It feels like many will think the Met has made a terrible miscalculation today that will look awful for days and weeks to come.
Now facing its greatest crisis since Stephen Lawrence?
Now facing its greatest crisis since Stephen Lawrence?
The videos now circulating on social media will be played out across mainstream UK (and possibly global) media for days to come- this is going to be a *huge* crisis and I expect will lead to questions about just how tenable is the position of the current leadership of the Met.
Even the future Queen went to Clapham Common today- the Sunday newspapers will juxtapose her at the bandstand, and then police pulling women off it.
And that will be a very bad look.
And that will be a very bad look.
You really don’t see an immediate coalition of disgust & condemnation as broad as this - from left to right and everything in between - very often.
Hard not to think something will have to give - and very soon.
Hard not to think something will have to give - and very soon.
👀 Oh and the Home Office Minister for Crime is on @SkyNews from 8.30am - not to give the game away but I expect she’ll be asked about the government’s confidence in the Met’s leadership.
I’m sure the answer to be given is being carefully agonised over as we speak.
I’m sure the answer to be given is being carefully agonised over as we speak.
https://twitter.com/ridgeonsunday/status/1370436458276913158
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