@afneil The people who made the bad decisions are all long since retired - it doesn't mean they shouldn't be named. Lord Levene reformed the MOD to improve accountability. How has that worked out?
@AllisonPearson The good news is: If it can be trained in to behave without common sense or humanity, it can be trained in to work with those qualities. We need root and branch reform to do so. Unfortunately, all our institutions currently suffer so will need ideological cleansing.
@AllisonPearson It's trained and ingrained in Police officers now. It will take a Macpherson type inquiry to reverse it now. The police officers, individually culpable as they are, are part of a machine.
@TVKev Do you think his use of the phrase 'cutting through' particularly inappropriate in the circumstances following arresting a stab victim? It's like he is taking the piss.
@TheRealSitts Sitts, what Government decided to change the accent of cockneys and why? You listen to young people in London - they sound foreign not cockney. As far as culture goes - I think they should introduce elocution lessons in primary school.
@GuidoFawkes It's simple - are Sikhs in the nick allowed to wear the dagger? Their religion doesn't change just because they are in the shovel.
If not, then I think the general public is entitled to the same protections the other prisoners and staff get?