Conservative MP - Police Rant.
Discussion
Pupp said:
Well, despite the Savile story, he's still all over the papers. Just a matter of time...
Last night I heard some copper again call for his sacking - he's calling coppers liars and I think I am going to be that the majority of the population would take the word of a Copper over a Politician......Jasandjules said:
Last night I heard some copper again call for his sacking - he's calling coppers liars and I think I am going to be that the majority of the population would take the word of a Copper over a Politician......
Yes, it's a tough one though, they both habitually lie to their own ends.
In a last ditch attempt to extract some mileage from the incident, his local plod have criticised him following a meeting between he and they.
Senior torys are now openly criticising the police federation's opportunism on this and, on Any Questions last night, even Charlie Faulkener couldn't bring himself to criticise him
Senior torys are now openly criticising the police federation's opportunism on this and, on Any Questions last night, even Charlie Faulkener couldn't bring himself to criticise him
ClaphamGT3 said:
In a last ditch attempt to extract some mileage from the incident, his local plod have criticised him following a meeting between he and they.
Senior torys are now openly criticising the police federation's opportunism on this and, on Any Questions last night, even Charlie Faulkener couldn't bring himself to criticise him
That should please you.Senior torys are now openly criticising the police federation's opportunism on this and, on Any Questions last night, even Charlie Faulkener couldn't bring himself to criticise him
I've no idea whether or not Mitchell made the comments attributed to him or not. There are three options - He said it exactly as reported/recorded by the Police, he said something similar which was misheard and misreported, or he said nothing like it and the Police have made up what he said. He clearly said "something", which he's "apologised" for.
In my simplistic world view, I think Mitchell's (second) biggest faux pas has been to fail to clarify what he DID say, rather than to keep saying he said something, but not what has been claimed. The problem is I suppose that now he's started with that tack, it's difficult for him to change direction. If he DID say the words attributed to him, surely he'd be in a better position now if he'd admitted it and apologised? I think his lack of clarity over what he DID say is making him look a bit of a dick, and he's been asked several times to explain exactly what he did say if it was not as has been reported.
The other thing that concerns me is how the press apparently/allegedly got hold of the "actual" Police report. Part of me thinks it should be reported/whistleblower, but at the same time, I'm uneasy that details are being leaked to the press.
In my simplistic world view, I think Mitchell's (second) biggest faux pas has been to fail to clarify what he DID say, rather than to keep saying he said something, but not what has been claimed. The problem is I suppose that now he's started with that tack, it's difficult for him to change direction. If he DID say the words attributed to him, surely he'd be in a better position now if he'd admitted it and apologised? I think his lack of clarity over what he DID say is making him look a bit of a dick, and he's been asked several times to explain exactly what he did say if it was not as has been reported.
The other thing that concerns me is how the press apparently/allegedly got hold of the "actual" Police report. Part of me thinks it should be reported/whistleblower, but at the same time, I'm uneasy that details are being leaked to the press.
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