Mark Voller

It's great we have a platform to exchange thoughts. Some of mine are right, some will prove to be wrong. In the sweep of history they won't count for much.

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@PhisherGary Bizarre. Are you well?

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Let's not forget 'two tier policing' is a fake narrative invented by the likes of Reform UK to drive division for political advantage. #BBCQT

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@patcondell Wonder how many armchair experts on policing actually bothered to vote in the Police Commissioner elections, or volunteer as Specials or even join a Neighbourhood Watch. Or have ever had to turn up first to handle a violent incident.
Yep, experts.

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@patcondell They are not the enemy- only in the fake self- serving demonology of the far Right.

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@PaulRic71632112 @bananagirl_kb You obviously haven't read the words of the sentencing judge, nor do you know the outcome of the enquiry into officer conduct, because they ĥave barely started. Nor can you read anyone's mind to know why they made tĥe decisions they made.

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@reggiesumbrella @pwnngm You're a bit slow. I was once a police sergeant myself, but retired ages ago. I'm no spokesperson for police- In fact I was critical of them when I served, but I can tell you two-tier policing is baloney.

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@JeremyVineOn5 Do we care about this peripheral issue? The man was a Prince. How did we expect him to be living? If we don't believe in privelege why have Royals at all?

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@HenryNowakSol_ Keir Starmer is acting as any Prime Minister should.

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@RingoPeeps @bananagirl_kb Policing has never involved treating everyone 'the same.' There is often differential treatment for the elderly, children and young people, those affected by dementia, first time offenders, those who make an honest mistake, those who admit their offences. Just saying.

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@AndySocrat800 Do police chiefs have a policy wrong? I don't know, but I'll bet it was devised to promote safer, more harmonious communities. Throwing missiles at rank and file officers suggests some on the Right think all police are badly motivated. This is a big mistake that needs correcting.

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Saying 'two-tier policing' again and again does not mean there's such a thing as two-tier policing.#BBCQT

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@mpdllaw @bennn435 I am not a fan of the 'white privelege' narrative. Undoubtedly that would put some officers' backs up. It is a mistake to assume officers slavishly absorb every word of policy and training. In my experience most are are thinking individuals committed to treating people fairly.

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@AndySocrat800 I don't know where you work but do you read and absorb every word of company policy? Look at the big picture. Police officers have thousands of encounters with the public every day. There is a long tradition of treating everyone with fairness and respect.

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@mpdllaw @bennn435 The mistake is to focus on a (probably well-intentioned) policy, not the overwhelmingly fair and respectful nature of the thousands of daily encounters police have with the public. The wholesale trashing of the British police by some on the Right is unjustified.

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@AndySocrat800 Rubbish! Police officers do make some bad decisions, also they can - with good intent- make the odd naff policy, but in their thousands of encounters with the public every day, police overwhelmingly treat all members of the public fairly and with respect. Two-tier is myth.

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@Fransbips I would reply to your illiterate post, but I can't make sense of it. Blocked anyway due to the libellous insult at the end.

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@AndySocrat800 A review of policy proves the police are determined to ensure there is no two-tier policing, or perception of it, not an admission that there is.

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@mpdllaw No they haven't. No-one is saying the police never get a policy or a decision wrong, but fairness and equal treatment have long been cornerstones of Brigish policing.

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@ChomboSoup @realpauldakers Not a stated fact at all. No-one apart from the Right, and their backers in the press, uses the term 'two tier policing.' It makes no sense in a Country where treating everyone equally and fairly is a cornerstone of policing. The Right want to sow division and discontent.

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@bananagirl_kb You have no idea whether the policy- intended to promote fair outcomes for all communities- had any bearing on this tragic death. Why don't you wait for the outcome of the enquiry before prejudging? Also, read the judge's remarks in the sentencing of Henry's killer.

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@realpauldakers You berate the police, calling them spineless. I don't know what Country you owe your loyalties to, but most British people know the police are overwhelmingly fair and professional- brave too!

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So Trump's State Department also wants to politicise Henry's death, against the wishes of the family. #R4Today