[Politics] Dick Off

[Seagull58]

Long overdue, a litany of endless failure to tackle the clean up of The Met. She's "learned" so many lessons but nothing fundamental changes.

Will she take the positives from this and move on?

 

[Cheshire Cat]

From 1969.

A new broom to sweep out the mess left by the old regime.

Not much has changed in 50 years.

 

[banjo]

He’d never get in the City side nowadays.

 

[Seagull58]

Always thought she gave it her best. Sad to see her go but pressure on her was too much.

Whoever takes over has got a very difficult job.

Gave it her best? The Met lurches from one crisis to another. Racist, sexist, misogynist police officers. Incompetent, corrupt investigations. A murderer within their own ranks (who should not have been employed in the first place based on past history). Refusal to allow an independent enquiry to access police data.
From the evidence in the public domain it appears that The Met has got worse, not better, in the 29 years since Stephen Lawrence was murdered.

 

[Lenny Rider]

Will she take the positives from this and move on?

Strictly, Celebrity Chase or even the Masked Singer?

 

[clapham_gull]

Always thought she gave it her best. Sad to see her go but pressure on her was too much.

Whoever takes over has got a very difficult job.

I'm sorry that simply isn't true. Unfortunately she favoured protecting the MET and her colleagues over sorting out it's numerous problems.

She ran it like the civil service, not a Police force.

The Stephen Lawrence murder should have been a low point, but nothing has improved under her leadership. Quite how she got the job in the first place after Stockwell is anyone's guess.

London deserves and needs better. So well done to the Mayor to finally standing up and removing her although he should have acted earlier.

The Home Office did nothing except extend Dick's contract.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

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The last Dickov....

It has been a bit of struggle twatting aside those who feel I missed a glorious chance for a bit of low comedy when I started this thread, but, as a Brighton supporter who actually saw the tiny jock play for us at the Goldstone (yes, yes, with Mark Flatts), I couldn't resist a bit of Albion-related English verdplay, as Henning Wehn would almost certainly not say.

 

[ManOfSussex]

Always thought she gave it her best. Sad to see her go but pressure on her was too much.

Whoever takes over has got a very difficult job.

I'd hope for a bit better than that though. She's The Commissioner of The Metropolitan Police after all on a £230k a year salary, not the goalkeeper for an under 15's girl football team.

 

[Titanic]

Metropolitan Police Federation says it has 'no faith' in London Mayor Sadiq Khan

https://news.sky.com/story/cressida...BI65jRIFdB68oKYBNpl2NAGPrC7rlM_utrDOP4feEeeBM

"We have let the Mayor's office know in no uncertain terms how our brave and diligent colleagues deserve better.

"The atmosphere amongst Metropolitan Police officers is horrendous - it's rock bottom.

"Officers in London feel saddened and angry that the Commissioner Cressida Dick has been pushed out in the way she has. She was reforming. She was changing. The culture is changing.

"We are deeply disappointed with the actions of the Mayor."

 

[Springal]

Metropolitan Police Federation says it has 'no faith' in London Mayor Sadiq Khan

https://news.sky.com/story/cressida...BI65jRIFdB68oKYBNpl2NAGPrC7rlM_utrDOP4feEeeBM

"We have let the Mayor's office know in no uncertain terms how our brave and diligent colleagues deserve better.

"The atmosphere amongst Metropolitan Police officers is horrendous - it's rock bottom.

"Officers in London feel saddened and angry that the Commissioner Cressida Dick has been pushed out in the way she has. She was reforming. She was changing. The culture is changing.

"We are deeply disappointed with the actions of the Mayor."

Bit late though innit?

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Dick may well be off, but all the fat sweaty corrupt jolly boy Met officers remain in place. ****s

Ditto a significant number of Sussex plod

 

[Guinness Boy]

Bit late though innit?

If the culture of the place was that a serving officer could rape and murder an innocent woman using his warrant card less than 2 years ago then I'd respectfully suggest it wasn't changing fast enough.

I'm not sure that very many serving officers will have voted for Khan. He doesn't seem their type.

 

[schmunk]

Metropolitan Police Federation says it has 'no faith' in London Mayor Sadiq Khan

https://news.sky.com/story/cressida...BI65jRIFdB68oKYBNpl2NAGPrC7rlM_utrDOP4feEeeBM

"We have let the Mayor's office know in no uncertain terms how our brave and diligent colleagues deserve better.

"The atmosphere amongst Metropolitan Police officers is horrendous - it's rock bottom.

"Officers in London feel saddened and angry that the Commissioner Cressida Dick has been pushed out in the way she has. She was reforming. She was changing. The culture is changing.

"We are deeply disappointed with the actions of the Mayor."

"She's one of our own, she's one of our own..."

 

[drew]

Failing to read the room springs to mind.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Met police corrupt you say?

https://twitter.com/SkyNews/status/1493225645152813057

https://news.sky.com/story/met-poli...ing-cannabis-lsd-and-magic-mushrooms-12541990

 

[jackanada]

And there was me looking forward to John Travolta and Nicholas Cage finally making a sequel.