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By: Mr. Sensible

Mr. Sensible — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:22:10 +0000

Fony Blair, whatever you think of him it should not be for a politician to decide on a police commissioner’s posission; that should be for the police authority.

By: Fony Blair

Fony Blair — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:47:55 +0000

Mr Sensible – Ian Blair was hardly a distinguished public servant after the demenezes affair!!

By: Roger

Roger — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:44:40 +0000

a) Have you actually read Boris’s DT columns? – if they take him much more than an hour to write or dictate to an underling I’d be surprised.

In fact you could probably easily write a Boris-bot programme to autogenerate columns around whatever the issue of the week is likely to be.

b) Having direct responsibility for every police foul-up as chair of the MPA is clearly a poisoned chalice and you can’t blame him for dropping it.

c) Mr Sensible – does your browser have a spell checker?

By: Mr. Sensible

Mr. Sensible — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:14:02 +0000

‘Fony Blair,’ leaving to the professionals?

What, like having Sir Ian Blair sacked?

On Conservative Home they’ve listed that as one of his acheavements; ever heard of clutching at straws?

By: Fony Blair

Fony Blair — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:02:37 +0000

Maybe he trusts the professionals to do the job rather than interfering in every decision they make. Now there’s a novel idea! I can see all teh lefties scratching their heads about that one….”but surely we know best”.

To compare a role on the MPC to scribbling a few sentences for a column is hardly comparable. Evidence based as always!

By: gsdog7

gsdog7 — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:42:05 +0000

>;) RT @thedancingflea: It's almost as if the money had influenced Boris' decision, isn't it? How odd! #popcorn http://bit.ly/9fAlyu

By: Carmen Balza

Carmen Balza — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:40:44 +0000

RT @leftfootfwd: If Boris is too busy for the police, where does he find time to write his £250,000 Telegraph column? http://is.gd/79Q4j

By: Hayley Moseley

Hayley Moseley — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:16:42 +0000

RT @leftfootfwd: If Boris is too busy for the police, where does he find time to write his £250,000 Telegraph column? http://is.gd/79Q4j

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:39:19 +0000

I think Boris is a berk and a sad reminder that directly-elected mayors prove that self-regarding personality trumps policy (same is true for Ken of course, and he too wrote a newspaper column for a while).

But surely you recognise that we can all type a quick column once a week; any blogger knows that. But chairing a police authority might be a larger commitment.

If you can’t recognise the difference Shamik, then you risk being seen as scoring cheap points rather than contributing to evidence based blogging and progressive policies. I was hoping this blog would avoid the “Guidoisation” phenomenon. Alas!