Tim Worstall points his truncheon, er, in a manner of speaking, at a problem, or non-problem depending on your point of view, at the latest police practice in which Her Maj's Loyal Constabulary infiltrate Left-wing loony groups and shag the 'wimmin'. Needless to say, The Graun is shocked, I tell you, shocked! According to a total wet by the name of Owen Jones, the 'wimmin' concerned are attempting to bring rape charges but the Crown Prosecution Service will have none of it. Now, I believe, they are thinking of suing for damages on the grounds of being shagged under false pretences. Oh God, I hope none of my 35 19 8, oh alright, pair of 'conquests' (prior to the Memsahib sandbagging me!) read about this - hopefully at their age now their eyesight is as useless as mine! I can't quite recall whether I told them at the time that I was, in reality, 008 working for MI6, or, that I was the stunt man who did all the action sequences in the James Bond movies and that I was really, really friendly with Sean Connery, something like that anyway. What I do remember is that whatever the story it always went down much better after several gin and tonics. Anyway, they wouldn't sue if they found out, they'd just smile gratefully for the memory, I just know they would!
Mmmm, I suppose some denizen of the Home Office murmured, 'could be in a spot of bother here, call my mates at the CPS, should hold off the stink until after the election..'. But what bothers me is the cost - and how could it have been worth while having coppers living under the duvets for years - at say £50K+/year + overtime and exes and management costs. Not as if these ladies were fully fledged dangers to the foundations of society, more a minor nuisance, not exactly Yardies or AQ were they. Not that I blame the coppers, a bit despicable yes but orders is orders, no, I would be asking some hard questions of their management and why exactly I should continue paying them for being numpties. Anyway, the criminal law still has some way to run on this one and the civil case should be good for a laugh - and Jo Public will be paying for the privilege.
Posted by: rogerh | Monday, 25 August 2014 at 15:27
And to think what I missed because I once thought about joining the Met. They told me about plodding the streets of London which I didn't fancy but not the rest of it!
Posted by: David Duff | Monday, 25 August 2014 at 15:38
Knew there was a reason for reading the Monday funnies!
Posted by: Up2L8 | Monday, 25 August 2014 at 16:42
I trust, Uppers, that you were not sniggering at what passed (in a flash!) as my early love life!
Posted by: David Duff | Monday, 25 August 2014 at 20:31
The question that should be asked of those sad pathetic women is did they have an orgasm.
Posted by: jimmy glesga | Tuesday, 26 August 2014 at 22:44