The defence of Danny Thomas should be built on evidence, not outrage. If British Security Project holds credible material showing a covert landing of hostile actors by sea, that material belongs in a proper legal process. It must be tested, disclosed, challenged, and weighed. That is the only serious route. Claims about pro-Russian mercenaries, private military companies, small boats, and ferry terminals are grave. They raise national security issues. They also risk harming innocent people if...

Britain is divided at the exact moment it needs to be steady. That is the danger. A country can survive fierce debate, but it weakens when every problem becomes a weapon in a culture war and every neighbour is treated as a suspect. The real threat is not ordinary people arguing about politics, faith, migration or identity. The real threat is that hostile states understand those arguments and know how to inflame them. Russia has shown, through its war in Ukraine, cyber activity, propaganda...

A local protest can begin with one person standing at the edge of a road, asking a simple question: who is protecting this community? In Crowborough, campaigners say that question became impossible to ignore after a former British military site was repurposed to house men we describe as pro-Russian mercenaries. The issue quickly grew beyond the site’s perimeter. It became a dispute about public safety, local consent, policing, media coverage, national duty, and the right of families to feel...