Sauce for the Goose …
It has been reported today that one of Britain’s top Asian policewomen is suing Scotland Yard for ‘racial and gender’ discrimination after being cleared of misconduct allegations. It appears that Superintendent Parm Sandhu, acting Chief Superintendent at the time, was suspended from normal duties in June of last year as a result of allegations that she had lobbied for support in an attempt to gain a nomination for a Queen’s Police Medal (QPM), action that…
Tory Toffs, Cosmopolitanism and Greed
By Max Musson: Boris Johnson delivered a speech yesterday revealing much about the spirit motivating the Conservative Party and the upper echelons of our society currently. Johnson, who is of course the Mayor of London and who comes from a privileged background with lineages extending back to British royalty as well as to continental aristocrats, likes to project the rather eccentric image of an affable, well-meaning, and oftentimes inspired buffoon and ‘man of the people’,…