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Police should not be above scrutiny, Polanski says over Golders Green post

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THE police should not be above scrutiny, Zack Polanski has said, amid a political furore over a post he shared about officers’ behaviour during the Golders Green stabbings.

The Green Party leader also hit out at Metropolitan Police chief Sir Mark Rowley – who wrote an open letter criticising the politician over the repost – saying the commissioner’s move was not “an appropriate way to do politics.”

Mr Polanski retweeted an X post which accused officers of kicking the suspect in the north-west London attack in the head after he had already been incapacitated.

He has faced criticism, including from Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, who branded him “disgraceful” and “not fit to lead any political party.”

Mr Polanski told Sky News: “I think you can both recognise the bravery of officers who run towards incidents that most of us, including myself, would certainly want to run away from – and find the appropriate forum to say that no-one, especially the police, should be above scrutiny.

“The reason why I’ve apologised is I accept that wasn’t the appropriate forum.”

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Morning Star Editorial: Suppressing protest won’t save the government or Labour Party

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 People take part in a march organised by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, from Russell Square to Whitehall in central London, June 21, 2025

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We live in a country now where the police round up hundreds at peaceful sit-ins for the slogans on their placards, where they inspect the books and flyers on political stalls, where peace movement leaders get convicted of public order offences for leading a march to lay flowers on the road in memory of dead children.

Suppressing these movements does nothing to address their grievances and Labour’s support is in freefall. Arrests such as those at Lakenheath air base, protesting at the US using British territory as a launchpad to bomb Iran, are not even made to shield our government but a Donald Trump regime that humiliates and undermines it at every turn, while dragging our country into illegal wars.

Wales First Minister Eluned Morgan, demanding an end to military co-operation with the United States on a military radar project in Pembrokeshire, sees how toxic and dangerous the US alliance has become.

There is little Labour can do to turn things around by May: doing so at all will require a complete overhaul of government policy, and the ejection of Starmer himself.

But Morgan’s intervention does point to an immediate step needed to show Labour intends to change: dump Trump, and Netanyahu. Stop arresting people to shield them.

Stop the slide into repression and war.

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Palestine Action joke that appeared in the UK satirical magazine 'Private Eye'.
Palestine Action joke that appeared in the UK satirical magazine ‘Private Eye’.
Keir Starmer objects to criticism of the IDF. He asks how could anyone object to them starving people to death, forced marches like the Nazis did, bombing Gaza's hospitals and universities, mass-murdering journalists, healthworkers and starving people queuing for food, killing and raping prisoners and murdering children. He calls for people to stop obstructing his genocide for Israel.
Keir Starmer objects to criticism of the IDF. He asks how could anyone object to them starving people to death, forced marches like the Nazis did, bombing Gaza’s hospitals and universities, mass-murdering journalists, healthworkers and starving people queuing for food, killing and raping prisoners and murdering children. He calls for people to stop obstructing his genocide for Israel.
Keir Starmer explains that UK is actively supporting Israel's genocidal expansion and repeats his previous quotation that he supports Zionism "without qualification". Keir Starmer said “I said it loud and clear – and meant it – that I support Zionism without qualification.” here: https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/keir-starmer-interview-i-will-work-to-eradicate-antisemitism-from-day-one/
Keir Starmer explains that UK is actively supporting Israel’s genocidal expansion and repeats his previous quotation that he supports Zionism “without qualification”. Keir Starmer said “I said it loud and clear – and meant it – that I support Zionism without qualification.” here: https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/keir-starmer-interview-i-will-work-to-eradicate-antisemitism-from-day-one/

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Human rights organisations raise alarm over government’s plans for policing

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 City of London Police officers during a raid at a property in London used by a suspected member of a phone snatching gang, February 26, 2026

HUMAN rights organisations are raising the alarm over the government’s plans for policing, warning that forces will not be held to account.

Inquest, Amnesty International, Runnymede and the Centre for Women’s Justice published an open letter to Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood today, calling for her to reconsider plans that will “weaken the public’s ability to scrutinise” police actions.

The plans would legislate to overturn a landmark judgment following the fatal shooting of unarmed Jermaine Baker in 2015, which sets a test for police officers to justify their use of force.

The government now intends to raise the threshold for challenging a police officer’s defence, a move campaigners warn would dramatically reduce the number of cases progressing to misconduct hearings.

The plans also aim to change the law relating to the Maughan case, which concerns the standard of proof required for an unlawful killing conclusion at an inquest.

If the government pushes ahead, it will become even harder for bereaved families and victims to attain accountability, campaigners say.

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Former Deputy Labour Party Leader Angela Rayner calls for police to kill and harass innocent people.
Former Deputy Labour Party Leader Angela Rayner calls for police to kill and harass innocent people.
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Bolivian police fire tear gas and rubber bullets at striking workers

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 Miners march to protest President Rodrigo Paz’s decision to remove fuel subsidies in La Paz, Bolivia, December 29, 2025

BOLIVIAN police used tear gas and rubber bullets to keep striking workers away from the Congress building on Tuesday during an eighth day of anti-austerity demonstrations.

Miners launched fireworks at police and let off of sticks of dynamite during the battle against the elimination of decades-old fuel subsidies and other neoliberal measures by new President Rodrigo Paz.

Petrol prices have risen by 86 per cent and diesel is up by 162 per cent, following the scrapping of the subsidies under Decree 5503.

The Bolivian Workers Centre (COB) union bloc is planning to intensify protests in the coming week, following a unity agreement between miners, peasants, factory workers and teachers that was signed on Sunday.

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Workers’ ire rose after the Paz government insisted that it would not modify “a single article” of 5503.

The decree also gives the central bank the green light to borrow money without the approval of Bolivia’s legislature.

COB second secretary Jose Choque said at least 101 of the 121 articles in the decree were unconstitutional.

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