“Politicians must act with tougher enforcement, tighter controls and real accountability for irresponsible breeders and owners. Because public safety must come before profit, before fashion, and before any more lives are destroyed”
The ban on XL bullies was meant to make Britain safer. Instead, it risks becoming a loophole open to exploitation.
Our investigation shows breeders are simply shrinking the problem – pushing so-called “pocket bullies” that are genetically the same animals, just smaller in size, but no less powerful or dangerous. The consequences are already being felt.
A three-month-old baby dead. A young boy left with life-changing injuries. Families shattered in an instant. It is not coincidence.
It is the predictable result of laws that are too easy to dodge and too weakly enforced. The Dangerous Dogs Act is outdated and riddled with gaps.
Those gaps are now being manipulated for money, while warnings from victims and experts go unheeded. Politicians must act with tougher enforcement, tighter controls and real accountability for irresponsible breeders and owners. Because public safety must come before profit, before fashion, and before any more lives are destroyed.
Crass remark
The alleged incorrect and unfounded remark made about tragic Novichok victim Dawn Sturgess is as shocking as it is revealing. A British mother murdered on our streets by a nerve agent attack, dismissed as if her life mattered less.
It is not just offensive, it is a profound moral failure at the heart of public service. Dawn was not a statistic or an inconvenience. She was a daughter, a mother, a loved one caught up in an act of Russian state-sponsored violence.
To reduce her to a label is to strip away her humanity. Those in power are meant to serve with compassion, not calculation. If this account is true, it demands answers and accountability. Because in the society in which we live, every life matters equally and without exception.
Long-running
Eleven years on, the Ever Presents are still showing us all how it’s done on the streets of the capital.
With a combined age of 465, some octogenarians, they are set to tackle yet another London Marathon.
Their determination, humour and refusal to stop are inspiring.
