises of a policy overhaul on the back of the...

Today we are demonstrating against the Home Office’s planned secretive mass charter flight deportations to Jamaica and Nigeria. A full amnesty to those who have been criminalised by racist immigration laws is the only way to right a historic wrong. By Karen Doyle, Movement for Justice This weekend we celebrated  the release of Yvonne Williams - a 59 year old grandmother of seven children who has spent the past EIGHT months locked up. Her crime? Coming a cropper of a racist...

If you're looking for a demonstration of how Western society has decayed into an internet-fuelled rot then look no further than the viral social media trend that is paedophile hunting. With a warped sense of social responsibility that harks back to Medieval lynchings Britain's streets are now home to vigilantes who are taking the law into their own hands in order to bring sex criminals to justice. They lay out a trap, play the role of the bait and with...

By Ben Bird Tech giants Google and Facebook have come under fire recently for providing a platform giving users of their social channels access to large volumes of news content, whilst doing nothing to support its origination. But should they be made to pay, or should advertisers be doing more to back local journalism? The news media marketplace has changed massively over the past decade. The explosion in internet usage has opened up a new digital audience for regional news content,...

In a keynote address at the CBI Northern Ireland Annual Dinner on Thursday, CBI Director-General, Carolyn Fairbairn, will reflect the deep concern about political uncertainty and Brexit shared by businesses and communities across Northern Ireland. 20 years on from the Good Friday agreement, politicians from Northern Ireland, Britain and the EU must make sure they do not turn the clock back on peace and prosperity. The CBI urges all sides to consider what’s at stake. In the 20 years since...

  Neville Lawrence and other victims of an undercover police officer who infiltrated and spied on murdered teen Stephen Lawrence’s family delivered a letter to Amber Rudd today, demanding that their concerns are listened to, and changes made, in the Undercover Policing Inquiry. Stephen Lawrence’s father was among a group of core participants in the inquiry delivering the letter at lunchtime today, to the Home Office in Marsham Street. They are demanding to an increasing amount of secrecy over the role...