![]() Likewise the relatives of the 14-year-old who was stabbed outside Tesco in west London last Sunday? As they wait anxiously by their son's hospital bed, will they be happy to know that no middle-aged female officer will ever have to feel embarrassed to ask a colleague if they can open a window again? Do we think the family of a 16-year-old stabbed to death in Brixton this April will take comfort from the fact that hot flushes are front of mind at Scotland Yard? It's hard to know where to begin, really, but how about this for starters. Talk about fiddling while Rome burns.Ĭan the Met not see how incredibly insulting this is to all those victims of crime in London whose person or property they have failed to protect? Or, while we're at it, how insanely patronising it is to actual menopausal women like me for them to waste police time on such an idiotic endeavour? If it weren't so tragic, it would actually be quite funny. That's what's happened over the past few years.Ĭan the Met not see how incredibly insulting this is to all those victims of crime in London whose person or property they have failed to protect?Īpparently he found the experience 'uncomfortable' and 'distracting'. But there's a fine line between being open and honest about something in order to raise awareness - and turning it into a full-blown industry. Fair enough, it's a thing, and it's good that people know about it. Mind if I interject here for a second? As a menopausal woman, can I just say I am so bored of talking about the menopause. That's what the Met police are focusing on now, as our capital city descends into chaos. What Britain really needs now is a police force that can tackle one of the most dangerous threats of our age: middle-aged ladies feeling a bit hot and sweaty. Pictured: Assistant Commissioner Matt Jukes (pictured), who has been 'sharing' his experiences of wearing a 'menovest' - a garment that mimics the effects of hot flushes - with colleaguesįorget crazy people gluing themselves to things. Were this not already abundantly apparent, along comes the Met - currently in special measures owing to its stunning record of incompetence - to press home the point.įorget gang warfare, armed robbery, knife crime forget 20-mile tailbacks on the M25, or wanton vandalism of buildings and priceless artefacts. Which is that the police - at management level, at any rate - are a joke. Anything to avoid facing up to the truth. ![]() One police commissioner, whose officers wrongly arrested a journalist for covering the protests this week, even tried to shift responsibility for the mayhem on to the media, claiming news outlets were 'fanning the flames' of protest by reporting on the disruption caused. Ordinary, law-abiding citizens - you know, the poor sops who have to actually work for a living - have been left tearing their hair out at the force's total inability (or is it unwillingness?) to tackle the eco-vangelists. Pictures of them standing around - apparently aimlessly, certainly cluelessly - while a succession of puce-faced Indigos and Portias deliver tremulous rants about their future being stolen, from atop gantries on the M25, haven't done much to boost confidence in His Majesty's law enforcement. Fair to say the Capital's police force haven't exactly had the best week.
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