One source said: 'This was such a sensitive operation that it was felt officers could inflame the situation if we brought the hunger strike and demonstration to a premature end. This is a further example of the complexities of policing London today.'
In fact, it's an example of the fact that we've lost our collective minds and our grip on our police 'service', when a bogus hunger striker and a demonstration about a political issue in another country can paralyse part of our capital and rack up a £7mill overtime bill...
Someone trying and failing to win the 'Bobby Sands Slimmer of the Year Award,' perhaps?
ReplyDeleteTruncheon, head. Head, truncheon.
ReplyDeleteWhat was the problem again?
LTTE fans need to understand the restricted dietary options that avail oneself when one's jaw has been smashed. Being fed through a straw will just melt the pounds off your average psychotic terror-supporting ne'er-do-well.
ReplyDelete"Someone trying and failing to win the 'Bobby Sands Slimmer of the Year Award,' perhaps?"
ReplyDeleteHeh! ;)
"Truncheon, head. Head, truncheon.
What was the problem again?"
Ah, if only. That might damage 'community relations' though. Better just to inconvenience half of London instead...