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[Sir Tain that life could be better than this! @gtmac786]

Worth a read...

[GO @owenga]

@AndrewHWestern So is calling out Burnham

[Sir Tain that life could be better than this! @gtmac786]

How funny would it be if Musk got a bit pissed-off and bought WhatsApp off Meta, then proceeded to locate and release all of Starmers disappearing messages of the contents of all those Liebour phone that have miraculously and conveniently been stolen.

That would be a great day in British politics.

[Andrew Western MP @AndrewHWestern]

Calling Musk out is overdue and I strongly welcome the PM’s intervention.

[Sir Tain that life could be better than this! @gtmac786]

This... https://t.co/AcsJsgA5bR

[Sir Tain that life could be better than this! @gtmac786]

Starmer is the hypochrite in chief, and a lying shyster who's claim to fame is that nothing comes across his desk and always throws everyone else under the bus to protect his own position.

But above all else, he will be remembered as the protector of paedophiles owing to his initial obfuscation over a national grooming gang enquiry, and the promoter of the pal of one of the worlds most infamous paedophiles!

He brings discredit on the office of Prime Minister DAILY!!

[Sir Tain that life could be better than this! @gtmac786]

...and then you fall back to the question do you want career politicians who can recite carefully scripted non-answers or do you someone who has skin in the game of the local community.

Mr Kenyon's response to valid criticism about past comments should have been;
1) we have all said things in the past during our developing years which were regretful and don't represent the current values and feelings that they hold
2) on Carol Vorderman, please spare me the faux outrage having seen many articles about Carol and he 5-guys relationships as well as the despicable things she has said about Conservative or Reform politicians AND voters in the past
and
3) perhaps had Mr Kenyon adopted the Starmer and Labour Party tactics of the use of 'disappearing messages' or incredibly convenient theft/loss of critical mobile phones (McSweeney/Thomas-Simmonds) then he too could have adopted a policy of plausible deniability, or like Starmer when he fails to adhere to a Humble Address when using a messaging platform against parliamentary advice in a way to avoid scrutiny.

There has nothing the Labour Party has done over the past 5 years under Starmer that has been truthful or stuck to any commitments made.

[Steven Barrett @SBarrettBar]

What a complete Nutjob.

[Sir Tain that life could be better than this! @gtmac786]

@Clainy6 You can keep saying it, bit the VAST majority of sane, unbigoted individuals in the UK would tend to disagree.

Starmer is the most duplicitous, incompetent PM EVER!

[Sir Tain that life could be better than this! @gtmac786]

There are very many good officers above the rank of Sergeant. In the main it is only when you get to the politically appointed Senior Leadership positions that you encounter totally out of touch managers.

In the interests of cost savings politicians have made police forces far to large. The Met is a national embarrasment and the notion that the Commissioner is Britain's top cop is utter 🐎 💩. They are no different from the CC in any other regional forces.

Yes money could be saved in some areas, but policing needs to be without fear of favour and to the needs of the community they serve, not about balance sheets. Had officers had the ability to strike, you would have a service that was far more capable because it has been easy for successive governments to reduce their finding the bare bones.

There is insufficient military capability to cover policing and trust me, after a day their would be chaos and anarchy, unless of course you wanted curfew imposed to maintain law and order.

[Sir Tain that life could be better than this! @gtmac786]

@chrisboid @JChimirie66677 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[Sir Tain that life could be better than this! @gtmac786]

@BenGrahamUK ...and, as usual, the ignorant, bigoted clowns around him tried to shut him down.

He should wear a mirrored suit then they can see where the problem actually arises.

Don't even get me on Starmer and his pathetic prosody and paralanguage during his scripted and set-up responses during PMQ's. ( #Pathetic / #HisSpeechCoachWouldBeProud )

I fear that the UK will have one chance and one chance only to stop this rot come 2029! #HopefullySooner

[Sir Tain that life could be better than this! @gtmac786]

@WasAcop as they say, the fish rots from the head.

Lets ponder why policing is in the state it is in and reflect on societies contributions to that.

Police Chiefs can do some good work, however much of their descision making is based on their own unconscious bias, undue political pressure (actual or perceived), pressure groups given a disproportionate voice, and their detachment from front line policing, if indeed they actually remember what a late turn/night shift is actually is.

The media and society judges far too quickly, based on incomplete information, ignorance, bigotry half-truths and downright lies. In turn they get the standard of recruit that their influence has created.

#TryHarder

[WasAcop @WasAcop]

🚨Chief Constable Alexis Boon on the death of white British teenager Henry Nowak:

“We have said we are sorry for handcuffing and arresting Henry at that time.”
Stone-cold corporate “we”. As Chief he personally doesn’t have to apologise? Pathetic.

