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The Martyr's avatar

Well said Pete. It’s easier to sit behind a screen and monitor X and Facebook than go out in the cold and rain and get up close and personal with potential murderers ready to pull a knife on you, isn’t it? And when many policemen are actually women, short men, fat and unfit or wear glasses you have to ask whether they’re fit for purpose. Whatever that purpose is?

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Matt C's avatar

It’s not just me then that’s noticed the disgenic and unfit state of many of our police officers.

They really must be struggling to recruit.

Not surprising really given their behaviour.

During the 2024 post-Southport disturbances, I saw a video of a male officer, who was about as tall as Ronnie Corbett, sent absolutely flying by a single kick. It was really shocking how anyone ever thought it appropriate to put him on the front line.

When it finally kicks off, they’ll get absolutely destroyed. And I for one, won’t care a bit.

They brought it on themselves.

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April's avatar

Great piece Pete. We Jews and Zionists in the US are horrified but not shocked by what happened in Manchester, and we are worried about you and all our UK friends. While the US is far from perfect, I do think the current administration is less likely than the previous to look the other way while terrorists and their useful idiot rioter friends destroy the country. Stay strong friend and keep writing!

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Tito's avatar

Bang on Pete. Take this from an ashamed former senior police officer.

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Krb981's avatar

Frighteningly prophetic for 2014. Sad that at 67 years of age I have little or no respect for the police as a whole. 20 years ago I lived next door to fairly senior officer. He once told me that the UK police can only function with the consent and support of the public. I believe that support is fading fast. How long before they’re armed?

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Alan Jurek's avatar

Well done Pete on your stoicism, don't let the bastards grind you down.

It is absolutely frightening how the policing infrastructure has dissolved and how they have been allowed to effectively give up on protecting the public for easy click-arrests and non arrests.

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Andrew Barton's avatar

The quality of policing seems to go in a never-ending cycle. Standards gradually drop, often due to poor leadership, underfunding and lax recruitment standards. Good people don’t join up. A major scandal occurs. So the police are given greater resources and a structural reorganisation. The police regain some public respect, good people join up and everybody goes away and thinks about something else. Politicians, eager to make savings, salami slice police budgets and the whole depressing cycle restarts.

The country is in a febrile state at present and the police force is the only thing between us and serious public disorder. There never was a more important time to stop the cycle of decline.

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Nicholas Craddy's avatar

Absolutely agree with you Andrew

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Kip🎗️'s avatar

God almighty, what a trainwreck the U.K. has become, and it's nowhere near done crashing.

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Penny's avatar

It was a False Flag to whip up Islamophobia and antisemitism !!

The powers that be want and need this division “ problem reaction solution” the solution can only be digital ID. I am not denying that people may have been killed, do the government care ?

Were crisis actors used

What ever the government states or is in the MSN is a lie

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J C's avatar

Once you see it, you can't unsee it

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Jon Marr's avatar

The show must go on. Bring on the clowns, oh, that's us...

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Kat Harvey's avatar

Hope they will drop all charges, Pete. Going back to 2023 is pointless. If detecting angry memes has any point at all, it is to prevent incitement. Who reads stuff from 2 years ago!

I also feel, as I suspect you do, that the Manchester schul attack will be a bit of a watershed . They can no longer viably blame the imaginary “Far Right thugs” or the Jews for being terrorists. It is clear who the main problem really are.

They also have blood on their hands for carelessly shooting one of the Jewish defenders. They are not really coming out of this in glory.

Just as a footnote, your article encourages me to join the FSU. It sounds so sensible.

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The Martyr's avatar

I joined the FSU recently Kat. I hope I don’t get a knock on the door from Plod but if you’re over 65 (I’m 66) it’s only £30 or so I think. You get a badge as well!!!

I hope you’re right about Manchester being a watershed but doubt it. Salman Abedi killed 23 in Manchester in 2017 and predictably despite warm words from (the useless) Theresa May and the King of the North that was one of five attacks that year alone. I wasn’t surprised when I heard about this attack and won’t be surprised at the next one.

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Nicholas Craddy's avatar

Same here Martyr, I’m 69 and found that I was subconsciously pulling my words when posting, for fear of the 2AM knock from Plod.

I view the FSU as a sort of insurance policy and it’s very good value for money to us pensioners.

Besides which it’s also an excellent organisation that we need to have in Great Britain in 2025, sadly.

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The Martyr's avatar

I was doing the same. I’ve stopped posting on X completely (although I read it and am tempted to write) but I really don’t fancy spending my twilight years sewing mailbags and being forced to learn the Quran. Yes the FSU is a bit like BUPA. I pay for it but hope I won’t need it and it’s a lot cheaper.

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Penelope's avatar

Withdrawing local police stations and officers detaches members of the force from connection to their communities. When police are being used to monitor and arrest for perfectly legal behaviour, they need to have distance from the people they are controlling. Their Chiefs and the College of Policing understand that when you have personal relationships with neighbourhoods, businesses and individuals, you have fellow feeling for them. They cannot allow that.

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Nicholas Hughes's avatar

This decline in the way the police operate starts around the time the College of Policing was created.

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Julie Preece's avatar

I think the rot started when the police stopped recruiting ex military personnel. Then sent them to university. Removing height weight and fitness is the final nail.

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