Reply to: Bye Mrs May

[d000hg]

It will be interesting to see how political historians judge her. She inherited a terrible situation from Cameron - try to implement Brexit with no plan or even any thoughts of a plan in place.

I think history might eventually be a bit kinder to May, unlike that muppet Cameron.

I think so. She seems nonplussed about ego and personal gain and comes across as actually GAS especially as a back-bencher. Being well-meaning and competent as PM are not the same thing but I am less inclined to castigate someone for doing a bad job than being a bad person.

[vetran]

Didn't get any.



qh

He was too busy doing early morning calls

[quackhandle]

Sgt Dixon - Retired.
Jack Regan - Eating his dinner.

Didn't get any.



qh

[vetran]

Indeed - in modern times he'd be reincarnated as a blind, one legged mix-race lesbian with a white poodle that has a lucrative side hustle in the advertising of floor cleaning products.

So a Dr who plot then?

[Zigenare]

Apart from George Dixon who was shot dead by a vengeful Dirk Bogarde in "The Blue Lamp (1950)" only to be resurrected for another 20 years in Dock Green.

Indeed - in modern times he'd be reincarnated as a blind, one legged mix-race lesbian with a white poodle that has a lucrative side hustle in the advertising of floor cleaning products.

[DoctorStrangelove]

The actors may have but the characters didn't die.

Apart from George Dixon who was shot dead by a vengeful Dirk Bogarde in "The Blue Lamp (1950)" only to be resurrected for another 20 years in Dock Green.

[Zigenare]

both gone to the big Police Station in the sky!

The actors may have but the characters didn't die.

[vetran]

Sgt Dixon - Retired.
Jack Regan - Eating his dinner.

both gone to the big Police Station in the sky!

[DoctorStrangelove]

Sgt Dixon - Retired.
Jack Regan - Drinking his dinner.

FTFY

And smoking like a chimney IIRC.

[Zigenare]

Where's Jack Regan and Sgt Dixon when we need them?

Sgt Dixon - Retired.
Jack Regan - Eating his dinner.

[SueEllen]

Tbf, while she was dealt a terrible hand, she then proceeded to douse it in oil and set it on fire. Like individuals in power are wont to, she desperately wanted to create a legacy any which way but failed miserably in that attempt.

Having said that, May was rather more successful than the next female PM!

I was expecting a picture of a lettuce.

[sreed]

It will be interesting to see how political historians judge her. She inherited a terrible situation from Cameron - try to implement Brexit with no plan or even any thoughts of a plan in place.

I think history might eventually be a bit kinder to May, unlike that muppet Cameron.

Tbf, while she was dealt a terrible hand, she then proceeded to douse it in oil and set it on fire. Like individuals in power are wont to, she desperately wanted to create a legacy any which way but failed miserably in that attempt.

Having said that, May was rather more successful than the next female PM!

[vetran]

Problem with jobs like police, prison officers, probation officers, paramedics, nurses, etc is that when you get rid of experienced staff you get rid of lots of knowledge that is used to train those more junior. So when you ramp up recruitment again you have already lost lots of capable people to help train them.

I always wonder about this 'knowledge' as mentioned the Sweeny is probably not something we should imitate in the modern day. Watching the Police shows it does look like a lot of behaviour could be streamlined if careful inspection were undertaken.

[DoctorStrangelove]

Where's Jack Regan and Sgt Dixon when we need them?

[SueEllen]

I am perfectly happy to blame every government since WW2 as they are culpable.

The Go home vans were pretty bad. The number of police has since been shown as a poor decision one assumes the cabinet signed off on it?

Oddly we have hired loads more Police and they have delivered worst outcomes than in the 70s.

Problem with jobs like police, prison officers, probation officers, paramedics, nurses, etc is that when you get rid of experienced staff you get rid of lots of knowledge that is used to train those more junior. So when you ramp up recruitment again you have already lost lots of capable people to help train them.