Yet in the Chris Kaba case he rushed out a personal video:
“Firstly, I would like to offer my heartfelt condolences to the family of Chris Kaba. I can’t begin to imagine what they’re going through.”
Personal “I”, full emotion for the Black suspect.

Why the two-tier condolences, Chief?

White victims get the soulless brush-off while others get the heartfelt treatment?

Disgraceful double standard.

#TwoTierPolicing #TwoTierBritain #JusticeForHenry #HampshirePolice #AlexisBoon

[Sir Tain that life could be better than this! @gtmac786]

Context...

[The Free Speech Union @SpeechUnion]

In October 2024, the Free Speech Union came to the aid of Rick Prior, the elected Chair of the Metropolitan Police Federation, after he was suspended for saying that rank-and-file officers had become so fearful of complaints of racism — and potentially losing their jobs — that they no longer dared challenge allegations of racism, particularly when made by people of colour.

According to Prior, some officers were reluctant to intervene when they suspected a crime was being committed if the perpetrator was a black or brown person for fear of being accused of racism.

Fortunately, with our support, Rick Prior won his

Given the circumstance of Henry Nowak's death, it's clear that Rick Prior was right to raise these concerns.

The police have overcorrected in response to the perception that the force is institutionally racist, and that needs to be addressed.

People like Rick Prior — and other elected federation chairs — must be free to speak out about what they believe has gone wrong and propose common-sense solutions without risking suspension or dismissal.

The lack of free speech within policing on these issues has contributed to the current state of affairs in which officers appear to be more concerned about not following up accusations of racism than protecting people from violent criminals.

Watch the Free Speech Union’s General Secretary, Lord Young, below 👇

[The Free Speech Union @SpeechUnion]

In October 2024, the Free Speech Union came to the aid of Rick Prior, the elected Chair of the Metropolitan Police Federation, after he was suspended for saying that rank-and-file officers had become so fearful of complaints of racism — and potentially losing their jobs — that they no longer dared challenge allegations of racism, particularly when made by people of colour.

According to Prior, some officers were reluctant to intervene when they suspected a crime was being committed if the perpetrator was a black or brown person for fear of being accused of racism.

Fortunately, with our support, Rick Prior won his

Given the circumstance of Henry Nowak's death, it's clear that Rick Prior was right to raise these concerns.

The police have overcorrected in response to the perception that the force is institutionally racist, and that needs to be addressed.

People like Rick Prior — and other elected federation chairs — must be free to speak out about what they believe has gone wrong and propose common-sense solutions without risking suspension or dismissal.

The lack of free speech within policing on these issues has contributed to the current state of affairs in which officers appear to be more concerned about not following up accusations of racism than protecting people from violent criminals.

Watch the Free Speech Union’s General Secretary, Lord Young, below 👇

[Sir Tain that life could be better than this! @gtmac786]

Perfectly put @ColinBrazierTV

[Colin Brazier @ColinBrazierTV]

The Novak family made clear that the police got things wrong, and spelled out how with infinite dignity.
Police double-standards are an entirely legitimate subject for public debate.
As someone who 'took the knee' for the discredited BLM movement (which sought to abolish prisons and defund law enforcement) you are in no position to criticise anyone for politicising a death in police custody.
As a politician struggling to hold onto office you are entitled to play every card at your disposal.
But this is amoral and grotesque.

[Sir Tain that life could be better than this! @gtmac786]

The fact that you promulgate your love for the Paedo Pal Promoter speaks volumes about your own moral compass @TedUrchin.

I suppose the Nick Brown scandal and superinjunction preventing the truth getting out was just another case it not being over Starmers desk!

As bad as the radical left made Boris out to be with their faux outrage if he sneezed the wrong way, at least he didn't have three Eastern European rent boys set fire to property he previously owned or was associated with.

How's that trial going anyway? 🤔

I take it you are on Liebours payroll and paid by the number of brown nosing, 🐎 💩 posts you send.

#Muggle

[Sir Tain that life could be better than this! @gtmac786]

@Artemisfornow @Artemisfornow and I am not right in thinking that they are complaining about historical comments which should nullify any complaint immediately?

[Sir Tain that life could be better than this! @gtmac786]

@MikeTappTweets Says the mouthpiece from the Paedo Pal Protection Party.

#ComedyGold

[Sir Tain that life could be better than this! @gtmac786]

@Alexarmstrong y et again a Senior Politician, a lawyer, deemed to be 'forensic with detail' manages to miss the simple things. Now who else could I be thinking about...🤔

There seems to be too much of a trend here and they are taking us for fools.

Maybe Farage should just turn round and say 'Sorry, I didn't realise how £5bn for security encoded up in my account!

[Sir Tain that life could be better than this! @gtmac786]

@SBarrettBar & @inthezoneuk may I add to this...

