Cromer in lockdown
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stitched said:
Was it a crisis any more than the situation in Cromer?
Or is it because Londoners are a bit special?
The latter because of the following reasons:-Or is it because Londoners are a bit special?
1. More people there to start up on either side of a barney.
2. It was London so the Worlds eyes were on it, most outside of Norfolk will have had to get a map to work out where Cromer actually is other than by the sea in the east.
3. There are a lot of powerful and important people in London who will get very stroppy and vocal, added to which there are plenty of 'Media' on the doorstep. Here we have a BBC Local and a part timer from Archent.
A number of people have wondered why it is that there has not been a more 'physical' response by the locals. I will try to find out more in the next week or so when my friendly local is back of his holidays but I suspect that you will find that any response will not be as obvious as you may think. There are a number of other travelling families in the area and if these lot were not 'invited' they might find that their behaviour has ramifications for them far away from Norfolk.
turbobloke said:
gert biggens said:
From the Eastern Daily Press: ‘Police chiefs deny Cromer was on weekend ‘lockdown’ and pledge to investigate any crimes’
So that’s all right then. I mean, it’s going to be so easy to investigate crimes when the notoriously slippery perps have moved on to another part of the country, isn’t it?
‘DCC Nick Dean said the weekend was an “isolated incident”.’
Except that there’s soon likely to be another ‘isolated incident’ in another lucky county, then another, then another…
“People’s perception of disorder is one for themselves,” he said. “To put the blame on the travelling community as a whole is totally disproportionate.
He’s absolutely right you know. TOTALLY disproportionate. To start with, where do the residents of Cromer get off, trying to earn an honest living? They were asking for trouble from the off.
“We have engaged with a number of businesses to get a holistic picture of what happened over the weekend.”
Words fail me. A holistic picture? My sympathies go out to Cromer for having what must be the world’s wettest police force. I hope they feel reassured by this Churchill-like rhetoric, ‘cos I certainly don’t.
With a bullsSo that’s all right then. I mean, it’s going to be so easy to investigate crimes when the notoriously slippery perps have moved on to another part of the country, isn’t it?
‘DCC Nick Dean said the weekend was an “isolated incident”.’
Except that there’s soon likely to be another ‘isolated incident’ in another lucky county, then another, then another…
“People’s perception of disorder is one for themselves,” he said. “To put the blame on the travelling community as a whole is totally disproportionate.
He’s absolutely right you know. TOTALLY disproportionate. To start with, where do the residents of Cromer get off, trying to earn an honest living? They were asking for trouble from the off.
“We have engaged with a number of businesses to get a holistic picture of what happened over the weekend.”
Words fail me. A holistic picture? My sympathies go out to Cromer for having what must be the world’s wettest police force. I hope they feel reassured by this Churchill-like rhetoric, ‘cos I certainly don’t.
t bingo score of that magnitude the DCC will go far in today's police kingleavable.Rude-boy said:
1. More people there to start up on either side of a barney.
So Cromer would in fact be easier as less policing resource needed?Rude-boy said:
2. It was London so the Worlds eyes were on it, most outside of Norfolk will have had to get a map to work out where Cromer actually is other than by the sea in the east.
So one law for London & another for Cromer? I can only presume that there must be a footnote on the statutes whereby some people are more equal than others.Rude-boy said:
3. There are a lot of powerful and important people in London who will get very stroppy and vocal, added to which there are plenty of 'Media' on the doorstep. Here we have a BBC Local and a part timer from Archent.
As per #2, really- some people are more equal than others?The people of Cromer pay tax & have to abide by the law like anyone else. As such, they are entitled to the protection of the state. They aren't Untermensch compared with Londoners and shouldn't be regarded as such.
TTwiggy said:
SantaBarbara said:
stitched said:
Was it a crisis any more than the situation in Cromer?
Or is it because Londoners are a bit special?
Londoners are rather sensitiveOr is it because Londoners are a bit special?
t over the blitz didn't we? fk sake.I am truly surprised your posts manage to be as odd as they are given your age and what you have been through.
stitched said:
TTwiggy said:
SantaBarbara said:
stitched said:
Was it a crisis any more than the situation in Cromer?
Or is it because Londoners are a bit special?
Londoners are rather sensitiveOr is it because Londoners are a bit special?
t over the blitz didn't we? fk sake.I am truly surprised your posts manage to be as odd as they are given your age and what you have been through.
stitched said:
Sorry if any of my comments offended you sir, my hat is truly doffed to a survivor of such awful times.
I am truly surprised your posts manage to be as odd as they are given your age and what you have been through.
Hilarious. My Grandmother survived the blitz. Her sister didn't, she was killed by a V2 a couple of days before the war ended. My mum was born in 1939 and grew up thinking that massive explosions were a normal part of life. My Grandmother had to get on with it, brining up three children while houses either side of hers were bombed out and the bodies were brought out of the wreckage.I am truly surprised your posts manage to be as odd as they are given your age and what you have been through.
But yeah, soft as s
te the Londoners.andymc said:
Why are the police so scared to enter the sites? Is it for PC reasons or are the s just a ball ache
Both I'd say, they like to fight and don't give a fs just a ball achek. I was listening to BBC radios 5 live and they had one of Norfolk constabularys big cheeses on and he was very reluctant to mention the word traveller and the host to her credit picked up on this and pressed him on it. The police are scared on two counts. Getting filled in and getting the sack for appearing racist.
TTwiggy said:
stitched said:
Sorry if any of my comments offended you sir, my hat is truly doffed to a survivor of such awful times.
I am truly surprised your posts manage to be as odd as they are given your age and what you have been through.
Hilarious. My Grandmother survived the blitz. Her sister didn't, she was killed by a V2 a couple of days before the war ended. My mum was born in 1939 and grew up thinking that massive explosions were a normal part of life. My Grandmother had to get on with it, brining up three children while houses either side of hers were bombed out and the bodies were brought out of the wreckage.I am truly surprised your posts manage to be as odd as they are given your age and what you have been through.
But yeah, soft as s
te the Londoners.dandarez said:
Agree, but London THEN, is not London NOW!
People born at the tail end of the 19th century probably thought the same about 1940s Londoners. It's a tougher (and nicer) city than it's given credit for and I never understand the animosity towards it from people who have often rarely visited more than once.
TTwiggy said:
People born at the tail end of the 19th century probably thought the same about 1940s Londoners. It's a tougher (and nicer) city than it's given credit for and I never understand the animosity towards it from people who have often rarely visited more than once.
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