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A vigil for former Cambridge professor Jason Arday has descended into furious accusations against Britain’s media, with campaigners demanding a public inquiry and tighter press regulation.
Tom Slater on the Jason Arday vigil, incendiary ‘lynching’ claims and the push to silence Britain’s press — plus Labour stalls North Sea drilling, and Angela Rayner clears the way for more traveller sites
Peer Lord Simon Woolley declared that Arday had been publicly “assassinated” and “lynched” — but the explosive words were conspicuously missing from footage distributed to news organisations by the Press Association.
Julia Hartley-Brewer asks why reporters are refusing to defend themselves against accusations of racism and murder — and warns that a tragic death is being exploited to advance…
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