Labour, Tories, Lib Dems and Greens: I demand you stand down in Clacton. I will be a unity candidate and pledge to build at least one affordable house.
Nigel Farage says he wants The People versus the Establishment. So be it.
Leave him to me.
ATTENTION ALL TOURISTS AND VISITORS who will be in central London tomorrow; there are two big protest events taking place & those on either side don’t like each other very much. So, expect lots of barriers and police cordons which will make moving around a tad tricky. You will be tempted to ask an officer for directions & despite the badly printed map they may have been issued; they will probably be as confused as you UNLESS they have AW, T, CO, U on the shoulders, are wearing a blue tabard, or are in possession of a horse, a dog, a motorbike or wearing a cap with a red & white chequer band. You may see a demented individual walking around inspecting police uniforms. He is hunting for officers who may be wearing the Thin Blue Line patch which has been banned by the Met Commissioner. Alas, visiting forces who are helping out may well be wearing the TBL patch and have been encouraged to do so by their Chief Constables. This will make the demented man very angry. If you see an arrest, don’t react in the same way as the legions of keyboard warriors or armchair martial arts experts. In an ideal world, six officers per arrest is a nice safe number; two for the arms, two for the legs, one for the head (spitting, biting, butting) plus one for the prisoner’s welfare (is he/she still breathing?). Other officers, if available, will form a protective ‘bubble’ and may move as a unit to the prisoner transport. Each arrest, regardless from which side, will result in chants of ‘shame on you’ directed at the officers. The one certainty is that the next morning both sides will accuse the Met of ‘two tier’ policing. If you see officers sitting in carriers near coffee shops, those officers may well panic if you offer to buy them a ‘cuppa’ fearing an investigation by the IOPC. Those officers, however, do hugely appreciate a simple thank you as you are leaving the area.
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Wishing Sir David Attenborough a very happy 100th birthday. Enjoy your special celebration this evening! 🎈🦍🐆🦅🌿
Tune in to ‘David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth’ at 8.30pm on BBC One and @BBCiPlayer.
I’m sure we have all now seen the footage of Metropolitan rozzers kicking a suspected terrorist in the head, repeatedly, when he was down.
We can all play a part in putting an end to this sort of police brutality. Mainly by not going around stabbing people.
Watch as police officers confront a man suspected of carrying out a terrorist attack in north London where two men were stabbed.
The suspect refused to show his hands, was violent and continued to pose a clear threat. Using only their training, courage and tasers, they detained him while he continued to try to attack and stab them. This took true courage.
Our statement from Assistant Commissioner Laurence Taylor, Head of Counter Terrorism Policing, following the stabbings in #GoldersGreen today.
Please report anything that doesn’t feel right & be alert to what is happening where you live.
Info you share can make a difference.
523 people were arrested today for showing support for a proscribed organisation.
The age of those arrested ranges from 18 to 87. That brings the updates today to a close, we are grateful to all the officers involved for their professionalism.
I'm proud to have worked with Inspector Gary Schofield.
He's spent 14 years on the Territorial Support Group. He's a dedicated professional. He is a Public Order Bronze Commander, a Post Incident manager & a negotiator.
He is a loss to the Metropolitan Police & will be missed.
Nothing quite says ‘leaving do’ like your old Area Car driver travelling down to see you and bringing the most fitting gift possible.
A decade ago in 2016 I had my first Area Car posting and it’s safe to say I was nervous. I spent my whole probation on different neighbourhood teams, so finally being on Response and getting posted in the Area Car really meant a lot. My team mates told me to buy the driver a coffee and ‘wiggly worms’ from BP when we filled the car up.
So I did, and my now wonderful friend said; “Good Lad open them up then”.
Eager to please, I burst open the packet all over the dashboard and both of us.
Expecting to be ejected from the car at a rate of knots, instead he laughed, we cleared them up and I bought a fresh bag. Over the next few years he taught me what Hendon never could; the reality of Policing London.
As we said goodbye last night, he put his hand in his pocket, pulled out a packet of ‘wiggly worms’, handed them to me, laughed and walked off into the night.
I will miss the people terribly, not The Job.
#ThinBlueLine 🚨
And just like that, 12 years, 2 medals, a whole bunch of memories and wonderful friends later; I’m done.
Policing you were my childhood dream.
I’m so proud to have been one of you and do my small bit.
You’ll always be part of me, but time to live and move on. #ThinBlueLine 🚨