Dave SmithIs Islam compatible with the ‘West’?I started writing this in the wake of the Manchester bomb attack but keep stopping short. I started again after the Borough Market attack…Jun 22, 2017Jun 22, 2017
Dave SmithThe relationship between Islam and ‘Islamic Terrorism’I just was sick a little bit in my mouth when I wrote the phrase ‘Islamic Terrorism’. I don’t like it, it’s inelegant and inaccurate. I…Mar 24, 2017Mar 24, 2017
Dave SmithCould the Police do more with less?As you know if you’ve read anything else I’ve written, I was a copper for 14 years. I was reading some bits in the news last week about how…Mar 7, 2017Mar 7, 2017
Dave SmithHow to survive being a Police officer.I was a copper for 14 years in various guises and in various places across the UK. I have just left the Police to retrain in another…Mar 3, 2017Mar 3, 2017
Dave SmithCharlatans: Trump, Corbyn and the death of complexityWe live in puerile times; public debate has morphed into a form of verbal mud slinging which has empowered the proponents of radical…Feb 27, 2017Feb 27, 2017