Releasing a suspect’s nationality will do nothing to satisfy those who are not looking for the truth | Zoe Williams

<p>Grifters are always racing to a new low. There is no way to appease them – they just want to find any way they can to denounce migrants</p><p>A thousand years ago, in 1997, Diana, Princess of Wales was killed in a car accident – you may have heard about this – and the country went absolutely crackers. It was pretty spooky to watch, as people filed towards London’s Kensington Palace, her former residence, weeping and hugging, but it also seemed like maybe it was a good thing. Pent-up grief about who knows what other losses was expressing itself collectively, the upper lip for which the nation was fabled had unstiffened, it was conceivable, just about, that we’d emerge a more cohesive society.</p><p>And then – this is a deep dive – two Slovakians stole 11 soft toys that had been left among the flowers outside Westminster Abbey, and they each got a month-long prison sentence, though this was later reduced on appeal to a fine of £200. The original sentencing judge said he had a duty to “reflect the public sense of outrage”, which set off every tripwire: mate, no, you do not have to reflect the public sense of outrage. The public has gone wild and you are a judge.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/03/releasing-a-suspects-nationality-will-do-nothing-to-satisfy-those-who-are-not-looking-for-the-truth">Continue reading...</a>