By ‘original idea’ I meant ‘as laid out on the Act of Parliament’ so I wouldn’t say ‘watered down’ so much as ‘broadened’. But since so many candidates saw themselves as wannabe sheriffs….

Yeah. (Also it pains me to more or less agree with Maurice Glasman).

Gonna be a lone voice crying in the wilderness here, but the idea behind PCCs was a good one: a golden thread linking the police with the agencies supporting people at risk of and risk of committing crime. Unfortunately it turned into an election for Suoercop and it was all downhill from then on.

I have no doubt at all that they would all have found something to complain about.

Worse than a Calamity.

Thank goodness for Anders Rasmussen. #newsnight

And he told me that she spoke English to all the other customers (Dutch, German etc) but insisted on speaking French to him. (We were the only Brits people there).

My non-French-speaking husband went every day to the campsite shop in 🇫🇷 proudly returning with both a croissant & a chocolate danish. On the last day, I went with him. Madame stopped me by the caisse and said « Dites à votre mari: c’est pas un panneau chocolate mais un pain au chocolat. » 🥐

Order is restored!

If you don’t recognise any of the people in the photo, put it in the bin.

No. It’s a kind of seat, as is a chair, as is a stool, as is a bench.

And telling you he will be miserable if you are successful. Just appalling.

This is so dreadful.