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Richard North -
7 June 2026
In the wake of JD Vance’s comments about the “invasion of migrants” in Europe, we now have the US defence secretary Pete Hegseth likening recent sea arrivals in Europe to an “invasion”, warning that freedoms won in 1944 remain under threat. Hegseth’s remarks were delivered at the American Colleville-sur-Mer cemetery overlooking Omaha Beach, during commemorations… View Article ...Read full story
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Richard North -
6 June 2026
US Vice-president JD Vance has claimed the “invasion of migrants” in Europe is to blame for the murder of Henry Nowak. Vance says he died “the same way a civilization dies: abandoned, handcuffed by authorities who neither trusted nor cared for him, and accused of hate crimes he did not commit”. “His murder is as… View Article ...Read full story
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Richard North -
5 June 2026
Many moons ago, I recall angrily dismissing some official report or other, declaring that there was “no evidence” to support its conclusion. My PhD supervisor at the time – a microbiology professor of international renown – rebuked me. There was evidence, he said. It was extremely poor, he conceded, but it was evidence. Since then,… View Article ...Read full story
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Richard North -
4 June 2026
Entirely gratuitously (i.e., unasked) Starmer opened his session in yesterday’s PMQs with a reference to the Nowak controversy. “Henry Nowak’s family”, he said, “have shown extraordinary dignity after their son’s life was stolen in appalling circumstances. He was clearly a kind, thoughtful and much-loved young man”. Having laid that as his baseline, he then cautiously… View Article ...Read full story
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Richard North -
3 June 2026
Said Shabana Mahmood, the Pakistani-heritage home secretary who believes herself to be an Englishwoman, “There have been accusations, I know, of two-tier policing, and that one community has been prioritised over another”. She was speaking in the Commons, after the release of the bodycam footage (picture) on the police treatment of the dying 19-year-old student,… View Article ...Read full story
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