policing – Page 2

Really?

April 27, 2022 Longrider 4

Is this one of those things we file under ‘didn’t really happen.’ A Catholic firearms officer has won a religious harassment case after ‘f*** the […]

Ha Ha!

January 11, 2021 Longrider 17

Plod has had to apologise. Two women who were fined £200 each when they drove five miles for a walk have had the penalties withdrawn. […]

Go to Bed, Naughty Little Boy

November 30, 2020 Longrider 11

Christ!

Okay, I’ve Thought About It

May 21, 2020 Longrider 13

And you are a nasty little fascist. Thousands of Britons flocked to beaches today to bask in 80F temperatures as police warned lockdown-breaking campers to […]

Oh, FFS!

March 30, 2020 Longrider 15

Fucking Hell! Police have been warning shopkeepers not to sell Easter eggs as ‘overzealous’ enforcement during the coronavirus lockdown continues today. Officers in several parts of […]

Time to Disband

December 30, 2019 Longrider 4

The online hate crime unit is pretty useless at best, downright Orwellian at worst. Britain’s first police unit for tackling online hate crime has brought charges against […]

Where is Peel?

July 22, 2019 Longrider 7

Why? Seriously, why? Swallowing his lies hook, line and sinker, the Metropolitan Police described Beech as “credible and true”, and launched the disastrous £4 million […]

Get Those Brown Shirts Out

January 21, 2018 Longrider 14

We lurch ever more towards a dystopian future. Children are being used to spot speeding motorists and go on night-time patrols. The ‘Mini Police’ project for […]

In Which I Agree

December 1, 2017 Longrider 9

With Simon Jenkins. The idea that the police, on the orders of an opposing political party, can invade an MP’s office and seize and disclose […]

No, Some Don’t Learn

March 25, 2016 Longrider 6

According to Plod, some motorists just don’t learn… A driver caught using his mobile phone asked for penalty points and a fine rather than opt […]