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Another Walt? and a Chief Constable at that!

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Old 26th Jun 2024, 16:13
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Another one being investigated for misconduct, I wonder if he has any medals?

https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news...stable-9369735
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Old 26th Jun 2024, 21:21
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We are entitled to expect state employed civil servants, like police officers, to be selected, trained, appointed and regulated by a competent authority.
There are very good reasons why police officers are not state employed civil servants. Some of them are called Alan Clark, Geoffrey Archer, Jonathan Aiken and Boris Johnson. The trouble with Theresa May's attempt to form a regulatory authority, akin to the General Medical Council, is that it is neither competent (imagine if the head of the GMC was a Conservative peer with no medical experience) nor independent (and appointed by the Health Secretary). Home Secretaries both abdicate responsibility and exercise control.

It would be completely wrong for politicians and business owners to submit to such control. They must obey the law of the land, but not some other mysterious authority. That is what happens in totalitarian states. Sure, it means you get good and bad, but the bad have a way of being weeded out sooner or later. That's OK with me.
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Why? Politicians at the lower levels are subject to token regulation although at the higher levels MPs pretend to self regulate. Plus the party system and deselection can bring an MP to heel and that is almost a perfect mysterious and unaccountable authority.

Everyone else is forbidden to lie on a job application, but not politicians - for them it seems almost mandatory.

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That was Flying Lawyer (Tudor Owen), (formerly?) of this parish!

The quotes in that article came from him on PPRuNe!
Yes, they did! I'm here too and I spoke to Flying Lawyer after reading his commentary on the case.
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Old 2nd Jul 2024, 04:35
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If anyone is reading this and feels strongly about this cheating charlatan keeping his pension, throw your weight behind the petition

https://www.change.org/p/remove-nick...ley-s-pension/
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no one in politics ever reads a petition these days - in fact they never read them in the old days - there's a whole "yes Minister/Prime Minister" on it
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Old 2nd Jul 2024, 08:55
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And another one!!!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp081pg33ljo

Unfortunately for her she couldn't make up her mind if she was a Doctor or a Nurse, or if she held the rank of Colour Sergeant or Major in 'The Royal British Army' (sic)!!! She alleged that 'she had served in the Army as a medic, with service “in a field hospital 500 metres (0.3 miles) from the front line” in Afghanistan, as well as in Iraq, Syria, Kosovo, Haiti, Bosnia, Malawi, and Zambia.'

However, the report states that 'the court was informed that checks of Ministry of Defence records found no evidence of her serving in the Army or the Reserves. It was revealed that she was an adult volunteer with the Army Cadets but had never seen active service.'

In this day and age, how on earth do people believe that they can get away with cr*p like this???


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Old 2nd Jul 2024, 09:25
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Whatever drove Adderley to do what he did is absolutely beyond me.

In no way wishing or trying to defend him, I bumped into a Police reassurance patrol while walking the dog in the park in Northampton and they were clearly conflicted when I discussed him and his departure. "He had to go" and "what he did was odd and wrong" were balanced by an obvious and genuine respect they obviously still had for him. Why? Because they felt he led and looked after them well, fought for their resources and supported them to get the training and equipment they needed. As a Northamptonshire tax payer and as a proud veteran I am glad that the tribunal sacked him and only wish it could have happened sooner... I just hope now he uses the positive aspects of his character to make a difference to those in society that would benefit from his help and support, without ever feeling the need to tell us about it.
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Originally Posted by OJ 72
And another one!!!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp081pg33ljo
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In this day and age, how on earth do people believe that they can get away with cr*p like this???
And in so many of these cases, the quality of vetting/checking is abysmal.
Gawd, I remember the incredible depth of detail they went onto when I was vetted for a TS post in the DIS ... and a subsequent 'refresher' for GW1.
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Old 2nd Jul 2024, 10:16
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The court was told that £860 was collected for the ward in September 2019 by a mother of a premature baby who ran a half-marathon.

Seems the Beeb needs to re-stock its comma cupboard, or that is one heck of a baby. On a more serious note, well done the mother.
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Old 2nd Jul 2024, 10:23
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And another one!!!
In this day and age, how on earth do people believe that they can get away with cr*p like this???
Amazingly, though, they do, at least for quite a while. Post 236 in the attached link, while written in a slightly humorous tone, is absolutely true. Bert had been getting away with it for at least 7 years after I met him, and I don't know how many years before then, and this in an environment where he was working with a number of genuine ex-WW II diggers.

Colonel Bert

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