I didn’t catch the Today programme though I imagine the content was pretty much the same as the previous day when Paddick was interviewed (one of many current and ex-coppers coming forward to vent some spleen on this matter, Dizei was not a popular man on the force).

I imagine the NBPA is going to take a real hammering over this for the next few weeks/months.

How goes life? I’ve been having fun working various menial minimum wage jobs for a living, on the other hand I’ve also been more seriously politically engaged recently then I was at uni. Oh and just tonight I found that no less than the leader of the Scottish fucking tories is pictured on redwatch. That is one seriously weird site.

Hope you’re doing well.

Did you listen to the Today programme this morning? I found it interesting that the NBPA was under such sustained attack – even from those who acknowledged the fact of racism, who were arguing that since the NPBA hasn’t cracked the nut by now, maybe they’re not going about it in the right way.

I find this amusing; obviously some people feel that the police are completely cut off from the dynanmics of the rest of the country.

I also find Brian Paddick’s point scoring to be amusing. Can’t think why someone would want to tie an organisation intent on defending its members against ill-treatment and victimization to the Home Office while the Labour Party is in government. Yet Paddick’s view seems to have been taken as gospel and repeated ad nauseam.