Demonstrators outside the Amba Hotel at Marble Arch, London, where the Undercover Policing Inquiry are holding hearings
IF THEY have their wits about them, the governors of the BBC will cause the mercurial talents of Jed Mercurio to be directed towards safer subjects than the corrupt functioning of the capitalist state’s coercive apparatus.
Thirteen million-plus is a very respectable viewing figure. The scriptwriter of Line of Duty left our state-affiliated broadcaster with a final episode audience of this gripping police drama that was just a few thousand short of the vote that the winning party gained in the last general election.
An audience this size is a testament to the quality of the script and the assembled talents of a team effort that distinguishes public service broadcasting at its best.
The Met Police's refusal to act against British nationals accused of war crimes in Gaza is a green light for Israel's genocide, writes CLAUDIA WEBBE
ANSELM ELDERGILL looks at the legality of the wars in the Middle East and the means used to fight them. It is said that truth is the first casualty of war, so what is the truth with regard to the legality of America’s and Israel’s wars in Iran, Palestine and Lebanon?
Italians reject controversial judiciary reforms in a referendum that boosts the left, reports NICK WRIGHT
Inspired by a hit TV show, KEITH FLETT takes a look at the murky history of undercover class war