@darrengrimes Man in Isle of Man is nothing to do with man as a sex or gender. It relates to the mythical first ruler of the island called Mannanan mac Lir. Don't let the truth get in the way of a good old dog whistle....
@drjennings@t0nyyates @StuartWilksHeeg @GoodwinMJ Don't we already know that groups have inherent differences to one another....caused by shit social policies? Hope he's not suggesting that those differences can't be eradicated or diminished....
Oh! There are more than 200 reported highways faults (serious ones, by definition) in Chesterton already. Think I'll just buy a road worthy military vehicle. Easier than getting the highways authority to fix the.... highways.
@t0nyyates I thought that piece was going to be a spoof, going with it for a laff and then doing a great takedown. Sadly, it was seriously meant....! π±
@mike200hope@daimogssoapbox@gmhales @SWales_FedChair Yep. Rhetorical devices designed to advance partisan agendas. TBF, police recruitment and training has been hijacked by partisan agendas since.... forever. Tories slashing and burning before their impending battlefield annihilation?
@mike200hope@gmhales@mark74brown@daimogssoapbox @SWales_FedChair I'd see its genesis in the New Labour era and the modernisation agenda... which very much focussed on extending 'professionalisation', credentialism and mass higher education...
@SWales_FedChair Seems to convey the view that uplift programme (partly taken place in the PCDA era) has been unsuccessful in diversity/representation terms. Odd!
@gmhales@mike200hope@mark74brown@daimogssoapbox @SWales_FedChair it must be understood that there is a very significant oppositional element to police officers having degrees from within the police officer workforce