Alan Clarke

'Retired' professor of criminology, all views my own, rt ≠ endorsement. 'You don't know what you've got 'til it's gone
... ' but 'It's not dark yet ... '.

[Jenny Jones @GreenJennyJones]

Good call from @nazirafzal
From now on we should talk about the perpetrators.
"Male violence" is the problem to be solved.

[Migration Museum @MigrationMuseum]

England haven’t been convincing so far, but without players born outside the UK or with at least 1 parent or grandparent born abroad, we wouldn’t still be here. And today, we’d be down to just 3 players.
#ENGSWI #ThreeLions

[Alan Clarke @CrimClarkey]

£100 a ticket. No words.

BBC News - 'I got a first look inside the royal rooms at Balmoral Castle'
https://t.co/cSznvoPgA4

[Iona McKay💙 @IonaMcKay]

Always proud to be a nurse #nhs #nurselife #davidtennant 💙💙💙

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Playing golf in Australia

[📹 Wendy Powick / wendywoogolf]

[Dr Phil Hammond 💙 @drphilhammond]

Think how much better the NHS would be now if it had benefited from the same level of funding as comparative European countries throughout its history, with a stable structure, proper investment in infrastructure and public health, and a workforce plan decades ago. Instead, we’ve tried to get universal healthcare on the cheap and a succession of vainglorious health secretaries have treated it like a train set, taking it apart and putting it together again to no one’s benefit. Continuous re disorganisation has caused enormous harm. It’s time to stop the structural chaos and build a recovery plan around the needs of staff and patients, with a relentless focus on preventing ill health and preventing medical harm.

I performing at Devizes tonight, then Bath, Bristol, Bridgwater and the Edinburgh fringe

https://t.co/yPxc4UazWL

[Rob Canton @RobCanton1]

A day to remember an important study that showed that asking people to GIVE brings much higher quality and safer blood than going out to buy it. In a world in which so much is for sale, this is a necessary reminder of the limitations and dangers of markets.

[James O'Brien @mrjamesob]

The moral corruption, unchallenged lying & contempt for standards brought in by Boris Johnson might be more shocking, but the consequential promotion of incompetents & nincompoops will arguably be more damaging in the long term.

[Ben Kentish @BenKentish]

Last night a serving probation officer called my @LBC show to say he and his colleagues laughed out loud when they heard Rishi Sunak claim that violent offenders won’t be released from prison early. Why? Because they had in front of them a list of domestic abusers set to be released from prison early.

So was the PM mistaken about the policy or does the government not consider domestic violence to be serious violence any more?

[Alan Clarke @CrimClarkey]

Labour can no longer be called 'Tory Lite'.
https://t.co/FcwcRq9FnU

[Alan Clarke @CrimClarkey]

'... economic inequality is mirrored by inequality before the law. ... The best measure of the health of a political system is who gets prosecuted.'

https://t.co/j3bZOkBfrC

[Alan Clarke @CrimClarkey]

@GreenJennyJones @ScarthLloyd Criminalising destitution is not the way to address homelessness. The money used processing and imprisoning (fine defaulters) could be used instead to provide accommodation.

[LSE Social Policy @LSESocialPolicy]

📢 Save the date!

For over 40 years, @TimNewburn has been a key figure in British and European criminology and social policy. Join @LSESocialPolicy and @LSELaw on 2 March to celebrate his career!

Find out more: https://t.co/EK5xFhVq6D

[Tim Newburn @TimNewburn]

As anyone following me may have figured I'm now in treatment for a serious health problem. This has meant standing back from work at LSE. My colleagues are kindly organising a celebration for me on March 2nd: https://t.co/5edSvBWNos. Do share. Do keep in touch (email is good)

[Alan Clarke @CrimClarkey]

BBC News - Key crime stat excludes rape and other sexual offences
https://t.co/oUuqSAfGqC

[Alan Clarke @CrimClarkey]

' ... the phrase “ERG star chamber” has been deployed like it presages anything other than the apparently unstoppable rise of the idiots.'

https://t.co/FxwFuxYkBp