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Labour Gunned Down over Teenage Deaths

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Gareth Ludkin on guns, knives and Labour’s response to youth anarchy

As I sat down to write this article, I was confronted with the shocking reality of gun and knife crime in the UK. As I began to research the story ,I was greeted with the news that two young defenceless children had been stabbed and killed.

Furthermore, another teenager became the latest victim of gun crime: Sharmaarke Hassan, 17, was shot in the head on the 24th May, becoming the 15th victim of gun and knife crime in London since the beginning of the year. Last year only witnessed 28.

Students arrested over Terrorist Manual

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With the number of students interrogated over controversial material on the increase,Wendy Woodhead asks: Is this the beginning of the demise for freedom of speech in universities?

Freedom of speech in Higher Education was compromised once again as two students from Nottingham University were arrested under the Terrorism Act.

Hicham Yezza, a 30 year-old student and recent employee of the university and his 22 year-old student friend Rizwaan Sabir were arrested on May 14 and detained for six days.

Will this be Gordon’s Finest Hour?

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Wendy Woodhead explains how the once dubbed ‘Saviour of New Labour’ now wishes he was just a meager ‘Heir to Blair’

As the credit crunch bites it isn’t just house prices that are on a downward slope under Labour, as Gordon Brown’s popularity plummets. The first YouGov poll since Labour’s defeat in the Crewe & Nantwich by-election showed Labour lagging behind the Conservatives with 23% to their 47%.

This is hardly surprising considering the wave of failures we have seen from Labour since Gordon Brown took over as Prime Minister. A rebellious fervour is beginning to circulate around Westminster once again, a year since Tony Blair was ousted from the party.

Blair: the World’s Faith Healer

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Most former Prime Ministers retire gracefully, often preferring the green of a cricket pitch and a glass full of Pimm’s like that of John Major’s summer pursuits. However, Blair being Blair he has decided to knight himself as a 21st century Global Missionary.

He recently unveiled the Tony Blair Faith Foundation, in which its grandiose aim is to unite the world’s religions in addressing the most pressing social issues on the planet.