A changing #global landscape; #economically, #criminally and also #militarily. The #threats posed by #hostile nations towards the #UK are real and present.

A worrying example of how the interpretation and application of new laws can evolve over time.

The Terrorism Act has been used against precisely the kinds of actions that Parliament explicitly stated it would not apply to when the law was originally passed.

Wow, social programs work to reduce crime 😱

How courts might stop Donald Trump’s attack on civil society A recent unanimous Supreme Court case augurs a showdown

"Sheila Heen of the Harvard Negotiation Project is advising bosses to do something she never normally suggests: don’t negotiate. The punishment for disloyalty, she reckons, only gets worse “once you are his”"
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From The Economist

Witnesses describe ‘horror’ after Israeli forces fire at Palestinians waiting for aid trucks At least 51 people killed and hundreds wounded in Khan Younis as they sought food supplies, says Gaza health ministry

Every day, another deliberate massacre of starving civilians.

Silence speaks louder than words.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Off to Signal then

It never fails to amaze me how Europe's anti-migrant hysteria leaves it completely unprepared for the actual crises unfolding at its doorsteps. In the coming months, we could witness the arrival of Iranians, Palestinians, more Ukrainians, even Israeli and US citizens

Yet elected officials STILL refuse to impeach and remove him.

From the Casey Audit, on the matter of adultification. As I've noted elswhere, arguably the most glaring egs of adultification by policing (and others) have related to the victims of child sexual abuse and exploitation (CSE/A) in places like Rotherham and Rochdale.

Birds of a feather always flock together

Surge of ICE agreements with local police aim to increase deportations, but many police forces have found they undermine public safety As part of US President Donald Trump’s framework for large deportations of undocumented immigrants, there has been a huge increase in 287(g) agreements allowing police to function as federal…

Surge of ICE agreements with local police aim to increase deportations, but many police forces have found they undermine public safety
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Contested Imaginaries: Youth, Inequality, and Security in Argentina A public seminar by Professor Emilio Ayos

Join us for an @lssi.bsky.social public seminar from Professor Emilio Ayos on “Contested Imaginaries: Youth, Inequality, and Security in Argentina”.

📅 15 July
🕐 1pm-3pm
📍 Social Sciences Building 14.33, 13 Beech Grove Terrace Woodhouse LS2 9DA

Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/contested-...

Archetyp Market – one of the longest-running darknet drug markets with over 600 000 users – is no more.

💻 Infrastructure dismantled
👤 Admin arrested
💰 EUR 7.8M seized

Read more in our press release ⤵️

www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/...

Bob Costas nailed it. 🎯

Dan Pink: My 5 favorite talks on work | TED Talks Popular business author Dan Pink picks his 5 favorite TED Talks on how to find greater success at work.

Dan Pink playlist on TED Talks

#motivation #CPD

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🎉 Congrats to Dr Andy Tatnell, winner of the Early Career Impact Award at #SIPC2025! Honoured for research on Police Scotland’s Tutor Constable Model—shaping practice, values & development across UK & beyond. A great example of research driving real-world change! 👏 #Policing