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Archive for July, 2006

Leave us alone damn you!

At the start of the recent (and ongoing) heatwave, the staff at our nick received a patronising email from some H & S waster telling us to “drink lots of water”. So….. we are in full body armour, the aircon on all the cars is knackered as usual and it’s nearly 100 degrees (in old [...]

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Land of ASBO glory

Britain is witnessing the rise of an underclass of people at the bottom of the social heap, structurally and culturally distinct from traditional patterns of “decent” working-class life. The anti-work, anti-social, and welfare dependent  attitudes displayed by this underclass are expensive and damage the fabric of society.
I understand the importance of the desperate need to [...]

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Lebanese Loop

The Foreign Office get a glimpse of what the police suffer every day: 
How about this for a plan. You travel to the Middle East (probably against Foreign Office advice). You take your children with you, or you are pregnant or sick. You know this when you travel. Then you visit Beruit (probably the second most dangerous [...]

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CO19 - A Few Good Men

I understand the thought police will announce today if any firearms officers are to be prosecuted for Stockwell. Here are some comments from Col Jessup (Jack Nicholson).
“Son, we live in a world that has walls. And those walls have to be guarded by men with guns. Who’s gonna do it? You? You, Lt. Weinberg? I [...]

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Bring on the clowns

On the extremely rare occasions that Mrs Gadget and I attend social functions with people we don’t know, I have decided to respond to questions about what I do for a living by claiming to be a Children’s Entertainer. My ability to make children laugh has been recently been enhanced by the nonsense of virtually [...]

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