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The questions that need answering on the Chagos Islands deal

January 16, 2025

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How to stop Gerry Adams’s taxpayer-funded pay day

January 15, 2025

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Trump’s presidency could spell the end of Iran’s regime

January 13, 2025

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The Chagos Islands deal is uniquely terrible

January 10, 2025

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The Chagos plan is fast turning into Labour’s Rwanda debacle

January 10, 2025

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Fury as ex-Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams in line for PAYOUT for being held during The Troubles under new Labour law

January 15, 2025

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Fury as PM paves the way to give Gerry Adams tens of thousands of pounds in compensation: Former Sinn Fein leader in line for payout following unlawful detention in the 1970s after Labour law change

January 15, 2025

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Gerry Adams in line for ‘payday from taxpayer’ under plans to repeal Legacy Act, says think tank report

January 15, 2025

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Starmer says he will strive to prevent Gerry Adams receiving compensation

January 15, 2025

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Starmer to pay damages to Gerry Adams

January 15, 2025

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Gerry Adams in line for ‘pay day’ if Legacy Act repealed

January 15, 2025

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Backed by 16 leading peers, this report shows that a new Government decision to change the law will result in Gerry Adams and hundreds of others being in line for a pay day from the taxpayer as “compensation” for their detention in the 1970s for suspected involvement in terrorism.

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This new Policy Exchange report calls for the UK Government to withdraw immediately from the proposed deal, arguing that four developments since the deal’s announcement expose its flimsy foundations, and undermine the Government’s claim that the Diego Garcia military base’s “long-term future is… more secure under this agreement than without it”.

The report is backed by former First Sea Lord and former Labour Security Minister, Rt. Hon Admiral Lord West of Spithead GCB DSC PC.

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✍️ "Labour's quiet plan to 'decolonise' street names proves the culture wars aren't over"

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In this policy note we outline the origins of Non-Crime Hate Incidents (NCHIs), the approach by police forces to recording them and their impact.

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✍️"...the ICC has undermined – perhaps fatally – its own credibility, as well as prospects for a peace settlement in Gaza."

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✍️"A restoration of common sense to policing may well be the first step for the Government and His Majesty’s Loyal Opposition in their joint mission to keep the populists at bay"

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📣 NEW REPORT

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