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Policing the rise of the right

Retired Met officer Chris Hobbs says successful policing tactics are overlooked by both sides of the political divide.

Police separate demonstrators in Bootle, Merseyside, after Tommy Robinson leaves following an election campaign event.

Police separate demonstrators in Bootle, Merseyside, after Tommy Robinson leaves following an election campaign event.

Date - 21st May 2019
By - Chris Hobbs
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To read the accounts of events in Oldham on Saturday from those on the Tommy Robinson side, the reader could be forgiven for thinking that the police provided an ‘escort’ to Muslim Defence League youths opposing Robinson with the sole...
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