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Category: Police

March 30, 2019March 30, 2019mbarker2012

Child Abuse Scandals in the Intelligence Community

December 17, 2018December 17, 2018mbarker2012

Standing United in Defence of Chris Fernandez and the Stansted 15

December 9, 2018December 9, 2018mbarker2012

Reporting on the First Month of France’s ‘Yellow Vest’ Uprising

July 7, 2017July 8, 2017mbarker2012

Visions of Bena Balunda: A Documentary History of the Black Power Movement in Leicester 1970-72

July 3, 2017July 3, 2017mbarker2012

#ScrapTheCap, No More Austerity!

June 11, 2017June 11, 2017mbarker2012

Leicestershire Police Have Just Demanded an End to Further Funding Cuts

November 2, 2016November 2, 2016mbarker2012

People Power (in Leicester) Versus the Government

August 31, 2016November 20, 2017mbarker2012

Reselections and The Battle for the Labour Party

May 22, 2016June 20, 2017mbarker2012

Islamophobia, the EU, and the Real Preachers of Hate — Britain First

May 8, 2016May 8, 2016mbarker2012

Willy Bach Peace or the Military?

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