Boris & Co took it to a level that the media and political opponents relentlessly amplified, often beyond the full context.

▪︎ Take Partygate. While Boris and others clearly got things wrong and were rightly criticised, the story was heavily politicised:

▪︎ The vast majority of the 126 Fixed Penalty Notices went to civil servants and officials (including many in Sue Gray’s own department), not primarily to No.10 political staff. Events also took place in the Cabinet Office at 70 Whitehall and even at the Department for Education.

▪︎ This was in stark contrast to the College of Policing / NPCC’s official 4 E’s approach (Engage, Explain, Encourage, then Enforce as last resort). The Met pursued retrospective fines here when they had earlier stated they generally wouldn’t for earlier breaches.

▪︎ Boris was not present at many of the events he was accused of presiding over, he was at Chequers on several occasions.

▪︎ Senior civil servant Simon Case (Cabinet Secretary at the time) expected a fine but didn’t receive one.

▪︎ Sue Gray’s own report documented excessive drinking, a karaoke machine (which she was photographed using), and a famous suitcase of booze brought in by staff.

No one denies mistakes were made at the heart of government. But the intensity of the coverage, the timing, and the selectivity (compared to other lockdown breaches by figures like Corbyn) suggested something more than just public health concern. Much of the establishment opposition to Boris stemmed from Brexit, from the Benn Act, Theresa May’s negotiating approach, and resistance from parts of the Civil Service and Remain-supporting MPs.

The public saw through a lot of the hysteria. People were frustrated by the rules, but even more by the perception of one rule for them and another for those in power, on all sides.

[Sir Tain that life could be better than this! @gtmac786]

Shocking...

[Jim Chimirie 🇬🇧 @JChimirie66677]

Eleven Rape Convictions. Not One Day In Custody. And Lammy Wants to Go Further.

Two girls were raped in a New Forest town in November 2024 and January 2025. They were fifteen and fourteen years old. Their attackers filmed the assaults, shared the footage online and laughed. One of the girls was raped at knifepoint. Three boys walked out of Southampton Crown Court with youth rehabilitation orders and a three month curfew. Eleven rape convictions between them. Not one day in custody.

The first girl read her victim impact statement at sentencing. I was caught off guard. I will never get that innocence back. All I want to do is die. I no longer have fear for when that comes. The judge praised her courage. He then told her attackers none of you need to go to prison today.

Judge Nicholas Rowland cited their very young ages, their ADHD diagnoses, their low intellectual capacity and the importance of avoiding criminalising children unnecessarily. He was following the Sentencing Council's guidance precisely. Custody is a last resort. Rehabilitation is the primary purpose. The sentence is not the judge's failure. It is the policy's product.

Which makes what David Lammy is simultaneously planning considerably more alarming than the sentences themselves. The Justice Secretary is weighing proposals to extend that same framework, treating offenders as children, prioritising rehabilitation over punishment, minimising custody, to all offenders under 25. The Scottish model he is considering produced a killer rapist who set a woman on fire receiving five fewer years than he would have otherwise. It produced a man who repeatedly raped a thirteen year old girl avoiding prison entirely. Lammy wants to bring that framework to England and Wales while Lord Hermer urgently reviews sentences that are its direct and inevitable consequence.

The Attorney General who removed trial by jury for thousands of defendants has 28 days to decide whether filming a knifepoint gang rape and sharing it online warrants custody. The same man who ensured extra court capacity was in place for last weekend's Unite ghe Kingdom march is taking nearly a month to answer that question.

The second girl's statement was read on her behalf. She described nightmares, inability to sleep and feeling ashamed and insecure in her own body. The person I was before the incident has completely gone and sometimes I feel like I am grieving the person I used to be. Under the framework Lammy is proposing, the boys who produced that grief would continue to be treated as children requiring support rather than adults requiring consequences.

Former Met Police detective Peter Bleksley's call to bring back borstals will be dismissed in progressive circles as nostalgic authoritarianism. It deserves more serious engagement than that. The borstal system, whatever its flaws, operated on a principle the current framework has abandoned entirely. That young people who commit serious offences require structure, discipline and consequence rather than community orders and supervision. The evidence that rehabilitation focused community sentences deter serious youth offending is thin. The evidence from Scotland that treating young adult offenders as children produces lighter sentences for grave crimes is documented.

The Fordingbridge victims are not statistics in a sentencing review. They are two girls whose lives have been permanently altered by three boys who will be back in their communities within months. The policy that produced their sentences is the same policy the government is planning to expand. Lord Hermer's shock is noted. His government's direction of travel tells a different story.

The sentence was not a miscarriage of justice. It was justice as currently defined. That is the most alarming observation of all.

"Lammy wants to bring that framework to England and Wales while Lord Hermer urgently reviews sentences that are its direct and inevitable consequence."