One particular canard from this week’s news of Axel Rudabukana’s (AR) transfer from Belmarsh to Broadmoor is the question of whether he’s entitled to benefits once in hospital. I didn’t realise this was such a difficult issue for some and I especially didn’t realise how deeply some would double down after it was explained to […]

It was publicly reported yesterday that Axel Rudakubana, who killed three little girls in Southport in 2024 and serious injured countless more, has been transferred from Belmarsh prison in London, to Broadmoor hospital in Berkshire, which is one of the UK’s four “high secure” hospitals along with Rampton (Nottinghamshire), Ashworth (Merseyside) and Carstairs (Scotland). This transfer […]

If we are going to talk about deaths after police contact – and I think we should – then at some stage we are going to have to define what they are.  Some have tried – the current stuff on this is not great, and for a few different reasons we might need to think […]