We haven’t done enough to prevent the riots of last summer happening
again, says Simon Marcus in this week’s cover feature. And in the latest episode of our The View From 22 podcast he expands on this, discussing his personal experiences with the Boxing
Academy in Tottenham and Hackney:
James Forsyth also discusses why an EU referendum is becoming more likely — thanks to a combination of UKIP, Boris Johnson and public opinion. And Fraser Nelson gives his thoughts on what was missing from yesterday’s Queen’s Speech.‘What enabled us to engage in strong debate during the whole process was what I saw on the front line at the Boxing Academy for many years. But what I was being asked, in many ways, to accept was wrong. When you’re being told that your eyes and ears have deceived you for five years, that’s something I can’t accept.’
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