What’s happening in Portsmouth shows just how far we still are from putting public safety before politics.

Certain councils—and even local media—are still making the same “mistakes” that led to the scandal.

Updates on the asylum seeker sexual assault "cover-up" in Portsmouth.

Thread 🧵 The independent councillor who blew the whistle on a council chief executive’s alleged attempt to cover up a r*pe charge has now confirmed she is under formal investigation.

This is Councillor @georgedmadgwick

He recently blew the whistle on Portsmouth City Council.

Why? Because senior officials tried to suppress news that an asylum seeker—housed at public expense—had been charged with r*pe.

The essential dets and peeps involved. Thread 🧵 It all began last week, when rumours that an asylum-seeker had committed a r*pe circulated online. In response, council officials held private briefings with various councillors and party leaders.

The UK Home Office has come under heavy fire of late.

The recent "right-wing" terrorist definitions being a case in point...

But behind-the-scenes, they've been up to much more and worse.

Our American cousins might look on in disbelief.

Thread (Part 4) 🧵 There was so much to cover here I had to break it into four parts.

This is the last, part four — Bureaucratic Activism.

The Home Office and our counter-terrorism units have come under heavy fire of late.

The "right-wing" terrorist definitions being a case in point.

But behind-the-scenes, they've been up to much more and worse.

Others countries might look on in shock.

Thread (Part 3) 🧵 There was so damn much to cover here I had to break it into four parts.

Consider this part three — Incompetence and/or Negligence and Waste

Casey’s rapid review has vindicated so many who, for years, were smeared as liars.

Now, it's clear they were right, particularly about the Home Office report...

Here’s a quick look at some of those who persistently dismissed and undermined the truth.

Thread 🧵 Nick Lowles of Hope Not Hate.

In a 2013 BBC interview:

"Sexual predators come from all backgrounds... That is why we need to be vigilant about not creating stereotypes around just Pakistani men..."

This "anti-fascist" censor previously advised the government.

The Home Office and our counter-terrorism apparatus have come under heavy criticism of late.

But their recent "terrorist" definitions only scratch the surface...

Behind-the-scenes they've been up to much worse.

Others countries might look on in shock.

Thread (Part 2) 🧵 There was so much to cover here that I had to break it into four parts.

Consider this Part 2 — Data Concealment and Manipulation.

It's out.

Baroness Casey has published her rapid review into grooming gangs.

It's 197 pages long.

Here's some of the major observations so far scanning through.

Thread 🧵 Systemic and Institutional Failures

“The policy and delivery landscape… requires strong leadership… But what emerges instead… is a repeating cycle: seminal moments of scandal and public outrage which lead to bursts of government focus and activity but no sustained improvement…”

The UK Home Office and its counter-terrorism unit Prevent have come under heavy criticism of late.

But their recent "terrorist" definitions only scratch the surface...

Behind-the-scenes they've been up to much more and worse.

Others countries might look on in shock.

Thread 🧵 There's so damn much to cover, so here I'll just focus on what some might classify as overt political prejudice.

Consider this part 1. The next ones will focus on data concealment/manipulation, negligence and/or incompetence, and bureaucratic activism.

Britain's most reckless and hypocritical MP?—Miliband investigated.

Thread 🧵 It seems right to start off with Miliband’s conflicts of interest, which should have perhaps disqualified him as Energy Secretary. Yet, they appear to have been ignored.

There's been a lot of talk of blasphemy laws this week...

It follows Hamit Coskun's religiously aggravated public order conviction for burning a Koran.

Yet, the most scandalous part wasn't necessarily the verdict but the authorities' conduct.

Thread 🧵 This week, Coskun was convicted of a religiously aggravated public order offence for burning a Koran outside the Turkish consulate in London earlier in February.

There's been a lot of news about our "impartial" Attorney General, Lord Richard Hermer, as of late...

So here it is, all in one place.

Thread 🧵 There are moments that cut through the noise and reveal a situation for what it really is. The recent comments from our Attorney General, Lord Richard Hermer, was one of those moments.

Every bit of "tyrannical" legislation Labour have in the works...

Thread 🧵 In Feb, Home Secretary Yvette Cooper tabled the Crime and Policing Bill in the Commons, with the aim of “halving knife crime and violence against women and girls in a decade".

Meet Kevin Lister—a maths teacher sacked in 2021 for refusing to use a student’s preferred pronouns.

Today, he takes his fight to the Appeals Tribunal.

The outcome could reshape British education.

Thread 🧵 When mathematician and father of two, Kevin Lister, went to work one day in September 2021, he would unknowingly face a situation that would change his life for the foreseeable future.

Meet Julia King, the Baroness Brown of Cambridge.

She sits in the House of Lords, influencing policy while receiving tens of thousands from Big Green energy companies every year.

Her shady ties explained 🧵 Since being granted a life peerage in 2015 under David Cameron, Baroness Brown has built an extensive portfolio of climate-linked side jobs.

She received her seat in the Lords for "contributions to engineering and public services", particularly in the area of climate policy.

Past Prime Ministers have arguably resigned for less than this...

Yet, so few are talking about it. Thread 🧵 Four days ago, His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Fire and Rescue Services (HMICFRS) published part two of its rapid review into the police response to the 2024 Southport unrest.

The findings were damning.

There have been major updates in the grooming gang scandal this week...

What you may have missed. Thread 🧵 While the Labour government continues to stall, delay, and obfuscate on r*pe/grooming gangs, behind-the-scenes independent journalists and grassroots researchers have been putting in the hard yards.

This bloke’s been all over the news lately.

His name is John Robins and he's the Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police.

Under his watch, the force might’ve become the most aggressively political in our modern history.

All the receipts so far. Thread 🧵 Last week, journalists Robert Mendick and Isabel Oakeshott uncovered that one of the UK’s largest forces, West Yorkshire Police (WYP), has been delaying applications from white candidates in a bid to boost “diversity.”

Some may not have heard of Adam Wren...

But he and his team have done more for grooming/r*pe gang survivors in a few months than entire government departments have in years.

He runs Open Justice UK and he's been forcing open Britain's buried grooming gang files.

Thread 🧵 Adam runs Open Justice UK, a small but relentless outfit pushing for transparency in the courts. In just a few months, his campaign has triggered the release of dozens of long-buried grooming gang trial transcripts.

Lucy Connolly’s case hasn’t gone away—and neither has the injustice.

Days ago, journalist Allison Pearson interviewed her husband, Ray, who shared previously undisclosed details about Lucy’s ordeal.

Here are some of the most harrowing—with some added context.

Thread 🧵 Lucy was one of more than 1,500 people arrested following the unrest after the July 29 murders of three little girls—Elsie Dot Stancombe, Bebe King, and Alice da Silva Aguiar—by Axel Rudakubana.

The hysteria around Netflix’s Adolescence has been—let’s be frank—ridiculous.

Everyone from government comms teams to activists have jumped on it.

It practically took over Britain.

So here are the facts (some underreported) to put it to bed once and for all (hopefully) 🧵 When Adolescence premiered on Netflix on 13 March 2025, it didn’t just trend—it detonated.

It's now logged over 96m views.

The fictional mini-series follows a 13-year-old schoolboy—an “incel” who, fuelled by online misogyny and self-loathing, murders a female classmate.

It hasn’t really hit the news yet, but…

Labour is being accused of quietly "killing" the local grooming gang inquiries they promised back in January.

Critics say it’s a betrayal.

Here’s what they've done. Thread 🧵 Back in January, Labour Home Secretary Yvette Cooper promised the country that the government would act on the grooming gang scandal.