Grieve’s dogwhistle u-turn on youth crime

The Tories today released figures claiming young criminals given community sentences were guilty of “100,000 extra crimes a year”. They say that, since 2002: “Over 650,000 crimes have been committed by juvenile offenders who had received a community sentence, referraltest

Politics Summary: Tuesday, February 16th

Sign up to receive this daily email by 9am every morning. The Taleban’s most senior commander Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar has been detained in Karachi in a secret raid by US and Pakistani intelligence forces. The New York Times claimstest

Look Left – The Week in Fast Forward

The Week in Politics • David Cameron’s mask finally slipped this week with a deluge of stories – no doubt to the delight of Thatcher and the blue rinse – indicating the nasty party were well and truly back: un-green,test