Luke Gittos

1 week ago | spiked-online.com | Luke Gittos |Frank Furedi

I didn’t know what to expect when I decided to read the now-infamous application to ‘de-proscribe’ Hamas. This is the application lodged by a British law firm last week to remove Hamas from the UK government’s list of banned organisations under the Terrorism Act. The lawyers have asked home secretary Yvette Cooper to make it legal to openly support Hamas in the UK, given that the act makes expressing support for any proscribed organisation a criminal offence.

1 month ago | spiked-online.com | Luke Gittos |Matt Ridley

Share Topics Politics UK Want to read spiked ad-free? Become a spiked supporter. The Sentencing Council for England and Wales has put equality before the law in serious doubt. Last week, it published new sentencing guidelines appearing to favour offenders from ethnic-minority backgrounds. The guidance requires judges to consider a pre-sentence report (PSR) before passing a sentence on an offender from an ‘ethnic-minority, cultural-minority, and / or faith-minority community’.

2 months ago | spiked-online.com | Luke Gittos |Tom Slater

The stabbing of a 14-year-old rapper speaks to a culture of nihilism that must be confronted. Share Topics UK Want to read spiked ad-free? Become a spiked supporter. We need to ask why so many aspiring rappers end up being murdered. Earlier this month, 14-year-old Kelyan Bokassa was stabbed to death on a bus in Woolwich, south London.

Jan 8, 2025 | spiked-online.com | Luke Gittos

Share Topics Politics UK Want to read spiked ad-free? Become a spiked supporter. In one of Elon Musk’s recent and increasingly weird interventions into UK politics, the X owner has called for the release of anti-Islam activist and English Defence League founder Tommy Robinson, who is currently serving an 18-month sentence for breaching a civil injunction. Last week, Musk demanded that UK prime minister Keir Starmer ‘free Tommy Robinson’, who Musk believes is a political prisoner.

Dec 2, 2024 | spiked-online.com | Luke Gittos

Share Topics UK Want to read spiked ad-free? Become a spiked supporter. The career of MasterChef presenter Gregg Wallace is almost certainly over. He has been branded a sexual harasser in the pages of every newspaper. The calls for his sacking have become deafening, and even the British prime minister and MPs have intervened to condemn the BBC star.