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‘Get Rid of Them’: A Statue Falls as Britain Confronts Its Racist History
Mark Landler (New York Times) When demonstrators dumped the monument to a slave trader into Bristol Harbor, they galvanized a debate that echoes conversations happening in the American South about statues of Confederate generals. Protesters throwing the statue of the slave trader Edward Colston into Bristol Harbor on Sunday.Credit…Ben Birchall/Press Association, via Associated Press LONDON … Continue reading
Curtailing liberty
Daily FT When the State acts in ways that result in life-changing impacts on citizens (the curfew in this instance, but could also be allowing infected individuals to clear the airport), there must be accountability. There must be evidence that decisions were taken on the best available information and with best efforts made to minimise … Continue reading
The inherent danger in the Doctrine of Necessity
Sunday Times Editorial The legality or the lack thereof of the ongoing curfew was briefly taken to a Court of Law this week during a bail application on behalf of an actor turned politician turned attention- grabber. The Police was not ready to challenge the defence counsel’s argument that the curfew was illegal and while … Continue reading
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