Graham Jones

Retired ambulanceman. Founder of North West Blood Bikes. Co Founder of North West Blood Bikes Lancs and Lakes. Manager of Bike Marshals. #bikemarshalsNW

[BikeMarshals NW @bikemarshal]

Tomorrow evening, the team return to the Pimbo Circuit nr Skelmersdale to support the 1st of the @TLI_Cycling 'SUPER FOUR' road race series, brilliantly organised by @geoffraw Have a great but safe race all.

[Graham Jones @ath6911]

@Dogswithjobs41 Did the other owner not realise who you were😳. I hope Loki and Rocco make a speedy recovery, but it certainly won’t help their confidence next time they come into contact with other dogs again.

[Graham Jones @ath6911]

@CopMoustache So sorry for your loss. My condolences to you, your family, friends and colleagues. 😢😢😢

[Graham Jones @ath6911]

@CopMoustache And I was listening to them 50yrs ago!

[Graham Jones @ath6911]

@silenceBsirens @Chappers2013 Well done Baloo and @Chappers2013 A great achievement. ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[Graham Jones @ath6911]

@dorsetbikeEXcop @Brick_Cop thank you for your service. It must be gut wrenching to leave, but you and your family come first. Constantly looking over your shoulder with the wrath of the IOPC behind you looking for any misdemeanour with no support from senior management must be addressed.

[Graham Jones @ath6911]

@Nooor_Khan021 Ronnie or Reggie

[Graham Jones @ath6911]

@PG7797292632010 @MerPolTraffic @DrugWipeUK @grok The saliva test is not used as evidence, it’s a means of a roadside tool to give an indication that either cocaine or cannabis has a possible presence in their system. No it’s not foolproof, but a blood test at the station is used to define if any substance is in the blood stream

[Graham Jones @ath6911]

@Droog28311267 @DanNeidle I’m not defending him in any way but as he was the trade envoy, would he at the time, have diplomatic immunity?

[Graham Jones @ath6911]

@BloodNelsons @NormanBrennan I bet that was a sticky mess then?

[BikeMarshals NW @bikemarshal]

The team at the start line at the Glow Green Walk in Liverpool for @ClatterbridgeCC

[Graham Jones @ath6911]

@K9Finn I’ve asked for a FOI of sentencing for assault on emergency animals since its inception. Let’s see what I get back?

[Graham Jones @ath6911]

@dorsetbikeEXcop I know how you feel as unfortunately this has been going on in the ambulance service for years.

[Graham Jones @ath6911]

@DC_PoliceDogs That’s such a shame Paul, bureaucracy gone mad. What they want is money off you to continue!

[DC_Police Dogs ( Puppy Development Program) @DC_PoliceDogs]

This could be my last post on X. I’m struggling to post videos on X after years without a problem. Apple tell me my phone is fine & that the issue is with X. I can’t find any advice on X’s help line re this issue & therefore I may have switch to Instagram re vids.

[Graham Jones @ath6911]

@NorfolkPolice Unfortunately with her track record, it won’t make any difference whatsoever.

[Jim Chimirie 🇬🇧 @JChimirie66677]

If you want to understand how far Britain has sunk, look at the case of Lorne Castle – the Dorset officer sacked for tackling a masked 15-year-old knifeman and telling him to "stop screaming like a bitch." For those who don't know the story: Castle brought down a youth suspected of assaulting an elderly man, carrying a blade, linked to drug dealing, and causing chaos in Bournemouth. The teenager wasn't harmed. The knife fell from his pocket. The arrest was clean. And for this, a decorated officer with a decade of unblemished service was dismissed for "gross misconduct."

A country that punishes a man for stopping a knifeman is a country that has lost its mind. This wasn't brutality. It was policing – real policing, the kind that keeps streets safe when they're full of gangs, blades, and feral teenagers who know the system protects them from consequences. Castle was at the end of a ten-hour shift, responding to warnings of gang fights and violent offenders still at large. He did what any sane society expects of its police: he acted fast, acted hard, and removed a threat. That should be praised. Instead, it destroyed his career.

The panel didn't care about the knife. They didn't care about the elderly victim. They didn't care that Castle had been awarded for saving a woman from a freezing river only months before. They didn't care that the youth had links to drug crime. No – they obsessed over a single phrase. A fleeting remark. A scrap of rough language in the middle of a dangerous arrest. One sentence outweighed a decade of duty, grit, and courage. That tells you everything about who now runs British policing.

Castle wasn't sacked for wrongdoing. He was sacked because the new managerial clergy inside UK policing despise old-school officers. They fear "perception" more than they fear armed criminals. They want constables who speak like counsellors, not men who can handle a blade-wielding thug in a dark street. They have built a system where morale collapses, crime soars, and frontline officers walk on eggshells while criminals laugh in their faces. After Castle's dismissal, drug dealers mocked the police openly: "Touch us and you'll get fired." They understood what the panel didn't – the leadership had handed the streets to them.

And here is the heart of the rot. A police force that sacks its bravest men is a force that has forgotten its purpose. A leadership so scared of bad optics that it treats a violent youth with more care than its own officer has no claim to public trust. This is what happens when institutions are captured by ideologues and risk-averse bureaucrats who view policing through the lens of PR, not duty. They would rather sacrifice a good man than stand up to activist outrage or a headline about "rude language."

The public saw through it at once. They backed Castle, raised over £130,000, and praised a man their own force tried to break. They understand what the police hierarchy refuses to admit: courage keeps a country safe. Cowardice destroys it. And sacking a man for doing his job is an act of pure cowardice.

Castle will appeal. I hope he wins. But the verdict we should fear isn't the one that ended his career – it's the one that reveals what Britain has become. A place where a teenager with a knife commands more institutional sympathy than the officer who disarms him. A place where leaders punish bravery and reward disorder. A place where the state turns its own protectors into targets.

This is how a nation decays: not in a single collapse, but through a thousand small betrayals of the people who still hold the line. And Lorne Castle was one of them.

"A country that punishes a man for stopping a knifeman is a country that has lost its mind. This wasn't brutality. It was policing – real policing, the kind that keeps streets safe when they're full of gangs, blades, and feral teenagers"

[Graham Jones @ath6911]

Well I’m now home from London having marched at the Cenotaph for Remembrance Day. I was representing the Junior Tradesman’s Regiment. It was an honour to have done this but boy am I suffering for it now, brain says yes, body says no! (Me far right in group photo)

[Graham Jones @ath6911]

@CopMoustache Well done and thank you for your service Sir.

[Fabulous Finn®️ @K9Finn]

💚🐴 A Well-Earned Rest for a True Gentleman

Please join us in giving the warmest welcome to Marquis, a striking black Irish Sports Horse who has just retired after an incredible 14 years of service with the Household Cavalry.

Standing tall at 16.3hh, Marquis has carried the Standard and proudly taken part in so many of the nation’s most important occasions — from The King’s Birthday Parades and State Openings of Parliament to State Visits, the Platinum Jubilee, and even Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s State Funeral.

A touch of lameness brought his working days to an end, but his kind heart and steady spirit shine as brightly as ever. He’s already charming everyone around him with that gentle nature and love of treats! 🍏🐴

Now, Marquis is settling into a peaceful new chapter surrounded by comfort, friendship, and love — just as every faithful servant deserves. 💚

Let’s send this beautiful boy all the good wishes he deserves for his retirement 👏💚🐴

#HouseholdCavalry #RetiredHero #Marquis #CavalryHorse #BlackBeauty #WorkingHorse #Retirement #WellEarnedRest #gentlesoul