NOW — The Home Office has released the list of social media posts its Standards and Compliance Unit observed about Prevent in 2024. The department disclosed: • A post of mine criticising a local-council training module that directed staff to report anyone sharing “anti-immigration views” to counter-terrorism police. • A post from @Con_Tomlinson criticising the Home Office’s RICU unit and the fact Prevent designated Douglas Murray a far-right extremist. Dozens of other public posts and articles are listed raising the same position, “Prevent training focuses heavily on the far-right while downplaying Islamist extremism.” This unit, known as “StaCU” - is collecting and logging criticism of Prevent’s training bias. The original request for this material was refused under national-security and health-and-safety exemptions. Disclosure only happened after the applicant went to the ICO.

We are stepping over this. Farage & Co have betrayed their base, we offered to co-operate in some way, that was thrown back in our faces. We are one of the fastest growing parties in British politics, 4th largest in Britain by membership and 2nd largest in Scotland. Let’s go.

Regarding the protests in Portsmouth, who authorised the positioning of opposing protesters so close together and what was the safety rationale? I have submitted a request to Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary and contacted its press office for an urgent, on-the-record explanation. In a circulating GB News report, the reporter describes police bringing a rival demonstration into the area where anti-immigration protesters had gathered. The footage shows opposing groups nearby, separated by police lines. Did police escort or direct the counter-demonstration into that position? Was this the agreed plan, or was it changed on the day? The FOI seeks the relevant operational-plan extracts, maps, risk assessments and command decision-log entries. These records could establish what was decided, when, and the reasons recorded at the time. I have also asked the force to preserve relevant command logs, radio recordings, police video and CCTV, and to identify anything inaccurate or incomplete in the reporter’s account. The clip alone does not establish why the groups were positioned there. The police should have the opportunity to explain any operational constraints or circumstances outside the footage. Decisions affecting the safety of peaceful protesters, officers and bystanders deserve scrutiny. The public should be able to understand how those decisions were reached. I’ll publish the force’s response and report what the records establish.

Last minute branch meeting in Horsham talking about Makerfield, what’s next for Restore, and about how imperative it is to mobilise the local community ready for 2027 and 2029. Thank you to everyone who attended.