As I understand things the law is very clear that both the Mayor of London and the Home Secretary have no direct control of operational decisions made by the police. There are very strong controls &a… (View Post)

Quite. Even if this was a clever piece of political theatre (which doesn’t appear to be the case) then the MET walked right into the trap eyes wide open with their boots stomping away. (View Post)

In the context of schools & universities however, the relevent individuals they need to refer to are those with parental responsibility - i.e. "parents and guardians" is the correct for… (View Post)

Men are definitely more at risk of being on the receiving end of violence, as the Criminologist who came on R4 this morning pointed out. I don’t know how the numbers work out for sexual assault thoug… (View Post)

You are both (wilfully?) misunderstanding the point I was making. Nobody is attributing a murder directly to catcalling. What I (and others) are saying is that the smorgasbord of misogynistic behavio… (View Post)