Conservative MP - Police Rant.

[TTmonkey]

saaby93 said:

TTmonkey said:

Mitchell has been refusing to say "what he actually said"

That's not a crime though.
How many PHers have been told when trying to get out of something they haven't done, to admit to something else?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-30242193
Everyone using the incident as a coat hook to hang grievances

Edited by saaby93 on Friday 28th November 12:17

its a crime in my eyes if you are misleading Parliment by doing this.

[IroningMan]

Derek Smith said:

BlackLabel said:

What an idiot. The story was dead and he would have been brought back as cabinet (or shadow) minister before long. Why did he risk raking the issue up again by taking such legal action?

I have the feeling that he was pushed into the challenge by the government.

As you say, if he had just let it lie, and not repeat that the officer lied, everything would have settled within months. This, and previous, governments have shown a degree of forgiveness for much worse. As he stated at the time, the PC accepted the apology. (Not that he could have done anything else.) Incident over.

£200k being demanded as a downpayment for costs and damages by the Sun and the officer. £1m in costs alone.

He comes across as not the sort to let sleeping dogs lie; it takes a certain mindset to achieve political office and perhaps he has continued to feel the need to settle a score even through the rest of the world has moved on and, in some cases, moved his way, going by the number of police officers sacked or otherwise sanctioned.

[Pesty]

I think its specifically the word pleb that was seen to be damaging/toxic to the 'nasty' party.


Just a normal outburst from a politician would have been forgotten about.I think they wanted to get out of peoples heads that torries were toffs that think they are better than the ordinary working man. waste of time because those that think that wont change their minds anyway.

[Derek Smith]

IroningMan said:

He comes across as not the sort to let sleeping dogs lie; it takes a certain mindset to achieve political office and perhaps he has continued to feel the need to settle a score even through the rest of the world has moved on and, in some cases, moved his way, going by the number of police officers sacked or otherwise sanctioned.

It's not over yet as far as the police are concerned. The 'nasty party' has already mentioned the money that individual police officers have paid to the federations for, amongst other things, protection in circumstances like this. How long before they confiscate it for some imagined excuse?

Cameron was anti police way before the parliament, and being PM has allowed him to exercise his resentment. Others in the party of law and order have been reluctant to go too far. Now Mitchell, not a favourite it has to be admitted, has been dealt a mortal blow, perhaps their reserve will be overcome.

Can't have the hired help getting all uppity, can they.

[IroningMan]

The Police Federation may have set themselves up for a bit of stick - I'm sure they mostly look after widows and orphans but they looked pretty (and publicly) shabby on this.

Frankly, though, it's all morphing quite quickly into 'foolish man taken to cleaners by legal establishment' which is a sufficiently everyday story to be devoid of interest.

[BlackLabel]

BoRED S2upid said:

Does he have £2mill? Or will he be another bankrupt living in a mansion etc...?

His primary residence in Islington is valued at £3m (according to the Spectator) and his constituency home is worth £500k. And he has a holiday home in France as well as a farmhouse in Nottingham. (according to the Mail). He also banked £630,000 for his 9 per cent stake in a family business 10 years ago. He was an investment banker for 10 years and has been an MP for almost 25 years (between '87-'97 and 2001-present).

So he's not short of a few bob. Nevertheless £2m is £2m so it would give anyone a sleepless night or two.

[Jon321]

Full judgement here

http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/QB/2014/4014.h...

[King Cnut]

And now he wants to resurrect his political career.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/11261503/...