Well, That's A Relief, I'd Been Looking Forward To The Next Season Of 'Line Of Duty'...

...and if this wretched prune-faced little ballsack had got his way, each episode would only need to be 10 minutes long.

Sir Mark said the force now did not have any mechanism to get rid of officers who were not fit to keep their vetted status, including officers who "cannot be trusted to work with women" or "enter the homes of vulnerable people".

Really? No, Reader. What this little weasel was attempting to do was swerve employment law.  

"Jesus, Mary and Joseph and the wee donkey"

However, Mrs Justice Lang said the dismissal process which had been used by the Met was unlawful as those suspected of wrongdoing were denied an opportunity to defend themselves.

Specifically, instead of - when an allegation is made - going to the trouble of investigating and charging the officer, he wanted to yank their vetting and say 'Well, now they can't work, so we'll sack them!' 

No need to get Kate Fleming mic'd up to go undercover any more. Steve Arnott won't even get time to wink at a likely new conquest before it's all wrapped up extrajudicially and they're all in the pub.

The Metropolitan Police Federation, which represents officers, backed Sgt Di Maria's judicial review and welcomed the ruling, saying it was about "ensuring a fair, but more importantly, legal process was in place".

"The Metropolitan Police must recognise the law and - it goes without saying - operate within it. That's what today's ruling clearly emphasises," it said in a statement.

Well, indeed! Now we're sucking diesel.