Grassroots football, ex player, manager. Did a bit of fellrunning once. Lifelong Man City FC. Barrow AFC, Barrow Raiders RL & NT Member. #livemusic#NRL π΅ββοΈ
To the Metropolitan Police,
You were the gold standard. The model every nation copied. When Scotland Yard spoke, criminals listened. That badge meant integrity. It meant courage. It meant the law applied equally, without fear or favour.
Look at you now.
You are a punchline. A cautionary tale. A force that clears up fewer than one in ten burglaries while your officers film TikTok videos in uniform. You arrested a man in Lancashire at dawn for a Facebook post in 2024 while grooming gangs operated in Rochdale for years with barely a raised eyebrow. You invented non-crime hate incidents so you could harass pensioners for wrongthink while real victims wait on hold.
You kneeled for mobs in 2020 while statues fell and businesses burned. You stood aside while extremists marched with impunity, then raided homes over memes. You have turned the oldest police force in the world into a politicised enforcement squad for the narrative, not the public.
You chose diversity dashboards over clear-up rates. You chose community engagement over enforcement. You chose the approval of NGOs and Twitter mobs over the safety of the people who pay your wages. You chose feelings over facts, and political safety over actual policing.
You did not lose your way. You sold it. Slowly, deliberately, one diversity training course at a time, one apology tweet at a time, one decision to stand down while crime happened in front of you.
The British people see you now. We see the double standards. We see the collapse in basic standards. We see a force that looks more like political commissars than police officers. We see officers who remember their oath sidelined while the ideologues get promoted.
You wanted to be political enforcers. Congratulations. You got your wish. Now you get treated like political operatives. No more benefit of the doubt. No more automatic respect. You burned that.
The mask is off. The receipts are published. The record is being kept.
We are watching.
Team Barrow is investing Β£1.7m into a UTC sleeve at Walney school. Iβm proud to be involved with this project to create an employer led pathway for young people to pursue a technical career. Its ground breaking & exciting for the future for kids in Barrow
https://t.co/EVvaqHT4S8
A special edition of the Barrow Social due out in a few weeks
Myself and @CMAltree just been recording with @Diorcv about his time at the club including the title win, Covid football and what it was like in the early days at Wrexham following the Hollywood takeover
A great listen
Early bird season tickets remain on sale now π
From the 16th June, prices will increase. Take advantage of our early bird offer and watch the Bluebirds in our 125th anniversary year π
#WeAreBarroEarly bird season tickets remain on sale now π
From the 16th June, prices will increase. Take advantage of our early bird offer and watch the Bluebirds in our 125th anniversary year π
#WeAreBarroEarly bird season tickets remain on sale now π
From the 16th June, prices will increase. Take advantage of our early bird offer and watch the Bluebirds in our 125th anniversary year π
#WeAreBarrow