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Carrot Flower King said:
And to back up the report JimBob linked to - https://www.theguardian.com/comment...ell-the-horror-stories-of-misogyny-in-the-met - a first hand account from a woman who was a Met PC for 11 years.
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Interesting first hand accounts but this caught my eye “….. I’m desperate for the Met to regain its reputation as one of the most trustworthy forces in the world…..”

When was that halcyon time? The Met was corrupt top to bottom in the 60s, 70s and into 80s, then we got institutional racism.

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Interesting that a detective can be found guilty of gross misconduct for sexual harassment of a mugging victim and yet can get a job as an aide to the head of the Met.

Gross misconduct is grounds for instant dismissal in most organisations.
 
Darat said:
Interesting first hand accounts but this caught my eye “….. I’m desperate for the Met to regain its reputation as one of the most trustworthy forces in the world…..”

When was that halcyon time? The Met was corrupt top to bottom in the 1860s, 1870s and into 1880s, then we got institutional racism.
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FTFY
 
Darat said:
Interesting first hand accounts but this caught my eye “….. I’m desperate for the Met to regain its reputation as one of the most trustworthy forces in the world…..”

When was that halcyon time? The Met was corrupt top to bottom in the 60s, 70s and into 80s, then we got institutional racism.
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Perhaps the word "undeserved" is missing from the highlighted. ;)
 
Darat said:
Interesting first hand accounts but this caught my eye “….. I’m desperate for the Met to regain its reputation as one of the most trustworthy forces in the world…..”

When was that halcyon time? The Met was corrupt top to bottom in the 60s, 70s and into 80s, then we got institutional racism.
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And if you've watched that recent Beeb series about the Nilsen farrago the rampant homophobia and sexism, possibly a hint of discrimination against Scots and Northerners, was also a feature rather than a bug.
 
Carrot Flower King said:
And if you've watched that recent Beeb series about the Nilsen farrago the rampant homophobia and sexism, possibly a hint of discrimination against Scots and Northerners, was also a feature rather than a bug.
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And it's not as if the other forces were paragons of virtue. I'm a survivor of James "swirling in a human cesspit of their own making" Anderton's policing in the 80s and 90s. Being spat on by police officers so called "policing" marches and the like was a common experience, along with a minor bit of violence or as often happened especially to youngsters, threatened with arrest or a beating if they didn't shall we say "engage in a sexual act" with an officer.

Nasty times.
 
https://www.theguardian.com/politic...ition-gives-help-to-authoritarians-like-putin

Well said.

In an opinion article for the Guardian, penned on the way to Brussels where he reaffirmed Labour’s staunch support for Nato, Starmer says Stop the War are “not benign voices for peace”.

“At best they are naive, at worst they actively give succour to authoritarian leaders who directly threaten democracies. There is nothing progressive in showing solidarity with the aggressor when our allies need our solidarity and – crucially – our practical assistance now more than ever,” he said.

He said Putin’s regime would see Stop the War protesters in the UK as “virtue signallers” who were “providing a smokescreen so it can go on beating up and jailing those brave individuals that dare to stand up to its despotism on the streets of Russia”.
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Meanwhile Beth Rigby makes BlowJob look stupid and blustering yet again - chunks of her interview with him re-used on PM, the full gubbins will be somewhere on Sky - how he must hate being made to look stupid by tenacious female interviewers.
 
John Major is opposed to democracy says Zac Goldsmith, who lost three elections in the space of four years and was then rewarded with a seat for life in the House Of Lords.
 
Captain_Swoop said:
John Major is opposed to democracy says Zac Goldsmith, who lost three elections in the space of four years and was then rewarded with a seat for life in the House Of Lords.
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Zac Goldsmith who ran a complete and utter racist campaign for London Mayor?

Zac Goldsmith who was bumped up to the Lords for being a mate of BlowJob's after he lost his seat?

Zac Goldsmith whose father used his very large piles of cash to try to stifle public debate and any examination of his unelected and unaccountable attempts to influence democratic processes?

That Zac Goldsmith?
 
So Saddiq Khan tells her she has to produce a plan rather than just have yet another enquiry and Cressida Dick resigns? Guess having to actually take real action was just too much for her and it turns out cozying up to BoJo couldn't protect her.
 
Garrison said:
So Saddiq Khan tells her she has to produce a plan rather than just have yet another enquiry and Cressida Dick resigns? Guess having to actually take real action was just too much for her and it turns out cozying up to BoJo couldn't protect her.
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Like with Donald Trump, loyalty is a one-way street. As soon as she started looking into "Partygate" the Tories were done with her.
 
I'm waiting for the moment Rees-Mogg goes on Newsnight to explain that it's quite usual for a prime minister to run the country from a prison cell.
 
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