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[JamesV6CDX]

Back to the old bill. I served for years (mixture of response, traffic, and detective) and have always been fiercely pro police.

However, I think I got out at the right time (2023).

The whole system is broken. No resources to attend a burglary, but some areas (take Brighton) seemingly have plenty of cash to paint panda cars in rainbow colours and dance like clowns at pride marches.

The whole system is ficked. Most cops are now very young with zero life experience. I was once one of them - but at least then, there were experienced bobbies on the shift to keep the younger ones in check and help them develop.

Now, a cop who has served for thee years is considered “experienced”. Because all of the true experience and talent have left in droves due to how thankless the job became.

Most cops on the ground are hard working and mean well, but the more senior officers are too often politically motivated, and weaponise the junior officers to achieve their political goals.

The police and the judiciary are now used as a major government weapon. Look at Lucy Connolly… 3 years for a ranty Facebook post. I’ve prosecuted scary sexual predators for contact offending who have received less than this.

At the point I was calling it a day, there was talk of body worn video being compulsory for every single interaction, *and* senior officers (who haven’t worn a stab vest in decades) having the ability to remotely monitor what the PCs are doing and saying in real time.

A total removal of the ability for “proper coppering” especially with feral youth (from feral parents) needing a firm hand.

I’m glad I am out. It totally stinks now, up and down the country.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Back to the old bill. I served for years (mixture of response, traffic, and detective) and have always been fiercely pro police.

However, I think I got out at the right time (2023).

The whole system is broken. No resources to attend a burglary, but some areas (take Brighton) seemingly have plenty of cash to paint panda cars in rainbow colours and dance like clowns at pride marches.

The whole system is ficked. Most cops are now very young with zero life experience. I was once one of them - but at least then, there were experienced bobbies on the shift to keep the younger ones in check and help them develop.

Now, a cop who has served for thee years is considered “experienced”. Because all of the true experience and talent have left in droves due to how thankless the job became.

Most cops on the ground are hard working and mean well, but the more senior officers are too often politically motivated, and weaponise the junior officers to achieve their political goals.

The police and the judiciary are now used as a major government weapon. Look at Lucy Connolly… 3 years for a ranty Facebook post. I’ve prosecuted scary sexual predators for contact offending who have received less than this.

At the point I was calling it a day, there was talk of body worn video being compulsory for every single interaction, *and* senior officers (who haven’t worn a stab vest in decades) having the ability to remotely monitor what the PCs are doing and saying in real time.

A total removal of the ability for “proper coppering” especially with feral youth (from feral parents) needing a firm hand.

I’m glad I am out. It totally stinks now, up and down the country.

Precisely.

[YZ250]

Back to the old bill. I served for years (mixture of response, traffic, and detective) and have always been fiercely pro police.

However, I think I got out at the right time (2023).
...........

On here, I've always held back my true thoughts on the police out of respect for you James. I was glad when you opted out of the force as it means that I can unleash my true feelings now. 
Oh, and my criticism is not related to my driving. 

[STEMO]

A major poll today says that if there was ana election tomorrow Farage would be PM.
I f that remains the same closer to the next election, the whole political establishment (regardless of political leanings) will move heaven & earth to stop it from happening.
Expect the worst dirty tricks campaign in living memory in the next few years.

But there isn't an election today. As I said earlier, four years is a very long time. Putin might have melted us long before then.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

A major poll today says that if there was ana election tomorrow Farage would be PM.
I f that remains the same closer to the next election, the whole political establishment (regardless of political leanings) will move heaven & earth to stop it from happening.
Expect the worst dirty tricks campaign in living memory in the next few years.

But there isn't an election today. As I said earlier, four years is a very long time. Putin might have melted us long before then.

......or Farage snuffs it. Then what?

[Raeturbo]

Well,  who trusts any of the other Co))s£ers  more than they trust Farage then?….. name them.

[Raeturbo]

Hi James, hope you’re well mate👍 I’m so sorry for you having to speak about the service you worked for like that, but I’m glad you have put it here for us. We are certainly in dangerous times☹️

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Hi James, hope you’re well mate👍 I’m so sorry for you having to speak about the service you worked for like that, but I’m glad you have put it here for us. We are certainly in dangerous times☹️

Some say similar to 1937-38.

We were not at war with Hitler, but with what was happening in Europe there was unease about what lay ahead.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

.....and you could argue that Starmer is similar to Chamberlain.

Weak and pathetic.

Probably only a matter of time before he waves a piece of paper in the air.

[Raeturbo]

Certainly looks that way he’s a sleazy knob with no backbone, and that’s his good points.

[Lizzie Zoom]

.....and you could argue that Starmer is similar to Chamberlain.

Weak and pathetic.

Probably only a matter of time before he waves a piece of paper in the air.

