There isn't a problem in the world that Tony couldn't fix with just a bit more authoritarianism & bureaucracy.
https://twitter.com/PoliticsForAlI/status/1354549776273072133
I once interviewed a policeman during Blair's term. Off camera, he told me that he had been turned into a kind of social worker. We had to be creative to find a way of saying it on camera so that he didn't get fired.
Social workers with truncheons & handcuffs.
That's how it started.
This is how it's going.
"PAPERS!"
This is how it's going.
"PAPERS!"
https://twitter.com/C1Haywood/status/1354417928007987205
It's an interesting contrast. The policeman I interviewed explained that Blair's "respect" agenda had set people against each other, and the Police against the community.
Some cops now seem to think that's a good thing. What Blair stood for was the criminalisation of everything.
Some cops now seem to think that's a good thing. What Blair stood for was the criminalisation of everything.
Some people are simply delighted about the pandemic.
I think it's that simple.
I think it's that simple.
They don't care about the antagonisms that it creates.
It's okay -- they can criminalise the other side in the antagonism for the good of society. Problem over.
It's okay -- they can criminalise the other side in the antagonism for the good of society. Problem over.
Back in the early-mid '00s, that Policeman really surprised me. He was smart. A very ordinary community Policeman. But smarter than I realised even then. Unfortunately, I think he was rare.
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