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19th Century

Enemies Within, Part Four

30th November 2024 Always Worth Saying 2145 Comments

In late February of 1894, a far-fetched tale appeared in the London penny dreadful newspapers. It concerned the untimely death of an anarchist, Martial Bourdin, blown up by his own bomb near the Royal Observatory [more…]

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Boiling Point

17th August 2024 Always Worth Saying 1513 Comments

July saw a series of high-profile racial attacks with white people as the victims. Anthony Esan, a black man, was charged with attempted murder over the stabbing of Lieutenant Colonel Mark Teeton near Gillingham’s Brompton [more…]

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Postcard From The Antebellum, Part Two

10th August 2024 Always Worth Saying 2248 Comments

On Thursday, 25th July, Mrs AWS and myself struck out for Birmingham New Street. One of our Standard Premium day trips, it’s memorable – even without hindsight – by a heightened presence of the transport [more…]

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Modern Policing – A Copper’s View From 1950

12th June 2023 Going Postal 2193 Comments

In 1950 John E Horwell, the former Chief Constable of Scotland Yard, set out his view of the state of modern policing; a view which will resonate with many 73 years later. This article first [more…]

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Educayshun, educayshun, educayshun

8th June 2022 well_chuffed 2888 Comments

It all sounded so wonderful. Loads more, up to 5 times more, graduates coming into the workplace, it couldn’t help but improve the country. We would be flooded with doctors and engineers. What a wonderful [more…]

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The Rise and Fall of the British Police

10th June 2020 Going Postal 3199 Comments

In light of the recent abominable and unprofessional behaviour, during riots and public demonstrations, by members of what used to be a well-respected British police force — together with their now routine displays of a [more…]

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The Anorexic Blue Line

12th August 2019 Rookwood 2609 Comments

I have a number of friends who are police officers. Or to be more accurate, former police officers. Which is a bit of a paradox really, as by far the majority of rank and file [more…]

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The Boris Police Plan

31st July 2019 Godfrey Bloom 3701 Comments

In no way do I wish to be negative about the excellent start, at least rhetorically the new Prime Minister has made. But we must be wary of the police numbers game, as indeed we [more…]

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