NEW: Mayor of London: “I asked the Commissioner...to give me an explanation of yesterday’s events. I am not satisfied with the explanation they have provided”
https://twitter.com/mayoroflondon/status/1371119517645078529
Remember: the Met Commissioner is directly accountable to BOTH the Mayor and the Home Secretary - one a Labour politician, one a Conservative
“The Commissioner is accountable in law...to the Mayor & is held to account for the delivery of policing by the Home Secretary & Mayor. Both have a role in appointing the Commissioner, with the decision taken by the Home Secretary following consultation with the mayor.”
NEW: Home Secretary says there are “still questions to be answered” having read the report from the Met
Has asked HM Inspectorate of Constabulary to review the policing yesterday
BUT it *sounds* like she’ll be sticking by Cressida Dick
Has asked HM Inspectorate of Constabulary to review the policing yesterday
BUT it *sounds* like she’ll be sticking by Cressida Dick
Meanwhile Labour leader (and former Director of Public Prosecutions) Sir Keir Starmer decides not to call for Cressida Dick’s resignation
Likely a reminder that outrage on Twitter rarely translates to the real world and he knows it....
Likely a reminder that outrage on Twitter rarely translates to the real world and he knows it....
Cressida Dick has just spoken and come out swinging- certainly no apology or contrition
She said the gathering became unlawful under the Covid restrictions and her officers had to act
She said the gathering became unlawful under the Covid restrictions and her officers had to act
Very much the “rules is rules” defence from Cressida Dick
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