Nickie Aiken: Extinction Rebellion are eco vandals

Broken glass. Tons of rubbish. Forcing the police to use helicopters. The irony is not lost on me on the harm to the environment.

WATCH: Phillips – ‘The police put their foot down, before they put their boot in’

The Shadow Minister for Domestic Violence says a way should have been found for a peaceful remembrance to go ahead lawfully yesterday.

The police must be politically impartial. That includes being even-handed in upholding the law on protests.

If they “take the knee” towards some demonstrators, but not others, how can we be confident that neutrality is being maintained?

Marx, Engels and what their omission from the statue-toppling campaign tells us

The racism of both men is well known – so why have they been spared from the chop?

WATCH: Republican senator wants “people to be comfortable to peacefully protest”

“But boy, you sure don’t want these poor business owners getting hurt. People get hurt. As you know, we’ve had… law enforcement have lost their life.”

WATCH: Health Secretary says demonstrations are ‘undoubtedly a risk’ for spreading Covid-19

“The virus itself doesn’t discriminate, and gathering in large groups is temporarily against the rules precisely because it increases the risk…”

Ministers must act to spur a tougher, more pro-active police response to Extinction Rebellion

The Cambridgeshire Constabulary have been rightly criticised, but the Government needs to set timorous senior officers on firmer legal ground.

‘Words have consequences.’ Unless, it seems, you’re a hardcore Remainer.

What would they say if Brexiteers used the language of coups, Nazis, and spilt blood that has been so prevalent from the pro-EU camp in the last 24 hours?

Naked flesh does not stop the Brexit debate

The protesters were at length evicted from the Public Gallery, but no one really seemed to be in charge.

James Frayne: Might the UK see its own Yellow Vest uprising?

Let us hope not. It’s unlikely, but not completely impossible. The Government must battle four trends to reduce the risk.

Garvan Walshe: What Macron can learn from Thatcher’s victory against the miners’ strike

The Gilets Jaunes protests are not just a challenge to his tax policy, but to the democratically elected government of France. He must hit back.

Don’t be fooled by McDonnell’s latter-day conversion to peaceful protest

In 2011 the now-Shadow Chancellor praised a mob attack on Conservative headquarters. That is a much better reflection of his true nature.