crackerjack
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Roaring back into life, thanks to Channel 4 News tonight. If you haven't seen it, you really should http://www.channel4.com/news/catch-up/
It now seems within hours of what was probably a very minor argument at Downing St gates, the Met officer on duty lied about Mitchell's reaction (the infamous 'fucking pleb' etc) & another cop, posing as a member of the public, emailed his MP (and Mitchell's deputy, but no friend of the man) backing up the fake story. Which was then fed to the Sun. The owner of the email account admitted to C4 he hadn't witnessed anything. He later denied sending the email.
Given the way the Police Federation involved itself in this story at the time, is it reasonable to conclude this was all cooked up to show they're not to be fucked with and their numbers can't be cut any further?
If not, then what?
It now seems within hours of what was probably a very minor argument at Downing St gates, the Met officer on duty lied about Mitchell's reaction (the infamous 'fucking pleb' etc) & another cop, posing as a member of the public, emailed his MP (and Mitchell's deputy, but no friend of the man) backing up the fake story. Which was then fed to the Sun. The owner of the email account admitted to C4 he hadn't witnessed anything. He later denied sending the email.
Given the way the Police Federation involved itself in this story at the time, is it reasonable to conclude this was all cooked up to show they're not to be fucked with and their numbers can't be cut any further?
If not, then what?
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