That Opti is known to have been the outward appearance, yes.  However, we know from the private papers of the time, versified by some historians, that Chamberlain was very uneasy about that "Peace in our time", as he made known on his arrival back at No. 10 Downing Street.  He was no fool and knew that Hitler was very devious and hell bent on war and pushing countries such as Britain and France to see how far he could take it,  just as Putin is now.  Chamberlain knew in 1938 that Great Britain was in no fit state to fight a major conflict as, like the rest of Europe, it had been demilitarising after the terrible blood letting of The Great War, contrary to what Hitler's Germany had been doing.  He knew if Germany tried to attack they would undoubtedly win.  He needed more time for Britain at least to prepare for a major conflict and re-invigorate it's industry to produce arms in bulk.  Once again, just like now in 2025.  The Munich Agreement bought Britain that precious time.  The British Government had already significantly increased war production from 1933-34 (post Hitler rising to power in 1933), but then substantially increasing it again with high level naval construction, then the ramped up production of the Hurricane and Spitfire RAF fighters from 1937-38 (the year of Munich and that "white sheet of paper" nonsense.

In short, Chamberlain knew in 1938 war was definitely coming, bought time for Great Britain, that of course Churchill benefited from in 1940 when he became PM.  That year the RAF with it's brave fighter pilots held off magnificently the Luftwaffe and degraded them, so by 15th September, the Germans were no longer confident that they could secure a victory and protect a German military invasion.  Operation Sea Lion was called off.  If The Munich Agreement and Chamberlain had not delayed what would be the start of WW2 as he did, it can be strongly argued Britain would have been over run by Hitler, just as the rest of Europe was.

Chamberlain was an old fashioned "Gentleman",  but no fool.

[Raeturbo]

We will never be run over by anyone or anything we’re British👍👍👍

[Lizzie Zoom]

We will never be run over by anyone or anything we’re British👍👍👍

Quite right sir, quite right 

[Sir Tigger KC]

.....and you could argue that Starmer is similar to Chamberlain.

Weak and pathetic.

Probably only a matter of time before he waves a piece of paper in the air.

That Opti is known to have been the outward appearance, yes.  However, we know from the private papers of the time, versified by some historians, that Chamberlain was very uneasy about that "Peace in our time", as he made known on his arrival back at No. 10 Downing Street.  He was no fool and knew that Hitler was very devious and hell bent on war and pushing countries such as Britain and France to see how far he could take it,  just as Putin is now.  Chamberlain knew in 1938 that Great Britain was in no fit state to fight a major conflict as, like the rest of Europe, it had been demilitarising after the terrible blood letting of The Great War, contrary to what Hitler's Germany had been doing.  He knew if Germany tried to attack they would undoubtedly win.  He needed more time for Britain at least to prepare for a major conflict and re-invigorate it's industry to produce arms in bulk.  Once again, just like now in 2025.  The Munich Agreement bought Britain that precious time.  The British Government had already significantly increased war production from 1933-34 (post Hitler rising to power in 1933), but then substantially increasing it again with high level naval construction, then the ramped up production of the Hurricane and Spitfire RAF fighters from 1937-38 (the year of Munich and that "white sheet of paper" nonsense.

In short, Chamberlain knew in 1938 war was definitely coming, bought time for Great Britain, that of course Churchill benefited from in 1940 when he became PM.  That year the RAF with it's brave fighter pilots held off magnificently the Luftwaffe and degraded them, so by 15th September, the Germans were no longer confident that they could secure a victory and protect a German military invasion.  Operation Sea Lion was called off.  If The Munich Agreement and Chamberlain had not delayed what would be the start of WW2 as he did, it can be strongly argued Britain would have been over run by Hitler, just as the rest of Europe was.

Chamberlain was an old fashioned "Gentleman",  but no fool.

Starmer by contrast is a fool, but no gentleman. 

He obviously did something to upset the Ukrainian rent boys!     

[YZ250]

Although I don’t watch normal TV (I only watch dramas and films) I see that Met Commissioner Mark Rowley has made an apology regarding corrupt police that prompted a Panorama TV investigation, apparently shown on TV last night.
Charing Cross Police Station, ‘Nine officers and one staff member had been suspended, with two more officers removed from frontline duties. There was incontrovertible evidence of racism, misogyny, anti-Muslim sentiment and bragging about excessive use of force during questioning or arrests of suspects’. The entire custody team were disbanded and the offences were all caught on camera according to Rowley. Other failings were other officers turning a blind eye to colleagues abusing use of power, which is a policy standards breach in itself.

Doesn’t exactly fill you will confidence that the police will act lawfully does it. 
I have no idea of how in depth the Panorama programme went as it was on BBC, and my loathing of anything BBC prevents me from watching or listening to anything BBC related.