Would That Have Helped?

The hearing also heard that she had not been given enough “control and restraint” training and was not provided with a PPE helmet.

I'm not sure any amount of training would help a 54 year old woman subdue a 28 year old deranged man...

He said that Ms Barwell was not aware of Burke’s previous violent outbursts despite Serco having access to this information.

“No-one told her or gave her any indication that this was a man who could lash out for any reason and that you could not read him or know how he would react and that is certainly what happened here,” Mr Menzies said.

Do you have to inform zookeepers that the tiger they are caring for could lunge at any moment? No, of course not - you're expected to understand it's a dangerous anumal. 

Why is it different for Serco employees?

"'No one has said sorry. No one has been held to account..."

And chances are, they never will be:

Deborah, who runs a nail salon, says her mother never got over the thousands of pounds worth of devastation caused by police to her home, in which drawers and cupboards were ransacked, pipes removed and her stair lift derailed. Officers even stuck their fingers into Rosemary's home-made Christmas pudding in their futile hunt for clues.

What the hell did they expect to find? 

'They turned our homes into a crime scene,' says Deborah. 'They cut a hole in my mattress. But they also helped themselves to tea and coffee and used the radio.'

I'd have spat in the milk...

'My mother never got over the shock of it. She was shunned by the community afterwards. She once went into a cafe and people moved tables away from her. She asked the police about counselling and they laughed and said: 'You're not a victim.' '

But she was. The victim of criminally incompetent Dorset Police officers.

Open Defiance

Doctors have launched a revolt against Sajid Javid's orders for them to see more patients face to face, with hundreds of GPs told to 'ignore' the guidelines.

Who's telling them this?

A letter from the head of the local medical committee (LMC) which represents the area's GPs, said it 'advises all practices not to participate in any aspect of these proposals'.

It claimed the Government's £250million support package aimed at helping patients was 'politically motivated' and 'panders to popular campaigns in sections of the Press'.

I said at the time that the right way to do this was not to offer the greedy bastards more money, it was to cut the money of those refusing to do what they are paid for. 

I was right. 

Last night patient campaigners condemned the 'arrogant' move and said the Government 'cannot allow this sort of anarchy to prevail'.

It can't. So what are you going to do, Sajid? Are you man, or mouse?

You're Disappointed..?

Imagine how we, the taxpayers, feel...

The Home Office said it was 'disappointed' with the decision. Five of the men had already pleaded guilty to unlawful entry and jailed for two weeks. Their convictions are expected to be quashed.

Yet another utter failure from a government department that can't even get the basics right... 

A Border Force source said: 'It's a basic principle that a foreign national must have set foot in this country to be charged with illegal entry. This offence should be bread and butter stuff for immigration officers.'

Here's a newsflash - it wasn't.  

The Home Office did not seek specific legal advice about the evidence required for a prosecution before the vessel was intercepted.

Surely in an operation with over 250 civil servants and frontline officers someone must have thought 'Hang on, if they are intercepted before they land, are they actually breaking the law?'..? 

But incredibly, no one did. 

A spokesman for the department said: 'The decision to arrest and charge was an operational one made by officials who are fully aware of the relevant legislation.

'Because these are summary offences dealt with at the magistrates' court, it was not a case where one would go to the CPS and get legal advice.'

Clearly, they either aren't 'fully aware' or they are and thought they could blag it.  

After the arrests, Priti Patel hailed the operation as a 'big win' against a 'serious illegal enterprise'.

What do you think of it now, Priti? Ready to do a bit of bullying and firing, I hope! 

Ana Maria Ajazi, 34, whose husband Taulant was hiding in the ship and has been held at Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre in Bedfordshire since his arrest, said: 'I'm very happy to hear this news. I hope they will release him soon.

'I am angry they made this mistake because they have been in prison for nearly a month.'

*grinds teeth* 

Mrs Ajazi, who is currently in Romania, added: 'I hope they will all be released with documentation so they can live freely.'

I hope they are put on the next plane out of here. But no doubt the activist lawyers are already circling... 

Mr Ajazi, 31, from Tirana, said he and other migrants were poised to launch appeals to stay in Britain.

'It is our human right to be able to come here with our families,' he added. 'Our life is at risk in our country because of our debts. We spoke to lawyers. It is our right to be able to live our life in freedom.'

Not here it isn't. But we are once again on the hook for massive payouts and more people we don't want in our country because of the utter uselessness and blinding incompetence of the people who are paid to do a job. 

And yet seemingly prove unsackable when it turns out they aren't up to it.