Spin of the week
A contender for the political spin of the week surely must be David Cameron, when he said, “Everybody deserves a holiday”. Obviously still feeling a bit displeased at criticism of his reluctance to return early from his Tuscany holiday two days after the Tottenham riots had engulfed London and other England cities in rioting, arson and looting.
New Met Boss
The appointment of the UK’s most powerful police officer i.e. Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police is off and running. The word on the street (pardon the pun) is that the Prime Minister and the Home Secretary do not want Sir Hugh Ord the former Chief Constable of Northern Ireland at any cost. Sir Hugh’s description of the PM and Home Secretary’s decisions on their return from their holidays to deal with the riots as quote, “an irrelevance” to the changing police strategy caused panic in the Home Office and Downing Street. The appointment must have the agreement of both the Home Secretary and the London Mayor. That means the PM has no veto on any appointment but Boris does. Will Boris bend the knee to his “used to be” friend?
Spin of the Week / New Met Boss
Spin of the week
A contender for the political spin of the week surely must be David Cameron, when he said, “Everybody deserves a holiday”. Obviously still feeling a bit displeased at criticism of his reluctance to return early from his Tuscany holiday two days after the Tottenham riots had engulfed London and other England cities in rioting, arson and looting.
New Met Boss
The appointment of the UK’s most powerful police officer i.e. Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police is off and running. The word on the street (pardon the pun) is that the Prime Minister and the Home Secretary do not want Sir Hugh Ord the former Chief Constable of Northern Ireland at any cost. Sir Hugh’s description of the PM and Home Secretary’s decisions on their return from their holidays to deal with the riots as quote, “an irrelevance” to the changing police strategy caused panic in the Home Office and Downing Street. The appointment must have the agreement of both the Home Secretary and the London Mayor. That means the PM has no veto on any appointment but Boris does. Will Boris bend the knee to his “used to be” friend?