R4 Reunion covering Jean Charles De Menezes, 20 years this July. A careers lesson in how demonstrating utter incompetence, and being totally compromised, can lead to rapid promotion in the Met. (View Post)

Surely people goosestep to the right The right hasn't got any less toxic, just look at Trump's actions Summary deportations, arrests, imprisonment, suppression of free speech and protest. I… (View Post)

Update, he's now 110... It's an election, he got more votes than his brother from those eligible who voted. Given the voters were Labour members, that DM is currently a highly remunerated C… (View Post)

AIUI it's generational, as benefits, pensions, healthcare etc are paid out of current receipts. So, Net recipients - Babyboomer generation - far more of them sharing the costs of healthcare and … (View Post)

The people that ran Ford and Vauxhall were also idiots sadly. When they started to lose market share they cut their european engineering divisions. The same notion that they could sell US cars in Eur… (View Post)