Tag: police
The strange tale of Inaction Fraud and police priorities
I was brought up to respect the police, and regard them as my friends. This teaching was reinforced by early experience, when I was...
False claims or parallel truths?
I was going to write this blog last Sunday: but, after Saturday night’s terrorist outrage in London, it didn’t seem appropriate immediately to comment...
Operation Elveden: 30 journalists hunted by 60 police at a cost...
Sun reporter's conviction is quashed on appeal
SUN REPORTER ANTHONY FRANCE, the only journalist found guilty following the Met Police’s disastrous Operation Elveden, has had his conviction...
Sorry, Police Commissioner: my wife spoiled her ballot paper
An open letter to Ms Vera Baird, the newly elected Police & Crime Commissioner for Northumbria
Dear Ms Baird,
Congratulations on your re-election. My wife and I were among...