Today is Gordon Brown’s first anniversary as Prime Minister. It is more than a year since Tony Blair stepped down as Prime Minister. Brown has been a disaster – the succession of a man who simply wasn’t up to the job.
I am absolutely appalled by the way Tarique Ghaffur has been (allegedly) treated by the Metropolitan Police and by “Sir” Ian Blair (yes, he of Jean-Charles De Menezes; insensitive comments about Holly and Jessica; etc). The public has about as much confidence in Blair as they had in his namesake, the former PM: i.e. very little. Labour should be ashamed of the shambles the leadership of the Met has become.
It is time that Blair resigns as head of the Met. He should be replaced, not by the usual public school & Oxbridge educated, white, middle-class copper but by someone who knows the patch and commands respect: as well as adding some diversity to the most senior leadership of this country’s police.
My suggestion isn’t positive discrimination á la Harman’s legislation today. There has already, it appears, been (alleged) racial discrimination against the man I suggest should replace Blair – so it would rebalance an already unfair and unjust situation.
Who would be the ideal successor to ‘Sir’ Ian Blair? None other than Tarique Ghaffur – he would make a fine, and well deserved, head of the Met.
Mountjoy
Tom said
Just another asian trying it on. They can discriminate against me for over 100K a year. What has this country come to?
Tarique Ghaffur, Ian Blair and the Metropolitain Police Service | Four Groups' Blog said
[...] The Wilted Rose I am absolutely appalled by the way Tarique Ghaffur has been (allegedly) treated by the Metropolitan Police and by “Sir” Ian Blair (yes, he of Jean-Charles De Menezes; insensitive comments about Holly and Jessica; etc). He should be replaced, not by the usual public school & Oxbridge educated, white, middle-class copper but by someone who knows the patch and commands respect: as well as adding some diversity to the most senior leadership of this country’s police. Who would be the ideal successor to ‘Sir’ Ian Blair? None other than Tarique Ghaffur – he would make a fine, and well deserved, head of the Met. [...]
Bruce Lewin said
This piece helped me in writing a review of the Tarique Ghaffur saga – thank you very much! I tried to do a pingback but I’m not sure if it worked, so I thought I’d say hello the old fashioned way!
btw, the piece is online at http://www.fourgroups.com/blog/archives/13/tarique-ghaffur-ian-blair-and-the-metropolitain-police-service/
Mountjoy said
Thank you Bruce – glad that this post was of use to you. I enjoyed your review, which I’ve just read on your Four Groups site. All the best!