Lions led by donkeys

Right, before we start, it's important to set the scene: everyone begin by humming that circus tune... come on now,

rrrrrrrRRRRRRR-RAT-tat titty tatty rat ta TA-da,

Tum tum tiddy tummy tum ta-RA-ra

Rip da banaaaa-na

Rip da banaaaa-na

Tummy-tummy-tummy-tummy-tummy-tummy TA-da...

Now keep that tune going as you read on:

Glorious leader, Home Office Minister Tony McNutty-as-a-Fruitcake has told Jeremy Vine, on a Panorama interview to be shown tonight that members of the public shouldn't intervene in an scenario posed by Vine:

Jeremy: You see a young man looking aggressive, shouting at an old woman, what do you do? You retreat and ring the police?
Tony McNulty: I think you should in the first instance. It may well be the simply shouting at them, blowing your horn or whatever else deters them and they go away.

Jeremy: He's now hitting her and the police haven't come, what do you do then?
Tony McNulty: The same the same, you must always ...
Jeremy: Still wait?
Tony McNulty: Get back to the police, try some distractive activities whatever else.
Jeremy: What jump up and down?
Tony McNulty: But I would say you know sometimes that that may well work

[Bitseach: er, what's that now? Say that one again?]

Tony McNulty: Get back to the police, try some distractive activities whatever else.

Jeremy: What jump up and down?

Tony McNulty: But I would say you know sometimes that that may well work

THIS is one of the leaders of the police services / forces / constabularies across Britain.

THIS is the man from whom we are given the f***ing hoops through which we must jump constantly.

THIS is the chap that is SO SPINELESS that he thinks that this a good thing to tell the good people of Britain to do if they see an old lady being beaten up by someone in the street.

THIS is the man who is so lacking in moral courage that he looks up to puddles as sources of strength. I have thrown limp lettuces out of my 'fridge that have had more character than this excuse for a man, and for which I've had more respect.

This is one of many reasons why the police should never be run by civilians elected or appointed into position by policians and bureaucrats.

At the risk of, for the first time in my life, agreeing with the Daily (Hate-)Mail, this man makes me sick to my stomach.

Why is it?

...that laws always seem to change about 2 months after I've bought my Blackstones Police Manuals for the year?

So now I am working from an out-of-date version of the s172Road Traffic Act 1988 (requirement to give name and address of driver) whereby the old wording is no longer applicable as from 31st January 2007, and the old offences of Deception (obtaining property by, obtaining goods/services by etc) as given in the Theft Acts of 1968 and 1978 have given way to 3 main offences in the new Fraud Act 2006, as from 15th Jan 2007.

Grrr...